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T.N.: [a] The Russian original is equally ambiguous, so that it is
not clear whether "with the permission of the American
authorities" goes with what precedes or with what follows.
[b] Might mean "workers in our line" as distant from workers
in general (RABOTNIKI in the first sentence). However,
SOTRUDNIK is often used to mean the same as RABOTNIK, and
vice versa.
Comments: [i] FABRIKA: the AMTORG Trading Corporation.
[ii] MAGAZIN: the Government Purchasing Commission of
the Soviet Union in the U.S.A.
[iii] ZAVOD: The Soviet Consulate-General in NEW YORK.
[iv] KONKURENTY: members of non-Soviet intelligence
organisations.
Leonid Romanovich KVASNIKOV
[v] ANTON: This reference strongly suggests that ANTON was
not at this time a member of the consular staff,
but was on the staff of AMTORG.
[vi] AKIM: Sergej Grigorievich LUK'YaNOV.
[vii] SINDIKAT: the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs.
[viii] At this time messages signed by ANTON were related to
scientific matters. It is suggested that this
message was prepared for signature by MAJ (the
reference in the text to ANTON in the third person may
be cited in support of this), but that for some
reason he was not available, and ANTON signed it
himself.
W.S. No. XY-52.5
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