| | In 1943, Belfrage reported to Soviet intelligence on private discussions between [[Winston Churchill]], and [[William Stephenson]], the senior representative of British intelligence for the entire western hemisphere during World War II. | | In 1943, Belfrage reported to Soviet intelligence on private discussions between [[Winston Churchill]], and [[William Stephenson]], the senior representative of British intelligence for the entire western hemisphere during World War II. |
| − | Golos and Bentley judged that he turned over "extremely valuable information from the BSC files," including volumes of instructions from MI-6 to British agents. <ref>Elizabeth Bentley, ''Out of Bondage'', New York: Ballantine Books, 1988, p. 139.</ref> Belfrage reported to Soviet intelligence on private discussions between [[Winston Churchill]], and [[William Stephenson]], the senior representative of British intelligence for the entire western hemisphere during World War II. Belfage informed the Soviets of Allied plans and problems in Yugoslavia with Mikhailovich and [[Tito]], as well as Churchill's discussions with Stephenson about demands for a second front in Europe. After World War II Belfrage worked for a [[leftist]] periodical ''The National Standard''. <ref>William L. O'Neill, ''A Better World: The Great Schism: Stalinism and the American Intellectuals'', New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982, p. 206. </ref> | + | [[Jacob Golos]] and [[Elizabeth Bentley]] judged that he turned over "extremely valuable information from the BSC files," including volumes of instructions from MI-6 to British agents. <ref>Elizabeth Bentley, ''Out of Bondage'', New York: Ballantine Books, 1988, p. 139.</ref> Belfrage reported to Soviet intelligence on private discussions between [[Winston Churchill]], and [[William Stephenson]], the senior representative of British intelligence for the entire western hemisphere during World War II. Belfage informed the Soviets of Allied plans and problems in Yugoslavia with Mikhailovich and [[Tito]], as well as Churchill's discussions with Stephenson about demands for a second front in Europe. After World War II Belfrage worked for a [[leftist]] periodical ''The National Standard''. <ref>William L. O'Neill, ''A Better World: The Great Schism: Stalinism and the American Intellectuals'', New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982, p. 206. </ref> |
| | According to FBI files, Belfrage was questioned by the [[FBI]] in 1947 about his involvement with the [[Communist Party]]. The interview covered his relations with [[Earl Browder]], [[Jacob Golos]], [[V. J. Jerome]], and surveillances and documents about Scotland Yard and the [[Vichy Government]] of France. He was deported in 1955 as an undesirable alien. | | According to FBI files, Belfrage was questioned by the [[FBI]] in 1947 about his involvement with the [[Communist Party]]. The interview covered his relations with [[Earl Browder]], [[Jacob Golos]], [[V. J. Jerome]], and surveillances and documents about Scotland Yard and the [[Vichy Government]] of France. He was deported in 1955 as an undesirable alien. |