03487cpcaa2200565 i 4500 mm2009085460 DLC 20260227111731.0 090421|||||||||||| eng mm2009085460 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC eng rus R lcmd Vassiliev, Alexander. 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. Open to research. 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. Digitized versions of the file guide and concordance as well as the original, transcribed, and translated notebooks available as part of the Cold War International History Project on the Woodrow Wilson International Center Web site at http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/collection/86/Vassiliev-Notebooks Russian journalist, author, espionage historian, and KGB operative. Collection material in English and Russian. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010012 Lowenthal, John, 1925-2003. Vassiliev, Alexander Trials, litigation, etc. United States. Army. Signal Intelligence Service. Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti. Frank Cass & Co. Trials, litigation, etc. Intelligence and national security. Cryptography United States. Espionage United States. Intelligence service Soviet Union. World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography. World War, 1939-1945 Military intelligence United States. World War, 1939-1945 Soviet Union. Soviet Union Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations Soviet Union. Authors. itoamc Historians. itoamc Intelligence officers. itoamc Journalists. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010012 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010012.3 44793 44793