Jay Vivian Chambers

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Jay Vivian Chambers was an American writer and former Soviet spy who became a key witness in the Alger Hiss espionage case during the early Cold War.

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Jay Vivian Chambers canonical 3

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instanceOf Soviet spy
human
whistleblower
accused Alger Hiss
allegedActivity espionage for the Soviet Union in the 1930s
alsoKnownAs Whittaker Chambers
archiveAt Hoover Institution, Stanford University
linked to: Hoover Institution
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1901-04-01
dateOfDeath 1961-07-09
describedIn early Cold War history of the United States
employer Time magazine
United States government
familyName Chambers
formerIdeology communism
genre autobiography
political writing
givenName Jay
ideology anti-communism
influenced American conservative movement
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Communist Party USA
Soviet underground apparatus in the United States
middleName Vivian
nationality American
notableFor testimony against Alger Hiss
notableWork Witness
occupation Soviet spy
editor
farmer
government informant
journalist
translator
writer
participatedIn Alger Hiss case
House Un-American Activities Committee hearings
placeOfBirth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
linked to: Philadelphia
placeOfDeath Westminster, Maryland, United States
religion Quakerism
residence Westminster, Maryland, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Esther Shemitz
testifiedBefore House Un-American Activities Committee
workedOn Time magazine book review section
linked to: Time magazine

Time magazine foreign news section

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Whittaker Chambers fullName Jay Vivian Chambers
Whittaker Chambers birthName Jay Vivian Chambers
subject linked to: Jay
Whittaker Chambers alsoKnownAs Jay Vivian Chambers
subject linked to: Jay