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Michael Burd
'''Michael W. Burd''' was an American citizen and owner of the Midland Export Corporation of New York in the [[1940s]].  Along with his business partner, [[Robert Menaker]], Burd was a [[NKVD|Soviet intelligence]] operative during [[World War II]].

Burd transfered large amounts of money through his company to other Soviet intellignence operatives throughout Latin America.  He also helped Soviet intelligence obtain American transit visas for two Soviet intelligence agents, [[Nicholas Fisher]] and his wife [[Maria Fisher]].  The Fisher's were both KGB Iillegal Oofficers, posing as Swiss citizens, traveling to Mexico through the United States.  Burd used his connections in Washington, D.C. to appeal to David Niles, an aide to [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Roosevelt]], and later [[Truman]], for assistance in getting [[Visa (document)|transit visa]]s for the Fishers.

[[Venona]] decrypt 786 KGB New York to Moscow  1 June 1944 reads, 

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*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/01_Jun_1944_R3_m1_p1.gif 786 KGB New York to Moscow  1 June 1944, p.1]
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/01_Jun_1944_R3_m1_p2.gif 786 KGB New York to Moscow  1 June 1944, p.2]
*John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America,'' Yale University Press (1999), pgs. 266–267, 284–285.



[[Category:Soviet spies|Burd, Michael]]
[[Category:Venona Appendix A|Burd, Michael]]