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Clever Girl

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by Lauren Kessler

requests to FBI made by, for special assistance

  risk-taking by, and thrills

  romantic relationships, see also Golos, Jacob “Yasha”; Heller, Peter)

  self-representation as passive victim

  stipend and other monies paid to, by FBI

  tax problems

  W. H. Taylor’s challenge to

  Trinity College education

  trips to Europe

  Vassar College education

  Bentley, Mary Charlotte Turrill

  (mother of E. T. Bentley)

  Bly, Herman (FBI agent)

  Bogart, Humphrey

  Bolshevik Revolution

  Bridgman, Howard

  Brothman, Abraham

  Browder, Earl (head of U.S. Communist Party)

  Bentley, spy networks, and role of

  contributes money to establish USS&S

  Golos’s death and arrangements handled by

  Brunini, John

  as grand jury foreman in Remington case

  assistance with book provided to Bentley by

  Buckley, Edward W. (FBI agent)

  Budenz, Louis, defection of, from communism

  Bureau of Standards, U.S., Soviet espionage in

  Bursler, Norman

  Byrnes, James F.

  Canadian Film Board

  Cathedral School of St. Mary’s, Bentley teaches at

  Central Control Commission, Communist Party

  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

  Chambers, Whittaker

  Cheka, Soviet political police

  Clarke, Carter

  “Clever Girl” (Bentley code name)

  Coady, Edward J. (FBI agent)

  Coe, Frank

  Cohn, Roy (U.S. Attorney General’s office), assistance provided to Bentley by

  College of Sacred Heart, Bentley teaches at

  Columbia University, Bentley studies at

  Commerce Department, U.S., Soviet espionage in

  Communist International

  Communist Party, U.S.

  antifascism of

  attacks by, on turncoat Bentley

  Bentley joins American

  Bentley links party to Communist International

  congressional testimony on

  front organizations for

  grand jury indictments against (1948)

  “Popular Front” era of

  progressive agenda of, in 1930s

  Communists

  Bentley begins association with American

  Bentley’s involvement with New York City cell

  spy networks (see Spy networks)

  Communist Workers School, New York City

  Comrade H (Bentley contact)

  Congressional testimony Dies Committee

  Ferguson Committee

  House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)

  Senate immigration subcommittee

  Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (SISS)

  Cooper, Gary

  Coughlin, Charles

  Council of Inter-American Affairs (CIAA), Soviet espionage in

  Counterintelligence operations, U.S. See Venona project

  Craig, May

  Currie, Lauchlin

  association with Silvermaster Group

  Bentley names as information source

  code name “Page”

  grand jury testimony

  HUAC testimony

  Daily Worker (periodical)

  Daniel, Price, senator

  Democratic Party

  Devin-Adair Company Bentley’s publisher

  Dies Committee

  Dimitrov, Georgi

  Disney, Walt

  Donegan, Thomas J. “The Hat”(FBI agent)

  on J. Brunini and Bentley book

  grand jury cases (1947) directed by

  Donovan, William

  Du Bois, W. E. B.

  Durant, Will

  Eckhart, Joseph (KGB agent)

  Eisenhower, Dwight D.

  Elson, Ray

  Emergency Home Relief Bureau, Bentley employed at

  Endelman, Michael “Marcel” (KGB agent)

  Espionage, Bentley’s training in, from Golos

  See also Spy networks

  False Witness (Matusow)

  Farm Security Administration

  Fascism

  American antifascism

  in Italy

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  See also Hoover, J. Edgar

  Bentley as informant for

  Bentley’s decision to reveal

  espionage work to

  Bentley’s requests to, for special assistance

  espionage convictions sought by

  impact of newspaper series about FBI on Bentley

  investigation of USS&S by

  protection of Bentley’s credibility by

  stipend and other monies paid to Bentley by

  surveillance of Golos by

  Federal government. See United States government

  Ferguson, Homer

  Ferguson Committee

  Fitin, Pavel

  Fitzgerald, Edward

  Flanagan, Hallie

  Foreign Economic Administration

  Foundations, possible communist

  infiltration of charitable

  Foxcroft school, E. Bentley teaches at

  Frank, Nelson, press coverage of Bentley by

  Fuchs, Klaus

  Fuhr, Lee

  Gallaher, Lester

  Garland, Judy

  Garrity, Devin

  Ginzberg, Benjamin

  Glasser, Harold

  Glazer, Juliet

  Gold, Bella

  Gold, Harry

  Gold, Sonia

  Golos, Jacob (“Yasha”)

  as communist agent in U.S.

  death of

  as director of Bentley’s espionage work

  establishment of USS&S as communist front by

  as head of World Tourists travel agency front

  health of

  link between Julius Rosenberg and

  personal relationship with Bentley

  as Soviet agent

  Soviets attempt to remove as, director of spy networks

  spy networks directed by

  wife of, and mistress of

  Gorsky, Anatoly “Al” (Bentley’s KGB contact)

  Bentley’s defection and

  as Bentley’s handler

  Bentley’s opinion of

  last meeting with Bentley

  money given to Bentley by

  Gouzenko, Igor

  Grand juries, Bentley testimony before

  Granich, Grace

  Great Depression, U.S. social conditions during

  Green, Richard

  Greenglass, David

  Gregg, Joseph

  “Gregory” (Bentley code name)

  Halperin, Maurice

  Hand, Learned

  Harris, Lem

  Hébert, F. Edward

  “Helen” (Bentley code name)

  Heller, Peter

  Henry, Earl

  Highland Heights Orphanage Bentley employment at

  Hillenkoetter, Roscoe

  Hiss, Alger

  Hitler, Adolf

  Hollywood Ten

  Hoover, J. Edgar

  277–78

  Bentley correspondence with

  espionage convictions sought by

  143–44, 146, 152–57

  political use of Bentley defection by

  role in Bentley affair

  Venona project and

  House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)

  Bentley testimony

  Chambers testimony

  Remington testimony

  Silvermaster Group testimony

  Immigration policy, U.S.

  Institute for Pacific Relations (IPR)

  Interior Department U.S. Soviet espionage in

  Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Bentley tax problems
and

  Internal Security Act of 1950

  International Monetary Fund

  Investigations Subcommittee of the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Ferguson Committee)

  Italian Library of Information, Bentley employment at

  “Jack” (Bentley’s KGB contact)

  Jardine, Don (FBI agent)

  Jay, Frederick

  Jenner, William, Senator

  Jenner Report

  “John” (Soviet agent)

  Joseph, J. Julius

  Justice Department, U.S.

  See also Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  grand jury cases initiated by (1947)

  Remington retrial

  Soviet espionage in

  Katz, Joseph

  Kelly, Joseph M. (FBI agent)

  KGB (Soviet agency)

  agents

  move to remove Bentley from espionage position

  plan by, to assassinate Bentley

  response to Bentley’s defection

  spy networks associated with(see Spy networks)

  Kohlbrg, Alfred

  Konspiratsia. See Spy networks

  Klein, Caroline

  Kramer, Charles

  association with Perlo Group

  Bentley names as information source

  HUAC testimony by

  Lamphere, Bob (FBI agent)

  Lane, Myles

  League for Industrial Democracy (LID)

  Lee, Duncan

  Bentley names as information source

  grand jury testimony

  HUAC testimony

  Lee, Duncan (cont.) passes OSS information to communists

  Leibell, Vincent

  Liebling, A. J.

  Lipmann, Walter

  Lishinsky, Solomon

  Long, Huey

  Long Lane School for Girls, Bentley employment at

  Lovestone, Jay

  Loyalty board reviews

  McCall’s (periodical), serialization of Bentley book by

  McCarran, Pat

  McCarthy, Joe, Senator

  McCarthyism: the Fight for America

  McClure Newspaper Syndicate

  Bentley works at

  McConnell, Kenneth

  McCracken, Henry Noble

  McDowell, John

  MacLeish, Archibald

  Magdoff, Harry

  Major Case Squad, FBI

  Manhattan Project, espionage connected to

  Mann, Herbert

  Marcel (KGB agent)

  Marx, Groucho “Mary” (Bentley code name)

  The Masses (periodical)

  Matusow, Harvey, challenge to Bentley’s credibility from

  Media coverage of Bentley story

  Meet the Press (radio, tv) Bentley interviews on

  Merkulov, Vsevolod

  Miller, Robert T.

  Minton, John “Miss Wise” (Bentley code name)

  Morgan, E. P.

  Morganthau Plan

  Morris, Robert

  Moscowitz, Miriam

  Motion Picture Alliance for the

  Preservation of American Ideals

  Motion picture industry, investigation of communist conspiracy in

  Mumford, Lewis

  Mundelein College, Bentley teaches at

  Mundt, Karl

  Mussolini, Benito, fascist rule in Italy

  “Myrna” (Bentley code name)

  National Broadcasting Company (NBC), libel suit against

  Navy, U.S., Soviet espionage in

  Nazi Germany

  Nearing, Scott

  New Haven, Connecticut, Bentley contacts FBI in

  New Masses (periodical)

  New Milford, Connecticut

  Bentley childhood home in

  New York City, Great Depression in

  New York Herald Tribune

  (newspaper), series on FBI and Bentley

  New York Mirror (newspaper)

  New York Times (newspaper)

  Nichols, Louis

  Nixon, Richard M., role in HUAC

  Office of Strategic Services (OSS)

  internal espionage investigation

  Soviet espionage in

  Office of War Information, U.S, Soviet espionage in

  OGPU (Soviet agency)

  Ono, Yoko

  Out of Bondage (Bentley)

  J. Brunini and

  McCall’s series from

  reviews of

  St. Louis Post Dispatch series from

  Ovakimyan, Gaik (Soviet agent)

  Pacific Molasses, Ltd.

  Patch, Harold

  Perazich, George

  Perlo, Katherine

  Perlo, Victor

  Bentley names as source

  code name “Eck,” 144

  HUAC testimony

  SISS testimony

  spy network operated by

  Perlo Group

  “Peters, J.” (communist agent)

  Philby, Harold “Kim” (British agent)

  Plain Talk (periodical)

  Press. See Media coverage of

  Bentley story

  Price, Mary (Bentley contact)

  Poyntz, Juliet Stuart (Juliet Glazer)

  Quinn, Vincent (FBI agent), 158

  Rankin, John

  Rauh, Joseph

  Reagan, Ronald

  Redmont, Bernard

  “Red Spy Queen.” See Bentley

  Elizabeth Turrill

  Reed, John

  Remington, Ann Moos, testimony against William Remington

  Remington, William

  Bentley’s testimony against

  communist activities at TVA

  congressional testimony of

  grand jury testimony

  Remington, William (cont.)

  libel suit against Bentley filed by

  loyalty board review,

  murder of

  perjury retrial and conviction

  perjury trial and conviction

  Republican Party

  Reynolds, John Hazard

  Rogers, Leila

  Rogers, William

  Rosenberg, Allan

  Rosenberg, Ethel

  Rosenberg, Julius

  St. Joseph Academy, Bentley

  teaches at

  St. Louis Post Dispatch

  (newspaper), article series from Bentley’s book in

  Saypol, Irving (U.S. Attorney)

  Scott, Byron

  Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (SISS)

  Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and

  Naturalization

  Senate Subcommittee on War Mobilization

  Sherman, Elizabeth

  See also Bentley, Elizabeth Turrill

  Sherman, Roger

  Silverman, Abraham George

  Silverman, David

  Silvermaster, Helen Witte

  Silvermaster, Nathan Gregory

  See also Silvermaster Group

  Bentley’s testimony against

  code name “Pal,”

  grand jury testimony

  HUAC testimony

  SISS testimony

  Silvermaster Group

  See also Silvermaster, Nathan Gregory

  Sinatra, Frank

  Size, Hazen

  Sloane, Thomas

  Smith, Julia Frances

  Smith Act of 1940

  case against Bentley’s sources, based on

  Society for Technical Aid to Soviet Union

  Soviet Espionage Squad, FBI

  Soviet Union

  Bentley’s disillusionment with

  counterintelligence activities of

  espionage activities of, in U.S.

  (see also Spy networks)

  propaganda organs for

  purges in

  Spencer, Thomas G. (FBI agent)

  Spivak, Lawrence

  Spy networks

  Bentley’s role as “handler” in

  Congressional testimony on (see C
ongressional testimony)

  Golos as director of

  Perlo Group (see Perlo Group)

  Rosenberg case

  Silvermaster Group (see Silvermaster Group)

  Soviets attempt to remove Golos as direct of

  Ware Group

  Stalin, Joseph

  State Department, U.S., Soviet espionage in

  Stripling, Robert E., (HUAC chief investigator)

  Taylor, William Henry

  libel case involving Bentley initiated by

  Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Remington’s communist activities

  Tenney, Helen

  Thomas, J. Parnell

  Thomas, Norman

  “Timmy.” See Golos, Jacob “Yasha”

  Treasury Department, U.S., Soviet espionage in

  Trinity College, Bentley studies at

 

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