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Fw ond seca Sei or eh giving herewith the Department of Justice one very last chanc ‘presence ‘of newspaper reporters, as I want to leave the United States ‘as S00n “as possible, O% the Department leaves me no ‘alternative but to turn to the Fast ‘Cert .partment that the present U. 5S. Government will be res make an investigation in my case, as soon as possible, in open court, “and “in. the Government for hélp,-- If you should want’ to contact me, you may notify the West German Govern "in Bonn, as they “know where “I'am th hiding. Should I not hear from the’ West German government by March 3, 1958, I shall charge my co-workers: abroad to hand over the manuscript of my book, with the originals of my’. documents of evidence, to-Messrs, Ulbricht and Grotewohl, of the East German Government. ae iad Again I want to repeat that I am NOT @ Communist. If I were, I would not have | Vived for more than ¢ err MORSE aS a fugitive, ay °F Thad beep tha *riminal, but would have asked the East. German Government long ego to bring my case to the atten- tion of the whole world, , " sk the Communists for help, I want to remind the Dé ponsible for the consequences,’ not only toward their ow people, but algo. toward their Allies, and not the least, toward the people in their Allies! countries, Should I be forced to a Very truly yours, Mrs, Gertrude G,. Smith