Kenneth Durant

1889 (age 83)

Durant became press secretary to the unrecognised Soviet envoy to the United States. From 1923 to 1944, he headed the American branch of Soviet news agency Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (Telegraphic Agency of the USSR). Employees at Telegraphic Agency of the USSR included Eugene Lyons. According to British security services records, he was expelled from the United States in 1925 due to his connection with various Communist front organisations. After the death of Taggard he retired to Vermont to write articles about outdoor subjects, and in 1950 married the film editor Helen van Dongen. Together they worked on a study of the origins and evolution of the Adirondack guideboat.

Kenneth Durant

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Durant was born into a wealthy family from Philadelphia, and his great-uncle was William West Durant.

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In 1919, he attended the Versailles peace conference as an aide to Edward M. House.

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Durant became press secretary to the unrecognised Soviet envoy to the United States. From 1923 to 1944, he headed the American branch of Soviet news agency Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (Telegraphic Agency of the USSR). Employees at Telegraphic Agency of the USSR included Eugene Lyons.

According to British security services records, he was expelled from the United States in 1925 due to his connection with various Communist front organisations.

After the death of Taggard he retired to Vermont to write articles about outdoor subjects, and in 1950 married the film editor Helen van Dongen. Together they worked on a study of the origins and evolution of the Adirondack guideboat.

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