- The New York Times, Thursday, October 29, 1992, B14. Caption: A high-ranking Russian offical says a reviw of newly opened archives clears Alger Hiss of accusations that he ever spied for the Soviet Union. It's what I've been fighting for for 44 years, said Mr. Hiss, now 87 years old, during an intrview this week in his Upper West Side apartment. Outline: Read: Alger Hiss on Russian Archives ...www.mdarchives.state.md.us/ecp/10/214/html/00010016.html