Milton Schwartz (spy)

Milton Schwartz was an American who worked for Soviet Military Intelligence GRU during World War II. A 1943 message, later decrypted by the Army Signals Intelligence Corp, revealed Schwartz's activity on behalf of the GRU to be of such value that a request was put in for $1200 to assist Schwartz in personal financial matters.

Schwartz's code name with the GRU, and deciphered by the Venona project is "Matvey".

Venona

Schwartz is referenced in the following Venona decryptions:

• 1456 GRU New York to Moscow, 8 September 1943;
• 1579 GRU New York to Moscow, 28 September 1943.

References

• Who was 'Venona's' 'Ales'? cryptanalysis and the Hiss case Intelligence & National Security, Taylor & Francis Group, Volume 18, Number 3 / September 2003, pgs. 45 - 72
• John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America, Yale University Press (1999), pgs. 186, 364, 462.

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