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"Sam Carp (Carpowski)" was head of the [[Carp Export and Import Co.]] and brother-in-law of Soviet leader [[Viacheslav Molotov]].   
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'''Sam Carp (Carpowski)''' was head of the [[Carp Export and Import Co.]] and brother-in-law of Soviet leader [[Viacheslav Molotov]].   
  
 
==Naval deal==
 
==Naval deal==
The House Special Committee on Un-American Activities questioned Carp in 1939 <ref>Vol. 8 of "Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States," 76th Congress, 1st Session</ref>.   
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The House Special Committee on Un-American Activities questioned Carp in 1939<ref>Vol. 8 of "Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States," 76th Congress, 1st Session</ref>.   
  
 
Carp recounts how in the early 1930s he was contracted by Soviet official [[Arkadii Rozengolts]] to arrange the construction of two 35,000-ton battleships for the Soviet Navy through American shipyards and companies and was authorized to expend up to $100,000,000 to do so.  Actual construction eventually fell through, but a set of plans was produced and later taken to Moscow by a retired officer of US Naval Intelligence.<ref>http://www.johnearlhaynes.org/page100.html</ref>
 
Carp recounts how in the early 1930s he was contracted by Soviet official [[Arkadii Rozengolts]] to arrange the construction of two 35,000-ton battleships for the Soviet Navy through American shipyards and companies and was authorized to expend up to $100,000,000 to do so.  Actual construction eventually fell through, but a set of plans was produced and later taken to Moscow by a retired officer of US Naval Intelligence.<ref>http://www.johnearlhaynes.org/page100.html</ref>
  
 
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 20:01, 14 July 2010

Sam Carp (Carpowski) was head of the Carp Export and Import Co. and brother-in-law of Soviet leader Viacheslav Molotov.

Naval deal

The House Special Committee on Un-American Activities questioned Carp in 1939[1].

Carp recounts how in the early 1930s he was contracted by Soviet official Arkadii Rozengolts to arrange the construction of two 35,000-ton battleships for the Soviet Navy through American shipyards and companies and was authorized to expend up to $100,000,000 to do so. Actual construction eventually fell through, but a set of plans was produced and later taken to Moscow by a retired officer of US Naval Intelligence.[2]

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  1. Vol. 8 of "Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States," 76th Congress, 1st Session
  2. http://www.johnearlhaynes.org/page100.html