Comments on: Was Harry Hopkins a Soviet Spy? http://goodspeedupdate.com/2006/1963 Rob Goodspeed's blog Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:37:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Martin http://goodspeedupdate.com/2006/1963/comment-page-1#comment-593014 David Martin Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:19:49 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=1963#comment-593014 The best summary of the evidence against Harry Hopkins can be found in my article, "How We Gave the Russians the Bomb at http://www.dcdave.com/article5/061203.htm. That article includes long excerpts from Major Jordan's book. The best summary of the evidence against Harry Hopkins can be found in my article, “How We Gave the Russians the Bomb at http://www.dcdave.com/article5/061203.htm. That article includes long excerpts from Major Jordan’s book.

]]> By: Lloyd Trawick http://goodspeedupdate.com/2006/1963/comment-page-1#comment-559056 Lloyd Trawick Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:32:17 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=1963#comment-559056 ” It’s no wonder the conservatives are out to smear his legacy. ” Great way to start, it is conservative’s fault that Top Secret information ends up in Soviet hands. ( our allies is the way you put it.) A few short years previously, they were agreed partners with Nazis, but Hitler’s greed makes that all right. And I keep wondering how Alger Hiss, Harry Dexter White and The Rosenberg’s were victims of idle chatter and smear campaigns. No Mister Goodspeed, a few failed programs does not make Hopkins culpable of anything. But having your name show up in a crypted Soviet message as a benefactor to an regime avowed to overthrow our government does not appear to be a smear campaign by anyone. It raises a hell of a lot of questions. I recall how the left chastised Joe McCarthy for raising questions for something now proven, and wonder what kind of mentality one must have to refuse to believe anything detrimental to communist killers and their fellow travelers. And Venona has deciphered only 10% of the cables?

]]> By: John http://goodspeedupdate.com/2006/1963/comment-page-1#comment-274368 John Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:35:08 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=1963#comment-274368 r&b says:

Agent 19 went to Moscow immediately after Yalta. We know Hopkins went to Moscow right after Yalta. Who else did? If Hopkins wasn’t agent 19, then who was? The list of suspects should be rather short.

Sorry to be so late getting back on this.

So far as I recall, there is no evidence in the decrypts that Agent 19 went to Moscow after Yalta, or at any time. The decrypt in question is set in Washington, not Yalta.

r$b is confusing Alger Hiss with UCN 19.

The best guess for who 19 is, is the NSA’s, that is, Eduard Benes.

I suggest that folks who want to comment on VENONA start reading the darned things first. See my index to the decrypts at
http://webpages.charter.net/jktaber/. It indexes covernames, real names, and messages in which they occur.

]]> By: Mike Horn http://goodspeedupdate.com/2006/1963/comment-page-1#comment-53020 Mike Horn Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:23:11 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=1963#comment-53020 I have personnaly interviewed a military officer who was involved with the transfer of lend-lease planes in Fairbanks. I hope he is still alive. He has pictures that I was shown of the contents of the materials with references to "Manhattan Project" The gentlemen is easily found in Fairbanks through the Aircraft Museum he founded. He is quite adamant that Hopkins was a spy and offers, in my opinion, credible data that he has maintained over the years. (Fairbanks was the final stop on US soil for the lend-lease planes that came up from Montana and loaded with largely stolen war secrets and material. This individual is able to provide explicit details of Hopkins invoking his authority for the Russian spies to ship state secrets of the Manhattan project through these lend-lease planes. I hope that this man's intelligence/information become part of the record against Hopkins thanks, Mike Horn I have personnaly interviewed a military officer who was involved with the transfer of lend-lease planes in Fairbanks. I hope he is still alive. He has pictures that I was shown of the contents of the materials with references to “Manhattan Project” The gentlemen is easily found in Fairbanks through the Aircraft Museum he founded. He is quite adamant that Hopkins was a spy and offers, in my opinion, credible data that he has maintained over the years. (Fairbanks was the final stop on US soil for the lend-lease planes that came up from Montana and loaded with largely stolen war secrets and material. This individual is able to provide explicit details of Hopkins invoking his authority for the Russian spies to ship state secrets of the Manhattan project through these lend-lease planes.
I hope that this man’s intelligence/information become part of the record against Hopkins
thanks,
Mike Horn

]]> By: Robert Williamson http://goodspeedupdate.com/2006/1963/comment-page-1#comment-44375 Robert Williamson Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:44:31 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=1963#comment-44375 Harry Hopkins "power" in the White House has been made quite clear in many references. This is how he could contribute to Russia's goals. I have no doubt he not only towed the FDR party line concerning the Communist movement and Russia, but also, have no doubt he was an "Agent of Influence". It has been estimated, over 500 agents had infiltrated into the USA from Russia and 150 (or so) obtained positions in Government. Obviously, HLH wasn't one of them. Neither was Dr. Lauchlin Currie nor Henry Dexter White or Alger Hiss and many more. Nevertheless, these individuals, "fellow travelers", did some things that contributed greatly to the Soviet designs. Currie managed the execution of Joint Board Plan 355, which was an act of war, prior to the USs involvement in WW II. White penned ther Hull Ultimatum on instructions from Moscow, which historians say, was the incident that finally provoked the Japanese attack on Pearl. Alger Hiss was instrumental in forming the United Nations, amongst other things. Harry, in his duties of expediting the "Lend-Lease" program was directly involved in giving Russia over 11 billion worth of material (20% of the total), some of which had nothing to do with "defense". If it wasn't for the Lend Lease and HLH, the Russians wouldn't have gotten Atomic material and intell to build the bomb and it was because of him, that Russia did. This is witnessed by (then) Major George Racey Jordan (now General) who saw the material off from Great Falls,MO., to Fairbanks and on through Siberia to Moscow. He saw, as well, the influx of Communist "Illegals" into the USA, via return trips. Whilst one may argue about Hopkins being a "Spy" or not, amongst all the really great things he did, one can't deny that he committed Treason of the highest order -- but that's hindsight. Back then, he was surrounded by a number of "powerful people", including FDR, who were just as treasonous. I'd be more than happy to send you links to the above if you write me privately. You have my addy. Best, Rob Harry Hopkins “power” in the White House has been made quite clear in many references. This is how he could contribute to Russia’s goals. I have no doubt he not only towed the FDR party line concerning the Communist movement and Russia, but also, have no doubt he was an “Agent of Influence”.

It has been estimated, over 500 agents had infiltrated into the USA from Russia and 150 (or so) obtained positions in Government. Obviously, HLH wasn’t one of them. Neither was Dr. Lauchlin Currie nor Henry Dexter White or Alger Hiss and many more. Nevertheless, these individuals, “fellow travelers”, did some things that contributed greatly to the Soviet designs. Currie managed the execution of Joint Board Plan 355, which was an act of war, prior to the USs involvement in WW II. White penned ther Hull Ultimatum on instructions from Moscow, which historians say, was the incident that finally provoked the Japanese attack on Pearl. Alger Hiss was instrumental in forming the United Nations, amongst other things.

Harry, in his duties of expediting the “Lend-Lease” program was directly involved in giving Russia over 11 billion worth of material (20% of the total), some of which had nothing to do with “defense”. If it wasn’t for the Lend Lease and HLH, the Russians wouldn’t have gotten Atomic material and intell to build the bomb and it was because of him, that Russia did. This is witnessed by (then) Major George Racey Jordan (now General) who saw the material off from Great Falls,MO., to Fairbanks and on through Siberia to Moscow. He saw, as well, the influx of Communist “Illegals” into the USA, via return trips.

Whilst one may argue about Hopkins being a “Spy” or not, amongst all the really great things he did, one can’t deny that he committed Treason of the highest order — but that’s hindsight. Back then, he was surrounded by a number of “powerful people”, including FDR, who were just as treasonous.

I’d be more than happy to send you links to the above if you write me privately. You have my addy.

Best,

Rob

]]> By: r&b http://goodspeedupdate.com/2006/1963/comment-page-1#comment-19972 r&b Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:41:41 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=1963#comment-19972 Agent 19 went to Moscow immediately after Yalta. We know Hopkins went to Moscow right after Yalta. Who else did? If Hopkins wasn't agent 19, then who was? The list of suspects should be rather short. Agent 19 went to Moscow immediately after Yalta. We know Hopkins went to Moscow right after Yalta. Who else did? If Hopkins wasn’t agent 19, then who was? The list of suspects should be rather short.

]]> By: John http://goodspeedupdate.com/2006/1963/comment-page-1#comment-6768 John Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:36:37 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=1963#comment-6768 If you are referring to the decrypt I think you (and Dr. Mark) are, I doubt that Unrecovered Cover Name no. 19 is Hopkins. In that decrypt MAYOR (Iskhak Abdulovich Akhmerov) reports to VIKTOR (Lt. Gen. Pavel Ivanovich Fitin) in Moscow on a meeting between UCN 19, DEPUTY, BOAR, and CAPTAIN. BOAR is Churchill, CAPTAIN is Roosevelt, 19 is not known, and DEPUTY is supposed to be Henry Wallace. However, a hand emendation says that DEPUTY is more likely to be Hopkins than Wallace, whose covername was CHANNEL PILOT (LOTsMAN in transliteration). If the NSA emendation is correct, 19 cannot be Hopkins. Romerstein is mistaken. Nigel West, a British conservative historian, declares flatly that 19 is Eduard Benes. He gives no documentation for his assertion but he is definite about it. For the decrypt in question see http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/29_May_1943_m4_p1.gif and http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/29_May_1943_m4_p2.gif If you are referring to the decrypt I think you (and Dr. Mark) are, I doubt that Unrecovered Cover Name no. 19 is Hopkins. In that decrypt MAYOR (Iskhak Abdulovich Akhmerov) reports to VIKTOR (Lt. Gen. Pavel Ivanovich Fitin) in Moscow on a meeting between UCN 19, DEPUTY, BOAR, and CAPTAIN. BOAR is Churchill, CAPTAIN is Roosevelt, 19 is not known, and DEPUTY is supposed to be Henry Wallace.

However, a hand emendation says that DEPUTY is more likely to be Hopkins than Wallace, whose covername was CHANNEL PILOT (LOTsMAN in transliteration).

If the NSA emendation is correct, 19 cannot be Hopkins. Romerstein is mistaken.

Nigel West, a British conservative historian, declares flatly that 19 is Eduard Benes. He gives no documentation for his assertion but he is definite about it.

For the decrypt in question see http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/29_May_1943_m4_p1.gif and http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/29_May_1943_m4_p2.gif

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