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ule contact . vw. other planets. | retold much of what fF hea Aa in my second book. The major questions of our con- ference dealt with our future in outer apace. Awareness of time was lost as we ail grew inter gated in the conversation aboul ouier apace, What began as « forty-live minula interview lasted two hours. Finally the Queaa reminded ma thai my lect- ure eterted in less than an hour. interest was so Qreat in the topic, H it had nol been. for the fectura, we could have k@pt tating for hours. When the Quen reminded me of the time, I arose and we all shook hands i a very friendly manner. { was deeply impressed with the firm sincere iraep of Hor Majesty and the Prince: The spokesman for the Prince sscorted me ita the cer. Buring the éon- ference he had stated he would like fo take @ tip with the apace paonle and he tepested the request us we descended the eteps to the waiting car. As we were leaving the Palece grounda, | noticed a large group of people standing across the high- way and facing the Palace. As the car cams through the gate, many of these people gave the familiar salute. Possibly they only wanted to get a look at the common man who had bean granted a private interview. with the Queen, and whom the press had described as. an “objectionable” visitir: On the fasi trip back te the hotel, { noticed crowds of People along the highway, ealuting as we passed. Arriving at the hotel, we found « car waiting te take me to the lecture at The Hague. The Queen's chauffeur aeked if he might attend the lecture and was granied. permission to do so. Due ta the long interview at the Palace, ) arrived twenty minutes late at the lecture hall where a tap- acity crowd war waiting. The peopls present were filled with curiosity and wnticipation in regard to my Meeting with Queen Julians. Reporters aspecially were insistent thal | give them all the details. This 1 tould not do, for the mesting had been on a level of dignity that denied me the privilege of speaking wntil the Queen spoke first. All | could Bay was: “The Queen was. very kind, and if thers wera mora people like her the world would be a Setter plate live in. A ivemendour burst of applause took place, and from there on the lecture proceeded as mormal. After the lecturs, the reporters crowded ground me esking, “What did tha Queen aay?” "It is the Queen's honor to mpeak First,” | replied. This made the press. very dissatisfied with me. Some went eo fas as to write up a fictitious interview, complete with questions and answers. When | retumed to my hotel I was gratefyl thet ae ne knew where | was, for new | could relax and go of tee day. . A redio.was in my room, and the next rorming } tuned it to the BEC since | could not understand the Duich of local stations. On an early-morning Europe, | was very much suprised to heer a report from a Rugsian aci- was nol composed of dusi, but rather gf granite formations sim- 123 iter to: Earth. Many green epots thal leoac © vegetation had been chsewed on the other Gua’ of the moon. This. confirmed some of the thinge f had told the Queen during our two-hour conference. | was curious te know just how the Russians had Gained this information. My friends and | diseustead the possibilities later that frorsing. Was H possible that a Russian had made » trip aa had, or did they receive the information from their moon shot thai went inte orbit around the sun? (information received at ine lima. of this writing eseme te confirm that thay: did} Before the merming was over | was asked wi would accept an interview with Fox Movistone ta downtown Hague. | would be called for and taken to the appointed place ao { agresd. The selected place was & large hotel ws the centre "of town. Our car was parked across the streat from the building. ¢ wes told to walk across the etreat and enter the hotel. Camara were ready and sat for ope- ration, but | had to rehearse the walk several times before pictures were finally taken. In the final take, the large giass doors, framed in brass, opened auto. matically and 1 entered the hotel, Iwas greeted by many people, jecluding the man- eger of the hotel, and received the customary eaivie, This was not photographed. | was taken to a large foom where cameras and sound equipment were in Blace. Here | was usated beside @ small mahogany table which held a bouquel of American Beauty roses. My interrogator was seated on my right. Hie first quastion was: “The world wants to know what the Queen had to gay.” Roya! My answer was thet Her Majesty and Hie Highness were deeply interested in the future of ouler space development. The interrogator was very disestisfied with my reply and tied to get ma to relate our conversation in some detail, When I rel. used, he hurried through the other questions, and the news conference waa over. | was told this newarseal would be shown aif over the world, but | have no reports of i ever having been shown, it it interasiing to note that, after my visit te the Palace, wherever | went in Holland i received the salute from those who. recognised me. Perhaps this is &@ customary honor paid to one who has been received by the Queen, On Friday May 22nd, | received an invitation from the manager of the City Thastre in downtown Am- sterdam, to attend the preview of an Halian fila, Death Comes From Outer Space. The death thet came from outer apace was a gig- etic asteroid wavelling at terrific speed directly toward the serth. This asteroid was formed troen all the debris blown into apace by our atomic and fiyd- rogen explosions. The people of the Earth were in a panic, for they were wamed that at any moment if could hit our planet and cause complete destruction. Meanwhile, huge tidal waves and heavy earthquakes were wreaking havoc in many places throughout the world Is