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| − | '''Rose Isaak''' was an American citizen who served as the Executive Secretary of the American-Russian Institute, an organization run by the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, which was a [[Glossary_of_espionage_terms#Fronts_and_cutouts|front organization]] for Soviet [[espionage]] during [[World War II]]. Isaak was a close associate of [[Louise Bransten]], the CPUSA and Soviet operative who was the mistress of San Francisco [[KGB]] ''Rezident'' [[Grigory Kheifets]]. Isaak continued working with the American-Russian Institute up to the late 1950s. | + | '''Rose Isaak''' was an American citizen who served as the Executive Secretary of the American-Russian Institute, an organization run by the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, which was a [[Glossary_of_espionage_terms#Fronts_and_cutouts|front organization]] for Soviet [[espionage]] during [[World War II]]. Isaak was a close associate of [[Louise Bransten]], the CPUSA and Soviet operative who was the mistress of San Francisco [[KGB]] ''[[Rezident]]'' [[Grigory Kheifets]]. Isaak continued working with the American-Russian Institute up to the late 1950s. |
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Revision as of 23:52, August 2, 2009
Rose Isaak was an American citizen who served as the Executive Secretary of the American-Russian Institute, an organization run by the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, which was a front organization for Soviet espionage during World War II. Isaak was a close associate of Louise Bransten, the CPUSA and Soviet operative who was the mistress of San Francisco KGB Rezident Grigory Kheifets. Isaak continued working with the American-Russian Institute up to the late 1950s.
References
- Comintern Apparatus Summary Report, 15 December 1944, FBI Comintern Apparatus file (FBI file 100-203581).
- Venona 294 KGB San Francisco to Moscow, 31 May 1945.
- John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999), pg. 233.