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Alger Hiss Obit

NPR
Published November 14, 1996 at 11:00 PM CST

Former diplomat Alger Hiss, accused of having been part of a communist espionage ring in the 1930's, died today at a New York Hospital at the age of 92. Robert talks about the Hiss case and its influence on American politics in this obituary. Hiss maintained his innocence up through the end of his life.

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