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138, 166, 199, 203;
Venona San Francisco KGB, 293, 299, 300, 304–05, 310;
Venona USA GRU,
78, 110, 113. As “Hut”: Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 77.
Briton, N.: Described as a senior biologist. This may be a garble for N. Britton. Venona New York
KGB 1945, 140–41.
Britton: See Briton.
“Broadway” [“Brodvey”] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): OSS London station cover name for
British SIS, 1945. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 44.
Broda, Engelbert (Bertl): Soviet intelligence source/agent. Cover names in Vassiliev’s notebooks:
“Eric” [“Erik”] (1943–44) and “Quid” [“Kvid”] in 1945.
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As Broda: Vassiliev White Notebook
#1, 107;
Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 4, 68. As “Eric”:
Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 107;
Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 4–5, 7, 9, 11, 14–15, 29, 67–68. As “Quid”:
Vassiliev Yellow
Notebook #1, 29.
Brodsky, Joseph: CPUSA’s attorney in the 1930s and 1940s. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 146, 153.
“Brodvey” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Broadway”.
BROH: Unidentified. Partial decoding. Venona Special Studies, 14.
Bromley, Robert: Unidentified. Cover name in Venona: GRAY [GREJ]. Venona New York KGB 1945,
99. As GRAY [GREJ]:.
Bron, Saul: Director of Amtorg, 1920s. Likely the “Dear Saul” referenced in the Whalen documents,
Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 74.
Bronislava, Litovkina: See Litovkina Moroz. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 23.
Bronstein (and Bronshtejn), Lev Davidovich: Birth name of Leon Trotsky. Venona New York KGB
1944, 198; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 46.
Bronstein, Teodoro: Unidentified. Venona Secret Writings New York/Buenos Aires, 7.
BRONYA [ARMOUR] (cover name in Venona): Harold Smeltzer. Venona analysts provided a real
name for BRONYA but it was redacted when released. However, “Bronya” was identified in
Vassiliev’s notebooks as Harold Smeltzer. Venona New York KGB 1944, 274, 542, 631–32, 744;
Venona New York KGB 1945, 188; Venona Special Studies, 14, 80.
“Bronya” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Armor”.
BROOK [BRUK] (cover name in Venona): Unidentified Soviet intelligence source/agent. Venona USA
Naval GRU, 279–80.
Brookings Institution; Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 47, 66, 72; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #2, 45.
Brooklyn Eagle (newspaper):
Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 47.
Brooks, ?: Described by Charles Kramer in 1945 as a former associate of James Byrnes (U.S. Senator and
Secretary of State). Possibly U.S. Senator Charles Brooks (R. Illinois). Vassiliev White
Notebook #3, 96.
“Brother” [“Brat”] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Eduard Benes, 1944–45. Vassiliev White
Notebook #1, 115.
“Brother” [“Brat”] (cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): Unidentified Soviet intelligence source/agent,
technical intelligence, 1943, probably aviation related. “Brother” is associated with “Emulsion”
in 1943, and possibly “Brother” is “Emulsion’s brother” from 1938 (Vassiliev Black Notebook,
101). Vassiliev Black Notebook, 110, 117; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 113.
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25. See also the unidentified cover name “K.” that appears to be identical with “Eric”/Broda in Nigel
West and Oleg Tsarev,
The Crown Jewels: The British Secrets at the Heart of the KGB Archives (London:
HarperCollins, 1998), 231–33, 236; Andrew and Mitrokhin, Sword and the Shield, 114–15. On Broda,
see Andrew Brown, “The Viennese Connection: Engelbert Broda, Alan Nunn May and Atomic
Espionage,” Intelligence and National Security 24, no. 2 (April 2009) and Ben Macintyre, “The Spy Who
Started the Cold War,” Times [London], 10 June 2009, Http://www.timesonline.co.uk.
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BROTHER [BRAT] (cover name in Venona): Unidentified Soviet technical intelligence source/agent,
cover name changed to “Thomas” in October 1944. Associated with EMULSION. Venona
New York KGB 1943, 18;
Venona New York KGB 1944, 275, 543;
Venona Special Studies, 14,
176.
“Brother Organization”: See “Fraternal”.
Brotherhood of Ukrainian Catholics [BRATSTVO UKRAINSKIKh KATOLIKOV]: Venona New York
KGB 1943, 141.
BROTHER-IN-LAW [SVOYAK] (cover name in Venona): Unidentified Soviet intelligence source/agent.
Venona San Francisco KGB, 64;
Venona Special Studies, 114.
BROTHERLY [BRATSKAYA] (cover name in Venona): A local Communist party. See FRATERNAL.
Venona Special Studies, 142.
“Brothers”: See “Fraternal”.
“Brothers' Unit”: Reference to a CPUSA unit. Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 69.
Brothman, Abraham: Soviet intelligence source/agent. A chemist and head of a small chemical
consulting and research firm. Cover names in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Constructor”
[“Konstruktor”] from 1941 until October 1944, and then changed to “Chrome Yellow” [“Kron”]
by 1945 and thereafter. Brothman appears in Venona as CONSTRUCTOR [KONSTRUKTOR]
until October 1944 when the cover names was changed to EXPERT [ĒKSPERT], but EXPERT
does not occur in any subsequent Venona message. Instead, CHROME-YELLOW [KRON],
translated once as CHROME-PIGMENT did appear in December 1944 and January 1945
“Expert” does not occur in Alexander Vassiliev’s notebooks. As Brothman: Vassiliev Black
Notebook, 121; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 33; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 106, 110;
Venona New York KGB 1944, 542; Venona Special Studies, 37, 81. As “Constructor”: Vassiliev
Black Notebook, 110, 117; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 111–12; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1,
101–3, 106. As CONSTRUCTOR [KONSTRUKTOR]: Venona New York KGB 1944, 542;
Venona Special Studies, 37, 81. As EXPERT [EKSPERT]:
Venona New York KGB 1944, 542;
Venona Special Studies, 81, 175. As “Chrome Yellow”:
Vassiliev Black Notebook, 114, 119,
121, 125, 127, 129, 133, 135–36; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 33; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1,
84–85, 103–6, 110. As CHROME-YELLOW and CHROME-PIGMENT [KRON]: Venona New
York KGB 1944, 739–40; Venona New York KGB 1945, 16; Venona Special Studies, 39.
Broverman, Fred: Described as business associate of Jack Soble, 1952. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3,
86–87, 89, 103.
Browder, Earl: Soviet intelligence contact/informant. General Secretary of the CPUSA, 1930 to
mid-1945. Cover names in Vassiliev’s notebooks: “Boss” (informal cover name/title given by
Jacob Golos, 1940, and Elizabeth Bentley, 1943), “Helmsman” [“Rulevoy”] (1942–1945), and
“Shaman” (1946–51). Cover name in Venona: HELMSMAN [RULEVOJ]. As Browder:
Vassiliev Black Notebook, 27, 146–47, 149; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 19–20, 145–46, 152;
Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 23, 35, 38–44, 50, 61, 66, 69, 71; Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 1, 3,
97, 116; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1, 7; Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 113–14; Venona New
York KGB 1943, 40, 72, 83, 221, 284–85, 322, 363, 365;
Venona New York KGB 1944, 14, 32, 42,
48, 113, 191, 220, 292, 345, 501, 549, 565, 581, 609, 695, 756; Venona New York KGB 1945, 6,
13; Venona Special Studies, 63, 130; Venona Mexico City KGB, 109 (might be William Browder),
316. As “Boss”: Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 148; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 2. As
“Helmsman”: Vassiliev Black Notebook, 64–65, 120, 181, 189; Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 3–5,
8–14, 52, 57–58, 63, 70, 72, 75–76, 121, 153–54; Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 1–5, 7–10, 15–18,
20, 29, 31, 35–39, 41–44; Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 18, 20, 23, 44–45, 67–68, 86; Vassiliev
Yellow Notebook #2, 62, 64, 66, 77. As “Shaman”: Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 35, 44–45;
Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 124. As HELMSMAN [RULEVOJ]: Venona New York KGB
1943, 38, 72, 82–83, 221, 283–85, 322, 362–63, 365; Venona New York KGB 1944, 13–14, 31–33,
41–42, 47–48, 113, 190–91, 219–20, 291–92, 344–45, 500–501, 548–49, 564–65, 579–81, 608,