Intelligence Allegations
According to FBI files, Belfrage was questioned by the FBI in 1947 about his involvement with the Communist Party. The interview covered his relations with Earl Browder, Jacob Golos, V. J. Jerome, and surveillances and documents about Scotland Yard and the Vichy Government of France.
In 1995, the decrypted VENONA intercepts—a project between the U.S. and British intelligence services to decipher Soviet wires—were made public. United States intelligence has alleged that Unnamed codename number 9 (UNC/9) was Belfrage. Venona also had a cover name “Charlie” that was not identified by the FBI. The 1948 Gorsky Memo, found in Soviet Archives, identifies Belfrage as having a covert relationship with Soviet intelligence as a member of the “Sound” and “Myrna” groups. Seven Venona decrpyts reference UNC/9 in passing conversations between Belfrage's bureau chief and Winston Churchill on to the Soviets.
At the height of McCarthyism, Belfrage was summoned in 1953 to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).
Read more about this topic: Cedric Belfrage, Biography
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