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WFO 65-5044 mst- BENTLEy and her Soviet superiors during the pert. exercised control over two Soviet espionage groups known as the 'SILVERMASTER Group" and the "pERLO Group" as well as of other miscellaneous individyals, all of whom were furnishing infor mation.for the Ussrke i. It wiii 'be 'recalied that the SILVERMASTER Grou consisted Qf sILVERMASTER and his yife HELEN, along with HARRY DEXTER WHITE, ABRAHAM GEORGESILVERMAN, VIRGINIUS WILLIAM LUDWIG ULLMAN WILLIAM HENRYYTAYLOR, SONIA XSTEINMANYGOLD,. and her husband BELAGOLD,SCHLOMER"SO1 CPADLER, IRVINGAKAPLAN, NORMAN "pERLO GrOup. ConSisted Of HAROLD GLASSER,/SOLOMON AARONYLISCHINSKY, PERLO,EDWARD JOSEPH/FITZGERALD "CHARLESXKRAMER,, HARRY SAMUEL/MAGDOFF, GEORGE NXPERAZICH ALLAN And~DONALD NIVENI/WHEELER... U With regards to the positions held.by the various. individuals involved during the pertinent period it is noted that from March 26, 1942 until August 18, 1945, GEoRGE SILVERMAN was employed as Chief Production Specialist, Material Division, Army Air Forces. From August, l945, to Division of the Treasury Department from the Farm Security Agency. SILVERMASTER continued in this status until 12/29/44, at which time he formally transferred to the Office of Surplus Property, Procurement Division, Treasury Department.(X)W As of 5/1/44 GLAssER was designated as an Assistant Director;of the Monetary Researgh Division, Treasury Department, under the immediate direction of wHiTe. (%) W D.C mj/The New York Times newspaper pn 9/1/43 reported. that LEO/CROWLEY had borrowed LAUCHLIN eURRIE, Presidential Aide, toAbe an executive official of the Board of Economic Warfare. On 10/27/43 it was further reported that the Board of Economic Warfare, Lend Lease, Office of ForeignrRelief and Rehabilitation, and the Foreign Procurement Division, were all consolidated into a new agency known as the Foreign Economic Administration. LAUCHLIN CURRIE w2s appointed Deputy Administrator of the new agency. SECRET U Kisseloff-81985