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'''Michael Greenberg''' ([[28 November]] [[1914]]-[[19 April]] [[1992]]) was a scholar of [[Chinese economics]] and [[Chinese history|history]]. He was alleged to have provided a Soviet spy with information during the 1940s, but was never charged with espionage.  

'''Michael Greenberg''' (28 November 1914-19 April 1992) was a scholar of Chinese economics and [[Chinese history|history]]. He was alleged to have provided a Soviet spy with information during the 1940s, but was never charged with espionage.  

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Greenberg was born as ''Michael Menahem Greenberg'' in [[Manchester]], Lancashire, [[England]], son of a Polish-born father. He attended Manchester Grammar School and won a scholarship to Cambridge University where he won first class honours.

Greenberg was born as ''Michael Menahem Greenberg'' in Manchester, Lancashire, England, son of a Polish-born father. He attended Manchester Grammar School and won a scholarship to Cambridge University where he won first class honours.

Greenberg arrived in the United States in 1939 to attend the Graduate School of [[Harvard University]] under a Joseph Hodges Choate Memorial Fellowship from [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].  He studied at Harvard from October [[1939]] to January 1941.  Greenberg also became editor of the [[Institute of Pacific Relations]] (IPR) publication, [http://pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/ ''Pacific Affairs''] in 1939.  In August, 1941, Edward Clark Carter, General Secretary to the Pacific Council of the IPR, wrote [[Lauchlin Currie]] asking if letters to [[Owen Lattimore]] in China could be transmitted so that "they are not read by others before reaching him." Currie promptly replied on a [[White House]] letterhead that "I will be glad to get the letters you mentioned to Lattimore uncensored." Currie's assistant in the White House was Greenberg.  

Greenberg arrived in the United States in 1939 to attend the Graduate School of [[Harvard University]] under a Joseph Hodges Choate Memorial Fellowship from [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].  He studied at Harvard from October 1939 to January 1941.  Greenberg also became editor of the [[Institute of Pacific Relations]] (IPR) publication, [http://pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/ ''Pacific Affairs''] in 1939.  In August, 1941, Edward Clark Carter, General Secretary to the Pacific Council of the IPR, wrote [[Lauchlin Currie]] asking if letters to [[Owen Lattimore]] in China could be transmitted so that "they are not read by others before reaching him." Currie promptly replied on a [[White House]] letterhead that "I will be glad to get the letters you mentioned to Lattimore uncensored." Currie's assistant in the White House was Greenberg.  

In 1942 Greenberg became a China specialist at the [[Board of Economic Warfare]] and an assistant to the agency's head, [[Lauchlin Currie]]. Greenberg later worked as a Foreign Affairs Economist in the Administrative Division, Enemy Branch, of the [[Foreign Economic Administration]].  [[Elizabeth Bentley]], ([http://foia.fbi.gov/silversm/silversm2c.pdf Silvermaster file 2C page 18]) stated that for a brief period Greenberg supplied information concerning principally [[China]].  The information was passed through [[Mary Price]].  

In 1942 Greenberg became a China specialist at the [[Board of Economic Warfare]] and an assistant to the agency's head, [[Lauchlin Currie]]. Greenberg later worked as a Foreign Affairs Economist in the Administrative Division, Enemy Branch, of the [[Foreign Economic Administration]].  [[Elizabeth Bentley]], ([http://foia.fbi.gov/silversm/silversm2c.pdf Silvermaster file 2C page 18]) stated that for a brief period Greenberg supplied information concerning principally [[China]].  The information was passed through [[Mary Price]].  

Blocked from academic promotion, most likely due to his left-leaning politics, he went on to work in a number of jobs in journalism, public relations, advertising and film criticism in England, Switzerland and France. He lost his U.S. citizenship due to absence from the USA and was denied a passport by the British Home Office, even as late as the 1970s. His British passport was never restored to him, and the accusations continued to hound him throughout the 1950s.

Blocked from academic promotion, most likely due to his left-leaning politics, he went on to work in a number of jobs in journalism, public relations, advertising and film criticism in England, Switzerland and France. He lost his U.S. citizenship due to absence from the USA and was denied a passport by the British Home Office, even as late as the 1970s. His British passport was never restored to him, and the accusations continued to hound him throughout the 1950s.

In 1958, he was recruited as Economic Advisor to the [[Central Bank of Sri Lanka|Central Bank of Ceylon]], returning to the UK in 1961. Shortly thereafter, he became, as Michael Green, assistant editor and then chief editor of [http://www.thebanker.com/ The Banker], a monthly professional journal published by [[the Financial Times]] of London. He later became Chief Economist at the London stockbroking company De Zoete & Bevan. He commented that in the City of London most people shared the [[Marxist]] analysis of [[capitalism]] that he had learned in Cambridge in the 1930s, but that they were, by contrast, quite content with the implicit inequalities.

In 1958, he was recruited as Economic Advisor to the [[Central Bank of Sri Lanka|Central Bank of Ceylon]], returning to the UK in 1961. Shortly thereafter, he became, as Michael Green, assistant editor and then chief editor of [http://www.thebanker.com/ The Banker], a monthly professional journal published by ''[[the Financial Times]]'' of London. He later became Chief Economist at the London stockbroking company De Zoete & Bevan. He commented that in the City of London most people shared the [[Marxist]] analysis of [[capitalism]] that he had learned in Cambridge in the 1930s, but that they were, by contrast, quite content with the implicit inequalities.

His obituary appeared in ''[[The Times]]'' and ''[[The Independent]]''. He was survived by his wife and three sons.

His obituary appeared in ''[[The Times]]'' and ''[[The Independent]]''. He was survived by his wife and three sons.