🔐 Archival Research Database

KGB officer Anatoly Gorsky's 1948 memo — transcribed by former KGB operative Alexander Vassiliev during his access to Soviet archives in the 1990s — explicitly lists Currie as a compromised source and identifies his code name as Page. Gorsky records him as having passed documents to Silvermaster's network and having warned Soviet handlers about Venona.

A KGB internal memo from General Pavel Fitin (head of KGB foreign intelligence) to Merkulov explicitly describes Glasser's intelligence as "valuable" and states it was incorporated into 34 special reports delivered directly to Stalin and top Kremlin leadership. Materials included OSS economic assessments of Germany, internal Treasury memos on Lend-Lease policy toward the USSR, and reparations planning documents.

A 1944 NKVD report by Soviet agent Sergey Kurnakov states that the Keeneys were recruited by Soviet military intelligence (GRU) in 1940, and that Kurnakov subsequently took over their handling for the KGB. Remarkably, Mary Jane Keeney's own diary — later examined by historians — corroborates the fact that Kurnakov became their KGB handler, effectively confirming active GRU/KGB work.

The Soviet archives do not contain a confirmed file on Remington as an agent. His case rests almost entirely on Bentley's testimony. She described him passing aircraft production data and the formula for a secret synthetic rubber process to her. FBI investigation found circumstantial corroboration but no documentary proof of espionage.

The Gorsky Memo lists Miller's code name as Mirage and identifies him as a Soviet intelligence source. Bentley's testimony states that the material he allegedly provided always concerned Communist or Russian activities in Latin America — fitting his OCIAA research role. By August 1944, FBI records established Miller had a connection to Greg Silvermaster's spy network.

Both Stanley and Gerald Graze are identified in the 1948 Gorsky Memo as government officials with a covert relationship to Soviet intelligence. Stanley Graze refused to answer questions about Communist associations before the McCarran Committee (October 14, 1952), invoking self-incrimination. How he passed the State Department's security review board remains unexplained in the historical record.

Like his brother Stanley, Gerald Graze appears in the Gorsky Memo as a compromised Soviet source. Despite extensive FBI surveillance, Gerald Graze was never directly accused or tried for espionage by the U.S. government. He continued working in government service for years after the McCarthy period, ultimately reaching the Department of Defense.

In April 1943, NKVD officer Elizabeth Zarubina met with Neumann — a refugee from Nazi Germany who had written the definitive Western analysis of the Nazi state. She reported he "promised to pass us all the data coming through his hands" including "copies of reports from American ambassadors" and "materials referring to Germany." He was assigned the cover name Ruff. After becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen later in 1943, Neumann appeared to become reluctant. A January 1944 memo reports his friends "directly asked him about the reasons for his ability to work" — suggesting Soviet handlers were tracking his diminishing cooperation.

The Vassiliev notebooks trace the KGB's 1943–1945 efforts to develop White as a direct source. They show White meeting personally with KGB officer Vitali Pavlov at San Francisco (1945 UN founding conference), where he discussed U.S. negotiating positions. The notebooks also document that White was previously known to Soviet intelligence as "Kassir" before his code names were changed repeatedly — suggesting the KGB was concerned about exposure.

The Vassiliev notebooks contain limited references to Hiss — far fewer than for White or Glasser. Weinstein & Vassiliev insert "[Alger Hiss]" in brackets where the original KGB text uses the code name ALES, which critics argue is circular reasoning. Former Soviet military officials told journalist Kai Bird that Russian archives show no file on Hiss as an agent — though Klehr and Haynes dispute how to weigh the absence of a file.