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'''Henry J. Collins''' was an American citizen employed in the [[New Deal]] [[National Recovery Administration]] in the 1930s and later the [[Agricultural Adjustment Administration]]. He was a member of the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA) and the [[Washington D.C.]] based [[Harold Ware|Ware group]], along with [[Alger Hiss]], [[Lee Pressman]], [[Harry Dexter White]] and others.
Collins was the Ware group's treasurer and collected Communist Party dues from its members. Collins also acted as a talent spotter and recruiter for Soviet intelligence. "Worthington Wiggins" is the pseudonym of a [[State Department]] employee Collins recruited. He later served as Director of the [[American-Russian Institute]] in New York. [[J. Peters]], head of the CPUSA's secret appartus recognized Collins, Hiss and Pressman had the potential for advancement within the United States government. So in [[1936]] a decision was made to separate Collins from the larger Ware group, and [[Whittaker Chambers]] became Collins's contact with Peters.
Former State Department official [[Laurence Duggan]], shortly before his suicide, told the [[FBI]] that Collins had attempted to recruit him for Soviet espionage.
==Sources==
* Alexander Vassiliev's original Russian notes titled "A.Gorsky's Report to Savchenko S.R., 23 December 1949", "Failures List".
* [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hiss/8-3testimony.html Whittaker Chambers Testimony before HUAC 3 August 1948]
[[Category:Biographies|Collins, Henry]]
[[Category:History]]
Collins was the Ware group's treasurer and collected Communist Party dues from its members. Collins also acted as a talent spotter and recruiter for Soviet intelligence. "Worthington Wiggins" is the pseudonym of a [[State Department]] employee Collins recruited. He later served as Director of the [[American-Russian Institute]] in New York. [[J. Peters]], head of the CPUSA's secret appartus recognized Collins, Hiss and Pressman had the potential for advancement within the United States government. So in [[1936]] a decision was made to separate Collins from the larger Ware group, and [[Whittaker Chambers]] became Collins's contact with Peters.
Former State Department official [[Laurence Duggan]], shortly before his suicide, told the [[FBI]] that Collins had attempted to recruit him for Soviet espionage.
==Sources==
* Alexander Vassiliev's original Russian notes titled "A.Gorsky's Report to Savchenko S.R., 23 December 1949", "Failures List".
* [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hiss/8-3testimony.html Whittaker Chambers Testimony before HUAC 3 August 1948]
[[Category:Biographies|Collins, Henry]]
[[Category:History]]