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Hace 2 días · Alger Hiss, contrary to what most liberals had believed, and contrary to what he maintained until his death in 1996, was almost certainly guilty of espionage. A few hundred other Americans were secret Communist Party members and shared information with Soviet agents, ...
Hace 2 días · A significant step for HUAC was its investigation of the charges of espionage brought against Alger Hiss in 1948. This investigation ultimately resulted in Hiss's trial and conviction for perjury, and convinced many of the usefulness of congressional committees for uncovering communist subversion.
Hace 1 día · This includes Alger Hiss and the rest of the 500 or so mainly American traitors he and his co-authors write about. Conversely, Vassiliev himself considers defectors from Soviet intelligence to the Free World to be “traitors”! Vassiliev makes it clear that he would never spill the beans on any known agent who was still living.
Hace 2 días · HUAC is best known for its investigations of Alger Hiss and the Hollywood film industry, which led to the blacklisting of hundreds of actors, writers, and directors. HUAC was a House committee, and as such it had no formal connection to McCarthy, who served in the Senate, although the existence of the House Un-American Activities ...
Hace 3 días · Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, farmer, and businessman who served as the 33rd vice president of the United States, from 1941 to 1945, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.He served as the 11th U.S. secretary of agriculture and the 10th U.S. secretary of commerce.He was the nominee of the new Progressive Party in the 1948 ...
Hace 2 días · ALGER HISS In 1948, a former Communist spy named Whittaker Chambers accused Alger Hiss of spying for the Soviet Union. To support his charges, Chambers produced microfilm of government documents that he claimed had been typed on Hiss’s typewriter.
Hace 3 días · To the Hon. Alger Hiss Secretary-General Veterans Building San Francisco, California. Excellency: THE ASSYRIAN NATION of today is the remnant of the once great Assyrian Empire, and the greatest missionary Church the world has ever known.
