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'''Willaim Henry Taylor''' was born in British Columbia on 30 March 1906 and studied at the Unversity of British Columbia, and attended school with [[Greg Silvermaster|Nathan Gregory Silvermaster]] at the University of California where he recieved a Ph.D. from the in 1933, taught economics at the University of Hawaii for 8 years and became naturalized citizen in 1940.  In 1934 while living in Hawaii Taylor visited the [[Soviet Union]] and spent several months there.

'''Willaim Henry Taylor''' was born in British Columbia on 30 March 1906 and studied at the Unversity of British Columbia, and attended school with [[Greg Silvermaster|Nathan Gregory Silvermaster]] at the University of California where he recieved a Ph.D. from the in 1933, taught economics at the University of Hawaii for 8 years and became naturalized citizen in 1940.  In 1934 while living in Hawaii Taylor visited the [[Soviet Union]] and spent several months there.

Taylor was able to secure employment within the United States [[Department of the Treasury]] through Secretary [[Harry Dexter White]] in 1941.  The Treaury Department sent him to China and later Lisbon, Portugal for the [[Foreign Economic Administration]].  Taylor also was a member of the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA), in violation of federal employment statutes barring membership in an organization seeking the violent overthrow of the United States Government.  As a CPUSA member and of the secret apparatus known as the [[Greg Silvermaster|Silvermaster group]], Taylor supplied information orally and in document form to Soviet intelligence.  

Taylor was able to secure employment within the United States [[Department of the Treasury]] through Secretary [[Harry Dexter White]] in 1941.  The Treaury Department sent him to China and later Lisbon, Portugal for the [[Foreign Economic Administration]].  Taylor also was a member of the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA), in violation of federal employment statutes barring membership in an organization seeking the violent overthrow of the United States Government.  As a CPUSA member and of the secret apparatus known as the [[Greg Silvermaster|Silvermaster group]] <ref>[http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/silversm.htm Silvermaster Group FBI FOIA]</ref>, Taylor supplied information orally and in document form to Soviet intelligence.  

In June 1945 Taylor worked out of the U.S. Embassy in London and later that year Paris.

In June 1945 Taylor worked out of the U.S. Embassy in London and later that year Paris.

Associates claim Taylor spoke about [[Communism]] constantly.  He is one of two Soviet agents who used the code name name "Acorn" as deciphered by the [[Venona project]].  Code names sometimes were changed by a user and another assigned.

Associates claim Taylor spoke about [[Communism]] constantly.  He is one of two Soviet agents who used the code name name "Acorn" as deciphered by the [[Venona project]].  Code names sometimes were changed by a user and another assigned.

On 19 October 1953 Taylor tesitified in a private session of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations chaired by [[Sen. Joseph McCarthy]] regarding stolen occupation currency plates at the end of WWII. <ref>McCarthy Hearings, Testimony of William Henry Taylor, Executive Session, [http://fl1.findlaw.com/news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/mccarthy/hearingsvo43.pdf Vol. 4]: 3425, 3431, 19 October 1953.</ref>

* [http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/silversm.htm Silvermaster Group FBI FOIA]

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