In Re Alger Hiss: A Final Verdict from the Archives of the KGB

@article{Mark2009InRA,
  title={In Re Alger Hiss: A Final Verdict from the Archives of the KGB},
  author={Eduard Mark},
  journal={Journal of Cold War Studies},
  year={2009},
  volume={11},
  pages={26-67}
}
  • E. Mark
  • Published 24 June 2009
  • Political Science
  • Journal of Cold War Studies
The notes and transcriptions that Alexander Vassiliev made during several years of work in the archive of the former KGB resolve many of the early Cold War's espionage cases. Hitherto unexploited materials in the collection relate directly to the case of the diplomat Alger Hiss. They conclusively show that Hiss was, as Whittaker Chambers charged more than six decades ago, an agent of Soviet military intelligence (GRU) in the 1930s. With other evidence, Vassiliev's notebooks also establish with… 
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