Harold Ware
Harold Ware | |
|---|---|
Harold Ware circa 1935 | |
| Born | Harold Maskell Ware August 19, 1889 |
| Died | August 14, 1935 (aged 45) near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US |
| Alma mater | Pennsylvania State College |
| Occupation(s) | Agricultural engineer, Soviet GRU spy |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Stevens (1st), Clarissa "Cris" Smith (2nd), Jessica Smith (editor) (3rd) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Ella Reeve Bloor, Lucien Bonaparte Ware |
| Espionage activity | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Codename | "H.R. Harrow" (1921) |
| Codename | "Harrow" (1928) |
| Codename | "George Anstrom" (1932) |
Harold or "Hal" Ware (August 19, 1889 – August 14, 1935) was an American Marxist, regarded as one of the Communist Party's top experts on agriculture. He was employed by a federal New Deal agency in the 1930s. He is alleged to have been a Soviet spy and is understood to have founded the "Ware Group," a covert group of operatives within the United States government aiding Soviet intelligence agents.