Vassiliev, Alexander. <br/><br/>
Alexander Vassiliev papers, 1895-2011  (bulk 1930-1950). 

 - 110  items. 11  containers. 4.2  linear feet. 168  electronic files (413.3 MB). 
 -  Arranged in 2 series.  Series 1: Papers File, circa 1895-2008; and Series 2: Electronic Files, circa 1895-2001. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Notebooks compiled by Vassiliev from Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti (KGB) files relating to KGB espionage activity in the United States during the 1930s through the early 1950s.  Includes typewritten transcriptions and English translations of the notebooks, summary narratives, a file guide, and a concordance.  Also includes scans of VENONA cables and other material relating to VENONA, the code name for the U.S. Army's Signal Intelligence Service's project to analyze and decrypt Soviet communications primarily during World War II.  Legal documents, correspondence, trial notes, and other papers pertain to the lawsuit Vassiliev v. Frank Cass & Co., a libel suit concerning the article, "Venona & Alger Hiss," by John Lowenthal, published in 2000 by the journal Intelligence and National Security Journal. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Russian journalist, author, espionage historian, and KGB operative. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English and Russian. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010012 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm2009085460 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Lowenthal, John, 1925-2003. <br/>Vassiliev, Alexander--Trials, litigation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Army.  Signal Intelligence Service. <br/>Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti. <br/>Frank Cass & Co.--Trials, litigation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Intelligence and national security.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cryptography--United States.<br/>Espionage--United States.<br/>Intelligence service--Soviet Union.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--United States.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Authors.<br/>Historians.<br/>Intelligence officers.<br/>Journalists.