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Forwarding a confidential letter from Lieutenant [Mike] Cumberlege, John’s last message to his men [in Crete] and a photograph of [Commander Francis] and Satan [the dog] (the last 2 items were to be returned). Discussing the content of Cumberlege’s letter and the weaknesses of the story about John’s death (such as that Cumberlege didn’t know Greek very well), and the fact that German broadcasts contradicted it. Herbert also states that he told Cumberlege that he or Hilda would visit if he had further evidence, and that Mabel [Dickinson] had told him that Hilda had offered the same to Captain Pearson. Also thanks Hilda for letting him know about [Ralph] Lavers and her suggestion for a memoir [about John] in the A A [Architectural Association] Journal. |
