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The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
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House Un-American Activities Committee
US investigative committee, 1938–1975
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Whittaker Chambers
Defected communist spy, writer, editor (1901–1961)
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Alger Hiss
American diplomat and accused Soviet spy (1904–1996)
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