HERRMANN, RUDOLF ALBERT (1929– ). Dalibar Valoushek was
a Czech border guard recruited by the KGBin the early 1950s to act
as an illegalin the United States. He and his wife, Inga, were docu-
mented as German refugees, the Herrmanns, using the live dou-
ble/dead doubleploy favored by the Soviet services. In 1957 the
Herrmanns “escaped” to West Germany and five years later immi-
grated to Canada. The Herrmanns were successful in business in
Canada and lived a cover that allowed them to have a middle-class
lifestyle. Herrmann was also a successful agent handler, working
with Hugh Hambleton. In 1968 the Herrmanns moved to the United
States, where Herrmann worked as a photographer. The Herrmanns
were moderately successful as spies: the KGB promoted Herrmann
to colonel and made him illegal rezidentfor the United States.
In 1972 Herrmann revealed his identity to his son Peter and re-
cruited him. Peter was encouraged by Moscow to attend McGill Uni-
versity in Montreal, where he could become a member of the Cana-
dian establishment. A year later, Peter transferred to Georgetown
University, but by then family life was interrupted by American
counterintelligence. Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) arrested the Herrmanns in 1977 and gave them the opportunity
to avoid imprisonment by operating under FBI control. In 1979 the
Herrmanns were resettled and began a new life. Information gleaned
from an analysisof the Herrmann case led to Hambleton’s initial ar-
rest in 1979.HISS, ALGER (1904–1996).The fate of Alger Hiss continues to in-
trigue and divide American political opinion more than 50 years af-
ter his conviction for perjury for lying about his role as a Soviet
agent. Hiss was one of the most brilliant New Dealers of the
Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. He had been a law clerk for
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, then rose to a sen-
ior position in the State Department before the age of 40. But in No-
vember 1948, Whittaker Chamberstestified to the House Un-
American Affairs Committee that Hiss had served as a Soviet agent
for more than a decade.
Hiss denied the charge in front of a federal grand jury and subse-
quently was charged with perjury. (The criminal statute on espionage
had expired.) He was tried twice in federal court, the first trial endingHISS, ALGER (1904–1996) • 11506-313 G-P.qxd 7/27/06 7:56 AM Page 115