| ID | 134059 |
| Title Proper | Harry Hopkins and Soviet espionage |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Klehr, Harvey ; Haynes, John Earl |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | One of the intriguing unidentified cover names in the Venona decryptions released in the mid-1990s was '19', a Soviet source senior enough to report taking part in a conversation with President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and Vice-President Wallace at the 1943 Trident conference. While some historians thought the evidence too ambiguous to identify the real name behind '19', others built a case that it was presidential adviser Harry Hopkins. Alexander Vassiliev's notebooks, made public in 2009, resolved the issue by firmly identifying '19' as State Department official Laurence Duggan. There remain, however, writers who refuse to accept the evidence that '19' was Duggan and insist that Hopkins was a Soviet agent on the basis of insubstantial evidence. |
| `In' analytical Note | Intelligence and National Security Vol.29, No.6; Dec.2014: p.864-879 |
| Journal Source | Intelligence and National Security Vol.29, No.6; Dec.2014: p.864-879 |
| Key Words | Soviet Espionage ; Trident Conference ; Russia ; Harry Hopkins ; Winston Churchill ; World War - II ; Western Alliance ; United States - US ; Laurence Duggan ; Warfare History ; United Kingdom - UK ; Insubstantial Evidence |