| | Malisoff fell under [[FBI]] scrutiny in 1940 on the basis of observed contact with [[KGB]] Officer [[Gaik Ovakimian]]. According to [[Venona project]] information, the Soviets, in 1944, were haiving considerable trouble with Malisoff as he wanted a sizeable lump sum payment to help him establish a laboratory. When his request was flatly refused, Malisoff complained with considerable irritation "that the materials handed over by him on one question alone—oil, by his estimate had yielded the [Soviet] Union millions during past years and the aid requested by him was trifling." Malisoff was an extremely active and important agent, his [[Glossary_of_espionage_terms#Case_Officer|Case Officer]], [[Leonid Kvasnikov]], who specialized in scientific-technical [[espionage]], had met with Malisoff twenty times in 1943 alone. Malisoff had previously raised the funding question with Mikhail Shalyapin and Gaik Ovakimian who had preceeded Kvasnikov. | | Malisoff fell under [[FBI]] scrutiny in 1940 on the basis of observed contact with [[KGB]] Officer [[Gaik Ovakimian]]. According to [[Venona project]] information, the Soviets, in 1944, were haiving considerable trouble with Malisoff as he wanted a sizeable lump sum payment to help him establish a laboratory. When his request was flatly refused, Malisoff complained with considerable irritation "that the materials handed over by him on one question alone—oil, by his estimate had yielded the [Soviet] Union millions during past years and the aid requested by him was trifling." Malisoff was an extremely active and important agent, his [[Glossary_of_espionage_terms#Case_Officer|Case Officer]], [[Leonid Kvasnikov]], who specialized in scientific-technical [[espionage]], had met with Malisoff twenty times in 1943 alone. Malisoff had previously raised the funding question with Mikhail Shalyapin and Gaik Ovakimian who had preceeded Kvasnikov. |
| − | In August 1943 Pavel Mikhailov, the New York Soviet Military Intelligence ([[GRU]]) Rezident sent an iquiry to Moscow regarding Malisoff. But the GRU "was forbidden to meet Malisov [Malisoff] since the latter is connected with the Neighbors [KGB]." | + | In August 1943 Pavel Mikhailov, the New York Soviet Military Intelligence ([[GRU]]) [[Rezident]] sent an iquiry to Moscow regarding Malisoff. But the GRU "was forbidden to meet Malisov [Malisoff] since the latter is connected with the Neighbors [KGB]." |