In the court of public opinion

In the first edition of R. Nixon's 1962 "Six Crises", he told how they "built a machine" in the Hiss case. When this was publicized, this book was quickly changed. In A. Hiss's book (p.304) "we still had no idea that it was possible to construct a typewriter which duplicated the typographical imperfections of another machine." "The Quiet Canadian", published in 1963, had a few pages that told how this was done circa 1936.Pages 403-4 states the scientific proof why the Hiss machine was a forgery: the types on the Woodstock were soldered in a careless fashion; the solder used on the types had a different metallic content from that used on other machines; the typeface metal contained elements not used at the date of manufacture; the altered types show tool marks unlike that found on normal types. The photos between pages 374-5 show the unusual soldering of type onto the typebars.The book tells how they wanted to get W. Chambers' 1935 passport and photo, but were prevented by the Govt. W. Chambers' photo shows his sandy blonde hair, moustache, and about 145 pounds. In 1948 he was bald, gray, and about 300 pounds - they look like two different people!After his release from prison, AH spent many decades as a "stationery salesman", but the press never revealed any more details. Was his customer then a proprietary company of a Defense Dept. agency? If so, the truth is that AH was not guilty, but only a victim of inter-governmental rivalry. This job was his reward for being a stand-up guy who took the hit and didn't squeal.Hiss was very talented, but from a poor family (unlike the Dulles); his rise in the State Dept. was unusual, and he must have had rivals. He later joined the "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace" (which sounds like a refuge for ex-OSS agents).From the Civil War to the 1930s the Secret Service was in charge of counter-intelligence; then FDR turned it over to the FBI. J. Edgar Hoover hated William Donovan and his OSS. He probably wanted to include their function as part of his empire. So a false witness was created to destroy AH, and the rest of the secret operations (alluded to in p.414). But the Establishment went on to found the CIA.