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Ceylon/India

 

US/Europe

 

Pseudonym Real Identity
Adams Henry Schultz
Adler, Al Erwin Baur
Adolphe Rudolph Klement
Allen, Harry Martin Abern
Anton Nathan Gould
Barr Farrell Dobbs
Bartell, Mike Milt Zaslow
Berg, Sal Saul Mendelson
Bern, I. Paul Bernick
Blake, Lear C.K. Stewart
Brad, Jack Jack Rader
Braun Erwin Wolf
Buddy Jesse Simons
Burt, Max Max Mont
Calverton, Victor F. George Goetz
Camille Rudolf Klement
Carlo Jesse Cohen
Carter, Joe Joseph Freidman
Cassidy Felix Morrow
Charles, C. Charles Curtiss
Charnis Irving Bern
Clair, Louis Coser, Lewis
Cliff, Tony Igael Gleckstein
Cohen C.L.R. James
Cohen, Joe Jesse Cohen
Collins George Clarke
Conway, Duncan Duncan Ferguson
Cooper, George Felix Morrow
Cotton, Thomas Elliot E. Cohen
Courtney E.R. McKinney
Crux Leon Trotsky
Dancers Harvey Swados
Drake George Breitman
Eden, Martin Martin Diamond
Edie Edith Schor
Erickson Ernest Erber
Ernst, David Elliot E. Cohen
Etienne Mark Zborowski
Europicus Coser, Lewis
Falk Julius Jacobson
Fanny Julius Jacobson
Fauchois Albert Goldman
Feliks Sam Bottone
Fenwick C.K. Stewart
Ferguson, Bob Robert Treash
Ferry, William Irving Kristol
Field, B.J. Max Gould
Fischer, Ruth Elfriede Eisler
Forest, F. Raya Dunayevska
Frank. E.R. Bert Cochran
Frankel, Harry Harry Braverman
Franklin Albert Goldman
Gabriel Zichael Raptis
Gallienne Daniel Guerin
Garrett Emanuel Geltman
Gates Albert Glotzer
Germain, Ernest Ernest Mandel
Glee, Max Max Geltman
Glenner, John Jan Frankel
Gould, Lois Lois Orr
Gourov, G. Leon Trotsky
Graham, Justin Justin Grossman
Hall, Ben Herman Benson
Harris Don Chenowith
Henderson Joseph Hansen
Herman, Ben Herman Benson
Hess Maurice Slabin
Hillyer Carl Shier
Hutter, Trent Peter Bloch
Irish Vaughn T, O'Brien
Johnson, J.R. C.L.R. James
Joyce, James Dwight Macdonald
Judd, Henry Stanley Plastrick
Junius Herbert Solow
Keller Art Preis
Kelvin James Burnham
Kennedy, E. Ernest Mazey
Kirk, Jerry Sol Dollinger
Kujac, Paul Abraham Dollinger
Lane, Janette Genora Johnson Dollinger
Lang, Frederick Frank Lovell
Leonard, Joe Ed Speer
Levine Louis Jacobs
Lewitt, Martin Seymour Martin Lipsett
Logan, David Jean Van Heijenoort
Loren, Stan Stanley Fried
Loris, Marc Jean Van Heijenoort
Lund Leon Trotsky
Lyon, Chris John Loed
Marlen, George George Spiro
Markin, N. Leon Sedov
Marshall, John George Novack
Martel James P. Cannon
Martin James P. Cannon
Martin Max Dornbrow
Martin, Ben Ben Goldberg
McGee Grace Carlson
Melvin, John Melvin Lasky
Mendez, Anita Anita Brenner
Merian, David Meyer Shapiro
Michaels M.J. Ryer
Miller Herman Rebhon
Mills Manuel Trbovich
Moore, Emmett Sol Dollinger
Morrison Albert Goldman
Muniz, G. Manuel F. Grandizo
Natie Nathan Gould
Negrete, Rosalio Russell Blackwell
O'Neal James T. Farrell
Owen Sherry Mangan
Pablo, Michael Vichael Raptis
Parker, Albert George Breitman
Peralta, B. Benjamin Peret
Phelan, Terence Sherry Mangan
Phelps, Wallace William Phillips
Ray Sol Greensberg
Reed, Evelyn Evelyn Horwit
Roberts, H. Harold Issacs
Rodney V R Dunne
Roland, A. Louis Jacobs
Russell Anne Draper
Scott, Andrew Jock Haston
Schwartz Leon Sedov
Sherman Seymour Kahn
Simmons, William Arne Swabeck
Smith Farrell Dobbs
Spiegel, Rae Raya Dunayevskaya
Stanley, Sherman Stanley Plastrick
Stanley, G. Maurice Spector
Stein, Morris Morris Lewit
Steven Mike John Poulos
Stevens Esther Lieberman
Stone, Hank Henry Malter
Stone, Harry Martin Abern
Storm, Henry Herbert Solow
Strang, Harry Herbert Solow
Stuart J.E.B. Sam Gordon
Temple, Paul Hal Draper
Thomas, C. Tom Kerry
Trent Max Shachtman
Turner, L. Larry Trainor
Usick Joseph Vanzler
Vidal Leon Trotsky
Walker, Ben Ben Rosenbloom
Wallis, J. Gardner Kells
Walsh Joseph Carter
Warde, William George Novack
Webber, Jack Louis Jacobs
Webber, Sara Sara Jacobs
West, John James Burnham
White Bert Cochran
West, John James Burnham
White Bert Cochran
Williams, C. Oscar Schoenfeld
Wilson, John C. Felix Morrow
Wright, John G. Joseph Vanzler
 
Ceylon/India--
compiled by Charles Wesley Ervin

Pseudonyms and Real Identities: India

CERTAIN IDENTIFICATION

 

Pseudonym Real Identity Comments
Bernard Kamalesh Banerji Name used in minutes
of the Fourth Plenum
of the IEC
Ali Kamalesh Banerji
Mahmoud Kamalesh Banerji
Chatterjee Kamalesh Banerji
Almeida Philip Gunawardena Name used for Philip
when he was co-opted to the
PC in June/July 1943.
Dias or Diaz Colvin R. de Silva Name used for Colvin
when he was co-opted to the
PC in June/July 1943.
Menon S.C.C. Anthony Pillai
Peter Bernard Soysa
Rafiq Chandra Vadan Shukla Used after his split
from the BLPI in
late 1943.
Ramesh Munshi Chandra Vadan Sometimes just
"Ramesh"
Brelvi Chandravadan Shukla Letters between
Brelvi & Tilak,
Nov. 1946 - Jan. 1947
Sidney Chandravadan Shukla
Sharma Onkarnath Shastri
Yarumjee Eedrupji Murray Gow Purdy
Gupta Indra Sen
Kabir Kodial From Hector's interview
Ajit Anant Mandekar

  INDIA: TENTATIVE/UNCERTAIN

Pseudonym Real Identity Comments
Amar S. Amarnath?
Dutt Indra Sen? D. Dutt also seems
to be same person
as D. Gupta
Pankaj (or Pokoz) Vinayak Purohit Identified by
Hector Abhayavardhana
Randhir ("Randy")
M. Usman Fred Bunby Identified by
Hector Abhayavardhana
Naidou, Naidu V.S. Shastri Identified by
Hector Abhayavardhana.
Editor of New Spark
Arun Bose In Calcutta

  CEYLON: CERTAIN IDENTIFICATION

Pseudonym Real Identity Comments
Rup Singh Philip Gunawardena See also Guruswami
Edward Guruswami Philip Gunawardena Used while living underground
in Bombay, 1942-43
Mabel Guruswami Kusuma Gunawardena Used while living underground
in Bombay, 1942-43
Tilak Leslie Goonewardene
V.S. Parthasarathi Leslie Goonewardene Name used as author of
Marxist Study Course (1945)
Ashokumari Tilak Vivienne Goonewardene
Vaidya Robert Gunawardena Confirmed by his wife, Rupa
Prakash Robert Gunawardena Confirmed by his wife, Rupa
Govindan Colvin R. de Silva
Lily (Lily Roy) Colvin R. de Silva
Toni S.C.C. Anthonipillai
Morera Doric De Souza
S. Livera Doric De Souza
Suren Morarji Hector Abhayavardhana Hector told me.
V.S. Roy V. Karalasingham
Carlo V. Karalasingham
Mike Premadasa
David Milton Perera
Richard Richard Green

  CEYLON: TENTATIVE/UNCERTAIN

Pseudonym Real Identity Comments
Peter Bernard Soysa
Edward Bernard Soysa Mentioned as "peacemaker" in Ceylon
in report of 1945(?)
L. Pandita In Ceylon Unit

   

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