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32Der Spiegel, 3 October 1951.
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38Prange interview with Yuda, 18 January 1965, Target Tokyo.
39Prange interview with Yuda, 18 January 1965, Target Tokyo.
40Interview which Ms Harada conducted on behalf of Prange, with Seiichi Ichijima, February 1965, Target Tokyo.
41Answers to undated questionnaire submitted to Hotsuki Ozaki by Ms Harada on behalf of Prange, Target Tokyo; Toshito (ed.), Gendai-shi Shiryo, p. 6.
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43Prange interviews with Asanuma/Harada, and with Hanako, 7 January 1965, Target Tokyo.
44Johnson, Instance of Treason, p. 254; Deakin and Storrey, Case of Richard Sorge, p. 345; Prange interview with Hanako, 9 January 1965, Target Tokyo.
45https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7284385/hanako-ishii.
46Washington Evening Star, 23 and 24 August 1951.
47Washington Post, 8 October 1952.
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