Evening star., 1941-05-14
Secret Meeting
With Hamilton
Declared Aim
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By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May lathe amaz-
ing flight of Rudolf Hess from
Germany to Scotland was made
in the hope of a secret rendez-
vous with his old sports acquaint-
ance, the Duke of Hamilton, 1t
was disclosed tonight, and we'll
informed British sources said
the Nazi deputy fuehrer was try
ing to bring about some peace
negotiations"
This corresponds to Naz
accounts, which said Hess
sought to bring about peace by
establishing contact with the
Duke Of Hamilton. Mention OF
the duke in this connection was
withheld previously in Britain)
Hess wrote to the duke several
months ago, the authoritative Brit
ish Press Association reported, but
the duke turned the letter over to
British security authorities and did
not answer, on their advice
While there was no official con-
flrmation Of Hess mysterious peace
plan, reliable sources said that since
his arrival by plane and parachute
Saturday night, Hess had given the
British government highly useful
information.
Saw Duke in Hospital.
Hess did finally see the duke, but
only after he was under guard in a
Glasgow hospital, under treatment
for an ankle fracture suffered in his
parachute leap from a COM
mandeered Messerschmitt plane in
which he flew from Germany. What
they discussed was not disclosed
That Hess was bound on his mys-
terious mission directly to the duke
was left in no doubt whatever. "
was announced that he had with
him map on which his course from
Augsburg, Bavaria, to the dukes
estate at Dungavel, Scotland, was
marked in blue pencil. The dukes
castle was ringed as journeys end.
Hess landed less than Is miles
away, an amazing feat of navigation
considering the means at his COM
mand.
When he came down near Newton
Mearns, a village barely miles
from Glasgow, his first words were
to ask the way to Dungavel, the
Press Association said.
Farmer David Mclean, who cap
tured Hess with a pitchfork. said
Hess did not say why he wanted
to see the duke, but was obviously
very anxious to do So the Press
Association reported. Instead, Nc
Lean turned Hess over to the Home
Guards, who took him to a hos
pital.
Had Hess landed in the Dungavel
grounds his mission still would have
failed, for the duke was not at
home.
Letter Given to Authorities.
In reporting Hess effort to con-
tact the duke by letter the press
associations diplomatic correspond
ent said:
1T can now be disclosed that Ru-
dolf Hess had made an attempt to
communicate with the Duke of
Hamilton by letter some months
previously.
The duke Immediately placed the
letter in the hands of our security
authorities and no reply was made
to Hess.
The duke had met Hess on one
or two occasions before the war in
connection with matters of sport in
which they were both interested"
The duke was not at Dungavel
Saturday night when Hess landed.
since he was on military duty. He
Is an r. A. F. squadron leader.
The ducal mansion has been
a convalescent home for troops since
October, 1899.
Both the duke and Hess were
members of the 1886 Olympic Games
Committee at Berlin. when the duke
was the Marques of Clydesdale.
The duke remained inaccessible
tonight by telephone, although it
was known he was in the Glasgow
area Monday.
The duke now has returned to his
! r. A. F. post.
Hess effort to find the Duke Of
Hamilton involves a man who at
one time was linked with a pacifist
organization in Britain, but who
now is a squadron leader in the
Royal Air Force.
Before the present war, when he
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