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{{cquote|As yet, no formal action to initiate a suit for slander has publicly been taken by Mr. Hiss ... Mr. Hiss himself has created a situation in which he is obliged to put up or shut up ... Mr. Hiss has left himself no alternative. And each day of delay in making it known that he will avail himself of the opportunity Mr. Chambers has accorded him does incalculable damage to his reputation.<ref>Chalmers McGeagh Roberts, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=SRhlAAAAMAAJ The Washington post: the first 100 years]'' (Houghton Mifflin, 1977) ISBN 0395258545, p. 277</ref>}}

{{cquote|As yet, no formal action to initiate a suit for slander has publicly been taken by Mr. Hiss ... Mr. Hiss himself has created a situation in which he is obliged to put up or shut up ... Mr. Hiss has left himself no alternative. And each day of delay in making it known that he will avail himself of the opportunity Mr. Chambers has accorded him does incalculable damage to his reputation.<ref>Chalmers McGeagh Roberts, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=SRhlAAAAMAAJ The Washington post: the first 100 years]'' (Houghton Mifflin, 1977) ISBN 0395258545, p. 277</ref>}}

Finally, [[#refChronology|after a month]], Hiss filed his long-threatened slander suit against Chambers.

Finally, [[#refChronology|after a month]], Hiss filed his long-threatened slander suit against Chambers on September 27, 1948.<ref>"Hiss Brings Libel Suit for $50,000", Associated Press, The Oil City Derrick, September 28, 1948, P. 1| https://www.newspapers.com/image/27199773/?clipping_id=149854339</ref>

==Hiss's suit against Chambers==

==Hiss's suit against Chambers==