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In November 1946, the Bureau disseminated to the State Department, Attorney General and Truman White House yet another secret report, this time reporting Bentley's allegations regarding "Eugene Hiss," suggesting that this might actually be a reference to Alger Hiss.<ref>[[#refNKVD|NKVD]]: [http://www.education-research.org/PDFs/splitfiles/splitprocessed/Silvermaster082_Folder/Silvermaster082_page120.pdf 109 (PDF 120)]</ref> FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover asked President Harry S. Truman for permission to take action against Hiss, but Truman (according to a former chief of [[CIA]] [[Soviet]] bloc counterintelligence)<ref>[http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300121988 Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly Games], Yale University Press</ref> remained "stubbornly antagonistic" to the allegations.<ref>[[#refBagley07|Bagley 2007]]: 273</ref>

In November 1946, the Bureau disseminated to the State Department, Attorney General and Truman White House yet another secret report, this time reporting Bentley's allegations regarding "Eugene Hiss," suggesting that this might actually be a reference to Alger Hiss.<ref>[[#refNKVD|NKVD]]: [http://www.education-research.org/PDFs/splitfiles/splitprocessed/Silvermaster082_Folder/Silvermaster082_page120.pdf 109 (PDF 120)]</ref> FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover asked President Harry S. Truman for permission to take action against Hiss, but Truman (according to a former chief of [[CIA]] [[Soviet]] bloc counterintelligence)<ref>[http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300121988 Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly Games], Yale University Press</ref> remained "stubbornly antagonistic" to the allegations.<ref>[[#refBagley07|Bagley 2007]]: 273</ref>

That month, in a campaign charging the [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] with being "[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BUE/is_3_136/ai_n18616442/ soft on Communism]," the [[Republican Party|Republicans]] had won control of both houses of Congress for the first time since the [http://www.ashbrook.org/publicat/oped/busch/06/1946.html elections of 1928]. The [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Truman administration responded with plans for a [[#refBentleyGJ|grand jury to look into Soviet espionage]]. "More than one Congressman," reported ''The Christian Science Monitor'', "whenever the subject of leftist activity in the State Department is mentioned, pulled out a list of suspects that was invariably headed by Mr. Hiss."<ref>[[#refTL50|de Toledano, Lasky 1950]]: 115; [[#refZeligs67|Zeligs 1967]]: 341</ref> This congressional interest finally forced the State Department to remove Hiss from access to secrets.<ref>[[#refBagley07|Bagley 2007]]: 273</ref>  

That month, in a campaign charging the [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] with being "[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BUE/is_3_136/ai_n18616442/ soft on Communism]," the [[Republican Party|Republicans]] had won control of both houses of Congress for the first time since the [http://www.ashbrook.org/publicat/oped/busch/06/1946.html elections of 1928]. "More than one Congressman," reported ''The Christian Science Monitor'', "whenever the subject of leftist activity in the State Department is mentioned, pulled out a list of suspects that was invariably headed by Mr. Hiss."<ref>[[#refTL50|de Toledano, Lasky 1950]]: 115; [[#refZeligs67|Zeligs 1967]]: 341</ref> The [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Truman administration responded with plans for a [[#refBentleyGJ|grand jury to look into Soviet espionage]], while the State Department finally removed Hiss from access to secrets.<ref>[[#refBagley07|Bagley 2007]]: 273</ref>  

In January, 1947, Byrnes [[#refCapshaw07|quietly eased Hiss out]] of the State Department. Byrnes would later refuse to testify as a character witness on behalf of Hiss.<ref>[[#refWhite04|White 2004]]: 68</ref>

In January 1947, Byrnes [[#refCapshaw07|quietly eased Hiss out]] of the State Department. Byrnes would later refuse to testify as a character witness on behalf of Hiss.<ref>[[#refWhite04|White 2004]]: 68</ref>

Hiss became president&mdash;[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,798920,00.html at $20,000 a year] (the equivalent of [[#refBLS|more than $190,000]] per year today)&mdash;of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, serving also as a trustee of the closely-related<ref>Carroll Quigley, ''[http://www.scribd.com/doc/405200/Carroll-Quigley-The-Anglo-American-Establishment The Anglo-American Establishment]'' (G.S.G. & Associates, Incorporated, 1981) ISBN 0945001010, p. 160. Quigley was reportedly an [http://www.4president.org/speeches/billclinton1992acceptance.htm important influence] on President [[Bill Clinton]]. Scott McLemee, "The Quigley Cult," ''George Magazine'' Vol. 1, No. 10 (December 1996)</ref> [[Institute of Pacific Relations]],<ref>[[#refSISS53|SISS 1953]]: 8-10 (PDF 14-16)</ref> which would later be identified by the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] as "a vehicle used by the Communists to orientate American far eastern policies toward Communist objectives."<ref>[[#refIPR52|S. Rept. 2050]]: 225 (PDF 233)</ref>

Hiss became president&mdash;[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,798920,00.html at $20,000 a year] (the equivalent of [[#refBLS|more than $190,000]] per year today)&mdash;of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, serving also as a trustee of the closely-related<ref>Carroll Quigley, ''[http://www.scribd.com/doc/405200/Carroll-Quigley-The-Anglo-American-Establishment The Anglo-American Establishment]'' (G.S.G. & Associates, Incorporated, 1981) ISBN 0945001010, p. 160. Quigley was reportedly an [http://www.4president.org/speeches/billclinton1992acceptance.htm important influence] on President [[Bill Clinton]]. Scott McLemee, "The Quigley Cult," ''George Magazine'' Vol. 1, No. 10 (December 1996)</ref> [[Institute of Pacific Relations]],<ref>[[#refSISS53|SISS 1953]]: 8-10 (PDF 14-16)</ref> which would later be identified by the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] as "a vehicle used by the Communists to orientate American far eastern policies toward Communist objectives."<ref>[[#refIPR52|S. Rept. 2050]]: 225 (PDF 233)</ref>