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NOTICE 
THIS STUDY HAS BEEN COMPILED FOR CRYPTOLOGIC AND 
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE TRAINING, EDUCATION, HISTORICAL AND 
ANALYTICAL PURPOSES. IT IS PRIMARILY BASED ON SIGINT AND DOES 
NOT CONTAIN THE FULL STORY OF ANY ESPIONAGE CASE THAT MAY 
HAVE BEEN OPENED AS A RESULT OF THE SIGINT. IT IS NOT INTENDED 
NOR IS IT TO BE USED AS A BASIS FOR LEGAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE 
ACTIONS. SOME_ OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS STUDY IS. UNRESOLVED 
FROM A LEGAL AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE STANDPOINT: THE 
APPEARANCE OF A NAME IN KGB …

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March 1995 
FOREWORD 
I am pleased to release this history of Venona to a still necessarily limited readership in NSA and the 
intelligence communities in the U.S. and the U.K. Over the years there have been a number of efforts to 
document this historic event. Now, finally we have it through the exceptional efforts of Lou Benson, a career 
employee of the NSA Office of Security (MS), assisted by Cecil Phillips, a colleague who long ago as part of 
a small team at Arlington Hall, made the fundamental breaks into the KGB …

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not convince him that I, a member of the NSA Office of Security, was the·…

Doc ID: 6857247 Doc Ref ID: A2668512 —TOP-SECREF-UMBRA _ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS i0 ecuri Bill Crowell, Deputy Director former Deputy for Administration formér Director of Security Dave Gaddy, former,Chief, Center for Cryptologic History Dave Hatch, Chief, Center ‘for. Cryptologic History Office of Security “*--.,", . ffice of Security re Office of Security ore Office of Securty cee cece ween ees aol) (B)~BL, 86-36 a sPyFatyte™ INSA Archives - NSA Archives [____SNSAArchives + (b)(6) (b)(7)(C) OGA 7 — Gov nt Communicati eadau: Sir Peter Marychurch Geoffrey Sudbury Howard Vincent Lou Maddison David Lon…

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Former Arlington Hall, NSA and Intelligence Community Personnel 
Frank Rowlett 
Ferdinand Coudert 
Oliver Kirby 
S. Wesley Reynolds (FBI) 
Robert J. Lamphere (FBI) 
Bob Mccaslin (FBI) 
Gene Grabeel 
Dr. Samuel Chew 
Mildred Hayes 
Dr. Louis Tordella 
Arthur Levenson 
Ann Caracristi 
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Alice Sachaklian 
Sam Snyder 
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Katy McDonald 
Gloria Forbes 
Mary Boake 
Bill Kulp 
Carrie Berry 
Paul Deafenbaugh 
Ruby Caporaletti …

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VENONA - TABLE OF CONTENTS 
VENONA 
VOLUME ONE 
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I. INTRODUCTION ........................... • .............. : .................... . 
A. Problems of Terminology ............................ . : ..................... . 
B. Venona .......................................... ; ...................... . 
C. Scope of This Study and Sources .................... . : . ...................... . 
D. Sources .........…

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VENONA -TABLE OF CONTENTS 
(b) (1) 
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(b) (3) - 50 USC 3024 ( i ) 
(b) ( 3) - P . L . 86 - 36 
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ID,6. The Players in the Reading 
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E. Book Breaking and Publication .............................................. . 
F. Summary ............................................................... . 
VI. US-UK PROGRESS 1948-1952 ................................................ . 
A. ASA--GCHQ Cooperation During 1948 and 1949 ............................. ~ .. 
B. Bla…