Das amerikanische Venona-Projekt Die Enttarnung der sowjetischen Auslandsspionage in den vierziger Jahren

In 1943, American intelligence began to work on Soviet cryptograms and eventually managed to decypher coded telegrams. This attempt evolved into a massive long-term project code-named "Venona" which ended in the 1980's and was made public only in 1995. US Signals intelligence efforts...

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Veröffentlicht in:Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte
1. Verfasser: O'Sullivan, Donal (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:ger
Veröffentlicht: 2000
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Geschichte > Spionageabwehr > Geheimdienst > Spionage > Vereinigte Staaten > Zeitgeschichte > Narodnyj Komissariat Vnutrennich Del (SSSR) > USA > Sowjetunion
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Zusammenfassung:In 1943, American intelligence began to work on Soviet cryptograms and eventually managed to decypher coded telegrams. This attempt evolved into a massive long-term project code-named "Venona" which ended in the 1980's and was made public only in 1995. US Signals intelligence efforts successfully contributed to the arrest of spies like Klaus Fuchs and Julius Rosenberg but, until recently, the demands of secrecy prevented the full publication of the contents. By unmasking structures, personnel and goals of Soviet intelligence in the US, the intercepted cables shed new light on events during the Second World War and the postwar period. Together with first scholarly studies, they allow a detailed look at Soviet intelligence networks at the time of their greatest success in America. Since the Venona telegrams became accessible in London and Washington archives, and in part on the web, they have been studied carefully by historians. Already, some comparative research has shown that the findings are corroborated by Moscow documents. Although large sections of the telegrams remain undecyphered, the Venona project opens up new fields of study and debate. The release of the documents has added to the discussion on the influence of cryptogrammic material on historical events. The article gives an overview of the Venona project and examines recent scholarly literature and memoirs. (Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte / FUB)
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ISSN:0042-5702