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[[Image:AlgerHissUNConference.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Secretary General Alger Hiss presides over the UN Charter Conference, 1945. At his right, Molotov]] That month, Hiss was promoted to become Director of the State Department Office of Special Political Affairs. Shortly thereafter, he was named [http://unyearbook.un.org/1946-47YUN/1946-47_P1_CH1.pdf Secretary-General] of the upcoming [[United Nations]] Charter Conference in San Francisco. "As Secretary-General, managing the agenda," reported ''Time'', Hiss "will have a lot to say behind the scenes about [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,775560,00.html who gets the breaks].

[[Image:AlgerHissUNConference.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Secretary General Alger Hiss presides over the UN Charter Conference, 1945. At his right, Molotov]] That month, Hiss was promoted to become Director of the State Department Office of Special Political Affairs. Shortly thereafter, he was named [http://unyearbook.un.org/1946-47YUN/1946-47_P1_CH1.pdf Secretary-General] of the upcoming [[United Nations]] Charter Conference in San Francisco. "As Secretary-General, managing the agenda," reported ''Time'', Hiss "will have a lot to say behind the scenes about [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,775560,00.html who gets the breaks].

On March 19, [[OSS]] Director [[William J. Donovan]] had offered Stettinius the services of OSS foreign experts to do research work or prepare studies for the conference. He said that if the [[State Department]] would provide the names of the foreign delegates and staff, OSS would "prepare information on all personnel concerned." Hiss "strongly opposed" this proposal, and "vigorously endorsed" the view that OSS "doing espionage work" at the conference would "seriously embarrass us." As a result, "American intelligence work at the conference was sharply limited."<ref>Edward R. Stettinius Jr., ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=v9N3AAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 The Diaries of Edward R Stettinius Jr , 1943-1946]'', edited by Thomas M. Campbell and George C. Herring (New York: New Viewpoints, 1975), ISBN 0531055701, p. 303</ref> That day, Stettinius recommended that [[Franklin Roosevelt|Roosevelt]] tell the [[U.S.]] delegation to the conference "the whole truth about this X-matter" (the secret agreement to give the [[Soviet Union]] three votes in the UN to one for the U.S.); Stettinius advised [[FDR]] to have Hiss with him when he broke the news to the [[American]] delegates.<ref>Edward R. Stettinius Jr., ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=v9N3AAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 The Diaries of Edward R Stettinius Jr , 1943-1946]'', edited by Thomas M. Campbell and George C. Herring (New York: New Viewpoints, 1975), ISBN 0531055701, pp. 305-306</ref>

On March 19, [[OSS]] Director [["Wild Bill" Donovan|William J. Donovan]] offered Stettinius the services of OSS foreign experts to do research work or prepare studies for the conference. He said that if the [[State Department]] would provide the names of the foreign delegates and staff, OSS would "prepare information on all personnel concerned." Hiss "strongly opposed" this proposal, and "vigorously endorsed" the view that OSS "doing espionage work" at the conference would "seriously embarrass us." As a result, "American intelligence work at the conference was sharply limited."<ref>Edward R. Stettinius Jr., ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=v9N3AAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 The Diaries of Edward R Stettinius Jr , 1943-1946]'', edited by Thomas M. Campbell and George C. Herring (New York: New Viewpoints, 1975), ISBN 0531055701, p. 303</ref> That day, Stettinius recommended that [[Franklin Roosevelt|Roosevelt]] tell the [[U.S.]] delegation to the conference "the whole truth about this X-matter" (the secret agreement to give the [[Soviet Union]] three votes in the UN to one for the U.S.); Stettinius advised [[FDR]] to have Hiss with him when he broke the news to the [[American]] delegates.<ref>Edward R. Stettinius Jr., ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=v9N3AAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 The Diaries of Edward R Stettinius Jr , 1943-1946]'', edited by Thomas M. Campbell and George C. Herring (New York: New Viewpoints, 1975), ISBN 0531055701, pp. 305-306</ref>

At the conference, Stettinius resigned to become [[U.S.]] Ambassador to the [[United Nations]]. His successor as [[Secretary of State]], [http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/byrnes-james.htm James F. Byrnes], was immediately "faced with the problem of [http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/unationsday/docs/johnson10june85.pdf what he would do with Alger]," who was already under FBI suspicion. Byrnes had been "pushed out" of planning the UN conference, according to Stettinius, after [[FDR]] had signaled "that Alger Hiss and I should handle this entirely ourselves."<ref>Edward R. Stettinius Jr., ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=v9N3AAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 The Diaries of Edward R Stettinius Jr , 1943-1946]'', edited by Thomas M. Campbell and George C. Herring (New York: New Viewpoints, 1975), ISBN 0531055701, p. 249</ref> Byrnes said that despite his categorical instructions not to recommend any U.S. citizen for posts in the UN Secretariat, Hiss recommended several dozen federal employees<ref>Subcommittee on Internal Security, Committee on the Judiciary, U. S. Senate, [http://ia360607.us.archive.org/1/items/interlockingsubv16unit/interlockingsubv16unit_bw.pdf Interlocking Subversion in Government Departments], Vol. 16 (Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1953), p. 1072 (PDF p. 12)</ref>&mdash;[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n3_v13/ai_19048238/pg_3/ members of Communist cells] in the government, whose jobs were at risk under a tightened security program. [http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=27810 Stalinist] [http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/the-friends-of-dalton-trumbo-11468 screen writer] [http://www.reason.com/news/show/29095.html Dalton] [http://www.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=9274 Trumbo] boasted that he was Ambassador Stettinius' ghost-writer at the conference.<ref>"To Elsie McKeough," Helen Manfull, Ed., ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=uJpbAAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 Additional Dialogue: Letters of Dalton Trumbo, 1942-1962]'' (New York: M. Evans and Company, 1970), p. 37</ref> Press accounts attributed the hiring of Trumbo (who would become infamous in 1947 as one of the "Hollywood Ten") [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19500703&id=SrILAAAAIBAJ&sjid=elUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1706,274693 to Hiss].<ref>Ralph de Toledano and Victor Lasky, ''[http://www.americandeception.com/index.php?action=downloadpdf&photo=/PDFsml_AD/Seeds_Of_Treason-Ralph_de_Toledano_and_Victor_Lasky-1950-278pgs-POL.sml.pdf&id=343&PHPSESSID=b964065077a1de19538c4c7b1cf9e825 Seeds of Treason: The True Story of the Hiss-Chambers Tragedy]'', (NY: Funk and Wagnalls, 1950), ASIN B0007DS43A p. 110</ref>

At the conference, Stettinius resigned to become [[U.S.]] Ambassador to the [[United Nations]]. His successor as [[Secretary of State]], [http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/byrnes-james.htm James F. Byrnes], was immediately "faced with the problem of [http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/unationsday/docs/johnson10june85.pdf what he would do with Alger]," who was already under FBI suspicion. Byrnes had been "pushed out" of planning the UN conference, according to Stettinius, after [[FDR]] had signaled "that Alger Hiss and I should handle this entirely ourselves."<ref>Edward R. Stettinius Jr., ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=v9N3AAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 The Diaries of Edward R Stettinius Jr , 1943-1946]'', edited by Thomas M. Campbell and George C. Herring (New York: New Viewpoints, 1975), ISBN 0531055701, p. 249</ref> Byrnes said that despite his categorical instructions not to recommend any U.S. citizen for posts in the UN Secretariat, Hiss recommended several dozen federal employees<ref>Subcommittee on Internal Security, Committee on the Judiciary, U. S. Senate, [http://ia360607.us.archive.org/1/items/interlockingsubv16unit/interlockingsubv16unit_bw.pdf Interlocking Subversion in Government Departments], Vol. 16 (Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1953), p. 1072 (PDF p. 12)</ref>&mdash;[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n3_v13/ai_19048238/pg_3/ members of Communist cells] in the government, whose jobs were at risk under a tightened security program. [http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=27810 Stalinist] [http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/the-friends-of-dalton-trumbo-11468 screen writer] [http://www.reason.com/news/show/29095.html Dalton] [http://www.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=9274 Trumbo] boasted that he was Ambassador Stettinius' ghost-writer at the conference.<ref>"To Elsie McKeough," Helen Manfull, Ed., ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=uJpbAAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 Additional Dialogue: Letters of Dalton Trumbo, 1942-1962]'' (New York: M. Evans and Company, 1970), p. 37</ref> Press accounts attributed the hiring of Trumbo (who would become infamous in 1947 as one of the "Hollywood Ten") [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19500703&id=SrILAAAAIBAJ&sjid=elUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1706,274693 to Hiss].<ref>Ralph de Toledano and Victor Lasky, ''[http://www.americandeception.com/index.php?action=downloadpdf&photo=/PDFsml_AD/Seeds_Of_Treason-Ralph_de_Toledano_and_Victor_Lasky-1950-278pgs-POL.sml.pdf&id=343&PHPSESSID=b964065077a1de19538c4c7b1cf9e825 Seeds of Treason: The True Story of the Hiss-Chambers Tragedy]'', (NY: Funk and Wagnalls, 1950), ASIN B0007DS43A p. 110</ref>