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Russian-born '''Jake Golos''' (birth name '''Jacob Rasin''' or '''Jacob Raisen''') (1890-November 27, 1943), born in Ukraine. He was a [[Bolshevik]] revolutionary and Soviet secret police operative in the USSR.  He was also a longtime senior official of the [[Communist Party of the United States of America]] (CPUSA) involved in covert work and cooperation with Soviet intelligence agencies.  He changed his name to ''Golos'' because of his involvement with a pro-Bolshevik daily newspaper published in New York, ''Russky Golos'' or ''The Russian Voice''. During World War II he developed several large espionage networks of secret Communist party members who worked for the [[United States Government]] and linked them to the Soviet intelligence.  They are commonly referred to as the "Golos ring" of Soviet espionage agents.   

Russian-born '''Jake Golos''' (birth name '''Jacob Rasin''' or '''Jacob Raisen''') (1890-November 27, 1943), born in Ukraine. He was a [[Bolshevik]] revolutionary and Soviet secret police operative in the USSR.  He was also a longtime senior official of the [[Communist Party of the United States of America]] (CPUSA) involved in covert work and cooperation with Soviet intelligence agencies.  He changed his name to ''Golos'' because of his involvement with a pro-Bolshevik daily newspaper published in New York, ''Russky Golos'' or ''The Russian Voice''. During World War II he developed several large espionage networks of secret Communist party members who worked for the [[United States Government]] and linked them to the Soviet intelligence.  They are commonly referred to as the "Golos ring" of Soviet espionage agents.

 

===Murder of Juliet Poyntz===  

Jacob Golos was the "main pillar" of the [[NKVD]] intelligence network.  He had worked with Soviet intelligence from the mid 1930s, and probably earlier.  He was not merely a CPUSA official assisting the NKVD (an agent or “probationer” in Soviet intelligence parlance) but held official rank in the NKVD, and claimed to be a an oldtime ''[[Chekist]]''.  Golos headed the Central Control Commission (discipline) which planned the execution of [[Juliet Poyntz]], an American defector from the [[GRU]]. <ref>Anthony Cave Brown and Charles B. MacDonald, ''On a Field of Red'', New York: G. P.  

Jacob Golos was the "main pillar" of the [[NKVD]] intelligence network.  He had worked with Soviet intelligence from the mid 1930s, and probably earlier.  He was not merely a CPUSA official assisting the NKVD (an agent or “probationer” in Soviet intelligence parlance) but held official rank in the NKVD, and claimed to be a an oldtime ''[[Chekist]]''.  Golos headed the Central Control Commission (discipline) which planned the execution of [[Juliet Poyntz]], an American defector from the [[GRU]]. <ref>Anthony Cave Brown and Charles B. MacDonald, ''On a Field of Red'', New York: G. P.  

Soviet intelligence did not like Golos refusal to allow Soviet contact with his sources. The NKVD suspected Golos of Trotskyism and tried to lure him to Moscow, where he could be arrested. The US government got to him first, prosecuting him in 1940 for being an unregistered foreign agent. But even then, he would not surrender his agents.  After Earl Browder went to prison in 1940 Golos took over running Browder's agents.

Soviet intelligence did not like Golos refusal to allow Soviet contact with his sources. The NKVD suspected Golos of Trotskyism and tried to lure him to Moscow, where he could be arrested. The US government got to him first, prosecuting him in 1940 for being an unregistered foreign agent. But even then, he would not surrender his agents.  After Earl Browder went to prison in 1940 Golos took over running Browder's agents.

In 1941, Golos had set up a commercial forwarding enterprise, called the U.S. Shipping and Service Corporation, with Elizabeth Bentley, his lover, as one of its officers.  

In 1941, Golos had set up a commercial forwarding enterprise, called the U.S. Shipping and Service Corporation, with Elizabeth Bentley, his lover, as one of its officers.  

In the fall of 1942, a Communist cell of engineers was turned over to Golos for Soviet espionage purposes and [[Julius Rosenberg]] was the contact between Golos and the group.  Golos believed this cell, the XY Line of engineers was capable of development. The XY Line began enormous efforts to penetrate the [[Manhattan Project]], code-named ENORMOUS (ENORMOZ).  

In the fall of 1942, a Communist cell of engineers was turned over to Golos for Soviet espionage purposes and [[Julius Rosenberg]] was the contact between Golos and the group.  Golos believed this cell, the XY Line of engineers was capable of development. The XY Line began enormous efforts to penetrate the [[Manhattan Project]], code-named ENORMOUS (ENORMOZ).  

Sometime in Novemeber of 1943, Golos met in New York with key figures of the [[Perlo group]], a group working in several government departments and agencies in Washington, D.C.  The group was already in the service of Browder.  Later that same month, after a series of heart attacks over the previous two years, Golos died in bed in the arms of Elizabeth Bentley, who then took over operations  (thus the reference in the decrpyts to him as a “former” colleague).  

Sometime in Novemeber of 1943, Golos met in New York with key figures of the [[Perlo group]], a group working in several government departments and agencies in Washington, D.C.  The group was already in the service of Browder.  Later that same month, after a series of heart attacks over the previous two years, Golos died <ref>FBI Silvermaster file [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster083.pdf Vol. 83, pg. 43] pdf, December 23, 1946.  Statement by [[Louis Budenz]] that [[Gerhart Eisler]] attended funeral of Jacob Golos.</ref> in bed in the arms of Elizabeth Bentley, who then took over operations  (thus the reference in the decrpyts to him as a “former” colleague).  

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