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'''Willaim Henry Taylor''' was born in [[British]] Columbia on 30 March 1906 and studied at the Unversity of British Columbia, and attended school with [[Greg Silvermaster|Nathan Gregory Silvermaster]] at the University of California where he received a Ph.D. from the in 1933, taught [[economic]]s at the University of Hawaii for 8 years and became naturalized citizen in 1940.  In 1934 while living in Hawaii Taylor visited the [[Soviet Union]] and spent several months there.

'''Willaim Henry Taylor''' was born in [[British]] Columbia on 30 March 1906 and studied at the University of British Columbia, and attended school with [[Greg Silvermaster|Nathan Gregory Silvermaster]] at the University of California where he received a Ph.D. from the in 1933, taught [[economic]]s at the University of Hawaii for 8 years and became naturalized citizen in 1940.  In 1934 while living in Hawaii Taylor visited the [[Soviet Union]] and spent several months there.

Taylor was able to secure employment within the [[United States]] [[Department of the Treasury]] through Secretary [[Harry Dexter White]] in 1941.  The Treasury Department sent him to [[China]] and later Lisbon, [[Portugal]] for the [[Foreign Economic Administration]].  Taylor also was a member of the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA), in violation of federal employment statutes barring membership in an organization seeking the violent overthrow of the United States Government.  As a CPUSA member and of the secret apparatus known as the [[Silvermaster group]] <ref>[http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/silversm.htm Silvermaster Group FBI FOIA]</ref>, Taylor supplied information orally and in document form to [[Soviet]] intelligence.  

Taylor was able to secure employment within the [[United States]] [[Department of the Treasury]] through Secretary [[Harry Dexter White]] in 1941.  The Treasury Department sent him to [[China]] and later Lisbon, [[Portugal]] for the [[Foreign Economic Administration]].  Taylor also was a member of the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA), in violation of federal employment statutes barring membership in an organization seeking the violent overthrow of the United States Government.  As a CPUSA member and of the secret apparatus known as the [[Silvermaster group]] <ref>[http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/silversm.htm Silvermaster Group FBI FOIA]</ref>, Taylor supplied information orally and in document form to [[Soviet]] intelligence.