The Strange Case of Sergius Riis

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• Ibid., pp. 122-123.
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• Ibid.
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• Ibid.
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• Ibid., Riis to Boeing Aircraft, 15 November 1939.
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• Ibid., Capt. A.G. Barber to G-2, 23 July 1941.
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• Ibid.
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• Ibid. At least one of these articles, "Terms of the Stalin Sell-out to Hitler Revealed," appeared in the 24 September 1939 edition of the New York Journal-American.
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