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Irving Charles Velson

American spy for the Soviet Union · Lived 1913 to 1976 · aged 63

Irving Charles Velson was an American labor leader who had a long career in the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) secret apparatus and who allegedly worked for Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU). He was the son of Clara Lemlich Shavelson and changed his name to Velson by 1938.

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Velson worked as a machinist at the Brooklyn Navy Yard from 1931 to 1938.

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Lived 1913 to 1976 · aged 63