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In 1938 Krafsur was a member of the editorial staff of ''The Volunteers for Liberty'' a newspaper which was an, "organ of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade" organization out of 125 West 45 Street in New York City.<ref>The Volunteer For Liberty, Vol. 1, No. 3, April, 1938</ref> In April of 1938 he was in charge of finding veterans to tell their war sotries to be made into radio plays written by [[Irwin Shaw]].<ref>The Volunteer For Liberty, Vol. 1, No. 3, April, 1938</ref>

In 1938 Krafsur was a member of the editorial staff of ''The Volunteers for Liberty'' a newspaper which was an, "organ of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade" organization out of 125 West 45 Street in New York City.<ref>The Volunteer For Liberty, Vol. 1, No. 3, April, 1938</ref> In April of 1938 he was in charge of finding veterans to tell their war sotries to be made into radio plays written by [[Irwin Shaw]].<ref>The Volunteer For Liberty, Vol. 1, No. 3, April, 1938</ref>

He began working for TASS in 1941 after being recruited by the Soviet agent [[Vladimir Pravdin]]. Krafsur was considered an important asset to the KGB because of the many contacts he had with other newsmen. He was the deputy TASS bureau chief in [[Washington, D.C.]] and the [[FBI]] spent a lot of time and effort trying to identify who he was under his codename IDE.<ref>''Venona: Decoding Espionage in America'', John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Yale University Press, (1999), pgs. 242–244, 248.</ref>

He began working for TASS in New York in 1941<ref> Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States: Hearing Before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee of the Judiciary, United States Senate, 84th Congress Second Session [85th Congress First Session] Transcript, April 17, 1956</ref>  after being recruited by the Soviet agent [[Vladimir Pravdin]]. Krafsur spent he Summer of 1941 working in New York and was sent down to Washington, D.C. in October of that year. After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, he was located in Washington perminently.<ref> Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States: Hearing Before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee of the Judiciary, United States Senate, 84th Congress Second Session [85th Congress First Session] Transcript, April 17, 1956</ref>

 

Krafsur was considered an important asset to the KGB because of the many contacts he had with other newsmen. He was the deputy TASS bureau chief in [[Washington, D.C.]] and the [[FBI]] spent a lot of time and effort trying to identify who he was under his codename IDE.<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>

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>   

Although Krafsur is suppose to have left TASS in 1949, he was mentioned in a newspaper article of November 26, 1949 as S.S. Krafsur as having press credentials along with five others out of the Washington office.<ref>The Evening Standard, "Monty Has Private Bodyguard for His Beret," George Dixon, page 10.</ref> 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>

Although Krafsur is suppose to have left TASS in October 1949,< ref> Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States: Hearing Before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee of the Judiciary, United States Senate, 84th Congress Second Session [5th Congress First Session] Transcript, April 17, 1956</ref> he was mentioned in a newspaper article of November 26, 1949 as S.S. Krafsur as having press credentials along with five others out of the Washington office.<ref>The Evening Standard, "Monty Has Private Bodyguard for His Beret," George Dixon, page 10.</ref>  

 

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> On April 10, 1956, Krafsur was invited to testify under oath for Subcommittee To Investigate the Administration of the Internal

 

In the early 1960's he married the ex-wife of the secretary-treasurer of the Mine, Mill, and Smelters Union. He died, at the age of seventy, in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1983.<ref>U. S. Social Security Death Index</ref>

In the early 1960's he married the ex-wife of the secretary-treasurer of the Mine, Mill, and Smelters Union. He died, at the age of seventy, in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1983.<ref>U. S. Social Security Death Index</ref>  

==Venona==

==Venona==