Amid the voluminous documentary record of the Alger Hiss case, one document is especially noteworthy: a short memorandum Hiss drafted during the Yalta conference in early 1945 setting forth “Arguments against Inclusion of Any of the Soviet Republics among Initial Members” of the proposed postwar United Nations (UN) organization. Drafted when the Soviet Union was pressing for UN membership for two or three Soviet republics, the memorandum has been cited to challenge claims that Hiss acted as a Soviet agent at Yalta (or at any time) while constituting a “puzzling anomaly” for those who believe that Hiss was indeed a spy (as indicated in Soviet intelligence documents). By considering the circumstances of the memorandum's preparation and closely examining its text, this article demonstrates that the memorandum does not contravene the notion that Hiss was a Soviet agent at the time of the Yalta conference.

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阿尔杰·希斯在雅尔塔：重新评估希斯反对将任何苏维埃共和国纳入联合国初始会员国的论点

在阿尔杰·希斯案的大量文献记录中，有一份文件特别值得注意：希斯在 1945 年初雅尔塔会议期间起草的一份简短备忘录，内容是“反对将任何苏维埃共和国纳入提议的战后联合王国的初始成员的论点”。国家 (UN) 组织。该备忘录是在苏联敦促两个或三个苏联加盟共和国加入联合国时起草的，它被用来质疑希斯在雅尔塔（或在任何时间）充当苏联代理人的说法，同时对那些“令人费解的异常”构成了“令人费解的异常”。相信希斯确实是间谍（如苏联情报文件所示）。通过考虑备忘录的编写情况并仔细审查其文本，