As a note to my previous message(s), I'm writing a history of U-864/Venturer for a major publisher. There have been two previous books in Germany and a documentary that are full of sensational stories of enriched uranium, heavy water, dirty bombs and so forth. These have propagated throughout the mass media. I am including only hard factual data in my book and would be tremendously grateful
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Wondering if anyone can steer me toward contact info for Dr. Axel Niestle. This would be hugely appreciated. Please note, my email address is now jpreisler@nyc.rr.com
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Thanks. There's a fine Norwegian newspaper called Bergens Tidende that has very up-to-date articles on the salvage. I've found the Google translation tool does a fair job of making the pieces understandable to those of us who don't speak the language. The paper's website is:
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Hello All, By way of introduction, my name is Jerome Preisler and I am a professional author (Tom Clancy's Power Plays, All Hands Down, etc.) who is presently under contract with a major U.S. publisher for a history book that largely concerns the U-864. I am looking to gather as much information as possible about the submarine and, as importantly, her crewmen and their families. I want to
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