REISSUE - 1. IDENTIFICATION OF "NONA" AS RUTH WILSON 2. "SERGEJ" AND TRIPS DURING A CONFERENCE (1945)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Publication Date: March 21, 1945
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? VENONA
TOP SECRET
basR
From: MOSCOW
To: NEW YORK
No; 256
25X1
Re, No: 3/NBF/T1532 (of 28/2/1963)
Issuea : 24/2/1965 25X125X1
Copy No:
REISSUE
1. IDENTIFICATION OF "NONA" AS RUTH WILSON
2 . "SERGEJ" AND TRIPS DURING A CONFERENCE (194-5)
21 March
Report urgently whether you have the password and details for rendezvous
with "NONA". "NONA" is Jacob EPSTEIN's wife; that is to say RuthWILSON[i].
[29 groups unrecovered]
No. 174-1
!e agree with your [11 groups unrecovered] "SERGEJ"[ii] we consider
superfluous. "SERGEJ" himself will be able to prove to the chief the
necessity for making trips to [1 group omitted] during the conferenoe[iii].
No. 1746 VIKTOR[iv]
Comments: [i] i.e. Ruth Beverly WILSON, who met Jaoob EPSTEIN in SPAIN during
the Spanish Civil War, and married him.
[ii] SFaGEJ : Vladimir PRAVDIN, Tans representative in NEW YORK.
[iii] Conference : Probably refers to the United Nations Conferenoe
on International Organization which was held in
SAN FRANCISCO frcm April 25th until June 26th.
PRAVDIN covered the conference from 26th April to
14th May as Tans representative.
[iv] VIKTOR : Lt. Gen. P.M. FITIN.
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