Bella Joseph was the wife of Julius Joseph. The couple worked for the

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. It is alleged that they also worked for

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during

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, Bella in the

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' Motion Picture Division. Her alleged cover name in Soviet intelligence, and as deciphered in the

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, is "Colleague". Bella is also identified as "Colleague" in Weinstein and Vassiliev's, ''The Haunted Wood'', a book based on Soviet archives..

Venona

Bella Joseph is referenced in the following

decrypts:
880 KGB New York to Moscow, 8 June 1943, p.1880 KGB New York to Moscow, 8 June 1943, p.2

References

*Allen Weinstein and Alexander Vassiliev, ''The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America—the Stalin Era'', New York: Random House (1999). *John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'', New Haven: Yale University Press, (1999). {{DEFAULTSORT:Joseph, Bella Possibly living people Year of birth missing American spies for the Soviet Union American people in the Venona papers People of the Office of Strategic Services Women spies