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Venona, Soviet Espionage and the American Response (C-75)

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This is the essential starting point for anyone interested in learning more about the connections between the Soviet espionage effort against the United States during the Cold War and the American Communist party, as revealed through the decrypted Venona messages. An excellent introduction is followed by photo reproductions of many of the actual decrypted messages sent between Moscow Central and undercover agents in the United States. Included are references to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Ted Hall, David Greenglass, and Klaus Fuchs, all involved in the espionage penetration of the Manhattan Project. The release of these decrypted messages in 1995 and 1996 was so significant that the history of the relationship of the American Communist Party to the Soviet espionage system has been completely rewritten, generating what some historians have called "post-Venona revisionism."
Rodney P. Carlisle, author of Complete Idiot's Guide to Spies and Espionage.