Irving Charles Velson [SEP] date of death
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
, accused of being a dead drop
- Irving Charles Velson, Brooklyn Navy Yard; American Labor Party candidate for New York State Senate
- Flora Wovschin, NKVD operative in U.S. State Dept., stepdaughter of Enos Wicher, friend of Marion Davis Berdecio and Judith Coplon from Columbia
- Vasily Zarubin, husband of Elizabeth Zubilin
- Elizabeth Zubilin, recruiter in U.S. of whom Pavel Sudoplatov, head of NKVD Fourth Directorate said, "In developing J. Robert Oppenheimer as a source, Elizabeth Zubilin was essential."