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Hiss testified that he never gave any documents to Whittaker Chambers, and that he had no contact with Chambers after January 1, 1937. The grand jury indicted Hiss on two counts of perjury, charging that he lied under oath in both these statements. Because the statute of limitations had expired, the grand jury could not consider espionage charges.

Hiss testified that he never gave any documents to Whittaker Chambers, and that he had no contact with Chambers after January 1, 1937. The grand jury indicted Hiss on two counts of perjury, charging that he lied under oath in both these statements. Because the statute of limitations had expired, the grand jury could not consider espionage charges.

Since Chambers had gained the upper hand by voluntary waiving immunity from slander, the columnist [[Walter Lippman]] (whose secretary, [[Mary Price]], was a Soviet agent<ref>Herbert Romerstein and Eric Breindel, ''The Venona Secrets: Exposing Soviet Espionage and America's Traitors'' (Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 2001) ISBN 0895262258, p. 439</ref><ref>John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999) ISBN 0300077718, p. 99</ref> designated "Dir" [Dear]<ref>[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Jun_1943_m3.gif 868 KGB New York to Moscow, 8 June 1943]</ref> and "probably" "Arena")<ref>[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/29_Apr_1944_R3_m3_p3.gif 588 New York to Moscow, 29 April 1944, p. 3]</ref> suggested that Hiss turn the tables by waiving the statute of limitations on espionage. Hiss never took him up on that suggestion.<ref>Allen Weinstein, ''Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case'' (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978), ISBN 0394495462, p. 384</ref>

Since Chambers had gained the upper hand by voluntary waiving immunity from slander, the columnist [[Walter Lippman]] (whose secretary, [[Mary Price]], was a Soviet agent<ref>[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/08_Jun_1943_m3.gif 868 KGB New York to Moscow, 8 June 1943]</ref><ref>[http://www.nsa.gov/venona/releases/29_Apr_1944_R3_m3_p3.gif 588 New York to Moscow, 29 April 1944, p. 3]</ref><ref>Herbert Romerstein and Eric Breindel, ''The Venona Secrets: Exposing Soviet Espionage and America's Traitors'' (Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 2001) ISBN 0895262258, p. 439</ref><ref>John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999) ISBN 0300077718, p. 99</ref> suggested that Hiss turn the tables by waiving the statute of limitations on espionage. Hiss never took him up on that suggestion.<ref>Allen Weinstein, ''Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case'' (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978), ISBN 0394495462, p. 384</ref>

==The Trials==

==The Trials==