S. Manhattan Project during WWII. S. Army Venona Program which identified him as a key NKVD spymaster involved in the 1940s Atomic Spy Ring.
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About this person
Anatoly Antonovich Yatskov, also known as Anatoli Yatzkov - was a Soviet consul in New York as well as an NKVD foreign intelligence officer handling American agents and couriers linked to the U.S. Manhattan Project during WWII. His spy cover was eventually blown by the U.S. Army Venona Program which identified him as a key NKVD spymaster involved in the 1940s Atomic Spy Ring.
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Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 1993 · aged 81
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