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General view of the assembly before the unamerican activities committee. The magazine had serialized the memoirs of walter krivitsky in 1939. A member of the communist party usa and soviet spy, he renounced communism and became an outspoken opponent of it. Witness by whittaker chambers, 9781621572961, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Whittaker chambers, born jay vivian chambers april 1, 1901 july 9, 1961, was an american writereditor and former communist spy who, in 1948, testified about communist espionage, thereafter earning respect from the american conservative movement.
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