Whittaker Chambers

Date: 1953-1958 Reference: KV 2/3793 Creator: Security Service Catalogue context: Whittaker CHAMBERS. Editor of the United States 'Daily Worker', Chambers moved in 1931 from an overt role in the US Communist Party to serve in the communist underground. During this time, he later confessed, he was operating as a Soviet espionage courier. In 1938 he abandoned communism to become a Quaker. As a Soviet agent Chambers serviced a network of agents one of whom was Alger HISS, then working in the US State Department Categories: Military Subjects: Cold War; Americas; Communism; Intelligence; Labour; Religions Topics: British state and citizens; Business, finance and innovation; International trade and affairs; Military and war; Religion Period: Postwar Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf