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'''Carl Aldo Marzani''' (4 March 1912 - 11 December 1994), was an American who served in the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) during [[World War II]] and later the [[U.S. Department of State]].  He also became a political documentary filmmaker, authored many books and articles, and was an editor and publisher.  Marzani served nearly three years in prison for concealing his [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA) membership while in the OSS.   

'''Carl Aldo Marzani''' (4 March 1912 - 11 December 1994), was an American who served in the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) during [[World War II]] and later the [[U.S. Department of State]].  He also became a political documentary filmmaker, authored many books and articles, and was an editor and publisher.  Marzani served nearly three years in prison for concealing his [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA) membership while in the OSS.   

[[Soviet Union|Soviet]] archives and [[Venona project|Venona]] decryption reveal that he was an [[NKVD]] spy and Soviet [[communist propaganda|propagandist]]. In 2012, [[Hudson Institute]] adjunct [[Research fellow|fellow]] historian [[Ronald Radosh]] hinted that Marzani's Soviet-published ''We Can Be Friends'' may have been [[plagiarism|plagiarized]] in [[Oliver Stone]]'s ''[[Oliver_Stone#The_Untold_History_of_the_United_States|The Untold History of the United States]]''.<ref>{{cite web | author=[[Ronald Radosh]] | url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/story-told_660176.html?nopager=1 | title=A Story Told Before: Oliver Stone’s recycled leftist history of the United States | publisher=The Weekly Standard | date= November 12, 2012 | accessdate=November 4, 2011}}</ref>

[[Soviet Union|Soviet]] archives and [[Venona project|Venona]] decryption reveal that he was an [[NKVD]] spy and Soviet [[communist propaganda|propagandist]]. In 2012, [[Hudson Institute]] adjunct [[Research fellow|fellow]] historian [[Ronald Radosh]] hinted that Marzani's Soviet-published ''We Can Be Friends'' may have been [[plagiarism|plagiarized]] in [[Oliver Stone]]'s ''[[Oliver Stone#The Untold History of the United States|The Untold History of the United States]]''.<ref>{{cite web | author=[[Ronald Radosh]] | url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/story-told_660176.html?nopager=1 | title=A Story Told Before: Oliver Stone’s recycled leftist history of the United States | publisher=The Weekly Standard | date= November 12, 2012 | accessdate=November 4, 2011}}</ref>

==Early years==

==Early years==

==OSS==

==OSS==

In early 1942 after the United States became involved in World War II, Marzani joined the  OSS, the predecssor organization of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA). Marzani worked under Colonel [[William J. Donovan]] from 1942-1945 in the Analysis Branch.  While at the OSS Marzani worked closely with a group of Soviet agents[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Jun_1943_m7_p1.gif][http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Jun_1943_m7_p2.gif] managed by [[Eugene Dennis]], who later became CPUSA General Secretary.  In 1945 Marzani transferred to the [[Department of State]], where he worked as the Deputy Chief of the Presentation Division of the Office of Intelligence. Marzani's handled the preparation of top-secret reports, dealing with statistics, and communications in all forms of media. He also picked the targets for the [[Doolittle raid]] on Tokyo, which took place on April 18 1942.  

In early 1942 after the United States became involved in World War II, Marzani joined the  OSS, the predecssor organization of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA). Marzani worked under Colonel [[William J. Donovan]] from 1942-1945 in the Analysis Branch.  While at the OSS Marzani worked closely with a group of Soviet agents [http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Jun_1943_m7_p1.gif][http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Jun_1943_m7_p2.gif] managed by [[Eugene Dennis]], who later became CPUSA General Secretary.  In 1945 Marzani transferred to the [[Department of State]], where he worked as the Deputy Chief of the Presentation Division of the Office of Intelligence. Marzani's handled the preparation of top-secret reports, dealing with statistics, and communications in all forms of media. He also picked the targets for the [[Doolittle raid]] on Tokyo, which took place on April 18, 1942.  

==Cold War propaganda==

==Cold War propaganda==

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[[Category:KGB Agents and Sources]]

[[Category:KGB Agents and Sources]]

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[[Category:Propagandists]]