Yugoslavia. Nelson. his mother. and two sisters entered the United States illegally in 1920 using false identification papers. Subsequently in 1922. upon the recommendation of Immigration and Naturalization Service officials. the Mesarosh family entry was regularized. According to the Daily Worker article of November 10. 1937. which Joseph North dispatched from Valencia. Spain. Steve Nelson joined the Communist Party "on the first anniversary of Lenins death"-1925-"at the memorial in Philadelphia." It appears that Mr. Nelson perjured himself when he was naturalized in 1928. In 1931. using a falsified passport. Nelson went to the Soviet Union where he attended the Lenin School in Moscow and was instructed for some 2 years in Communist organizing techniques. espionage. and sabotage.
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