In 1938, Wohl came to the United States as a correspondent for
Czechoslovak newspapers. In the mid-1920s, Wohl met
Soviet spy Walter Krivitsky. Months after Krivitsky defected, Wohl left Europe for the States and became Krivitsky's literary agent. Wohl (and
Isaac Don Levine as ghostwriter) helped the non-English-speaking Krivitsky write his memoir ''In Stalin's Secret Service'' (1939). At the time of its publication, they argued about fees owed to Wohl and severed their connection. ==Death==