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==Silvermaster network==

==Silvermaster network==

 

The [[United States Treasury]] hosted nearly a dozen Soviet sources, including one of the most important, [[Harry Dexter White]], assistant secretary of the treasury and the second most influential official in the department.  In Late May 1941 Vitaly Pavlov, a 25 years old NKVD officer, approached White and attempted to secure his assistance to influence U.S. policy with towards Japan.  White agreed to assist Soviet intelligence in any way he could.  The principle function of White was to aid in the infiltration and placement of Soviet operatives within the government, and protecting sources.  When security concerns arose around [[Greg Silvermaster|Nathan Gregory Silvermaster]],  White protected him in his sensitive position at the [[Board of Economic Warfare]].  White likewise was a purveyor of information and resources to assist Soviet aims.   

The [[United States Treasury]] hosted nearly a dozen Soviet sources, including one of the most important, [[Harry Dexter White]], assistant secretary of the treasury and the second most influential official in the department.  In Late May 1941 Vitaly Pavlov, a 25 years old NKVD officer, approached White and attempted to secure his assistance to influence U.S. policy with towards Japan.  White agreed to assist Soviet intelligence in any way he could.  The principle function of White was to aid in the infiltration and placement of Soviet operatives within the government, and protecting sources.  When security concerns arose around [[Greg Silvermaster|Nathan Gregory Silvermaster]],  White protected him in his sensitive position at the [[Board of Economic Warfare]].  White likewise was a purveyor of information and resources to assist Soviet aims.   

==Popular Front==

==Popular Front==

 

The CPUSA was adamantly opposed to fascism during the Popular Front period. In fact, the Popular Front was motivated by a fear of fascism, and the possible threat to the Soviet Union that [[Nazi Germany]] posed.  Although membership in the CPUSA rose to about 75,000 [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/sova.html] by 1938, nearly a third of its members left the party after the signing of the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact]] [[nonaggression pact|Nonaggression Pact]] of 1939 pact with [[Hitler]].  A committed core remained in the ranks. The CPUSA even went so far as to accuse [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] of provoking aggression against Hitler. The CPUSA went so far as to denounce the [[Polish]] government as fascist after the German and Soviet invasion.

The CPUSA was adamantly opposed to fascism during the Popular Front period. In fact, the Popular Front was motivated by a fear of fascism, and the possible threat to the Soviet Union that [[Nazi Germany]] posed.  Although membership in the CPUSA rose to about 75,000 [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/sova.html] by 1938, nearly a third of its members left the party after the signing of the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact]] [[nonaggression pact|Nonaggression Pact]] of 1939 pact with [[Hitler]].  A committed core remained in the ranks. The CPUSA even went so far as to accuse [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] of provoking aggression against Hitler. The CPUSA went so far as to denounce the [[Polish]] government as fascist after the German and Soviet invasion.

==Harry White==

==Harry White==

 

Harry Dexter White was positively identified as Agent Jurist <ref>[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/FBI_Memorandum_identifying_Harry_Dexter_White_as_agent_Jurist FBI Memorandum identifying Harry Dexter White as agent Jurist], Ladd to the Director, 16 October 1950.</ref> in an [[FBI]] memorandum dated 16 October 1950.  White became involved with Soviet intelligence espionage in May of 1941. One of the most valuable assets to Soviet intelligence was his ability to infiltrate the United States [[Department of the Treasury]] with persons the [[Greg Silvermaster|Silvermaster spy ring]] wanted to have assinged there. Among the other American citizens and government employees acting as Soviet agents were [[Lud Ullman]], [[William Henry Taylor]], and [[Sonia Steinman Gold|Sonia Gold]].  

Harry Dexter White was positively identified as Agent Jurist <ref>[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/FBI_Memorandum_identifying_Harry_Dexter_White_as_agent_Jurist FBI Memorandum identifying Harry Dexter White as agent Jurist], Ladd to the Director, 16 October 1950.</ref> in an [[FBI]] memorandum dated 16 October 1950.  White became involved with Soviet intelligence espionage in May of 1941. One of the most valuable assets to Soviet intelligence was his ability to infiltrate the United States [[Department of the Treasury]] with persons the [[Greg Silvermaster|Silvermaster spy ring]] wanted to have assinged there. Among the other American citizens and government employees acting as Soviet agents were [[Lud Ullman]], [[William Henry Taylor]], and [[Sonia Steinman Gold|Sonia Gold]].  

==[[Manhattan Project]]==

==[[Manhattan Project]]==

[[Image:Image-Lenssketch2a.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Hand sketch by [[Morton Sobell]] of the detonator for the [[atomic bomb]]]]

[[Image:Image-Lenssketch2a.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Hand sketch by [[Morton Sobell]] of the detonator for the [[atomic bomb]]]]

Oppenheimer had been an ardent [[Popular Front]] liberal and ally and gave generous contributions often deliverd to [[Isaac Folkoff]].  Oppenheimer did not know just the secrets of some parts of the project; as director, he knew all the secrets, and just as soon as they came into being.  Up to the time he reported the Chevalier recruitment approach, he may have overlooked the conduct of others, a passivity motivated by personal and political ties to those persons. Sins of ommission or neglect.  (Although another theory states the Chevalier approach may not have been an attempt at recruitment, but part of the big shake up after Stalin publicly disbanded the Comintern in 1943, and agents had to be reassigned new case officers).<ref>  Haynes & Klehr, ''Venona'' pp. 327-330.</ref>

Oppenheimer had been an ardent [[Popular Front]] liberal and ally and gave generous contributions often deliverd to [[Isaac Folkoff]].  Oppenheimer did not know just the secrets of some parts of the project; as director, he knew all the secrets, and just as soon as they came into being.  Up to the time he reported the Chevalier recruitment approach, he may have overlooked the conduct of others, a passivity motivated by personal and political ties to those persons. Sins of ommission or neglect.  (Although another theory states the Chevalier approach may not have been an attempt at recruitment, but part of the big shake up after Stalin publicly disbanded the Comintern in 1943, and agents had to be reassigned new case officers).<ref>  Haynes & Klehr, ''Venona'' pp. 327-330.</ref>