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Hiss maintained his innocence until he died, despite the eventual release of secret Soviet files apparently identifying him as a spy. Perhaps Hiss felt he could not go back on his prior statements, or perhaps he remained true to communism in protecting the movement. The case helped define American politics for forty years, propelling Nixon to the Vice Presidency in 1952, [[Barry Goldwater]] to the Republican nomination for president in 1964, Nixon to the White House in 1968, and ultimately [[Ronald Reagan]] to the White House in 1980, where he awarded Chambers a posthumous Medal of Freedom.

Hiss maintained his innocence until he died, despite the eventual release of secret Soviet files apparently identifying him as a spy. Perhaps Hiss felt he could not go back on his prior statements, or perhaps he remained true to communism in protecting the movement. The case helped define American politics for forty years, propelling Nixon to the Vice Presidency in 1952, [[Barry Goldwater]] to the Republican nomination for president in 1964, Nixon to the White House in 1968, and ultimately [[Ronald Reagan]] to the White House in 1980, where he awarded Chambers a posthumous Medal of Freedom.