Isaac Folkoff
Isaac "Pop" Folkoff was a senior founding member of the California Communist Party and West Coast liaison between Soviet intelligence and the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). Folkoff was in charge of West Coast operations. Folkoff worked as a courier passing information to and from Soviet sources, and as a talent spotter and vetter of potential espionage recruits. He also worked as a Case Officer. His code name in Soviet intelligence and in the Venona files was "Uncle".
Folkoff (Volkof) was an émigré from Latvia and had landed in San Francisco at the age of 24 in 1904. His trade was in the embroidery business. A former garment presser and self-taught Marxist philosopher, Folkoff specialized in fund-raising for party causes.
He married Minni, and in 1930 census data shows that their niece Minnie Folkoff and nephew Robert Folkoff lived with them at the time. Robert Folkoff was a veteran of World War I.
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