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This FBI material concerns the 1949 prosecution of Alger Hiss, arising from accusations by former Communist courier Whittaker Chambers and investigated under perjury, espionage, and internal-security headings. The records are mainly October 1949 Bureau memoranda and telegrams coordinating Washington, New York, and Boston office work during preparation for Hiss's retrial. They discuss efforts to obtain nonpublic House Un-American Activities Committee testimony, locate 1937 newspapers for laboratory examination, check a Potomac Electric Power Company service request, interview William Bullitt and Stanley Hornbeck, and monitor trial scheduling and press or book references to Hiss. A deleted-page sheet identifies one withheld page as a referral or consultation.

Documents span: 1949 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers, Hede Massing, Paul Massing, T. F. Murphy, William Bullitt, Stanley Hornbeck, Guy Hottel
Subjects: Alger Hiss, perjury, espionage, internal security, HUAC, 1949 retrial