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that he was not on particularly dangerous ground. But at the
mention of Von Billow s name a look of actual fear spread over
his face.
and the Count went directly
you handed over your reports"
Schwinn demanded sharply.
m getting at the Count. What do you know about him?"
"Nothing. I know nothing about him. I ve met him, that s
"Have
you ever visited his home at Point Loma,* San Diego?"
Schwinn stared at me without answering.
"On
that
day,"
I continued,
"you
to the Captain s cabin where
"What are
you getting at?"
"I
all."
"Have
"Yes,"
you ever been there?"
he said slowly.
I
repeated.
you ever observe how, through
his study
windows, you
could see almost everything going on at the American naval
"Did
"I
Schwinn interrupted excitedly.
say,"
sent here directly by Rudolf Hess, Hitler
have nothing to
Among
the
men
right-hand man,
is
a former German-American
named Meyerhofer. This Nazi came here with
s
businessman
special instruc
from Hess, a personal friend of
his, to reorganize the Nazi
arrived early in 1935 posing
as a businessman. After consultations with Nazi leaders in New
tions
machine in the United
States.
He
York, including the Nazi Consul General, he went to Detroit to
confer with Fritz Kuhn,-)- national head of the German-American
Bund. From Detroit he went to Chicago where he held more
conferences with Nazi agents and then went directly to Los An
other secret
geles for conferences with Schwinn, Von Biilow and
in the United States. Meyerhofer s mission was
agents operating
not only to reorganize the propaganda machine but to try to
of war
place it on a self-supporting basis so that in the event
*
in
Von Bulow
has since sold his
home and moved
San Diego.
f At that time working for Henry Ford.
into the El Cortez Hotel