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Description of book
Written by the man who testified against Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers recounts his break from the Communist Party and the espionage work he did for the Soviet secret police. The title has a dual meaning, as Chambers also talks of his conversion to Christianity and his witness before God.
Memorable quotes
- “By 1938, the Soviet espionage apparatus in Washington had penetrated the State Department, the Treasury Department, the Bureau of Standards and the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. In the State Department, it had two active sources and two contacts that had not become active sources. In the Treasury Department, it had one active source and a contact who was used for a short time to watch and report on the active source. This contact later became a member of one of the underground apparatuses headed by Elizabeth Bentley. In the Bureau of Standards, the apparatus had one active source and one inactive contact. In the Aberdeen Proving Ground, it had one active source.” (pp. 27-28)
Citing this book
MLA format
Chambers, Whittaker. Witness. New York: H. Wolff, 1952.
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