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'''Thomas Babin''' was an American who work with Soviet Naval [[GRU]] intelligence during [[World War II]]. Babin was identified in [[Venona project]] decryptions of intercepted Soviet intelligence messages originating from [[New York City]]. Babin reported on ships leaving the [[United States]] in [[1943]] and on his work with the [[Office of Strategic Services]]. Babin's code name in Soviet intelligence and as deciphered by [[Arlington Hall]] cryptographers is "Brem".
==Venona traffic==
Babin is referenced in the following Venona traffic decrypts:
*927–928 GRU New York to Moscow, 16 June 1943;
*1026 GRU New York to Moscow, 30 June 1943
*1027 GRU New York to Moscow, 30 June 1943
*1030 GRU New York to Moscow, 1 July 1943
*1123 GRU New York to Moscow, 11 July 1943
*1171 GRU New York to Moscow, 19 July 1943
*1249 GRU New York to Moscow, 29 July 1943
*1250 GRU New York to Moscow, 29 July 1943
*1324 GRU New York to Moscow, 11 August 1943
*1329 GRU New York to Moscow, 12 August 1943
*1350 GRU New York to Moscow, 17 August 1943
*1365 GRU New York to Moscow, 19 August 1943
*1488 GRU New York to Moscow, 15 September 1943
*1385 KGB New York to Moscow, 1 October 1944
==Reference==
*John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999)
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