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In May 1944, he was described in a KGB cable from New York to Moscow as, "absolutely devoted to the [[USSR]]." He provided at least twenty leads of people for possible recruitment including [[Josef Berger|Joseph Berger]], a personal aide to the chairman of the [[Democratic National Committee]], and [[I. F. Stone]].<ref>''Venona: Decoding Espionage in America'', John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Yale University Press, (1999), pgs. 242–244, 248.</ref>

In May 1944, he was described in a KGB cable from New York to Moscow as, "absolutely devoted to the [[USSR]]." He provided at least twenty leads of people for possible recruitment including [[Josef Berger|Joseph Berger]], a personal aide to the chairman of the [[Democratic National Committee]], and [[I. F. Stone]].<ref>''Venona: Decoding Espionage in America'', John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Yale University Press, (1999), pgs. 242–244, 248.</ref>

On August 17, 1944, Krafsur attended an off-the-record press conference in which Secretary of State Cordell Hull made an off-the-record remark concerning the Soviet Union. Krafsur reported the comment to the NKVD.<ref>The Venona Secrets: Exposing America's Cold War Traitors, Herbert Romerstein, Eric Breindel, page 430</ref>   

On August 17, 1944, Krafsur attended an off-the-record press conference in which Secretary of State [[Cordell Hull]] made an off-the-record remark concerning the Soviet Union. Krafsur reported the comment to the NKVD.<ref>The Venona Secrets: Exposing America's Cold War Traitors, Herbert Romerstein, Eric Breindel, page 430</ref>   

In 1949, he left TASS. According to his son, Elliot Scoville Krafsur, "S. S. Krafsur was 'uncooperative' with the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities|House Un-American Activities Committee]] in 1956 because they only wanted him to name publicly people he might have thought were communists or communist supporters."<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Samuel_Krafsur Elliot Scoville Krafsur, August 31, 2005</ref> Later he worked in a toy store.<ref>''Venona: Decoding Espionage in America'', John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Yale University Press, (1999), pgs. 242–244, 248.</ref>

In 1949, he left TASS. According to his son, Elliot Scoville Krafsur, "S. S. Krafsur was 'uncooperative' with the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities|House Un-American Activities Committee]] in 1956 because they only wanted him to name publicly people he might have thought were communists or communist supporters."<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Samuel_Krafsur Elliot Scoville Krafsur, August 31, 2005</ref> Later he worked in a toy store.<ref>''Venona: Decoding Espionage in America'', John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Yale University Press, (1999), pgs. 242–244, 248.</ref>