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and donated a car for a Communist organizer. He will tell you that in 1937 Hiss told a Russian officer named Bykov that he would get State Department documents for the Russians.
Every two weeks, Chambers picked up documents at Hiss's house, had them microfilmed, and returned them to Hiss. After two years, the Communists wanted more documents. So each night Hiss's wife typed documents, and he returned the originals to his office the next day. Now when Chambers came every two weeks, he picked up many more papers than before.
In 1937 Chambers realized that communism was wrong. But he knew he could be killed if he left the Communist party. He did it anyway. His wife and two little children went with him into hiding with a gun, because he was afraid of what the Communists might do to him. Then he set out to earn a living honestly. After ten years of brilliant hard work, he became a senior editor of Time, one of our largest national magazines. He worked so hard, he had a heart attack. He rested on his farm in Maryland and then went back to work.
In August 1948 Chambers testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He said that he had been a Communist and a spy. He said Hiss was a Communist, too. Hiss denied the
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