Paul Crouch (activist)

Paul Crouch
Born
Paul Crouch

(1903-06-24)June 24, 1903
Moravian Falls, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedNovember 18, 1955(1955-11-18) (aged 52)
Berkeley, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
SpouseSylvia Crouch[1]
Espionage activity
AllegianceUSSR, USA
Service years1924-1942 (CPUSA), 1949-1954 (U.S. Department of Justice)

Paul Crouch /pʊəl kraʊtʃ/ (June 24, 1903 – November 18, 1955) was a communist activist and then paid government informer regarding communist infiltration in the U.S. federal government. Crouch biographer Gregory Taylor has called him a "naïve, ill-educated recruit" to the Communist Party.[2] Oppenheimer biographers Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin have claimed that he was the "most highly paid" informer for the Justice Department in 1951–1952.[3]

  1. ^ "Register of the Paul Crouch Papers, 1925-1958" (PDF). Online Archive of California. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  2. ^ Taylor, Gregory S. (2009). The History of the North Carolina Community Party. University of South Carolina Press. pp. 14–24. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  3. ^ Bird, Kai; Sherwin, Martin J. (2007). American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Knopf. p. 440.