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As a result, several of us, namely Franzen, Brandt, Borck and I, were called to the Major. Right away he said he did not intend to send our letter [to the consul]. He was the boss in the camp and he was not going to take orders from an American consul. But all the same he would try to accommodate us and would make a note of our wishes. We made minutes of this conversation to have a record for our comrades. Much is being promised but very little is being done.
Our stroll during the consul’s visit was quite an agreeable diversion, by the way, given that apart from the sea voyage, we have not been outside barbed wire since last October. Still close to the camp we already reached the bushland where our comrades have been felling trees. The bush is not comparable to our forests at home, because the bigger trees, mostly gum trees and eucalyptus, stand far apart. We seemed to be walking along an old river bed and after almost 1 hour we came upon the ruins of an old mill. This place, which featured several dammed streams,