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'''Ilya Wolston''' was an American citizen who enlisted the [[U.S. Army]] in [[World War II]]due to his pride in having become an American citizen. He was never an officer and acted as an interpreter in both Alaska and Berlin due to his knowledge of several languages, including Russian. While there are/were sources that libeled Wolston, claiming he was a Soviet spy, these allegations were never proven, nor were any such charges filed. In fact, Wolston sued Readers Digest for libel in the 1970s and his case went through to the US Supreme Court [Wolston vs. Readers Digest], where he won. He never received any monetary compensation for the libel suit as he died before the actual case could be completed.




===Venona===
Wolston  is referenced in the following Venona project decrypts:

*777–781 KGB New York to Moscow, [[26 May]] [[1943]]
*893 KGB New York to Moscow, [[10 June]] [[1943]]
*325 Moscow to New York, [[5 April]] [[1945]]. (It is not clear that the Glory in the 1945 message is "Glory"/Wolston as in 1943).

===References===
*Boris Morros, ''My Ten Years as a Counter-Spy'', London: Werner Laurie (1959). This book was taken out of print and over the years, many inaccuracies were found, including references to Wolston. 
*[[John Earl Haynes]] and [[Harvey Klehr]], ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'', New Haven: [[Yale University Press]] (1999), pgs. 275–276. ISBN 0300077718

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