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'''Mary Jane Keeney''' in 1940 worked at the [[Board of Economic Warfare]] in Washington D.C. during [[World War II]]. In November of 1945 Mary Jane Keeney travelled to Europe to work with the Allied Staff on Reparations.
Keeney work for Soviet Military Intelligence [[GRU]] during [[World War II]] and [[Joseph Bernstein]] was her contact with them. After the War Keeney hired on at the [[United Nations]]. Decyphered [[Venona]] cables and her own diaries, corroborate the fact that Keeney and her husband, [[Philip Keeney]], both worked for the GRU. Keeney's diary details [[Sergey Kurnakov]]'s takeover of the two for the [[KGB]].
In February of 1950 Senater [[Joseph McCarthy]] only accused Keeney of being a member of the Communist Party, not an agent serving a foreign government. By the end of 1950 Keeney lost her postition with the United Nations. Keeney was convicted of contempt of Congress, however the decision was overturned upon appeal.
==Sources==
* John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999)
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Keeney work for Soviet Military Intelligence [[GRU]] during [[World War II]] and [[Joseph Bernstein]] was her contact with them. After the War Keeney hired on at the [[United Nations]]. Decyphered [[Venona]] cables and her own diaries, corroborate the fact that Keeney and her husband, [[Philip Keeney]], both worked for the GRU. Keeney's diary details [[Sergey Kurnakov]]'s takeover of the two for the [[KGB]].
In February of 1950 Senater [[Joseph McCarthy]] only accused Keeney of being a member of the Communist Party, not an agent serving a foreign government. By the end of 1950 Keeney lost her postition with the United Nations. Keeney was convicted of contempt of Congress, however the decision was overturned upon appeal.
==Sources==
* John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999)
[[Category:Biographies]]
[[Category:History]]