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'''Hal Ware''' , son of Ella Reeve Bloor, a [[CPUSA]] official in the [[Department of Agriculture]], who founded the Washington D.C. group of United States government employees belonging to the CPUSA underground called the "Ware group". |
'''Hal Ware''' , son of Ella Reeve Bloor, a [[CPUSA]] official in the [[Department of Agriculture]], who founded the Washington D.C. group of United States government employees belonging to the CPUSA underground called the "Ware group". In 1934 the Ware group had about 75 members and was divided into about eight cells. The members had first been recruited into Marxist study groups and then into the CPUSA. Each of these agents not only provided classified documents to Soviet intelligence, but was involved in political influence operations as well. |
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Ware died in an automobile accident in 1935. |
After Ware died in an automobile accident in 1935 the group was taken over by [[J. Peters]] (Josef Peters). |
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Revision as of 17:25, 31 May 2005
Hal Ware , son of Ella Reeve Bloor, a CPUSA official in the Department of Agriculture, who founded the Washington D.C. group of United States government employees belonging to the CPUSA underground called the "Ware group". In 1934 the Ware group had about 75 members and was divided into about eight cells. The members had first been recruited into Marxist study groups and then into the CPUSA. Each of these agents not only provided classified documents to Soviet intelligence, but was involved in political influence operations as well.
After Ware died in an automobile accident in 1935 the group was taken over by J. Peters (Josef Peters).
Source
- John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999)