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'''William Walter Remington''' was born 25 October 1917 in New Jersey and recieved a B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1939 and an M.A. from Columbia University in 1940, also having completed most of the requirements for a Ph.D.
Remington was employed from September 1936 to May 1937 with the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]], Knoxville, Tennessee; April 1937 to August 1937 with the Workers' Education project, Knoxville, Tennessee; and from May 1940 to July 15, 1941, a Junior Economist with the National Resources Planning Board in Washington D.C; from July 1941 to February 1942 Remington was an associate industrial economist in the Consumers Division of the Office of Emergency Management; from February 1942 to October 1943 Remington worked as an assistant to the Director of the [[War Production Board]] (WPB), and from October 1943 an assistant to the Director of Orders ans Regulations Bureau in the WPB.
Remington was employed in a number of posts, principally as an economist:
*[[Tennessee Valley Authority]], Knoxville, Tennessee, September 1936 to May 1937;
*Workers' Education project, Knoxville, April to August 1937;
*Junior Economist with the National Resources Planning Board, Washington D.C, May 1940 to July 15, 1941;
*Associate industrial economist in the Consumers Division of the [[Office of Emergency Management]], from July 1941 to February 1942;
*Assistant to the Director of the [[War Production Board]] (WPB), February 1942 to October 1943;
*Assistant to the Director of Orders and Regulations Bureau in the WPB, October 1943 onwards.
During a [[Hatch Act of 1939|Hatch Act]] investigation it was discovered Remington had been active in the [[American Peace Mobilization]] and did research for the [[American Youth Congress]] in February of 1941. Remington's wife, Ann, was the executive secretary of the Washington chapter of the [[American Peoples Mobilization]].
Remington supplied [[Elizabeth Bentley]] for transmission to the [[Soviet Union]] information such as: charts setting out aircraft produciton and other matters concerning the aircraft industry; tests made on aircraft and other data concerninbg high octane gasoline; other information related to the aircraft production field; and a process for the manufacture of synthetic rubber. Remington introduced Bentley to [[Bernard Redmont]].
After [[World War II]] Remington obtained a position with the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. In 1946, Remington was about to be transferred to a professional position at the [[White House]] as an aide to a presidential assistant when FBI suspicion put a stop to it. After that Remington was in the process of applying for a position with the [[Atomic Energy Commission]] when the FBI interviewed him in 1947.
Remington later was convicted of perjury for denying Communist Party activity and was killed in a prison brawl.
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'''William Walter Remington''' was born 25 October 1917 in New Jersey and recieved a B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1939 and an M.A. from Columbia University in 1940, also having completed most of the requirements for a Ph.D.
Remington was employed from September 1936 to May 1937 with the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]], Knoxville, Tennessee; April 1937 to August 1937 with the Workers' Education project, Knoxville, Tennessee; and from May 1940 to July 15, 1941, a Junior Economist with the National Resources Planning Board in Washington D.C; from July 1941 to February 1942 Remington was an associate industrial economist in the Consumers Division of the Office of Emergency Management; from February 1942 to October 1943 Remington worked as an assistant to the Director of the [[War Production Board]] (WPB), and from October 1943 an assistant to the Director of Orders ans Regulations Bureau in the WPB.
Remington was employed in a number of posts, principally as an economist:
*[[Tennessee Valley Authority]], Knoxville, Tennessee, September 1936 to May 1937;
*Workers' Education project, Knoxville, April to August 1937;
*Junior Economist with the National Resources Planning Board, Washington D.C, May 1940 to July 15, 1941;
*Associate industrial economist in the Consumers Division of the [[Office of Emergency Management]], from July 1941 to February 1942;
*Assistant to the Director of the [[War Production Board]] (WPB), February 1942 to October 1943;
*Assistant to the Director of Orders and Regulations Bureau in the WPB, October 1943 onwards.
During a [[Hatch Act of 1939|Hatch Act]] investigation it was discovered Remington had been active in the [[American Peace Mobilization]] and did research for the [[American Youth Congress]] in February of 1941. Remington's wife, Ann, was the executive secretary of the Washington chapter of the [[American Peoples Mobilization]].
Remington supplied [[Elizabeth Bentley]] for transmission to the [[Soviet Union]] information such as: charts setting out aircraft produciton and other matters concerning the aircraft industry; tests made on aircraft and other data concerninbg high octane gasoline; other information related to the aircraft production field; and a process for the manufacture of synthetic rubber. Remington introduced Bentley to [[Bernard Redmont]].
After [[World War II]] Remington obtained a position with the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. In 1946, Remington was about to be transferred to a professional position at the [[White House]] as an aide to a presidential assistant when FBI suspicion put a stop to it. After that Remington was in the process of applying for a position with the [[Atomic Energy Commission]] when the FBI interviewed him in 1947.
Remington later was convicted of perjury for denying Communist Party activity and was killed in a prison brawl.
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[[Category:KGB Agents and Sources]]