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Cold open. This is a declassified Soviet diplomatic cable titled “2mar gnome affair,” transmitted from Moscow to Mexico City on the second of March, nineteen forty‑five. The document appears in the public archive of The Black Vault, a repository for historically released intelligence records. Provenance. The cable was made available through The Black Vault’s online collection, entry number two‑mar‑gnome‑affair, released without a specific Freedom of Information Act case number. The declassification authority is listed as the former Soviet Ministry of State Security, now identified as the archival source for the original transmission. The release date on the archive is not recorded, but the document is fully reproduced as it appears in the source file. The document. YEN ON A Reissue (T678) From: MOSCOW To: MEXICO CITY No: 154 Your number twenty‑nine .Ii) two March nineteen forty‑five Establish control over tha preparation of REMBRANDT [ii] [six groups unrecovered] in “DEREVNYa” (iii] (six groups unrecoverad] froai “DEREVNYa.” Absolutely forbid him (thirty‑eight groups unrecoverable] . (four groups unrecovered] (warn C%] and report which particular American correspondent is being discussed. (eight groups unrecovered] in relation to “REMBRANDT” ALVAREZ DEL (thirty‑three groups unrecoverable] “INDEJTsY” (iv] we know only “ZNAKOMYJ” (v] , and even he (five groups unrecovered] investigate the whole group of “INDEJTsY,” its work and reliability (forty‑one groups unrecoverable] when, which, through whoa and (twenty‑nine groups unrecovered) and “AMOR” (vi) (three groups unrecovered] we consider at this tiae absolutely necessary (twenty‑eight groups unrecoverable] “INDEJTsY.” Don’t have your meetings with “AMOR” more often than once every two to three months. Four. (two groups unrecovered] (of ] you yourself the COMPETITORS (vii) from the “SELO”(viii] and the “OSTROV [ix] , a number of problems with the “GNOME” (x) affair, “COOKIE” (xi) and others of the agent network — require your undivided attention [two groups unrecovered] in all the work. Keep your eyes open and study the situation, use your operational workers more boldly, exercise general control of the Residency (xii) , but go Lo «. yourself only in exceptional cases. In this connection (five groups unrecovered] personal meeting yenona YEN ON A with –AMOR– and “COOKIE,” since “SEMEN- [xiv] [three groups unrecovered] on instructions yourself. Establish new personal contacts with the old agent network only with our permission. Five. Instruct “COOKIE” not to meet with “KLAVA” [xiv] and expedite the latter’s departure to Cuba seventeen groups unrecoverable including signature] II] Not available. [ii] REMBRANDT! Jose Sancho PAD ROB. till] DEREVNYa, i.a. “COUNTRYSIDE”! Mexico. [iv] INDBJTs, i.a. “INDIANS”! Unidentified covername. [v] ZNAKOMYJ , i.e. “ACQUAINTANCE” ! Unidentified covername. [vi] AMOR! Margarita Nelkin Mansberger de PAUL. Ivii] COMPETITORS! Members of a non‑Soviet intelligence…

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2mar Gnome Affair

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Cold open. This is a declassified Soviet diplomatic cable titled “2mar gnome affair,” transmitted from Moscow to Mexico City on the second of March, nineteen forty‑five. The document appears in the public archive of The Black Vault, a repository for historically released intelligence records.

Agency: National Security Agency (NSA)
Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was 2mar Gnome Affair about?: Cold open. This is a declassified Soviet diplomatic cable titled “2mar gnome affair,” transmitted from Moscow to Mexico City on the second of March, nineteen forty‑five. The document appears in the public archive of The Black Vault, a repository for historically released intelligence records.
Why was this case declassified?: This material was released by the National Security Agency (NSA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.

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