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When did Chambers defect from the Soviet underground?

  • 1938

  • 1941

  • 1945

  • 1951

Answer

In 1938, Whittaker Chambers, a member of the Communist Party USA and a Soviet spy, defected from the Soviet underground. Disillusioned by the Stalinist regime and the Moscow Trials, Chambers provided valuable information to the United States government about Soviet espionage activities in the United States, including the identities of several high-ranking Soviet agents.
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