Declassified memo from US codebreaker sheds light on Ethel Rosenberg’s Cold War spy case
- A declassified memo indicates that Ethel Rosenberg knew of her husband’s activities but “did not engage in the work herself,” according to a U.S. Codebreaker.
- The memo describes Ethel as a “party member” who knew of Julius Rosenberg’s work, but did not participate in it.
- The document was created a week after Ethel's arrest to summarize a Soviet spy ring active during the Cold War.
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Declassified memo from U.S. codebreaker sheds light on Ethel Rosenberg’s Cold War spy case
WASHINGTON — A top U.S. government codebreaker who decrypted secret Soviet communications during the Cold War concluded that Ethel Rosenberg knew about her husband’s activities but “did not engage in the work herself,” according to a recently declassified memo that her sons say proves their mother was not a spy and should lead to her exoneration in the sensational 1950s atomic espionage case. Read more...

Declassified memo from US codebreaker sheds light on Ethel Rosenberg's Cold War spy case
A top U.S. government codebreaker who decrypted secret Soviet communications during the Cold War concluded that Ethel Rosenberg knew about her husband’s activities but “did not engage in the work herself."
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