Andrey Januaryevich Vyshinskiy (November 22, 1954), also spelt Vishinsky, Vyshinskii, was a Russian and Soviet jurist and later diplomat. He served as the Soviet Foreign Minister from 1949 to 1953. Vyshinsky was of Polish descent and spoke some English and excellent French. He became a Menshevik in 1903 and in 1917 he undersigned an order to arrest Lenin according the decision of the Russian Provisional Government. Wikipedia
The VENONA Files and the Alger Hiss Case The VENONA files are decoded cables sent from Soviet agents in the United States to Moscow. www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hiss/hissvenona...
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