Going Beyond The Stereotype: A Sons Memoir of His Father, The Accused Spy

In the late 1940s and early ‘50s America was caught up in a “red scare.” The nation was gripped by fears of Communism, communist spies, communist infiltration. One of those accused was State Department official Alger Hiss.accused of spying for the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Hiss ultimately spent prison time for perjury, not espionage. His son Tony recalls, in this 1999 interview, how his father’s life was changed.