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Stanley Graze was an economist from New York City. He graduated from and lectured at the City College of New York and had a master's degree from
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. He was employed by various Wall Street firms, the State Department, and the United Nations. He was alleged to have been a Soviet spy based on a transcription of the ''Gorsky Memo.'' Stanley was the brother of
Gerald Graze Gerald Graze was the brother of Stanley Graze. Both were employed by the United States Department of State during World War II. In 1944, Katherine Perlo, the ex-wife of Soviet spy Victor Perlo, named Gerald Graze as a member of the Communist P ...
, both were listed in
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's transcription of the 1948 Gorsky Memo, allegedly identified as government officials related to the Soviets. Vassiliev initiated and lost a 2004 libel case against the magazine
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in the British Courts concerning related material pertaining to the Gorsky Memo from his book, "The Haunted Wood." Graze was also listed in the
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, which was compiled during the Cold War to assess Soviet presence in the US Government. The FBI placed surveillance over his interaction with
Victor Perlo Victor Perlo (May 15, 1912December 1, 1999) was an American Marxist economist, government functionary, and a longtime member of the governing National Committee of the Communist Party USA. Biography Early years Victor Perlo was born May 15, 19 ...
. It remained unclear whether the cryptonym "DAN", was in fact Graze. Graze was later cleared by an internal review board. Like many Americans at the time, he was charged due to
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". While working as an officer in the
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, Graze participated in intelligence missions in Europe, based out of London during World War II. Graze received an
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at the end of his military service. State Department Diplomat, Deborah E. Graze, is the daughter of Gerald Graze. She has served as the Consul General in Milan, Italy.US Consulate in Milan
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Visit the Cold War International History Project (CWIHP)
for the full text of Alexander Vassiliev's Notebooks containing more information on Graze's involvement in Soviet espionage {{DEFAULTSORT:Graze, Stanley Year of birth missing People of the Office of Strategic Services American spies for the Soviet Union