Joszef Peter
 Joszef Peter     (spook) | |
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| Born | August 11, 1894 Csap, Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Now Ukraine) |
| Died | 1990 (Age 95) Budapest, Hungary |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Ethnicity | Jewish |
Soviet spy in the United States. | |
J. Peters (born Sándor Goldberger) was the most commonly known pseudonym of a man who last went by the name "Alexander Stevens" in 1949. Peters was a journalist, political activist, and accused Soviet spy who was a leading figure of the Hungarian language section of the Communist Party USA in the 1920s and 1930s. From the early 1930s, Peters was actively involved in the espionage activities of the Soviet Union in the United States, fabricating passports, recruiting agents, and accumulating and passing along confidential and secret information.[1]
In October 1947, Peters was served with an arrest warrant for alleged violation of the Immigration Act of 1924, which required alien immigrants in America to possess a valid visa. On August 3, 1948, while appearing under subpoena before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), Whittaker Chambers identified Peters as a spy[2]. Later that month, Peters appeared under subpoena before HUAC but did not cooperate. He invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer sensitive questions. On May 8, 1949, Peters left for communist Hungary to avoid imminent deportation by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Peters adopted the name "József Péter" and remained in Hungary until his death in 1990[3]
