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'''Leo Levanas''' was an American citizen employed with [[Shell Oil Company]] in [[San Francisco]] during [[World War II]]. Levanas is referenced in the [[Venona project]] as having met with a Soviet intelligence officer. He then requested a meeting with the head of the San Francisco [[KGB]] office to "explore helping us." Levanas was assigned the cover name ALMA by Soviet intelligence.
==Venona==
Levanas is referenced in the following Venona project decryptions:
31 KGB San Francisco to Moscow, 17 January 1944
133 KGB San Francisco to Moscow, 29 March 1944.
==Reference==
*John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999).
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[[Category:KGB Agents and Sources]]
==Venona==
Levanas is referenced in the following Venona project decryptions:
31 KGB San Francisco to Moscow, 17 January 1944
133 KGB San Francisco to Moscow, 29 March 1944.
==Reference==
*John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999).
{{DEFAULTSORT:Levanas, Leo}}
[[Category:KGB Agents and Sources]]