YOUR recent article on the Rev Peter Sutton opened up a small window into what is a rarely mentioned part of Scottish history (Church of Scotland minister who guarded Hess jail says Nazi’s cell was closest he’s been to real evil, The National, September 9).
Whether we like it or not, when Rudolf Hess dropped from the sky by parachute on May 10 in 1941 near Eaglesham, he entered Scottish history.
Your article mentions that Hess committed suicide on the fateful day in 1987 in his summer house at Spandau Prison in Berlin. There are however still a large number of unanswered questions surrounding the whole episode of Hess, his journey to Scotland and his subsequent fate. Was the man incarcerated in Spandau actually the real Hess? Did he indeed end his own life that day or was he assassinated by persons unidentified? Who actually interviewed him at Buchanan Castle near Drymen and many more unexplained events?
The Westminster Government have insisted that release of the relevant documents would not be in the public interest. Why, one asks? It would be fascinating to know.
George M Mitchell
Sheriffmuir, Dunblane
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