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Kheifetz said that Oppenheimer was deeply moved by the information that a secure place for Jews in the Soviet Union was guaranteed. They discussed Stalin's plans to set up a Jewish Soviet Socialist Republic homeland in the Crimea after the war was over. <ref>''Special Tasks'', pg. 50.</ref>
Kheifetz said that Oppenheimer was deeply moved by the information that a secure place for Jews in the Soviet Union was guaranteed. They discussed Stalin's plans to set up a Jewish Soviet Socialist Republic homeland in the Crimea after the war was over. <ref>''Special Tasks'', pg. 50.</ref>
On the request of Kheifetz and confirmed by [[Earl Browder]], Oppenheimer provided cooperation in access to research for several of KGB tested sources including a relative of Browder. <ref>''Special Tasks'', pg. 3.</ref>
On the request of Kheifetz and confirmed by [[Earl Browder]], Oppenheimer provided cooperation in access to research for several of KGB tested sources including a relative of Browder. <ref>''Special Tasks'', pg. 3.</ref><ref>Allen Weinstein and Alexander Vassiliev, ''The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America—the Stalin Era'', Random House, 1999. ISBN 0788164228 </ref>
In 1944 and the first half of 1945, Stalin's strategic motivation was to use the Jewish issue as a bargaining chip to bring in international Jewish capital to rebuild the war-torn Soviet Union and to influence the postwar realignment of power in the Middle East. Stalin planned to use Jewish aspirations for a homeland to attract Western credits.
In 1944 and the first half of 1945, Stalin's strategic motivation was to use the Jewish issue as a bargaining chip to bring in international Jewish capital to rebuild the war-torn Soviet Union and to influence the postwar realignment of power in the Middle East. Stalin planned to use Jewish aspirations for a homeland to attract Western credits.