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31 de mar. de 2019 · Fast Facts: Alger Hiss. Known For: Accused of spying and convicted of perjury during the McCarthy Era, sparking massive public debate across the U.S. Occupation: Lawyer, government official, and diplomat. Born: November 11, 1904 in Baltimore, Maryland. Education: Johns Hopkins University, Harvard Law School.
Though Alger Hiss, a U.S. State Department official, was accused of spying for the Soviet Union and imprisoned, he was never convicted of espionage per se. Throughout his life, Hiss denied any ...
Alger Hiss, né le 11 novembre 1904 à Baltimore et mort le 15 novembre 1996 à New York, est un fonctionnaire du département d'État américain.Il fut secrétaire général à la fondation de l'Organisation des Nations unies.Il fut accusé en 1948 d'avoir été un espion soviétique.Les faits étant alors prescrits, il ne pouvait plus être condamné pour espionnage.
25 de ene. de 2013 · Alger Hiss, a well-educated and well-connected former government lawyer and State Department official who helped create the United Nations in the aftermath of World War II, was headed to prison in ...
19 de ago. de 1998 · “I welcome Alger Hiss’s daring suit,” Chambers said. “I do not minimize the ferocity or the ingenuity of the forces that are working through him.” As Hiss’s suit prepared to go to trial, the case took a new, even more serious turn. It changed the main issue from whether Alger Hiss was a Communist to whether he was a spy.
16 de nov. de 1996 · Alger Hiss dies at age of 92; diplomat and Harvard-trained government lawyer was convicted of perjury in espionage case that became one of great riddles of Cold War; case catapulted Richard M ...
A s Alger Hiss walked out of the Lewisburg (Pa.) federal penitentiary in December 1954—on parole after serving 44 months of a five-year sentence for perjury —he carried under his arm a package ...
