I asked him. I do not hate Mr. Hiss. We were close friends, but we are caught in a tragedy of history. Mr. Hiss represents the concealed enemy against which we are all fighting and I am fighting. I have testified against him with remorse and pity, but in a moment of history in which this nation now stands, so help me God, I cannot do otherwise.
Chambers is dead.
Alger Hiss still lives. But history will record that Chambers was on the right side.