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•91- Eitler has always been e^treua^y ftecretiv* in all bifl dealings. Hftiffltangl tells us that this trait la carried to such a degree that ha nevsr tells one of his I n d i a t* associates what he has been talking about or arranged with another, Els mind is fall of cotapartaenta, Hanfstangl toys, and his dealings with individual are carefully pigeon-holed, imat haa been filed in one pigeon-hole is never permitted to aix with that in another* Everything is scrupulously kept locked up in his nind and is only opened when he needs the material* f This is also true of himself. We have already seen how he has steadfastly refused to divulge anything about hie past to hie associated. Thifl, he belierod, was something which did not concern them in any way and consequently be haa kept the pigeon*- • • • • hole tightly closed. He talks almost continually about everything under the sun - except hinsalf* lhat really goes on la hla ulna ia alinaet ftfl great ft mystery as hie past life. NeTOrtiieleaB, it would be helpful and interesting to open thle pigeon-hole and exanine its contents* Fortun&tsly, a few fragmentB of information concsraiiig hid past life have been unearthed in the course of tine add the as art extremely valuable as a background for understanding his present behavior * then, too* w« have records of attitudes and sentiments efprefiaed in speeches and writings * Although these- utterances are confined to a rather lit!tad ares, tlisv da represent the product* of soue of REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES