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In the 1930's Krafsur joined the [[Communist Party of America]]. He attended Northeastern University for a year. He lived at 68 Phillips Street in Boston before going to [[Spain]] to fight with the [[Abraham Lincoln Brigade]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]], where he was wounded in 1937.

In the 1930's Krafsur joined the [[Communist Party of America]]. He attended Northeastern University for a year. He lived at 68 Phillips Street in Boston before going to [[Spain]] to fight with the [[Abraham Lincoln Brigade]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]], where he was wounded in 1937.

In 1938 Krafsur was a member of the editorial staff of ''The Volunteers for Liberty'' a newspaper which was an, "organ of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade" organization out of 125 West 45 Street in New York City. In April of 1938 he was in charge of finding veterans to tell their war sories to be made into radio plays written by [[Irwin Shaw]].

In 1938 Krafsur was a member of the editorial staff of ''The Volunteers for Liberty'' a newspaper which was an, "organ of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade" organization out of 125 West 45 Street in New York City.<ref>[http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:zvSmw-tjBF8J:www.alba-valb.org/volpdf/vol_1938_04.pdf+%22Bill+Krafsur%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us The Volunteer For Liberty, Vol. 1, No. 3, April, 1938]</ref> In April of 1938 he was in charge of finding veterans to tell their war sories to be made into radio plays written by [[Irwin Shaw]].

He began working for TASS in 1941 after being recruited by the Soviet agent [[Vladimir Pravdin]]. Krafsur was considered an important asset to the KGB because of the many contacts he had with other newsmen. He was the deputy TASS bureau chief in [[Washington, D.C.]] and the [[FBI]] spent a lot of time and effort trying to identify who he was under his codename IDE.

He began working for TASS in 1941 after being recruited by the Soviet agent [[Vladimir Pravdin]]. Krafsur was considered an important asset to the KGB because of the many contacts he had with other newsmen. He was the deputy TASS bureau chief in [[Washington, D.C.]] and the [[FBI]] spent a lot of time and effort trying to identify who he was under his codename IDE.

In 1949, he left TASS and was later called before the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] where he chose not to cooperate. Later he worked in a toy store.

In 1949, he left TASS and was later called before the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] where he chose not to cooperate. Later he worked in a toy store.

In the early 1960's he married the ex-wife of the secretary-treasurer of the Mine, Mill, and Smelters Union. He died, at the age of seventy, in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1983.

In the early 1960's he married the ex-wife of the secretary-treasurer of the Mine, Mill, and Smelters Union. He died, at the age of seventy, in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1983<ref>U. S. Social Security Death Index</ref>.

==Venona==

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