Atomic Spies, Part 1/2: The Klaus Fuchs Effect | WW2
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Fuchs and the KGB
Sonja had spent some time in New York, and she knew of a sort of dwelling house on the Lower East Side in Henry Street. She told Fuchs to use that as a meeting place, and she arranged through the Russians for their courier in North America to use that also. That man was Harry Gold, the son of a Russian Jewish immigrant who turned to communism during the Great Depression. They would meet in the cold, wearing overcoats. Sometimes they'd even go for dinner, but would make sure only to hand over the vital papers at the very end of their meeting.
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