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'''Elza Akhmerova''', also '''Elsa Akhmerova''' was an American citizen born '''Helen Lowry'''. She was a niece of [[Earl Browder]], [[General Secretary]] of the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA). She was married to New York ''[[Illegal Rezident]]'' [[Iskhak Akhmerov]]—both were [[NKVD|Soviet intelligence]] operatives.
As a native-born American and English speaker, Akhmerova was able to freely operate on behalf of Soviet intelligence. She was a full partner in her husband's [[espionage]] activity, and is referenced in several [[Venona project]] decryptions.
==Reference==
*Robert Louis Benson, [http://www.nsa.gov/publications/publi00039.cfm VENONA Historical Monograph #3]: “The 1944–45 New York and Washington-Moscow KGB Messages.”
*Haynes, John Earl and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America''. Yale University Press. (2000).
*Schecter, Jerrold and Leona, ''Sacred Secrets: How Soviet Intelligence Operations Changed American History''. Potomac Books (2002).
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