Stephen Rich
Encyclopedia
Stephan Rich was an American believed to have worked for Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU
) during World War II
. His code name with the GRU (according to the Venona project
's decryption attempt) is given as "Sandi".
GRU
GRU or Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye is the foreign military intelligence directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation...
) 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...
. His code name with the GRU (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...
's decryption attempt) is given as "Sandi".
Venona
Stephan Rich is referenced in the following Venona decryption:- 1579 New York GRU to Moscow, 28 September 1943.