'''Samuel Bloomfield''' was a staff member of the Eastern European division of the Research and Analysis section of the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) in 1942. Bloomfield was also secretly a member of the [[Communist Party of the United States of America]] (CPUSA). Bloomfield also managed the Progressive Book Shop in Washington, D.C. After being investigated by the [[FBI]] in relation to the [[Comintern]] Apparatus investigation, Bloomfield left the OSS and Washington, and moved to San Fransisco, where he found employment with the British Information Service.
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'''Samuel Bloomfield''' was a staff member of the Eastern European division of the Research and Analysis section of the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) in 1942. Bloomfield was also secretly a member of the [[Communist Party of the United States of America]] (CPUSA). Bloomfield also managed the Progressive Book Shop in Washington, D.C. After being investigated by the [[FBI]] in relation to the [[Comintern]] Apparatus investigation, Bloomfield left the OSS and Washington, and moved to San Fransisco, where he found employment with the [[British Information Service]].
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===Venona===
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==Venona==
Samuel Bloomfield is referenced in the following [[Venona]] decrypt:
Samuel Bloomfield is referenced in the following [[Venona]] decrypt:
Line 7:
Line 7:
726–729 KGB New York to Moscow, 22 May 1942.
726–729 KGB New York to Moscow, 22 May 1942.
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===Reference===
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==Reference==
*FBI report of 31 May 1944, FBI Comintern Apparatus file (FBI File 100-203 581), serial 2753.
*FBI report of 31 May 1944, FBI Comintern Apparatus file (FBI File 100-203 581), serial 2753.
*Comintern Apparatus Summary Report, 15 December 1944, FBI Comintern Apparatus file, serial 3702.
*Comintern Apparatus Summary Report, 15 December 1944, FBI Comintern Apparatus file, serial 3702.