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'''Alger Hiss''' (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was a [[U.S. State Department]] official and Secretary General to the founding charter conference of the [[United Nations]].  Following accusations that he spied on behalf of the Soviet Union, Hiss was convicted of perjury.   

'''Alger Hiss''' (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was a [[U.S. State Department]] official and Secretary General to the founding charter conference of the [[United Nations]].  Following accusations that he spied on behalf of the Soviet Union, Hiss was convicted of perjury.   

Senator [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], who was instrumental in securing the release of the long-awaited [[FBI]] files relating to the [[Venona project]], in his 1998 book, ''Secrecy: The American Experience'' wrote,  

Senator [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], who was instrumental in securing the release of the long-awaited [[FBI]] and the [[Venona project]] files which had been classified for nearly 50 years, in his 1998 book, ''Secrecy: The American Experience'' wrote,  

:''Belief in the guilt or innocence of Alger Hiss became a defining issue in American intellectual life.  Parts of the American government had conclusive evidence of his guilt, but they never told."'' <ref>Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, ''Secrecy: The American Experience'', New Haven: Yale University Press (1998), pg. 146.</ref>  

 

{{Cquote |Belief in the guilt or innocence of Alger Hiss became a defining issue in American intellectual life.  Parts of the American government had conclusive evidence of his guilt, but they never told. <ref>Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, ''Secrecy: The American Experience'', New Haven: Yale University Press (1998), pg. 146.</ref> }}

 

 

 

== Yalta and the United Nations ==

== Yalta and the United Nations ==