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<p>[Page 68]</p><p>share my opinion and act as I do. Naturally, the dismay among the other gentlemen is huge and several of them have supposedly said that if they had known the result of this letter, they wouldn't have signed. I personally drew Recklinghausen's attention to the consequences of such a letter, and generally one should think twice before signing such a letter. If the gentlemen came to admit the enormity of their deed, I'd be the first to consider reconciliation, but until then it's best to keep apart. It won't make camp life very agreeable, of course, but I was never one to socialise a lot and so I should manage for the rest of our captivity. A copy of the letter, not the original, was posted on the noticeboard on the evening of the assembly. Thus, they lacked the courage to display the [signed] letter after all, and Burkard, Wehrs and Hering now want to force its delivery via the Commander. I do not fully approve</p>