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[[United States Army Signal Corps#PSI Investigations"|Fort Monmouth Army Signal Corps Laboratories]]

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'''Leonard Emil Mins''' (1900–1988) was an American who worked in the Russian Section of the Research and Analysis Division of the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) during [[World War II]].  Mins also worked for Soviet Military Intelligence ([[GRU]]).

'''Leonard Emil Mins''' (1900–1988) was an American who worked in the Russian Section of the Research and Analysis Division of the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) during [[World War II]].  Mins also worked for Soviet Military Intelligence ([[GRU]]).

Mins worked for the OSS from 1942 to late 1943, and worked mostly on a survey of strategic minerals and [[oil reserves]] in Asia and the Soviet Union. Mins was the subject of a [[Dies Committee]] investigation in 1943. Mins denied being a member of the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA) but admitted he taught at the Workers School, a Communist controlled entity, and served on the editorial board of ''[[Partisan Review]]'', had been a member of the [[John Reed (journalist)|John Reed Club]], written for the ''[[New Masses]]'', and a member of the League of American Writers. Mins admitted he had lived in Moscow from 1934 to 1936 but insisted he only made translations for the [[Soviet Academy of Sciences]].

Mins worked for the OSS from 1942 to late 1943, and worked mostly on a survey of strategic minerals and [[oil reserves]] in Asia and the Soviet Union. Mins was the subject of a [[Dies Committee]] investigation in 1943. Mins denied being a member of the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA) but admitted he taught at the Workers School, a Communist controlled entity, and served on the editorial board of ''[[Partisan Review]]'', had been a member of the [[John Reed (journalist)|John Reed Club]], written for the ''[[New Masses]]'', and a member of the League of American Writers. Mins admitted he had lived in Moscow from 1934 to 1936 but insisted he only made translations for the [[Soviet Academy of Sciences]].

===Venona===

==Venona==

Leonard Mins cover name in Soviet Military Intelligence, and as deciphered in the [[Venona project]], is "Smith". Mins is referenced in the following Venona project decrypts:

Leonard Mins cover name in Soviet Military Intelligence, and as deciphered in the [[Venona project]], is "Smith". Mins is referenced in the following Venona project decrypts:

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/12_July_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1131 GRU New York to Moscow, 12 July 1943], p.1

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/12_July_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1131 GRU New York to Moscow, 12 July 1943], p.&nbsp;1

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/12_July_1943_R4_m1_p2.gif 1131 GRU New York to Moscow, 12 July 1943], p.2

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/12_July_1943_R4_m1_p2.gif 1131 GRU New York to Moscow, 12 July 1943], p.&nbsp;2

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/17_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1350 GRU New York to Moscow, 17 August 1943]. p.1

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/17_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1350 GRU New York to Moscow, 17 August 1943]. p.&nbsp;1

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/17_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p2.gif 1350 GRU New York to Moscow, 17 August 1943]. p.2

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/17_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p2.gif 1350 GRU New York to Moscow, 17 August 1943]. p.&nbsp;2

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/16_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1348 GRU New York to Moscow, 16 August 1943]

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/16_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1348 GRU New York to Moscow, 16 August 1943]

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/23_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1373 GRU New York to Moscow, 23 August 1943], p.1

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/23_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1373 GRU New York to Moscow, 23 August 1943], p.&nbsp;1

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/23_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1373 GRU New York to Moscow, 23 August 1943], p.2

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/23_Aug_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1373 GRU New York to Moscow, 23 August 1943], p.&nbsp;2

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Sept_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943], p.1

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Sept_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943], p.&nbsp;1

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Sept_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943], p.2

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Sept_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943], p.&nbsp;2

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Sept_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943], p.3

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Sept_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943], p.&nbsp;3

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Sept_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943], p.4

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Sept_1943_R4_m1_p1.gif 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943], p.&nbsp;4

===Reference===

==References==

*CPUSA Comintern Representative to CPUSA, 26 January 1935, Archive of the Communist Party of the USA, RTsKhIDNI 515-1-3750.  

*CPUSA Comintern Representative to CPUSA, 26 January 1935, Archive of the Communist Party of the USA, RTsKhIDNI 515-1-3750.  

* Markus Wolf, Man Without a Face (New York: Times Books, 1997), 304.

* Markus Wolf, Man Without a Face (New York: Times Books, 1997), 304.

*Testimony of Leonard Mins, 8 April 1943, “Investigations of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the U.S.,” vol. 7, 3415–3437.

*Testimony of Leonard Mins, 8 April 1943, “Investigations of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the U.S.,” vol. 7, 3415–3437.

*[http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Volume3.pdf Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, October 22] (PDF). Executive Sessions Of The Senate Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations Of The Committee On Government Operations; Vol. 3. pgs. 2717-2726, U.S. Government Printing Office (1953)., Haynes & Klehr. Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America. ISBN 0-300-08462-5. )

*[https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Volume3.pdf Army Signal Corps—Subversion and Espionage, October 22] (PDF). Executive Sessions Of The Senate Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations Of The Committee On Government Operations; Vol. 3. pgs. 2717-2726, U.S. Government Printing Office (1953)., Haynes & Klehr. Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America. ISBN 0-300-08462-5.

*John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'', New Haven: Yale University Press, (1999) pgs. 181–183, 193.

*John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'', New Haven: Yale University Press, (1999) pgs. 181–183, 193.

 

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