Hiss, Alger (1904-1996)
Alger Hiss's life up to 1948 seemed, on the surface, to be an American success story. He attended Johns Hopkins and Harvard Law School and was a stellar student at both ...
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Alger Hiss
November 11, 1904 November 15, 1996
Accused Spy
Alger Hiss was a prominent public figure when he was accused, in 1939, of spying for the Soviets. His accuser was Whittaker Chambers, a not...
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A former U.S. State Department official, Alger Hiss (1904-1996) was indicted in 1948 and convicted in 1950 of having provided classified documents to an admitted Communist, Whittaker Chambers. Hiss be...
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Alger Hiss was a former State Department officer accused of having supplied the Soviet Union with classified information during World War II. Though Hiss denied the accusations that first became publi...
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A. Plan of investigation:
The primary goal of this investigation is to examine the extent of justice that resulted from the trial of "The United States of America vs. Alger Hiss" and how the trial ...
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