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intimate friend of the Fuehrer, who
knows him in his intimate mood.
What facts did he know which
led him to betray the friendship oi
lifetime and endanger the struc.
ture of the Reich which he helped
to build?" asked the British broad.
casters. '-
(The German radio dueled with
B. B. c. 1t added little to the
Na1 version that Hess was i'm
PEELED to fly to Britain by the
hallucinatory hope of German
British peace while Of an unsound
mind, but cast aspersions on
whatever disclosures" B. B. c.
might be able to turn up.
CBerlins radio found significant
the fact that Hess had been
moved from a Glasgow hospital to
: q secret place and said "it is
pretty clear what kind of state
ments we have to expect, judging
by British propaganda methods.
("The world can only be FORE
warned, later history will tell the
TRUTH" the German announcer
said. c. B. s. recorded the broad
cast in New York;
Flight Described in Detail.
Observers expressed belief that the
Churchill-Hess meeting might pro-
vide food for the further statement"
which Mr.. Churchill yesterday prom
ised the House of Commons would
be made ain the near future"
B. B. C. gave detailed description
of the flight, one broadcast adding
I'VE regard the Hess action as a
symptom of the deep internal en-
mites and strains in the leadership
of the Third Reich.
These diseases are disguised from
Germany by German propaSanda
and German military power, but the
outside world has always. even in
the darkest days, felt confident that
the 1,000-year ReichswM not last
10 years-as Churchill commented
briefly. there is . maggot in the
apple"
The reference to a 1,000-year
Reich was taken from the latest
Hitler speech, May 4, in which he
forecast glorious future for Ger
many
Churchill Revelation Awaited.
B. B. c. concluded that nothing
precise would be known of Hess dis
closures until Mr.. Churchill "di-
vulges as much as he thinks fit of
what Rudolf Hess has been reading
and writing in the military hospital
where he lies"
B. B. C. kept secret the exact tech
nique of getting the broadcast to
German listeners.
British sources, not all in closest
contact with the facts, held beliefs
which varied from the conclusion
that Hess had a mission, probably
on behalf of himself and others.
Some contended the fantastic fight
was nothing but an escape.
The fact that Hess had a specific
destination-he had a marked map
for the flight from Augsburg, Bava-
ria, to Scotland-indicated there
were things behind the flight which
are 20 important 1t may be a long
time before they are revealed to the
public.
Suspicious of Motives.
Hess admittedly was in position to
give the British government val
liable information about Germanys
political, economic and military af-
fairs, but how far his statements
could be trusted was a British prob
lem.
The caution of authorities in
bringing out Hess statements was
credited to two things: A professed
desire to spare embarrassment to
Hess family and followers in Ger
many and the natural suspicion of
Hess motives.
Reliable sources recalled that two
British government agents who
thought they had received a peace
bid on behalf of a dissident Nazi
faction were seized by German
forces when they went to q Neither
lands-German border rendezvous
early in the war.