Sonia Steinman Gold
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Sonia Steinman Gold has been alleged to be part of the Silvermaster spy ring
in Washington D.C., spying for the Soviet Union
during World War II
.
was asked by the Communist Party USA
underground secret apparatus to place her within his office. The appointment within the Treasury Department Division of Monetary Research was to help facilitate the transmission of stolen documents to the Soviet Union. Much of the information dealt with the Treasury Departments's views and recommendations about applications for loans made by the Chinese and French governments. There was also political information regarding Charles de Gaulle
, leader of the French National Committee (Comité National Français). Her office was one block from the White House. Gold was the wife of Bela Gold
. She left the Treasury Department in late 1944 on maternity leave.
Sonia Gold's code name in Soviet intelligence according to the Venona project
was "Zhenya".
FBI Silvermaster File
The FBI’s Silvermaster file is a 162-volume compendium of some 26,000 pages of documents relating to the Bureau’s investigation of Communist penetration of the Federal government during the Cold War....
in Washington D.C., spying for the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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Biography
Prior to World War II she worked for the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Interstate Migration and in the United States Bureau of Employment Security. Sonia Gold received an appointment after Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Harry Dexter WhiteHarry Dexter White
Harry Dexter White was an American economist, and senior U.S. Treasury department official, participating in the Bretton Woods conference...
was asked by the Communist Party USA
Communist Party USA
The Communist Party USA is a Marxist political party in the United States, established in 1919. It has a long, complex history that is closely related to the histories of similar communist parties worldwide and the U.S. labor movement....
underground secret apparatus to place her within his office. The appointment within the Treasury Department Division of Monetary Research was to help facilitate the transmission of stolen documents to the Soviet Union. Much of the information dealt with the Treasury Departments's views and recommendations about applications for loans made by the Chinese and French governments. There was also political information regarding Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
, leader of the French National Committee (Comité National Français). Her office was one block from the White House. Gold was the wife of Bela Gold
Bela Gold
Bela Gold, also Bill Gold, , was born in Cluj-Napoca .-Biography:He was the son of Esther and Leo Gold , and had a brother, William Gold . His father was a dry goods salesman, and the family had emigrated in 1920...
. She left the Treasury Department in late 1944 on maternity leave.
Sonia Gold's code name in Soviet intelligence according to the Venona project
Venona project
The VENONA project was a long-running secret collaboration of the United States and United Kingdom intelligence agencies involving cryptanalysis of messages sent by intelligence agencies of the Soviet Union, the majority during World War II...
was "Zhenya".
Further reading
- Allen WeinsteinAllen WeinsteinAllen Weinstein is an American historian, educator, and federal official who has served in several different offices. He served as the Archivist of the United States from February 16, 2005 until his resignation on December 19, 2008...
and Alexander Vassiliev, The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America—the Stalin Era (New York: Random HouseRandom HouseRandom House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
, 1999). ISBN 0-679-45724-0