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This evidence I have sought to point out without overly burdening this volume with footnotes
and bibliographical references. While such evidences of scholarship are kept at a minimum,
I believe I have given the source of every fact which I mention. Some of these facts
came to me from sources which I am not permitted to name, and I have mentioned them only where
I can produce documentary evidence available to everyone. Nevertheless, it would have been
very difficult to write this book if I had not received a certain amount of assistance
of a personal nature from persons close to the Group. For obvious reasons, I cannot reveal
the names of such persons, so I have not made reference to any information derived from
them unless it was information readily available from other sources. Naturally, it is not possible
for an outsider to write about a secret group without falling into errors. There are undoubtedly
errors in what follows. I have tried to keep these at a minimum by keeping the interpretation
at a minimum and allowing the facts to speak for themselves. This will serve as an excuse
for the somewhat excessive use of quotations. I feel that there is no doubt at all about
my general interpretation. I also feel that there are