Paul Crouch (activist)
Paul Crouch | |
|---|---|
| Born | Paul Crouch June 24, 1903 |
| Died | November 18, 1955 (aged 52) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Sylvia Crouch |
| Espionage activity | |
| Allegiance | USSR, USA |
| Service years | 1924-1942 (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. 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.