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This paper discusses the Alger Hiss Case, describing the events that took place during the late 1940s and 1950s in the accusation and eventual conviction of government official Alger Hiss. The paper also examines the backgrounds of Hiss, Whittaker Chambers (who accused Hiss) and Richard Nixon, who was able to launch his brilliant political career on the case. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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"Soviet spy." In context of McCarthys America, the Alger Hiss case, in which a well-respected man and well-known government official was accused of being a spy for Soviet Russia, naturally
brought about infamy and, not surprisingly, some national hysteria. Although the case has never come to a satisfying conclusion - Hiss insisted, up until his death in 1996 that he
was innocent of all charges of espionage while those who opposed him still believe he put the country in great danger - the Hiss case still lives on as one
of the more perplexing and fascinating cases of the 20th century. It was a case that helped one man to eventually be
elected as President of the United States. It helped another senator spur the fear of communism in every home and to sow the seeds of rampant suspicion among the populace.
It provided a government official and an editor of a weekly newsmagazine more notoriety than either could possibly have imagined or hoped for. And the case gave the national media
some interesting headlines and even more interesting copy to write for the national media. Case summary The case of Alger Hiss itself
gained notoriety and made headlines when Whittaker Chambers, a former member of the Communist Party, appeared before Senator Joseph McCarthys House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to charge that Alger Hiss,
who was then president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, was a Communist spy (Alger Hiss Case, 1991; see also Evans, 2002). Chambers said that he and Hiss had,
during the 1930s, belonged to the same espionage ring, and while they were both members, Hiss had given Chambers secret State Department documents (Alger Hiss Case, 1991; see also Hiss
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