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Article: NIXON CALLED SOVIET SPY'S BLUFF HISS OVERSTATED DENIALS IN COURT.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- June 29, 1987
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Byline: Stephen E. Ambrose
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Hiss case, which lasted from August to December 1942, catapulted Richard Nixon, then an obscure California congressman, to international prominence. Although the case made Nixon a household name, a mistake by the Eastman Kodak company at the 11th hour almost ruined the future President's budding political career. This is Part Two of a five-part excerpt from "Nixon: The Education of a Politician, 1913-1962."
On Aug. 3, 1948, Whittaker Chambers began his testimony before the House Un- American Activities Committee.
He said that back in the mid-'30s he had been a member of a Communist Party ...