Washington in 1967 and volunteered to work for the KGB. “I’m a
naval officer,” he reportedly said. “I’d like to make some money and
I’ll give you some genuine stuff in return.” The KGB deputy rezi-
dent, Oleg Kaluginrecognized the value of Walker’s “genuine stuff”
and developed tradecraftto run him first in the United States and
later in Vienna. Over the next 18 years, Walker, his brother, son, and
a close colleague, Jerry Whitworth, provided Moscow with the abil-
ity to crack several American codes. The Soviets paid Walker more
than $2 million for his role, and gave Whitworth over $100,000 to re-
main at his post as a navy code clerk.
After retiring from the navy, Walker served as spy master of his lit-
tle ring of traitors. The KGB met with him in Vienna and used spe-
cially designed dead drops in suburban Maryland to pay him and re-
ceive raw material from his agents. Walker hid the payments artfully,
running a small private detective agency in the Norfolk, Virginia,
area that was perfect for laundering money. Walker’s detective work
gave him access to law enforcement and naval personnel, which may
have allowed him to recruit other sources.
In May 1985 the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested
Walker and his three confederates after his wife reported his activ-
ities to the FBI. All were sentenced to life in prison. Walker later
told an American television interviewer that K-Mart, a chain retail
store, had better security than the U.S. Navy. One Soviet defector
later told a congressional committee that had war occurred while
Walker was providing coded material, the Soviet military would
have won because of its ability to read U.S. communications. The
Soviets gained another, perhaps even greater, advantage from the
Walker ring. The information showed them their submarines’ vul-
nerability in the open ocean, causing them to make changes in their
naval weapons and strategy.WALLENBERG, RAOUL (1913–1947?). As a Swedish diplomat,
Wallenberg saved thousands of Hungarian Jews caught between the
Nazi authorities in Budapest and the advancing Red Army. He was
able to document many Jews as citizens of neutral states, and on more
than one occasion was able to remove Jews from trains that were
bound for the death camps. Following the Red Army’s conquest of
Hungary, Wallenberg was arrested by Smershon 17 January 1945282 •WALLENBERG, RAOUL (1913–1947?)06-313 P-Z.qxd 7/27/06 7:57 AM Page 282