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'''Hede Massing''' or '''Hedda Massing''', née '''Hedwig Tune''', later: '''Hede Eisler''', later: '''Hede Gumperz''', an Austrian-born Soviet intelligence operative who served in the United States in the 1930s.  She was an actress and  journalist.  

'''Hede Massing''' or '''Hedda Massing''', née '''Hedwig Tune''', later: '''Hede Eisler''', later: '''Hede Gumperz''', an Austrian-born Soviet intelligence operative who served in the United States in the 1930s.  She was an actress and  journalist.  

After the Second World War, in 1953, she wrote about [[Richard Sorge]], who had recruited her to the [[GRU]], for a German magazine<ref>''Richard Sorge, der fast vollkommene Spion''. In: ''Deutsche Rundschau'', Vol. 79, No. 4, 1953, pp. 360-377.</ref> and called him a near perfect spy. Massing had first met [[Richard Sorge]] as a young communist in 1923. In her article she recalled a meeting they had in New York in 1935.

After the Second World War, in 1953, she wrote about [[Richard Sorge]], who had recruited her to the [[GRU]], for a German magazine<ref>Hede Massing: ''Richard Sorge, der fast vollkommene Spion'', ''Deutsche Rundschau'', Vol. 79, No. 4, pp. 360-377.</ref> and called him a near perfect spy. Massing had first met [[Richard Sorge]] as a young communist in 1923. In her article she recalled a meeting they had in New York in 1935.

Hede Massing was married to [[Gerhart Eisler]] from 1920 to 1926. Eisler, a longtime member of the German Communist Party (KPD), in the 1930s was the [[Comintern]] representative in the United States. Her second husband was the rich american communist journalist, publisher and sociologist Julian Gumperz. Her third husband was marxist sociologist and KPD cadre [[Paul Massing]].  

Hede Massing was married to [[Gerhart Eisler]] from 1920 to 1926. Eisler, a longtime member of the German Communist Party (KPD), in the 1930s was the [[Comintern]] representative in the United States. Her second husband was the rich american communist journalist, publisher and sociologist Julian Gumperz. Her third husband was marxist sociologist and KPD cadre [[Paul Massing]].  

* [[Paul Massing]], Institute of Social Research Columbia University  

* [[Paul Massing]], Institute of Social Research Columbia University  

* [[Franz Leopold Neumann]], consultant at [[Board of Economic Warfare]]; Deputy Chief of the Central European Section of [[Office of Strategic Services]]; First Chief of research of the [[Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal]]

* [[Franz Leopold Neumann]], consultant at [[Board of Economic Warfare]]; Deputy Chief of the Central European Section of [[Office of Strategic Services]]; First Chief of research of the [[Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal]]

==External link==

==External link==

* Robert L. Benson, ''The Venona Story'' (Ft. Meade, MD: Center for Cryptologic History, National Security Agency, 2001).

* Robert L. Benson, ''The Venona Story'' (Ft. Meade, MD: Center for Cryptologic History, National Security Agency, 2001).

* [http://www.johnearlhaynes.org/page44.html Alexander Vassiliev’s ''Notes on Anatoly Gorsky’s December 1948 Memo on Compromised American Sources and Networks'']

* [http://www.johnearlhaynes.org/page44.html Alexander Vassiliev’s ''Notes on Anatoly Gorsky’s December 1948 Memo on Compromised American Sources and Networks'']

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[[Category:KGB Agents and Sources]]

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