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'''Thomas Lessing Black''' was an [[American]] who worked as a [[chemist]] during [[World War II]] and was engaged in industrial [[espionage]] on behalf of the [[Soviet Union]] starting in late 1933 or early 1934. Black had been recruited by [[Gaik Ovakimian]] and did secret work for [[Amtorg]]. Black recruited [[Harry Gold]] into espionage for the Soviet Union in 1935. In 1940 [[Joseph Katz]] became his chief KGB contact. His last contact with Katz was in 1946. Black is the subject of seven Venona project messages. Black's cover names as with [[KGB|Soviet intelligence]] as deciphered in the [[Venona project]] are "Black" and "Peter". Black was employed by the [[United States Government]] in the [[National Institute of Standards and Technology|Bureau of Standards]].
'''Thomas Lessing Black''' was an [[American]] who worked as a [[chemist]] during [[World War II]] and was engaged in industrial [[espionage]] on behalf of the [[Soviet Union]] starting in late 1933 or early 1934. Black had been recruited by [[Gaik Ovakimian]] and did secret work for [[Amtorg]]. Black recruited [[Harry Gold]] into espionage for the Soviet Union in 1935. In 1940 [[Joseph Katz]] became his chief KGB contact. His last contact with Katz was in 1946. Black is the subject of seven Venona project messages. Black's cover names as with [[KGB|Soviet intelligence]] as deciphered in the [[Venona project]] are "Black" and "Peter". Black was employed by the [[United States Government]] in the [[National Institute of Standards and Technology|Bureau of Standards]].