MGB Soviet Officials
It it not possible in a memorandum of this length to detail the information available from regarding MGB officials attached to official and semi-official Soviet establishments in the United States. We have almost conclusively established that the individual who was operating the New York network is identical with Pavel Fedosimov. He undoubtedly was the legal resident agent for the MGB at the Soviet Consulate in New York. He also directed activities ⟨which⟩ were outside the New York area, reaching to the West Coast.
Under Fadosimov there were a number of individuals ⟨in⟩ official or semi-official Soviet positions who were designated as "cadre-men." These individuals apparently headed various individual networks which were being operated by the MGB in ⟨the⟩ United States. We have not identified all of these ⟨individuals⟩ but some of the important ones were Vladimir S. Pravdin, the ⟨head⟩ of Tass News Agency who had been mentioned previously; Semen ⟨M.⟩ Semenov, who headed an espionage network which included ⟨Abraham⟩ Brothman, Thomas L. Black, and Harry Gold; Anatoli A. ⟨Yakovlev⟩ who has been mentioned previously and who was in charge of ⟨the⟩ Rosenberg network and took over the activities of Theodore A. Hall and Saville Sax, who have been mentioned previously. ⟨An⟩ individual who had helped in the recruitment of Judith Coplon ⟨and⟩ Flora Don Wovschin was Stepan N. Choundenko. He was a clerk attached to the Soviet Consulate in New York City.
The legal resident agent at the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D. C., following his arrival in the United States ⟨in⟩ September, 1944, mas Anatoli Gromov, whom we identified in connection with the Silvermaster case. We are attempting to ⟨determine⟩ to the fullest possible extent the activities of these Soviet officials, none of whom are in the United States at the ⟨present⟩ time. We do have one individual here now by the name of ⟨Semen⟩ Makarov, whom we know from information from operated in Australia as an MGB agent. His activities are closely followed inasmuch as he undoubtedly is still active ⟨as an⟩ MGB agent.
OBSERVATIONS
It has not been possible in this memorandum to ⟨describe⟩ all of the identifications which we have made based on the
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