Irving Charles Velson, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American spy for the Soviet Union
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About Irving Charles Velson
- Irving Charles Velson (June 3, 1913 - 1976) was an American who had a long career in the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) secret apparatus and who allegedly worked for Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU).
- He was the son of Clara Lemlich Shavelson and changed his name to Velson by 1938.
- Velson worked as a machinist at the Brooklyn Navy Yard from 1931 to 1938. According to Congressional investigators, Velson worked closely with J.
- Peters, head of the CPUSA's secret apparatus, and supported Cpl.
- Robert Osman in espionage activities on behalf of the GRU in the Panama Canal Zone.
- Robert Gladnick, a former CPUSA functionary and a member of the Lincoln Brigade supported this version.
- Gladnick stated that Bernard Schuster (aka Bernard Chester) then director of the CPUSA's antimilitarist operations, was replaced in the mid-1930s by Velson, in a program to develop secret Communist groups among American military personnel.
- Venona decrypts show Velson reporting on weapons technology and other agent handling tasks.
- Velson's code name with the GRU, and as deciphered by the Venona project is "Nick".
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