William Malisoff
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William Marias Malisoff, also William Marias Malisov (1895 – 16 November 1948) was born in Russia
, immigrated to the United States
as a child, and became a naturalized United States citizen. Malisoff obtained a PhD. from Columbia University
. He owned and operated United Laboratories
, a company principally engaged in research on lubricating processes for war industries and biochemistry.
Officer Gaik Ovakimian
. According to Venona project
information, the Soviets, in 1944, were having considerable trouble with Malisoff as he wanted a sizable lump sum payment to help him establish a laboratory. When his request was flatly refused, Malisoff complained with considerable irritation "that the materials handed over by him on one question alone—oil, by his estimate had yielded the [Soviet] Union millions during past years and the aid requested by him was trifling." Malisoff was an extremely active and important agent, his Case Officer, Leonid Kvasnikov
, who specialized in scientific-technical espionage
, had met with Malisoff twenty times in 1943 alone. Malisoff had previously raised the funding question with Mikhail Shalyapin and Gaik Ovakimian
who had preceded Kvasnikov.
In August 1943 Pavel Mikhailov, the New York Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU
) Rezident sent an inquiry to Moscow regarding Malisoff. But the GRU "was forbidden to meet Malisov [Malisoff] since the latter is connected with the Neighbors [KGB]."
In 1945 Malisoff was connected with the Institute for the Unity of Science
for a short time.
cryptographers were HENRY and TALENT. Malisoff is identified in the following intercepted Venona project
decrpytions:
195. Venona 1276 GRU New York to Moscow, 1943; 193 KGB New York to Moscow, 8 February 1944; 620 KGB New York to Moscow, 4 May 1944; 622 KGB New York to Moscow, 4 May 1944; 1077 KGB New York to Moscow, 29 July 1944; 1403 KGB New York to Moscow, 5 October 1944; 1680 KGB New York to Moscow, 30 November 1944; 1706 KGB New York to Moscow, 4 December 1944; 1755 KGB New York to Moscow, 14 December 1944.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, immigrated to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
as a child, and became a naturalized United States citizen. Malisoff obtained a PhD. from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. He owned and operated United Laboratories
United Laboratories
United Laboratories or UNILAB - is the biggest Pharmaceutical Company in the Philippines. It was founded by Mr. J.Y. Campos in 1945 as a small corner drug store in Binondo, Manila...
, a company principally engaged in research on lubricating processes for war industries and biochemistry.
Espionage
Malisoff fell under FBI scrutiny in 1940 on the basis of observed contact with KGBKGB
The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
Officer Gaik Ovakimian
Gaik Ovakimian
Haik Badalovich Ovakimian , Major General, USSR , better known as "the puppetmaster" in intelligence circles, was a leading Soviet NKVD spy in the United States....
. According to 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...
information, the Soviets, in 1944, were having considerable trouble with Malisoff as he wanted a sizable lump sum payment to help him establish a laboratory. When his request was flatly refused, Malisoff complained with considerable irritation "that the materials handed over by him on one question alone—oil, by his estimate had yielded the [Soviet] Union millions during past years and the aid requested by him was trifling." Malisoff was an extremely active and important agent, his Case Officer, Leonid Kvasnikov
Leonid Kvasnikov
Leonid Romanovich Kvasnikov Graduated with honors from the Moscow Institute of Chemical Machine-Building in 1934 and worked as an engineer in a chemical plant for several years in the Tula region. Continued postgraduate engineering studies and joined the KGB in 1938 as a specialist in...
, who specialized in scientific-technical espionage
Espionage
Espionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, lest the legitimate holder of the information change plans or take other countermeasures once it...
, had met with Malisoff twenty times in 1943 alone. Malisoff had previously raised the funding question with Mikhail Shalyapin and Gaik Ovakimian
Gaik Ovakimian
Haik Badalovich Ovakimian , Major General, USSR , better known as "the puppetmaster" in intelligence circles, was a leading Soviet NKVD spy in the United States....
who had preceded Kvasnikov.
In August 1943 Pavel Mikhailov, the New York Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU
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...
) Rezident sent an inquiry to Moscow regarding Malisoff. But the GRU "was forbidden to meet Malisov [Malisoff] since the latter is connected with the Neighbors [KGB]."
In 1945 Malisoff was connected with the Institute for the Unity of Science
Unity of science
The unity of science is a thesis in philosophy of science that says that all the sciences form a unified whole.Even though, for example, physics and politics are distinct disciplines, the thesis of the unity of science says that in principle they must be part of a unified intellectual endeavor,...
for a short time.
Venona
William Marias Malisoff, whose cover name assigned by Soviet intelligence and deciphered by Arlington HallArlington Hall
Arlington Hall was a former girl's school and the headquarters of the US Army's Signal Intelligence Service cryptography effort during World War II. The site presently houses the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center, and the United States National Guard Readiness Center. It...
cryptographers were HENRY and TALENT. Malisoff is identified in the following intercepted 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...
decrpytions:
195. Venona 1276 GRU New York to Moscow, 1943; 193 KGB New York to Moscow, 8 February 1944; 620 KGB New York to Moscow, 4 May 1944; 622 KGB New York to Moscow, 4 May 1944; 1077 KGB New York to Moscow, 29 July 1944; 1403 KGB New York to Moscow, 5 October 1944; 1680 KGB New York to Moscow, 30 November 1944; 1706 KGB New York to Moscow, 4 December 1944; 1755 KGB New York to Moscow, 14 December 1944.
Writing by Malisoff
- A Calendar of Doubts and Faiths
- Philosophy of Science, editor. http://www.thatconstructionsite.com/Content_store/Sample_chapter/0631221077%5C001.pdf
- Meet the Sciences
- The Span of Life
External links
- Contemporary Review of Malisoff's The Span of Life, (1937).