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Naoki OHNO
Department Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies Position Associate Professor |
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| Language | Japanese |
| Publication Date | 2011/03 |
| Type | Book review |
| Title | Book Review: John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America. |
| Contribution Type | Single author |
| Journal | The Journal of Strategic Studies |
| Journal Type | Japan |
| Publisher | The Japan Society of Strategic Studies |
| Volume, Issue, Page | pp.177-178 |
| Details | Fearing that the Soviet Union would make a separate peace with Germany during World War II, the US tried to break Soviet diplomatic code and succeeded. The codename for this cryptanalysis operation is Veonoa. What Venona revealed was an astonishing fact that the Soviet Union carried out large-scale espionage operations against its ally, the US. This review, introducing a book that reveals the Soviet espionage against US, onsiders its significance in international studies. |