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Jane Foster Zlatovski (1912-1979) allegedly engaged, with her husband, George Zlatovski, in covert activities on behalf of the Soviet Union while employed in sensitive U.S. Government wartime agencies during World War II. They were indicted in 1957 but their case was never tried and her autobiography vigorously denies these accusations.

Foster joined the Communist Party for a few years in her twenties. She was allegedly recruited into Soviet intelligence espionage in 1938 by Martha Dodd, the daughter of the U.S. Ambassador to Germany during the Early Nazi period. In 1942 Foster rented a room from Henry Collins in Washington, D.C., who likewise was active in the secret apparatus and began working in the Board of Economic Warfare. From 1943-1947 she worked in the Indonesian section of the Office of Strategic Services. After World War II she and her husband allegedly became members of the Mocase, a Soviet espionage ring run by Jack Soble. She is believed to be identified in Soviet intelligence and in the Venona files^{[citation needed]} with the code name SLANG, where she is referenced as engaged in transmitting information and in other espionage tasks.

Jane Foster was from California, the daughter of the medical director of the Cutter Laboratories, and she was a 1935 graduate of Mills College. She briefly joined the Communist Party in 1938, married a Dutch foreign service officer and lived in the Dutch East Indies. Where or how Jane Foster lost her first husband is a mystery,^[1] In A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS, Simon & Schuster (2011) Jennet Conant tells the story of Jane's friendship with Paul Child and Julia McWilliams (later Julia Child) working for the OSS during WWII in Ceylon (later Shri Lanka). Conant's book is described by reviewers as as much about Foster as about Julia Child.^[2] Jane Foster met and married Zlatovski in Washington, D.C. in 1943, then remarried him three years later. She found work with the Netherlands Study Unit during the war which eventually was absorbed by the Board of Economic Warfare. She wrote that Charles Flato was her closest friend at the board.^{[citation needed]}

Time Magazine sensationally alleged in 1957 that the Zlatovskis became part of the Soble network in January 1940. At times they dealt directly with Soble, while on other occasions they are thought to have worked with Russian-born Hollywood producer Boris Morros, who later defected to U.S. counterintelligence agents. According to Morros, Jane and George Zlatovski were useful espionage agents and served a crucial role in the Soble spy network. As reported in Time,^[1] "in covert meetings in the U.S. and a dozen European cities (including Moscow) the Zlatovskis turned over to Morros a file-load of valuable information that was passed to Soviet intelligence." VENONA decrypts^{[citation needed]} suggest that Jane as (SLANG) used information gleaned from confidential OSS sources to write an incisive report on Indonesia as well as dossiers on known U.S. intelligence agents. However, it is likely that this allegation is confused with the Indonesia report that she prepared in the course of her OSS duties, since she herself was the primary OSS source on Indonesia. Never having been instructed to keep the report secret, she shared it freely with the press, among others. Her husband George (alleged Soviet code name RECTOR) was not as active as his wife, gathering mostly information on refugees for Soviet intelligence.^[1] As a team, the two allegedly collected information on the "sexual and drinking habits" of U.S. personnel stationed in Austria, apparently to blackmail recruitment of new agents for espionage activity.

After revelations of the Soble network appeared in the press in 1957,^[1] both Jane and George Zlatovski denied Morros' allegations. They remained in exile in Paris, France, where she reconnected with the Childs. The French government protected them as political refugees, and they later became French citizens. Her autobiography, An Un-American Lady, is a colorful account of an upper-class, expatriate socialite in the pre- and post-WWII era, and also recounts her involuntary detainment in the US, stalking by FBI and CIA agents, and description of McCarthy-era America.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ever-Widening Ring, Time Magazine, July 22, 1957
^ ^a ^b Foster, Jane, An Un-American Lady, Simon & Schuster, 1980

Haynes, John Earl, and Klehr, Harvey, Early Cold War Spies: The Espionage Trials that Shaped American Politics, Cambridge University Press (2006)
Haynes, John Earl & Klehr; Harvey; Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America, Yale University Press (1999).

[ReferenceA-1] Ever-Widening Ring, Time Magazine, July 22, 1957

[ReferenceB-2] Foster, Jane, An Un-American Lady, Simon & Schuster, 1980

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 Foster joined the Communist Party for a few years in her twenties.  She was allegedly recruited into [[NKVD|Soviet intelligence]] [[espionage]] in 1938 by [[Martha Dodd]], the daughter of the U.S. Ambassador to [[Germany]] during the Early [[Nazi]] period.  In 1942 Foster rented a room from [[Henry Collins (official)|Henry Collins]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], who likewise was active in the [[History of Soviet espionage in the United States#Secret apparatus|secret apparatus]] and began working in the [[Board of Economic Warfare]]. From 1943-1947 she worked in the [[Indonesia]]n section of the [[Office of Strategic Services]]. After [[World War II]] she and her husband allegedly became members of the '''[[Mocase]]''', a Soviet espionage ring run by [[Jack Soble]]. She is believed to be identified in Soviet intelligence and in the [[Venona]] files{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} with the code name ''SLANG'', where she is referenced as engaged in transmitting information and in other [[espionage]] tasks.
-Jane Foster was from California, the daughter of the medical director of the Cutter Laboratories, and she was a 1935 graduate of Mills College.  She briefly joined the Communist Party in 1938, married a Dutch foreign service officer and lived in the Dutch East Indies. Where or how Jane Foster lost her first husband is a mystery,<ref name="ReferenceA">''Ever-Widening Ring'', Time Magazine, July 22, 1957</ref> In''A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS'', [[Simon & Schuster]] (2011) Jennet Conant tells the story of Jane's friendship with Paul Child and Julia McWilliams (later Julia Child) working for the OSS during WWII in Ceylon (later Shri Lanka).  Conant's book is described by reviewers as as much about Foster as about Julia Child.<ref name="ReferenceB">Foster, Jane, An Un-American Lady, Simon & Schuster, 1980</ref> Jane Foster met and married Zlatovski in Washington, D.C. in 1943, then remarried him three years later. She found work with the [[Netherlands]] Study Unit during the war which eventually was absorbed by the Board of Economic Warfare. She wrote that [[Charles Flato]] was her closest friend at the board.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
+Jane Foster was from California, the daughter of the medical director of the Cutter Laboratories, and she was a 1935 graduate of Mills College.  She briefly joined the Communist Party in 1938, married a Dutch foreign service officer and lived in the Dutch East Indies. Where or how Jane Foster lost her first husband is a mystery,<ref name="ReferenceA">''Ever-Widening Ring'', Time Magazine, July 22, 1957</ref> In ''A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS'', [[Simon & Schuster]] (2011) Jennet Conant tells the story of Jane's friendship with Paul Child and Julia McWilliams (later Julia Child) working for the OSS during WWII in Ceylon (later Shri Lanka).  Conant's book is described by reviewers as as much about Foster as about Julia Child.<ref name="ReferenceB">Foster, Jane, An Un-American Lady, Simon & Schuster, 1980</ref> Jane Foster met and married Zlatovski in Washington, D.C. in 1943, then remarried him three years later. She found work with the [[Netherlands]] Study Unit during the war which eventually was absorbed by the Board of Economic Warfare. She wrote that [[Charles Flato]] was her closest friend at the board.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
 Time Magazine sensationally alleged in 1957 that the Zlatovskis became part of the Soble network in January 1940. At times they dealt directly with Soble, while on other occasions they are thought to have worked with Russian-born Hollywood producer [[Boris Morros]], who later defected to U.S. counterintelligence agents.  According to Morros, Jane and George Zlatovski were useful espionage agents and served a crucial role in the Soble spy network.  As reported in Time,<ref name="ReferenceA">''Ever-Widening Ring'', Time Magazine, July 22, 1957</ref> "in covert meetings in the U.S. and a dozen European cities (including Moscow) the Zlatovskis turned over to Morros a file-load of valuable information that was passed to Soviet intelligence."  VENONA decrypts{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} suggest that Jane as (''SLANG'') used information gleaned from confidential OSS sources to write an incisive report on Indonesia as well as dossiers on known U.S. intelligence agents.  However, it is likely that this allegation is confused with the Indonesia report that she prepared in the course of her OSS duties, since she herself was the primary OSS source on Indonesia.  Never having been instructed to keep the report secret, she shared it freely with the press, among others. Her husband George (alleged Soviet code name ''RECTOR'') was not as active as his wife, gathering mostly information on refugees for Soviet intelligence.<ref name="ReferenceA">''Ever-Widening Ring'', Time Magazine, July 22, 1957</ref>  As a team, the two allegedly collected information on the "sexual and drinking habits" of U.S. personnel stationed in Austria, apparently to blackmail recruitment of new agents for espionage activity.