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    "ocrText": "-6-\nmy asking the question. Well the reason for asking my question\nwas the reason I gave before, and I asked Leverkuhn that he\nwould ask General Donovan so I could talk to Colonel Amen.\nQ. You don't mean to say I told you to keep anything from\nthe Russians, do you?\nA. No. I didn't mean to say that. I just wanted to give\nmy reason for saying that in the interrogation, the interrogator put\nme under pressure and I don't want to discuss it now because of\nthe same reason. It is a subject I prefer not to discuss just\nnow. All I want to say was this, I accepted Leverkuhn as an\nassistant to General Donovan or I would not have mentioned it to\nhim.\nQ. Did you have any conversation last night with Commander\nAlbrecht or the naval lieutenant on anything other than social\nsubjects?\nTRUMAN\n\"NATIONAL\nARCHIVES AND\nLIBRARY\nA. I didn't talk to the naval lieutenant at all, but Com- U.S. SERVICE\" RECORDS\nBOVERNMENT\nmander Albrecht put some questions to me about the subject of\nCanaris. It was just a general conversation on Canaris. It\nwas just a general conversation on Canaris! death, but nothing\nlike an interrogation, but just a general conversation about the\nsubject.\nQ. Do you know who any of the young ladies otheer than\nthe one in the red dress were?\nA. I don't know. Two of them wore red dresses and two\nwore purple dresses. It was all very nice and sociable. I\ncan only give you another point now. One of the ladies said\nshe was planning to return to America in about a week. I just\nhappened to ask her in a conversation if she was going to stay"
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