Isaac Folkoff

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Isaac Folkoff was a senior member of the California Communist Party and West Coast liaison between Soviet intelligence and the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA). Folkoff was in charge of West Coast operations. Folkoff worked as a courier passing information to and from Soviet sources, and as a talent spotter and vetter of potential espionage recruits. He also worked as a case officer. His code name in Soviet intelligence and in the Venona files was "Uncle".

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John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America, Yale University Press

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