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[[Richard Devereall]] (1911-1980) was a US labour organizer.<ref>[http://archives.lib.cua.edu/findingaid/deverall.cfm Richard L. G. Deverall], The American Catholic Research Center and University Archives, accessed 3 October 2013.</ref>

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	[[Richard Deverall]] (1911-1980) was a US labour organizer.<ref>[http://archives.lib.cua.edu/findingaid/deverall.cfm Richard L. G. Deverall], The American Catholic Research Center and University Archives, accessed 3 October 2013.</ref>		[[Richard Deverall]] (1911-1980) was a US labour organizer.<ref>[http://archives.lib.cua.edu/findingaid/deverall.cfm Richard L. G. Deverall], The American Catholic Research Center and University Archives, accessed 3 October 2013.</ref>
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		+	Deverall worked in the [[United Auto Workers]] Education department until he was fired by [[Walter Reuther]]. He enlisted as a private in the US Army in 1943, and was posted to Japan to work for the Labor Education Branch of the US Military Government in December 1945.<ref>Ted Morgan, ''A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster'', Random House, 1999, p.295.</ref>
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		+	He left Japan in 1948, after having antagonised colleagues by reporting on Communist infiltration to G-2 military intelligence.<ref>Ted Morgan, ''A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster'', Random House, 1999, p.296.</ref>
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		+	In 1949, Deverall was hired by [[Jay Lovestone]] to run the [[AFL]]'s Far East Bureau in Japan.<ref>Ted Morgan, ''A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster'', Random House, 1999, p.296.</ref>
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		+	In 1951, Deverall was based in India as part of the network run by [[Jay Lovestone]]. The [[CIA]] pledged £30,050 towards his costs.<ref>Ted Morgan, ''A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster'', Random House, 1999, p.221.</ref>
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		+	Arriving in Tokyo in 1952, Deverall backed the Pro-US [[Zenro]] labour federation against the larger [[Sohyo]]. He alienated the US Ambassador [[Robert Murphy]] with allegations of Communist infiltration amongst his staff.<ref>Ted Morgan, ''A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster'', Random House, 1999, p.298.</ref>
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		+	He was recalled to the US after publicly criticising US labour attaché [[Allen Taylor]] in early 1955.<ref>Ted Morgan, ''A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster'', Random House, 1999, p.298.</ref>
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		+	In 1956, Deverall was posted to the [[ICFTU]] in Brussels as an assistant to [[Hans Gottfurcht]]. He was regarded by his colleagues as a spy for Lovestone, to whom he reported on goings-on at the office.<ref>Ted Morgan, ''A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster'', Random House, 1999, pp.313-314.</ref>

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−	[[Richard ~~Devereall~~]] (1911-1980) was a US labour organizer.<ref>[http://archives.lib.cua.edu/findingaid/deverall.cfm Richard L. G. Deverall], The American Catholic Research Center and University Archives, accessed 3 October 2013.</ref>	+	[[Richard Deverall]] (1911-1980) was a US labour organizer.<ref>[http://archives.lib.cua.edu/findingaid/deverall.cfm Richard L. G. Deverall], The American Catholic Research Center and University Archives, accessed 3 October 2013.</ref>

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