My gut reaction is no, I don’t think he was. I think he was “sympathetic” to the USSR, perhaps to the point as to call him a “Communist sympathizer.” If not a “sympathizer” he was at least a “useful idiot.” He clearly favored Stalin over Hitler, when both were evil men. Hopkins was typical of the left-wing types that FDR surrounded himself with.
I don’t think he was an outright spy, though.
My gut reaction is no, I don’t think he was. I think he was “sympathetic” to the USSR, perhaps to the point as to call him a “Communist sympathizer.” If not a “sympathizer” he was at least a “useful idiot.” He clearly favored Stalin over Hitler, when both were evil men. Hopkins was typical of the left-wing types that FDR surrounded himself with. I don’t think he was an outright spy, though.
For many years I felt the same way, feeling that it was both too depressing and in general, just too unbelievable. Many years have passed and we've seen the world, and many of our beliefs, turned upside down several times since those days so I have to admit that I'm not so sure anymore.
for many years I've also been interested in a rather unknown Soviet spy who during the war spied against Hitler. His codename was "Werther" and he was responsible for giving Stalin many warnings about planned German attacks in Russia. To this day he hasn't been identified but some pretty smart intelligence people believe he was someone very close to the Fuhrer.