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The '''Perlo group''' had sources on the [[War Production Board]], the Senate [[LaFollette Committee|La Follette Subcommittee on Civil Liberties]]; and in the United States [[U.S. Department of Treasury|Department of Treasury]].  The first [[Venona]] transcript referencing  the Perlo group states all member names in clear text.  Code names had not yet been assigned, except in the case of [[Harold Glasser]], who had already been assigned a code name because of previous engagements with Soviet espionage.

The '''Perlo group''' was a collection of [[Soviet]] spies in [[Washington, D.C.]] in the 1940s.  It had sources on the [[War Production Board]], the Senate [[LaFollette Committee|La Follette Subcommittee on Civil Liberties]]; and in the United States [[U.S. Department of Treasury|Department of Treasury]].  The first [[Venona]] transcript referencing  the Perlo group states all member names in clear text.  Code names had not yet been assigned, except in the case of [[Harold Glasser]], who had already been assigned a code name because of previous engagements with Soviet espionage.

The Perlo group fits into the [[Venona project]] information when transcript # 687 of 13 May 1944 is examined.  [[Iskhak Akhmerov]] in New York City personally prepared a report to [[MGB]] headquarters in Moscow advising that some unspecified action had been taken regarding [[Elizabeth Bentley]] in accordance with instructions of [[Earl Browder]]. Akhmerov then made reference to winter and also to [[Harry Magdoff]].  This latter reference was then followed by a statement that in Bentley's opinion "they" are reliable. It was also mentioned that no one had interested himself in their possibilities.  

The Perlo group fits into the [[Venona project]] information when transcript # 687 of 13 May 1944 is examined.  [[Iskhak Akhmerov]] in New York City personally prepared a report to [[MGB]] headquarters in Moscow advising that some unspecified action had been taken regarding [[Elizabeth Bentley]] in accordance with instructions of [[Earl Browder]]. Akhmerov then made reference to winter and also to [[Harry Magdoff]].  This latter reference was then followed by a statement that in Bentley's opinion "they" are reliable. It was also mentioned that no one had interested himself in their possibilities.