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NeuriOrk Ries 4rtie1e on VIIIISOV Veterans' °Aid group*
1. The 12 Deeeiber iastc of the °New York Tines Iaternational
Edition" carried An article by Albion Boot, describing how eer Hades
have organised an *agency° to aid the large number of °former %earn
European collaborators with Ditler t w as well as lengarlans, Bomaniana,
or Slovak %saints" or former Masi agents' in Oneohoslovehia. Them
people min/ boosted largely in Bavaria, are to be aided k'spomp
supported), "former members of Alfred Desenterg le °Eastern MinicAme
now in the Bonn lihreign'hInistry."
2. Thin is the stet of the artiele signed by Albion Atlas 40TOrm
Ing the Nesting bold In 14naldh last week owl of the aid group fer
former Elassovitos which 0 Nerdahl in Interented In. The repeated nse•
of Masi," dfassiet,' and Hitter, partieularly in the lead pezegraph.
8V/Ss Doss's article a decidedly mutt° elan%
. 3. 1 showed d Derdabl the article this morning and be flatly
blew ell his Vase*. N. was outeuipodlerthe inpreesicin of political
. • ,and:partieularlyiket and Ineelateativity that the article llppert°1
to indicate for the greqp. Ns reiterated that only/Orme,
naesovites were Involved and that by no means were Nangarians,
Romanians, or Onenba, or any INA agents included. As °trellised
that he and many others bad put extensive tine, energy, and coney
Into this group (II Norden mentioned that the meeting had post him
aloes 200 0117 to Amen the aid group non-political and actually to help
the former %sew people, aside from keeping them on the string for
the Attttre.
4, Several other NIPPUtitsa are involved, According to 0 'lordship
melding0 Dorbeckh and 0 Bernath and sesvira/ others in HareBavaria."
5. The nation of former members of the HoesubergItinisW,
Nerdabl fat, vas particularly a reference to 0 Nernuth; and 'people
now In the foreign orris's," 0 Nettahl felt/was a referent* partionlmr4
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