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[[Image:Craigwhitephoto.jpg|right|thumb|Harry Dexter White]]

[[Image:Craigwhitephoto.jpg|right|thumb|Harry Dexter White]]

'''Harry Dexter White''' (October 9, 1892 – August 16, 1948) was an [[United States|American]] economist and senior [[U.S. Department of Treasury]] official. He was the first head of the [[International Monetary Fund]], played an important role in formation of the [[World Bank]] and was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] secret agent. White succeeded in subverting American policy to favor Soviet interests over U.S. interests. Unlike other [[Comintern]] operatives such as [[Alger Hiss]] or [[Julius Rosenberg]], White died before he could be brought to trial.  Consequently, Harry Dexter White's case has not been publicly scrutinized as closely as the Hiss and Rosenberg cases, yet in some respects, White's subversion of US [[foreign policy]] may have been even more damaging.

'''Harry Dexter White''' (October 9, 1892 &ndash; August 16, 1948) was an [[United States|American]] economist and senior [[U.S. Department of Treasury]] official. He was the first head of the [[International Monetary Fund]], played an important role in formation of the [[World Bank]]. He was also a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] secret agent&mdash;"the most highly-placed asset the Soviets possessed in the American government."<ref>John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr and Alexander Vassiliev, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=qCAVQ_cdomcC Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America]'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009), ISBN 0300123906, p. 258</ref> White succeeded in subverting American policy to favor Soviet interests over U.S. interests. Unlike other [[Comintern]] operatives such as [[Alger Hiss]] or [[Julius Rosenberg]], White died before he could be brought to trial.  Consequently, Harry Dexter White's case has not been publicly scrutinized as closely as the Hiss and Rosenberg cases, yet in some respects, White's subversion of US [[foreign policy]] may have been even more damaging.