▁at ▁the ▁request ▁of ▁Under secret ary ▁James ▁For rest al , ▁F BI ▁Special ▁Agent ▁Jerry ▁Do yle ▁had ▁l unch ▁with ▁John ▁N it ze , ▁a ▁former ▁employee ▁of ▁For rest al . ▁ ▁N it ze ▁was ▁accompanied ▁by ▁Miller , ▁who ▁was ▁described ▁as ▁being ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁intelligence ▁for ▁the ▁O CI AA . ▁ ▁N it ze ▁explained ▁that ▁Miller ▁provided ▁intelligence ▁reports ▁for ▁both ▁the ▁Board ▁of ▁Econom ic ▁War fare ▁( BE W ) ▁and ▁the ▁O CI AA ▁which ▁were ▁prepared ▁from ▁information ▁supplied ▁by ▁the ▁F BI , ▁Office ▁of ▁Naval ▁Int elligence ▁and ▁Army ▁G - 2 . ▁ ▁In ▁July ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁Miller ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁Near ▁Eastern ▁Division ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Department ▁of ▁State ▁and ▁handled ▁confident ial ▁matters ▁between ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁the ▁Union ▁of ▁Soviet ▁Social ist ▁Republic s . ▁ ▁By ▁August ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁it ▁was ▁established ▁Miller ▁had ▁a ▁connection ▁with ▁Greg ▁Silver master , ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁Silver master ▁group . ▁ ▁Miller ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁close ▁associate ▁of ▁Maurice ▁Hal per in , ▁who ▁worked ▁for ▁the ▁O SS , ▁State ▁Department , ▁and ▁Soviet ▁intelligence . ▁ ▁Charles ▁Fl ato ▁of ▁the ▁Office ▁of ▁Econom ic ▁war fare ▁and ▁the ▁Foreign ▁Econom ic ▁Administration ▁was ▁also ▁one ▁of ▁Miller ' s ▁contacts . ▁ ▁Miller ▁res igned ▁from ▁the ▁State ▁Department ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 4 6 . ▁According ▁to ▁An