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'''Henry J. Collins''' was a [[United States government]] official and [[USSR|Soviet]] agent<ref>Alexander Vassiliev, ''Black Notebook'', [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/docs/Black%20Notebook%20Original.pdf Orig.] 39; [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/docs/Black%20Notebook%20Translated1.pdf Trans.] 77; cf. Ronald Bachman and Harold Leich (tr.), with John Earl Haynes, [http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=h-hoac&month=0503&week=b&msg=ycrsVT7M1e2L9EECiLFskg&user=&pw= Alexander Vassiliev's Notes on Anatoly Gorsky's December 1948 Memo on Compromised American Sources and Networks], History of American Communism (H-HOAC) Discussion Network, March 14, 2005, H-Net Discussion Networks, Humanities and Social Sciences Online (Michigan State University); David Lowenthal with Svetlana A. Chervonnaya, [http://hnn.us/articles/11581.html Gorsky Report: Dec 23, 1949], History News Network (George Mason University), May 2, 2005; John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr and Alexander Vassiliev, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=qCAVQ_cdomcC Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America]'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009), ISBN 0300123906, pp. 202, 244</ref>
Collins was 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 [[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.
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.
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*FBI Silvermaster file, [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster067.pdf Vol. 67, pgs. 13 - 14] pdf, August 1946. Background on Collins from Whittaker Chambers.
*FBI Silvermaster file, [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster067.pdf Vol. 67, pgs. 13 - 14] pdf, August 1946. Background on Collins from Whittaker Chambers.
* [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hiss/8-3testimony.html Whittaker Chambers Testimony before HUAC 3 August 1948]
* [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hiss/8-3testimony.html Whittaker Chambers Testimony before HUAC 3 August 1948]