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man Consulate, New York, stating that he observed the flight of the Hindenburg over New York City and when he looked out of the window of his place of employment, he saw an aircraft flying close by the body of the stern of the Hindenburg, which looked very strange to him and to others nearby. It appears from letters and memoranda pre~ pared by the Investigation Board that no importance has been attached to letters of such character, as it hanvboer quite definitely ostab~ lished that there were no planes flying inthe air in the vicinity of the Naval air Station at least cnomhalf -hour before the arrival of the Hindenburg and during the landing maneuvers of this ahip. The other letter, dated May £5, 1937, suggesting possible sabotage, was from Dr. Nathaniel AsrDavis, President of the “Planet~ aryans", 1247 « Neat Sth Street, Los Angeles, California, wherein it is opined that a woman agent of the Nazi government might have placed a time fuse which might have burst prematurely, causing the explosion. There is another letter, in Section 5, from the same writer, dated May 9, 1937, wherein the suggestion is expressed that in view of the fact the Hindenburg was insured for $5,750, 006.00, and that the Hitler government was short of funds, it is possible that the disaster was caused by a Hitler agent, acting on Hitler'a orders, Section 3, marked “Letters from Passengers", consists of letters sent by passengers of the illefated Hindenburg in reply to letters written to them by the investigation Eoard, seeking any in- formation in their possession which would shed light upon the causes of the disaster, None of these letters suggested possible sabotage, however. In this connection, Mr. Trimble ealled Agent's attention to one of the letters dated May 29, 1937, written to the Investiga- tion Board by one Joseph eh, of £4016 Alemeda Avenue, Douglaston, Le Ie, telephone: Bayside 91727, a passenger on the Hindenburg. Mr. Primble informad ségant thet the Rureay had heen rennvested by Conmmean-— Sn ES RR RR a RT A a ee er der Rosendahl to institute an investigation of this man, who claimed to be an acrobat, and who had access to the rear portion of the ship, where his doga had been kept, and that he, Mre Trimble, understood that the Bureau has been keeping surveillance of this individual in an effort to find out something about him. The letter of Spaeh states, in substance, that at the moment of the first explosion he was ou the window farthest up toward the nose of the ship, in the dining room, taking a photograph of the ground crew, and that he jumped to the ground, without seeing any flames; that his wife, standing on the ground, was able to see the first flames shot out from the stern of the shipe Cr