- Alger Hiss was an American government official who was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948 and convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950
Born: | 11 November 1904 Comment | When did Alger Hiss die? / Died | 15 November 1996 | How many years did Alger Hiss live? / Lived | 92 years | Zodiac sign: | Scorpio |
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Alger Hiss facts
- Before he was tried and convicted, he was involved in the establishment of the United Nations both as a U
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- State Department official and as a U
- N
- official
- In later life he worked as a lecturer and author
- On August 3, 1948, Whittaker Chambers, a former U
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- Communist Party member, testified under subpoena before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) that Hiss had secretly been a Communist, though not a spy, while in federal service
- Called before HUAC, Hiss categorically denied the charge
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