Talk:Charles Flato

FBI Silvermaster file Vol. 36, pg. 72 pdf. This is an authorized wiretap, in this case the interception of a telegram, from Robert Talbott Miller and Jenny Miller. The telegram is addressed to "Charles Slato." You will recall, Elizabeth Bentley did not name Charles Flato at all, although Venona revealed Flato complicity as a major conspirator. Now, at the time of this telegram, which appears to be simply a typographical error of a telegraph clerk, FBI field investigators and Venona decryptors were unaware of each others investigations. So when the joint investigation began nearly two years later, Flato was overlooked and escaped scrutiny evidently because of a simple typographical error and Bentley forgotting to mention him. Another curious bit is Flato name again is misspelled in Soviet Archives as "Floto."

So be a series of flukes and quirck circumstances, Flato was never investigated fully, and managed to duck the scrutiny other Silvermaster group suspects underwent. Such is life. Rob Smith 17:20, 23 September 2007 (EDT)