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In 1932 Akhmerov transferred to the foreign intelligence of the [[NKVD]] and served as a covert intelligence officer under diplomatic cover in Turkey. He became a covert field officer serving in China in 1934. In 1935 he entered the [[United States]] with false identity papers and served until 1939. Akhmerov returned in 1942 and served as ''covert [[resident]]'' in the United States during [[World War II]] and operated under cover as a clothier. Akhnreov is known to have used the cover names '''William Grienke''', '''Michael Green''', '''Michael Adamec''', and several others while in the United States. His code names in intercepted [[Venona]] decrypts of Soviet intelligence messages are ''MAYOR'' and ''ALBERT''.<ref>[http://www.johnearlhaynes.org/page44.html KGB file 43173 vol.2 (v) pp. 49-55]</ref> <ref>John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999). </ref>
In 1932 Akhmerov transferred to the foreign intelligence of the [[NKVD]] and served as a covert intelligence officer under diplomatic cover in Turkey. He became a covert field officer serving in China in 1934. In 1935 he entered the [[United States]] with false identity papers and served until 1939. Akhmerov returned in 1942 and served as ''covert [[resident]]'' in the United States during [[World War II]] and operated under cover as a clothier. Akhnreov is known to have used the cover names '''William Grienke''', '''Michael Green''', '''Michael Adamec''', and several others while in the United States. His code names in intercepted [[Venona]] decrypts of Soviet intelligence messages are ''MAYOR'' and ''ALBERT''.<ref>[http://www.johnearlhaynes.org/page44.html KGB file 43173 vol.2 (v) pp. 49-55]</ref> <ref>John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999). </ref>
Akhmerov worked closely with [[Joseph Katz]]. He had turned his surveillance operations over to Katz, and Katz had succeeded him as the superior of [[Elizabeth Bentley]] and her web of agents. On March 3, 1945, the director of the [[KGB]], Lt. General [[Pavel Fitin]] instructed Akhmerov to learn what he could about American plans for the forthcoming San Francisco [[United Nations]] Charter Conference. Assigning top priority to the task, Fitin ordered an early report. [[Alger Hiss]] was responsible for planning the conference, and Akhmerov was tasked with carrying a breach of standard security precuations which ordinarily prevented an officer of the KGB from contacting an agent of the GRU.
He was And he was also [[Josef Stalin]]'s personal representative to [[Harry Hopkins]], who he considered an agent of "major significance" but "an unconscious rather than a conscious agent." <ref>ChristopherAndrew and Oleg Gordievsky, ''KGB: The Inside Story'', New York: Harper Collins, 1990, p. 387. </ref>
In late 1945 or early 1946 Akhmerov returned to the [[Soviet Union]] and became deputy chief of the KGB's covert intelligence section (отдел нелегальной разведки). He attained the rank of colonel and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner twice, the Order of the Badge of Honor, and the badge of Honored Chekist. <ref>[http://svr.gov.ru/history/ah.html Biography] (in Russian)</ref>
In late 1945 or early 1946 Akhmerov returned to the [[Soviet Union]] and became deputy chief of the KGB's covert intelligence section (отдел нелегальной разведки). He attained the rank of colonel and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner twice, the Order of the Badge of Honor, and the badge of Honored Chekist. <ref>[http://svr.gov.ru/history/ah.html Biography] (in Russian)</ref>