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KIDNAPPING - PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM. MRS. GROSS
DURING EVENING OF OCT 2 6 , MRS. CROSS BROADCAST FOLLOWING

PERSONAL MSG ON MONTREAL RADIO STATION.

TEXT BEGINS:

IT I S NOW MORE THAN A WEEK SINCE I H*VE HEkKD FRCM YOU.
YOU ARE CONSTANTLY IN MY THOUGHTS AND YOU MUST KNOW HOW MUCH I LONG FOR
YOUR SAFE RETURN.

IT IC AGONISING TO E-rDU.p, THE LONG PERIOD OF WAITING

BUT 1 AM CONFIDENT THAT YOU AxA, STILL ALIVE Ai® WELL.

I T HAS B E E A

GRcAT CONSOLATION TO ME TO HAVE BE N ABLE TO tJEAD YOUR LETT RS AND TO
HAVE SCME EJEA OF WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS HAVE BEEN AT THIS TIME OF SEPARATION
YOUR LETT RS HAVE MOVED ME TO HOPE THAT WE WILL SOON BP TOGETHER AGAIN.
I DO HOx°E THE FLQ WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW YOU TO WRITE TO ME.

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SUSIE AND 1 ARE THINKING OF YOU EVERY WAKING MINUTE AND YOU KNOW YOU
HAVE ALL MY LOVE ALWAYS.
AUX GARUIENS DE MON MAKE, JE VEUX EXPRIMER MA CONFIANCE
QUE GOME VICTIME DES CIRCONSTANCES I I SERA BIEN TRAITE.

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SHOULD PRESS ENQUIRE, FOLLOWING ARE LINES TAKEN HERE BY

BRITISH AUTHORITIES (AND OUR PRESS OFFICER) (A) WE CONFIRM IM1

TEXT

AS BROADCAST (B) IT e/AS A PERSONAL MSG FROM MRS. CROSS (C) I F ASKED, THE
AUTHORITIES HAD BEEN CONSULTED BY MRS .CROSS WHO NATURALLY WANTED TO MOW
I F THERE, WAS ANY OBJECTION TO SENDING THE MSG TO HER HUSBAND AI© SHE HAD
BEi^N TOLD THAT THERE WAS NONE, (D) I F FURTHER PRESSED AS TO WHETHER TEXT
WAS QUOTE CLEARED IN ADVANCE WITH AUTHORITIES UNQUOTE, THE REPLY TO BE
SIMPLY 'THAT THIS WAS A PERSONAL/PERSONAL MSG FRCM MRS. CROSS.

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