REISSUE(T399.1) TO VIKTOR[I].

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: August 10, 1944
• Content Type: CABLE

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From: NEW YORK
To: MOSCOW
No: 1142
To VIKTOR[i].
Reissue (T399.1)
YEN
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10 August 1944
Your no. 3502[a].
1. In accordance with a decision of the HOUSEIDOM][ii] ChIZhfiii]
and KARLOS[iv] before departure from TYREITIR][v] were instructed
in the use of a reciphered[TABLIChNYJ] code which they were to
[46 groups unrecoverable]
[D% alphabet] and in addition ChIZh was to write in English and
KARLOS in Spanish. We cannot establish whether the pads[TABLITsY]
for the codes were sent home since they were entered under the
heading "ChIZh's Business" and "KARLOS's Business".[4 groups un-
recovered] there are no inventories. From TYRE no enciphered
lettefs were sent to[b] Ch. and K. Both codes ended up in
ShTOKivi] hands.
2. For correspondence with ARTUR[vii] a book in the Spanish
language "Una Excursion a Los Indios Ranqueles" was used as a
code.
3. For correspondence with ALEKSANDR[viii] the books "My Sister
Eileen" and [n] Defense Will Not Win War ['I] were used as codes.
4. For correspondence with MARGO[ix] the book "Opera"[OREGA[sic]],
which was sent to you in accordance with your instructions, was
used.
5. For correspondence with GARRI[x], KhUAN[xi] and ANITAIxii]
books were used whose titles were not kept since they were de-
stroyed after the departure of LUKA[xiii] to the COUNTRYSIDE
[DEREVNYa][xiv].
6. In a simple cipher square[SETKA] TVENfxv] trained
[34 groups unrecoverable
....ZUL'[xvi], POLI[xvii] which were destroyed and for ShTABIST
[xviii] which we are dispatching to you by the next regular post.
No. 633
10 August
MAJ[xix]
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Notes: [a]
[xvii]
[xix]
Not available. Also referred to in NEW YORK's no.
1621 of 20 November 1944 (3/NBF/T399. Item 2)
"To" or "by."
VIKTOR: Lt. Gen. P.M. FITIN.
DOM: Probably a reference to the COMINTERN.
ChIZh: i.e. SISKIN, unidentified cover-name. .
KARLOS: Christian CASANOVA Subercaseaux.
TYRE: NEW YORK, N.Y.
ShTOK: i.e. STOCK, Mikhail A. ShALYaPIN.
ARTUR: Unidentified cover-name.
ALEKSANDR: Unidentified cover-name.
MARGO: Margarita NELKEN Mansberger de Paul.
GARRI: i.e. HARRY, Jacob EPSTEIN.
KhUAN: i.e. JUAN, possibly Juan GAYTAN Godoy.
ANITA: Unidentified cover-name.
LUKA: Pavel P. KLARIN who had been 2nd Secretary
at the Soviet Embassy in.MEXICO CITY.
DEREVNYa: MEXICO.
TVEN: i.e. TWAIN, Semen Markovich SEMENOV.
....ZULI: Alternatively ....ZULE. Possibly the
last part of an unidentified cover-name, or even
the whole of a cover-name.
POL'! i.e. PAUL, unidentified cover-name.
ShTAB1ST: i.e. STAFF-MAN, unidentified cover-name.
MAJ: Stepan Zakharovich APRESYaN, Soviet Vice-
Consul in NEW YORK.
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TO BE KEPT UNDER LOCK AND KEY:
NEVER TO BE REMOVED FROM THE OFFICE.
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enquiry a
A ring mean
7p.m. at the e
Juan De Letran.
will be wearing spe
takes off and wipes.
and asks:KhE... in E
KhE... : No, my nam
go on to talk bu
place on the
'the .next dal
ut the days and times of rece
that a meeting takes pla
ance to t4e Teres
KhE...[11 ho
acles,
on.
at [C'," exactly]
inema, Avenida
the magazine Life,
ich from time to time he
0 ? man holds the magazine Time
: Are you Mister TOREN?
es BRUNO. After this they
'e meeting does not take
1 it is changed to
ns. KhE...'s
t dark-haired,
und spectacles.
Ch
ess. :If
of the 'phone
,under the same condit
distinguix ing features - middle hei
wart o 'right cheek, small moustache,
No 462
14th June
MAY [MAJ][ii]
Comments: [i] KhE...: Floyd Cleveland MILLER, alias
Mike CORT.
[ii] MAJ: Pavel Ivanovich FEDOSIMOV.
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W.S. No.: XY-60a4
Item 5
. From: NEW YORK
To: MOSCOW
Nos.: 1143-1144
(Part I] To VICTOR.
Your number 2878.
10 Aug 1944
1. . The task concerning sending the letter to
the capital of the COUNTRYSIDE [DEREVNYa]liJ ha ?den
carried out. The letter
[15 groups unrecovered.]
all materials on ROURKE [RURKE][ii],
[7 groups. unrecc7irered 32 'groups unrecoverable]
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the letter as you proposed was not sent.
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2. KhE...0.11i has returned to TYRE [TIR][iv]
from the COUNTRYSIDE. .The authorities did not molest
him when crossilv; the f'ontier. KhE... has submitted
a detailed re:oort on ,114.s trip. He obtained. the narpes
and addresses of the most active POLECATS. [KhOR'KI]ivj
in the COUNTRI7IDE, He has describedrin.detail the
position in OLD WOMAN's [STARUKhA]Lv1J house.
He _has repol.Led the dearture flo-en4 the 9OU4TRY [STRANA][vii]
of ROURKE,Victor SERGELviiij and GORKINlixi: SERGE has
appar9r4ly broken 7ith the POLECATS, P.O.U.M. people[x]
[and]laJ left wing socialists, al.11, has retil.c1 from
the editorial board of "MUNDO"[xii. Recently SERGE
and GORKIN's apartment was raided] by th2 police of
the COUNTRYSIDE. There is some information.to the
effect that on arrival in.the COUNTRY they will attempt
to organise a scY,arlte group round themselves. He has
described the situation of the ?Spanishi Gerwa4 and
COUNTRYSIDE sections of the POLECATS, [and]laJ the
relations between them and the OLI WOMAN. The latter
intends to demand a renewal ofrthe,investic,:ation of the
effects of Roll,?rt Sheldon HARTlxiij who wLs murdered
63 ;roup unrecoverable]
[Part II] With the judge's p9rmission ROURKE succeeded .in photo-
graphing the EITALxiiiJ file. The film is kept in
the OLD WOMAN's house.
GORKIN r'Jlated that a close friend Of his in
the COUNTRYSIDE wasroile,of our fellow workers. He states
that SEAL [TYuLEN']LxivJ and the "head of the .GPTJ" in
the COUNTRYSIDE had a difference of opinion concerning
the method of combatting the POLECATS. The latter
is supposed to have insisted on the use of tr.rrorism
[26 groups unrecovered] ?
[C% trip] KhE... ha been continuing to work on
coastal steamerslxvJ to obtain a further pestponement of
his call up and for this reason will be unable for some
time to concern himself regularly with the POLECATS.
However by making use of his successfully accomplished
trip we will continue to put him forward for the staff[b]
and strengthen his authority with the POLECATS.'
While KhE... was in the COUNTR 'SIDE 'the
FELLOW COUNTR 77?N [ZEMLYaKI]lxvii in their ))aper "LA VOZ"
of the 7th of July said that one of the chier. POLECATS
of the COUNTRY had recently arrived. This also is being
used by us 'be strengthen KhE...'s position. KhE...'s
report we will !Jen: by post.
..-
KhE... has learnt of BOB's[xvii] return to
TYRE and has told un that he is afraid of a?rdliure
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TO BE KEPT UNDER LOCK AND KEY:
NEVER TO BE REMOVED FROM THE OFFICE.
.[PROVAL][c] with the POLECATS because of BOB's
-excessive talkativeness. The latter told his relatives
that he was not a POLECAT and gave, them to understand
that he worked on assignments. KhE..-. is afraid that
this may get to the ears of the POLECATS and they may
become suspicious of KhE... as he came to them through
BOB.
After an unsuccesstl.ttemPt to get into
the international secretariatlxviiii and after the
retirement from 7orlet- of VAN TECILTENOORT [KhEJDZhENURT][xix],
TULIP [TYuL'PAN]lx.xJ may
.[28 groups unrecoverable]
alone to foreigners. The affairs of the interna4ona;
secretariat have been, taken on,by COCHRAN [KOKRAN]Lxxij,
a member of the staff of the POLECATS. At presen.4
TULIP is being used by us on the GNAT -CKOMARJLx.xlij
case and is carrying out the task very D.ILIGENTLY.
No. 634: [d]
T.N.: [a] Inserted by translator.
[b] I.e. the staff.of the. POLECATS. See the last
paragraph of the message for this phrase.
[c] PROVAL: compare also S/NBF/T223. There is
some reason to think that the word is used
in this type of context with the acquired
meaning of "compromise" of an agent.
[d] The signature occurs in the 63 unrecoverable.
groups at the end of the first part of the
message.
Comments:[i] DEREVNYa: Mexico.
[ii] Miter ROURKE, alias Walter KETLEY,
bodyguard and personal secretary to
Nataltya Ivanovna SEDOVA-TROTSKY until
replaced by Duncan FERGUSON in January
1 944.
[iii] : Floyd Cleveland MILLER, alias
Mike CORT.
[iv] TIR: NEW YORK, N.Y.
[v] KhOR'KI: Trotskyites.
[vi] STARUKhA: Natal'ya.Ivanovna SEDOVA-TROTSKY.
[vii] STRANA: the United States of Amen a.
[viii] Victor SERGE, more properly Vi
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on 30th December 1890, of Russian Revolution-
ary emigre parents. Became a leader in the
Bolshevik movement, but was expelled from
Russia in 1933 and deprived of Soviet citizen-
ship in 1930. Spent much time in France until
t9401 after which he went to Mexico, where he
was active in Trotskyite circles. Died 18 Nov
1'947 in MEXICO CITY.
[ix] GORKIN: properly Julian GOITEZ G;.RCIA. Born in the
Frovince of Spain, 12th January, 1902.
Plod from:Spain in 1921 and became activo in the
dolnist movement. ';?..nt to Russia in 1925, but
became rlis,-;usted .rith.the Russian Co'riunist Party
and ST;LLIN. In 1931 for*Tied the r.0,1. (sec
comment [x]) in Spain.Floq to Franco after the fall
of the Spanish Republican Government at the end of
the Civil .ar, and th, in 1940, to !Xexico'where
he organisccl a section of the P4O.Ue,
[x] P.O.U.M.: Partido Obrero UnificacionistA
Marxista. Holds views close to the Trotsky-
ites while at the same time maintaining
-
differences with them. Attacked by t4e.
Spanish Communists during the Spanish Civil War
?and its leaders were accused by them of
treachery. Reactivated in Mexico by GORKIN
between 1940-1946.
[xij "MUNDO": a sedialist magazine organised in
Mexico by GORKIN under the title "MUNDO
SOCIALISMA Y LIBERTAD".
[xii] HART: an American citizen who became a body-
guard in the TROTSKY household. He was killed
some time before the murder of TROTSKY during a
night raid on the house.
[xiii] RITA: from collateral evidence available it
appears that RITA is Frank JACSON, the murderer
of TROTSKY. JACSON alleged that his real
name was Jacques Mornard VANDENDRESCHD.
[xiv] TYLILEN't no other references available.
[xv] MILLER was connected with the Seafarers Inter-
national Union and prior to his two months'
holiday had a job. as oiler on a deep sea tug.
[xvi] ZEMLYaKI: .members of the Communist Party of
the country in question.
,[xvii] BOB: Robert Owen MENAKER.
[xviii] I.e. of the Fourth International.
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[xix] VAN HEIJENOORT, Jean Louis Maximo, alias
Marc LORIS. Born 23rd July, 1912 at CREIL
in France. Resident in the U.S.A. since
1939. Rellorted in 1946 to be Secretary of
the International Secretariat of the Fourth
International.
[xx] TULIP: later KANT. Unidentified.
[xxi] COCHRAN, Burt, alias Ale:-:ander GOLDFARB,
E.R. FRANK, Herb COULTON, Bert COLTRELL.
Born in WARSAW 30th December, 1913.
Acquired U.S. citizenship through natural-
isation of his father, Joseph COCHRAN, in
1927. He was expelled from the Communist
Party in 1934 as a Trotskyite. Joined the
Socialist Workers' Party and is now
Managing Editor of the magazine "Fourth
International" and member of the National
Committee of the S.W.P.
[xxi.Li KOMAR: Viktor Andreevich KRAVChENKO.
W.S. No.: XY-60.5
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