The National Security Agency (NSA) in 1995 began releasing decrypts of Soviet espionage traffic collected during World War II, and some traffic into the Cold War. A little less than 3500 messages (about 0.5% of the total Soviet messages) are now released. Unfortunately, NSA never provided a cross reference to the many names, covernames and coverwords used in the decrypts. The purpose of this website is to correct the NSA oversight.
Also, names, covernames, and coverwords are cross referenced to the decrypts in which they appear. This cross reference makes it easy to find and view all decrypts that reference GNOME, let us say, and view them with a few mouse clicks. Also, it allows you to group decrypts by location, for example, New York.
5/10/06 allnames.xls for Microsoft Excel
5/10/06 allnames.sxc for Linux OpenOffice Calc
5/10/06 allnames.txt
5/10/06 index.htm
5/10/06 name2id.htm
5/10/06 name2msg.xls for Microsoft Excel
5/10/06 name2msg.sxc for Linux OpenOffice Calc
5/10/06 name2msg.htm
6/18/06 added Grombach, hedged identification of Maj. Judson, added Anwar Muhammed
6/20/06 NSA restored missing June 1945 scans, so links in name2msg.xls and name2msg.sxc are changed to the NSA scans. My scans which duplicated the missing scans will be removed from this site, which means that if you have downloaded either spreadsheet you will have to download again.
5/17/08 added introduction stating purpose of this web site.
5/17/08 added correction from Svetlana Chervonnaya on identification of SASHA in London GRU messages. I once stated on the History Net, H-HOAC, that SASHA was the only instance of an acronym, ES SHA AH (USA), used as a coverword. I accept Ms. Chervonnaya's correction that SASHA is not a coverword, but the acronym for the older Russian designation for the United States, that is, Severo-Americanskie Shtaty Ameriki (North-American States of America).
Please let me know of any errors or suggestions - John K. Taber
Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition,
I resolved to write a book.
Edward Gibbon
Another damn thick square book! Always scribble, scribble, scribble, eh, Mr. Gibbon?
William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Gibbon's patron, on Gibbon's presentation of Vol II.
Names and Identifications Index