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4 4. Background The late Elizabeth Bentley joined th in 1935 and in the Sunmer of 1941 was used by Soviet agent 2s an espionage courier between New York and @ ' 5 Washington, D. C. From 1941 through 1944 she was in contact nd eith the Silvermester and Perlo Eanionage Groups as well as Whi SMU WAS TUS OR ee ee Se ae 2448 others working for Soviet intelligence on an individual basis. The information obtained by Bentley concerned many Government agencies, In 1945 Bentley furnished voluminous informatie regarding the above operations to this Burean. ry) B. (' Requests (For Information arding Bentley And es pse- " = — mb . aa hide eevee eatae tun main cases conce ‘EBlizabeth Bentley. One, Bureau file , is the Case consisting ef 161 secti ° Sections 148-151 cover the period June 949, through October 27, 1951, were reviewed and so requests Ge) r infor - a \ for information were noted. Bureau file SN the informant file regarding Bentley, was reviewed for the period Zapteaber 8, 1948, through January, 1952, and mp evidence of 0 GT eqeoe*t Was Sovee It should be noted, however, that Bentley had taitialily furnished information to this Bureau in 1945 and had testified Additionally, at the time Philby was in the United States, she had begun her magazine serialization entitied “My Life 4s A Spy" and preparations had been made fer publication ef oF sp subversive experiences in hook fers.