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100	1		_aVassiliev, Alexander.
245	0	0	_aAlexander Vassiliev papers, _f1895-2011 _g(bulk 1930-1950).
300			_a110 _fitems.
300			_a11 _fcontainers.
300			_a4.2 _flinear feet.
300			_a168 _felectronic files (413.3 MB).
351			_aArranged in 2 series. Series 1: Papers File, circa 1895-2008; and Series 2: Electronic Files, circa 1895-2001.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aNotebooks 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.
530			_aDigitized 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 _uhttp://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/collection/86/Vassiliev-Notebooks
545	0		_aRussian journalist, author, espionage historian, and KGB operative.
546			_aCollection material in English and Russian.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010012
600	1	0	_aLowenthal, John, _d1925-2003.
600	1	0	_aVassiliev, Alexander _xTrials, litigation, etc.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy. _bSignal Intelligence Service.
610	1	0	_aSoviet Union. _bKomitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti.
610	2	0	_aFrank Cass & Co. _xTrials, litigation, etc.
630	0	0	_aIntelligence and national security.
650		0	_aCryptography _zUnited States.
650		0	_aEspionage _zUnited States.
650		0	_aIntelligence service _zSoviet Union.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xCryptography.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xMilitary intelligence _zUnited States.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _zSoviet Union.
651		0	_aSoviet Union _xForeign relations _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _zSoviet Union.
656		7	_aAuthors. _2itoamc
656		7	_aHistorians. _2itoamc
656		7	_aIntelligence officers. _2itoamc
656		7	_aJournalists. _2itoamc
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010012
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010012.3
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