Soviet underground apparatus in the United States

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Soviet intelligence operation covert intelligence network espionage organization

The Soviet underground apparatus in the United States was a covert network of Communist agents and sympathizers who engaged in espionage and subversion on behalf of the Soviet Union during the early to mid-20th century.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America – The Stalin Era 1
Venona project decrypts 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet intelligence operation ⓘ
covert intelligence network ⓘ
espionage organization ⓘ
activity covert influence operations ⓘ
espionage ⓘ
infiltration of U.S. government agencies ⓘ
propaganda ⓘ
recruitment of agents ⓘ
subversion ⓘ
theft of classified information ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
documentedIn U.S. congressional investigations into communist activities ⓘ
Venona project decrypts ⓘ
memoirs of former Soviet agents ⓘ
endTime 1950s ⓘ
goal acquisition of economic intelligence ⓘ
acquisition of military intelligence ⓘ
acquisition of political intelligence ⓘ
acquisition of scientific and technical intelligence ⓘ
influencing U.S. policy in favor of Soviet interests ⓘ
supporting Soviet foreign policy objectives ⓘ
historicalContext McCarthy era NERFINISHED ⓘ
Red Scare in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
notableOperationArea New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. defense industry NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. scientific research institutions ⓘ
Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy GRU NERFINISHED ⓘ
NKVD NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet intelligence services NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy Federal Bureau of Investigation NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. counterintelligence agencies NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Soviet espionage in North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
international communist movement ⓘ
recruitmentTargets U.S. government employees ⓘ
academics ⓘ
engineers ⓘ
journalists ⓘ
labor activists ⓘ
scientists ⓘ
relatedTo Communist Party USA underground NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet espionage in the Manhattan Project ⓘ
significantPeriod 1930s ⓘ
World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Cold War ⓘ
startTime 1920s ⓘ
usedCoverOrganizations Communist Party USA NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultural organizations ⓘ
front organizations ⓘ
labor unions ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Whittaker Chambers → memberOf → Soviet underground apparatus in the United States ⓘ
Allen Weinstein → notableWork → Soviet underground apparatus in the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America – The Stalin Era
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg → referencedIn → Soviet underground apparatus in the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg
this entity surface form: Venona project decrypts