'''James Callahan''', also '''James Michael Callaham''' or '''Jerome Callahan''' was a ship’s clerk, described as a “trustworthy dockworker” who reported to the [[KGB]] during [[World War II]]. Callahan gave Soviet [[intelligence information]] regarding the activities of [[Robert Lambert]], head of the [[California]] Communist party, and information regarding [[uranium]] deposits.
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==Venona traffic==
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Callahan is referenced in the Venona #580–581 San Francisco to Moscow, 13 November 1945 decrypt; the [[NSA]] has subsequently released a reissue of the first 10 July 1995 release decrypt. Both are listed below.
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*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/13_Nov_1945_R1.gif 580–581 San Francisco to Moscow, 13 November 1945] [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] and the [[Manhattan project|Atom Bomb project]] (Release One)
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*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/13_Nov_1945_R6_m1_p1.gif 580–581 San Francisco to Moscow, 13 November 1945] Reissue ( A more complete version of documents previously released in first Venona release on 10 July 1995) (Release Six)
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==Reference==
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*John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999).