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New page: '''Ruth Beverly Wilson''' was married to Soviet spy Jacob Epstein. Epstein had been wounded in the Spanish Civil War after he volunteered for the [[Internatio...
'''Ruth Beverly Wilson''' was married to Soviet spy [[Jacob Epstein (spy)|Jacob Epstein]]. Epstein had been wounded in the [[Spanish Civil War]] after he volunteered for the [[International Brigades]]. Ruth, who was a nurse, met him while he was recuperating from his injuries. They two embarked on a joint career with [[NKVD|Soviet intelligence]] that took them to [[Mexico City]] during [[World War II]]. They were involved in the efforts to break [[Leon Trotsky]]'s killer, [[Ramon Mercador]], out of a Mexican prison.
Wilson's code name in Soviet intelligence and decyphered in the [[Venona names|Venona]] transcripts is "Nona".
<!--Epstein, Mrs. Jacob = Wilson, Ruth = Nona (KGB U.S. line) [source Venona]
Non (Nona) = Wilson, Ruth Beverly, wife of Jacob Epstein [KGB Mexico City line] [source Venona]
Nona = Wilson, Ruth [Jacob Epstein’s wife] (KGB U.S. line) [source Venona]-->
==Venona traffic==
Ruth Wilson is referenced in the following [[Venona list|Venona]] decrypt; the decryption cites that the KGB suspected "courier A" had come under surveillance. Courier A is believed by researchers to be [[Anna Colloms]].
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/14_Mar_1944_R4_m1_p1.gif 193–194 Mexico City to Moscow, 14 March 1944. pg.1]
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/14_Mar_1944_R4_m1_p2.gif 193–194 Mexico City to Moscow, 14 March 1944. pg.2]
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/14_Mar_1944_R4_m1_p3.gif 193–194 Mexico City to Moscow, 14 March 1944. pg.3]
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/14_Mar_1944_R4_m1_p4.gif 193–194 Mexico City to Moscow, 14 March 1944. pg.4]
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/14_Mar_1944_R4_m1_p5.gif 193–194 Mexico City to Moscow, 14 March 1944. pg.5]
==Reference==
* John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'', Yale University Press (1999), pgs. 280–281, 282.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Ruth}}
[[Category:KGB Agents and Sources]]
Wilson's code name in Soviet intelligence and decyphered in the [[Venona names|Venona]] transcripts is "Nona".
<!--Epstein, Mrs. Jacob = Wilson, Ruth = Nona (KGB U.S. line) [source Venona]
Non (Nona) = Wilson, Ruth Beverly, wife of Jacob Epstein [KGB Mexico City line] [source Venona]
Nona = Wilson, Ruth [Jacob Epstein’s wife] (KGB U.S. line) [source Venona]-->
==Venona traffic==
Ruth Wilson is referenced in the following [[Venona list|Venona]] decrypt; the decryption cites that the KGB suspected "courier A" had come under surveillance. Courier A is believed by researchers to be [[Anna Colloms]].
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/14_Mar_1944_R4_m1_p1.gif 193–194 Mexico City to Moscow, 14 March 1944. pg.1]
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/14_Mar_1944_R4_m1_p2.gif 193–194 Mexico City to Moscow, 14 March 1944. pg.2]
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/14_Mar_1944_R4_m1_p3.gif 193–194 Mexico City to Moscow, 14 March 1944. pg.3]
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/14_Mar_1944_R4_m1_p4.gif 193–194 Mexico City to Moscow, 14 March 1944. pg.4]
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/14_Mar_1944_R4_m1_p5.gif 193–194 Mexico City to Moscow, 14 March 1944. pg.5]
==Reference==
* John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'', Yale University Press (1999), pgs. 280–281, 282.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Ruth}}
[[Category:KGB Agents and Sources]]