Article: The spy of the century

An American died last week, aged 92, after 50 years of denying treason. But, just before his death, James Srodes found more evidence that he was deadlier than Philby

Austin, Texas

ON THE day before he died last week, aged 92, I happened across a new bit of evidence which supports the claim that Alger Hiss was an even more important spy for the Soviets than Kim Philby. Without taking anything away from Philby's perfidy, it was Hiss, the archetypal American Wasp diplomatic grandee, who provided a far wider variety of military, diplomatic and strategic intelligence for Stalin over a wider frame of time. But where Hiss clearly trumps Philby is that he was poised for a rise in post-war ...

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