William Plourde

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William Alfred Plourde was an American who was allegedly a source of information for Andrey Shevchenko, a Soviet intelligence operative during World War II. Plourde was an engineer who worked at Bell Aircraft in Buffalo, New York.

[edit] Venona

William Plourde is referenced in the following Venona project decryption:

  • 1151 KGB New York to Moscow, 12 August 1944.

[edit] Reference

  • John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999).