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===The Zarubin Affair===

===The Zarubin Affair===

In 1943, [[Vasily Zarubin]], NKVD station chief in the U.S. from 1941 to 1944, was transferred from the Soviet Embassy in Washington to the San Francisco consulate, under cover as a diplomat called "Zubilin." Shortly thereafter, Zubilin gave Soviet agent "[[Steve Nelson]]"u (Stjepan Mesaros) ten bills of unknown denominations.<ref>Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, 81st Cong., 1st sess., [http://ia311304.us.archive.org/1/items/hearingsregarding1949unit/hearingsregarding1949unit_bw.pdf Hearings Regarding Steve Nelson] (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1949), pp VIII-IX (PDF pp. 12-13)</ref> This interaction was recorded by an FBI "bug" planted in Nelson's residence.<ref>Athan G. Theoharis, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=C3_eAAAAMAAJ Chasing Spies: How the FBI Failed in Counter-Intelligence But Promoted the Politics of McCarthyism in the Cold War Years]'' (Ivan Dee, 2002) ISBN 1566634202, p. 62</ref> On May 7, 1943, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover informed Hopkins:

In 1943, [[Vasily Zarubin]], NKVD station chief in the U.S. from 1941 to 1944, was transferred from the Soviet Embassy in Washington to the San Francisco consulate, under cover as a diplomat called "Zubilin." Shortly thereafter, Zubilin gave Soviet agent "[[Steve Nelson]]"u (Stjepan Mesaros) ten bills of unknown denominations.<ref>Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, 81st Cong., 1st sess., [http://ia311304.us.archive.org/1/items/hearingsregarding1949unit/hearingsregarding1949unit_bw.pdf Hearings Regarding Steve Nelson] (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1949), pp VIII-IX (PDF pp. 12-13)</ref> This interaction was recorded by an FBI "bug" planted in Nelson's residence.<ref>Athan G. Theoharis, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=C3_eAAAAMAAJ Chasing Spies: How the FBI Failed in Counter-Intelligence But Promoted the Politics of McCarthyism in the Cold War Years]'' (Ivan Dee, 2002) ISBN 1566634202, p. 62</ref> On May 7, 1943, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover informed Hopkins:

{{cquote|Through a highly confidential and reliable source it has been determined that on April 10, 1943, a Russian who is an agent of the Communist International paid a sum of money to Steve Nelson, National Committeeman of the Communist Party, USA, at the latter’s home in Oakland, California. The money was reportedly paid to Nelson for the purpose of placing Communist Party members and Comintern agents in industries engaged in secret war production for the United States Government so that information could be obtained for transmittal to the Soviet Union.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/venona-soviet-espionage-and-the-american-response-1939-1957/9.gif/image.gif 9. Hoover to Hopkins, 7 May, 1943], [https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/venona-soviet-espionage-and-the-american-response-1939-1957/9a.gif/image.gif Page 2], Robert Louis Benson and Michael Warner, eds., ''[https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/venona-soviet-espionage-and-the-american-response-1939-1957/venona.htm Venona: Soviet Espionage and The American Response,  1939-1957]'' (NSA/CIA, 1996)</ref>}}

{{cquote|Through a highly confidential and reliable source it has been determined that on April 10, 1943, a Russian who is an agent of the Communist International paid a sum of money to Steve Nelson, National Committeeman of the Communist Party, USA, at the latter’s home in Oakland, California. The money was reportedly paid to Nelson for the purpose of placing Communist Party members and Comintern agents in industries engaged in secret war production for the United States Government so that information could be obtained for transmittal to the Soviet Union.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/venona-soviet-espionage-and-the-american-response-1939-1957/9.gif/image.gif 9. Hoover to Hopkins, 7 May, 1943], [https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/venona-soviet-espionage-and-the-american-response-1939-1957/9a.gif/image.gif Page 2], [[Robert Louis Benson]] and [[Michael Warner]], eds., ''[https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/venona-soviet-espionage-and-the-american-response-1939-1957/venona.htm Venona: Soviet Espionage and The American Response,  1939-1957]'' (NSA/CIA, 1996)</ref>}}

Instead of notifying the President of this atomic espionage, Hopkins immediately tipped off the Soviets that the FBI was onto them. A document in the KGB files copied by former KGB agent Vasili Mitrokhin and smuggled out of Russia by British intelligence in 1992 reveals that Hopkins

Instead of notifying the President of this atomic espionage, Hopkins immediately tipped off the Soviets that the FBI was onto them. A document in the KGB files copied by former KGB agent Vasili Mitrokhin and smuggled out of Russia by British intelligence in 1992 reveals that Hopkins