Word: nixon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cocktails." He was questioned most sharply by Committee Investigator Robert E. Stripling and California's Congressman Richard Nixon. A good example of his testimony was his reply to the question: Had he ever been in Henry Collins' apartment in St. Matthews Court? This, Chambers had testified, was the Washington meeting place of the elite Communist group, of which he said Hiss was a member. Had Hiss ever been there when Lee Pressman, John Abt or Charles Kramer were there...
...Nixon: Have you ever seen George Crosley, Whittaker Chambers or Carl [Chambers' chief name as a Communist agent] or Crosley under any other name in the apartment of Henry Collins...
...Nixon: Will you testify that you did not see Crosley in the apartment of Henry Collins...
...Nixon: Well, of course, you are leaving open the possibility that you might have seen him in the event that that should come out in the proof before the committee...
...door opened and Chambers walked in. "Mr. Hiss," said Nixon, "the man standing here is Whittaker Chambers. I ask you now if you have ever known that man before...