VENONA AN OVERVIEW

DOCID: 3575728.4Cryptologic Almanac soth Anniversary SeriesVENONA: An Overview(U) "Spy catching" is an alluring phrase more often connected with James Bond than witha cryptanalyst. However, during the Cold War, a group of cryptanalysts assisted the spycatchers in their efforts to stop Soviet espionage in the United States and other alliedcountries. Their decrypts revealed, among other things, the extent of the KGB operationsin the United States and furthered the FBI's and other agencies' efforts...