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The Chikov-Kern collaboration began in 1993, and the manuscript was largely completed by mid-1995. At the time of writing Vladimir Chikov was a Lt. Colonel press officer with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) intelligence service, formerly the [[KGB]].<ref>Los Alamos National Laboratories [http://www.lanl.gov/history/wartime/spies.shtml History:Spies]. Retrieved from lanl.gov 14 July 2007.</ref>  Kern, who studied at Princeton, is a widely acclaimed Russian translator and sovietologist. The Preface of the book was written by [[Robert Lamphere]], FBI liaison to the [[Venona Project]], head of the SOVME Unit and later supervisor of the Rosenberg Case.  

The Chikov-Kern collaboration began in 1993, and the manuscript was largely completed by mid-1995. At the time of writing Vladimir Chikov was a Lt. Colonel press officer with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) intelligence service, formerly the [[KGB]].<ref>Los Alamos National Laboratories [http://www.lanl.gov/history/wartime/spies.shtml History:Spies]. Retrieved from lanl.gov 14 July 2007.</ref>  Kern, who studied at Princeton, is a widely acclaimed Russian translator and sovietologist. The Preface of the book was written by [[Robert Lamphere]], FBI liaison to the [[Venona Project]], head of the SOVME Unit and later supervisor of the Rosenberg Case.  

Chikov’s account was released with the cooperation of the Russian successor agency to the KGB and the information he gives must be evaluated with that in mind. Because the SVR still has

Chikov's account was released with the cooperation of the Russian successor agency to the KGB and the information he gives must be evaluated with that in mind. Because the SVR still has

institutional reasons to maintain the secrecy of Soviet-era spies, Chikov gives a pseudonym for the scientist Cohen/Louis recruited. Out of a desire to obscure exactly who was recruited, we regard it as possible that the date Chikov gives is not exact.<ref>[http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~russia/threads/index/thrdcarhaynes.html Carley v. Klehr & Haynes:Secret World of American Communism], 6 July 1995. Retrieved from H-Net 14 July 2007.</ref> Chikov's earliest writing about the Cohens' involvement in atomic espionage was a magazine article in ''New Times'' (''Novoye Vremya'') in April 1991. A number of elements from that account are incorporated in this set—they differ from ''Comment Staline'', but may be closer to the truth.

institutional reasons to maintain the secrecy of Soviet-era spies, Chikov gives a pseudonym for the scientist Cohen/Louis recruited. Out of a desire to obscure exactly who was recruited, we regard it as possible that the date Chikov gives is not exact.<ref>[http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~russia/threads/index/thrdcarhaynes.html Carley v. Klehr & Haynes:Secret World of American Communism], 6 July 1995. Retrieved from H-Net 14 July 2007.</ref> Chikov's earliest writing about the Cohens' involvement in atomic espionage was a magazine article in ''New Times'' (''Novoye Vremya'') in April 1991. A number of elements from that account are incorporated in this set—they differ from ''Comment Staline'', but may be closer to the truth.