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CONFLICT WITH THE SURVIVORS OF CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND THE
JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS WHO ALSO DISAGREE WITH YOUR DECISION. I
HAVE READ THAT YOU HAVE TRIED TO OVERCOME THE PROTESTS BY ALSO
VISITING A CONCENTRATION CAMP. WHEN THAT DID NOT STILL THE
PROTESTS, YOU THEN SAID YOU WOULD LAY THE WREATH IN THE CEMETERY
IN HONOR OF THE INNOCENT GERMANS. HOWEVER, THE PEOPLE BURIED
THERE ARE UNKNOWN SOLDIERS. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHICH SOLDIERS WERE
INNOCENT AND WHICH WERE S.S. MEMBERS? ALTHOUGH IT WAS VERY
CONSIDERATE OF YOU, IT HAS STILL LEFT MANY PEOPLE, UNSATISFIED.
SINCE YOUR OTHER APPROACHES WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, MIGHT I RESPECT-
FULLY SUGGEST THAT IT WOULD BE FITTING THAT YOU LAY THE WREATH
IN HONOR OF THE FUTURE OF GERMANY. THIS WILL HELP TO PLACE THE
PAST BEHIND THEM AND WILL ALLOW GERMANY TO DEAL WITH THE BITTER
MEMORIES OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THEIR COUNTRY. ON THE OTHER HAND,
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