Helen Grace Reswick Scott Keenan (June 16, 1915 – November 20, 1987), more commonly, Helen Grace Scott, was a United States citizen employed in the Office of Strategic Services and later the Office of U.S Chief Counsel for Prosecution of Axis War Criminals on the staff of Justice Robert H. Jackson during World War II.
She was also a broadcaster for Free France in Brazzaville, and later in life, as Helen G. Scott, was a close associate of François Truffaut and other French filmmakers.
[citation needed] Helen Grace Scott Keenan's code name in Soviet intelligence, and later as deciphered by the Venona project is "Fir" (or "Spruce").
Keenan is referenced in the following Venona decryptions: Scott worked as a senior editor at the United Nations headquarters,[5] and from 1959 to 1965 at the French Film Office in New York, as director of public relations.
[6] She worked with many French and American filmmakers in this role, including Robert Benton, Miloš Forman, Jacques Tati, Alain Resnais, and Jean-Luc Godard.