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*President Truman issued Executive Order 9835 on 22 March 1947 which tightened protections against [[subversion (political)|subversive infiltration]] of the US Government, defining disloyalty as membership on a list of subversive organizations maintained by the Attorney General.
*President Truman issued Executive Order 9835 on 22 March 1947 intended to tighten protections against [[subversion (political)|subversive infiltration]] of the US Government, defining disloyalty as membership on a list of subversive organizations maintained by the Attorney General.
*Beginning 24 June 1948 the first major crisis of the [[Cold War]] exposed the rift in the [[Allied Powers|Alliance of World War II]] which had defeated Germany, when Soviet troops blockaded access points to Berlin, sparking the first Berlin Crisis, and lasting a year.
*Beginning 24 June 1948 the first major crisis of the [[Cold War]] exposed the rift in the [[Allied Powers|Alliance of World War II]] which had defeated Germany, when Soviet troops blockaded access points to Berlin, sparking the first Berlin Crisis, and lasting a year.
*On 20 July General Secretary [[Eugene Dennis]] and 11 other [[CPUSA]] leaders were arrested and indicted under the [[Smith Act]] of conspiring to advocate violent overthrow of the US Government.
*On 20 July General Secretary [[Eugene Dennis]] and 11 other [[CPUSA]] leaders were arrested and indicted under the [[Smith Act]] of conspiring to advocate violent overthrow of the US Government.
*[[Elizabeth Bentley]] testifies before the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] (HUAC), on 31 July publicly accusing [[Harry Dexter White]] and [[White House]] adviser [[Lauchlin Currie]] of being [[Soviet agents]].
*On 31 July [[Elizabeth Bentley]] testifies before the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] (HUAC), publicly accusing [[Harry Dexter White]] and [[White House]] adviser [[Lauchlin Currie]] of being [[Soviet agents]].
*3 August [[Whittaker Chambers]] names [[Harry Dexter White]] and General Secretary of the [[United Nations]] Charter meeting,, former State Depatment employee and confident of [[President Roosevelt]] at the [[Yalta Conference]], [[Alger Hiss]] as Communists in testimony before the HUAC.
*3 August [[Whittaker Chambers]] names [[Harry Dexter White]] and the first General Secretary of the [[United Nations]] Charter meeting,, former State Depatment employee and confident of [[President Roosevelt]] at the [[Yalta Conference]], [[Alger Hiss]] as Communists in testimony before the HUAC.
*Harry Dexter White, the first head of the [[International Monetary Fund]], a keystone post war institution, denies charges before HUAC.
*Harry Dexter White, the first head of the [[International Monetary Fund]], a keystone post war institution, denies charges before HUAC.