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'''Anna Colloms''' was a teacher at Washington Irving High School in New York City during [[World War II]].  Colloms was also a member of the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA) and alleged to be a member of its underground [[History_of_Soviet_espionage_in_the_United_States#Secret_apparatus|secret apparatus]], which was functioning at the time as an auxiliary to [[NKVD|Soviet intelligence]].  In [[August]] [[1943]], Colloms allegedly acted as a courier for Soviet intelligence to [[Mexico]], as part of the plan to free [[Leon Trotsky]]'s murderer, [[Ramón Mercader]], from a Mexican prison.

Colloms was alleged to be associated with [[Jacob Epstein (spy)|Jacob Epstein]] and [[Ruth Wilson]], a husband and wife working for Soviet intelligence in [[Mexico City]].

==Venona traffic==
Several decrypted Venona messages reveal that both [[Lydia Altschuler]] and Anna Colloms had been used extensively as mail drops for KGB operations throughout Latin America.  Colloms is referenced in the following [[Venona project]] decrypts:

*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/14_Mar_1944_R4_m1_p1.gif 193–194 Mexico City to Moscow, 14 March 1944. pg.1] 
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/14_Mar_1944_R4_m1_p2.gif 193–194 Mexico City to Moscow, 14 March 1944. pg.2] 
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/14_Mar_1944_R4_m1_p3.gif 193–194 Mexico City to Moscow, 14 March 1944. pg.3] 
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/14_Mar_1944_R4_m1_p4.gif 193–194 Mexico City to Moscow, 14 March 1944. pg.4] 
*[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/14_Mar_1944_R4_m1_p5.gif 193–194 Mexico City to Moscow, 14 March 1944. pg.5] 

==References==
*John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999) 
*Comintern Apparatus Summary Report, 15 December 1944, FBI Comintern Apparatus file, serial 3702
*Colloms testimony, “American Aspects of Assassination of Leoh Trotsky,” U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Un-American Activities Committee, 82nd Cong., 1st sess., 1951


[[Category:Accused Soviet spies|Colloms, Anna]]
[[Category:Venona Appendix A|Colloms, Anna]]