Zalmond Franklin - Venona

Venona

Zalmond Franklin codenamed CHEN, possibly in error, is referenced in the following Venona project decrypt:

• 749 KGB New York to Moscow, 26 May 1944.

Anatoly Gorsky’s December 1948 "Memo on Compromised American Sources and Networks" gives CHAP as Franklin's codename. CHAP appears in the following decrypts:

• 1003 KGB New York to Moscow, 18 July 1944.
• 1328 KGB New York to Moscow, 15 September 1944.
• 1430 KGB New York to Moscow, 10 October 1944.
• 1523 KGB New York to Moscow. 27 October 1944.