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'''Linn Markley Farish''' (1901 - 1944) was an [[American]] citizen and a member of the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) during [[World War II]]. The OSS was the predecessor agency of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA). Farish functioned as liaison officer with [[Josip Tito]]'s [[Yugoslav Partisans]] for the OSS. Farish also at the same time was serving [[NKVD|Soviet intelligence]]. Farish died in an aircraft crash in the Balkans in September 1944. Farish's code name in Soviet intelligence, and as decyphered in the [[Venona project]] is "Attila".<ref name="Haynes ">John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America,'' Yale University Press (1999), pgs. 194, 195.</ref>
'''Linn Markley Farish''' (1901 - 1944) was an [[American]] soldier and a member of the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) during [[World War II]]. The OSS was the predecessor agency of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA). Farish functioned as liaison officer with [[Josip Tito]]'s [[Yugoslav Partisans]] for the OSS. Farish also at the same time was serving [[NKVD|Soviet intelligence]]. Farish died in an aircraft crash in the Balkans in September 1944. Farish's code name in Soviet intelligence, and as decyphered in the [[Venona project]] is "Attila".<ref name="Haynes ">John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America,'' Yale University Press (1999), pgs. 194, 195.</ref>
== Military Career ==
Farish fought for the US in [[World War Two]] in the [[Balkans]]. He received a Distinguished Service Cross for his action between April 18th, 1944 and June 16th, 1944. <ref>https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/22099</ref>
==Venona==
==Venona==
Farish is referenced in the following Venona project decryption:
Farish is referenced in the following Venona project decryption: