Harold Ware
Harold Ware | |
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 Ware's passport photo, 1927 | |
| Born | Harold Maskell Ware August 19, 1889 Woodstown, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | August 14, 1935 (aged 45) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Pennsylvania State College |
| Occupations | Agricultural engineer, Soviet GRU spy |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Stevens (1st) Clarissa "Cris" Smith (2nd) (3rd) |
| Children | 4 |
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| Espionage activity | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Codename | "H.R. Harrow" (1921) "Harrow" (1928) "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.