Alger Hiss was accused of spying for the former Soviet Union. At one point there was mention about secrets delivered inside a pumpkin. Under the Senate investigations, Richard Nixon played a big hand & made a name for himself.

There has been much debate over the years about Alger Hiss. Was it ever truly established that Alger Hiss spyed for the Soviets??? And if so what was the impact of the work he did do for them???

©The New York Times, Thursday, October 29, 1992, B14. Caption: A high-ranking Russian offical says a reviw of newly opened archives clears Alger Hiss of accusations that he ever spied for the Soviet Union. "It's what I've been fighting for for 44 years," said Mr. Hiss, now 87 years old, during an intrview this week in his Upper West Side Apartment.