MENGELE The Complete Story

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Acknowledgments
Howard B. Gotlieb, director, and Charles Niles, archivist, of the
Special Collections, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
We also acknowledge the extensive and rapid research, exceeding
the statutory mandates of the Freedom of Information Act,
performed by James K. Hall, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Washington, D.C.; Thomas F. Conley, United States Army Intelligence
and Security Command, Fort Meade, Maryland; and Larry
Strawderman, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.
We record with gratitude the constructive help provided by
American diplomatic missions in South America, especially the efforts
of Robert Minutillo and Larry Estes, public affairs officers of
the U.S. embassies in Asuncion and Buenos Aires, respectively.
Their extensive knowledge of the countries in which they are posted,
and their generous assistance, opened many doors which might
otherwise have stayed closed.
Helping us through a myriad of difficulties in South America,
in addition to many who did not want to be publicly acknowledged,
were Evandro Carlos de Andrade, editor-in-chief, O'Globo, Rio de
Janeiro; Zevi Ghivelder, executive director, Manchete magazine, Rio
de Janeiro; Roberto Guareschi, political editor, El Claret], Buenos
Aires; Roberto Forchiniti, archive director, Abril, Buenos Aires;
Enrique Jara, Latin American director of Reuters, Buenos Aires;
Cesar Sanchez Bonitato, archive director, La Nacion, Buenos
Aires; and Donal() Manzini, political editor, Tiempo Argentine, Buenos
Aires. These individuals not only provided unrestricted access
to the confidential files of their publications, but they also led us
to unexpected and useful sources of information.
Also in South America, special acknowledgment should be given
to a number of government officials who collectively gave us access
to voluminous and hitherto undisclosed government documentation
on Josef Mengele: Dr. Adolfo Barreyro, private secretary to the
minister of the interior, Buenos Aires; Dr. Carlos Castro, director
of press affairs, presidential palace, Buenos Aires; Dr. Carlos Alberto
Flores, director of the Federal Police, Buenos Aires; Dr.
Albino Gomez, director of press affairs at the ministry of foreign
affairs, Buenos Aires; Dr. Emilio Gibaja, secretary of public information,
interior ministry, Buenos Aires; and Dr. Jaime Malamud,
human rights advisor to the President of the Republic, Buenos
Aires.
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