Esther Trebach Rand
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Esther Trebach Rand was an American who served as an asset of the New York KGB office during World War II, and spied on Zionists. Rand worked for the United Palestine Appeal. Rand was also part of the Jack Soble espionage ring.
Venona
Esther Trebach Rand's cover name in Soviet intelligence, and as decyphered by Venona project cryptogrphers, is AIDA and KLO. Trebach Rand is referenced in the following Venona decrypt:
- 640 KGB New York to Moscow, 6 May 1944
- 1251 KGB New York to Moscow, 2 September 1944
References
- John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999).