European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                He 9s, am Freer a Forne Tefr four decade. "3 ? prisoner of his past byed Reavis blah writer Wolf Ruediger Hess is the son of perhaps the world s most famous prisoner Rudolf Haas prisoner number 7, he Only inmate Tell in lha Spandau confinement facility in Berlin. Periodically. Hess who is imprisoned for helping Hitler plan world War ii surfaces in Hie news either being admitted to or released from the British military Hospital of celebrating another solitary birthday. He s he ghost from recent history the perennial bad Penny reminding us of unfinished business unmade decisions. Should Rudolf Hess be left to die in Spandau or should he be released lobbying for his father s release has been the business of his Only child for he past 20 years. The younger Hess has been Able to Muster considerable support. In the entire Western hemisphere there is no serious person against my lather s release Hess said during an interview in Munich. British parliamentarians. German politicians and theologians of All parties and beliefs have come out Lor an end to Hess imprisonment. A spokesman Lor amnesty International in Bonn said his group is considering supposing the movement to free Hess. Normally we would not consider Hess for amnesty support because we Only work for prisoners of conscience who do not advocate violence bul in tha Hess Case we have been thinking about the possibility of support because Ollie length of his sentence and his age the spokesman said. The son was 3 Yean old when his father made his historic flight to England in 1941. Since then he s had to live with the name that the National socialists came to scorn and Post War democrats in his own country Are not always eager to hear. The son reports the name did not hurl his career As an Archil acl. Yes he said there was the occasional Rebuff. Bul he Felt there was More sympathy expressed especially As his father grew old in prison As Rudoll Hess grows older in Spandau he s 92 the question of mercy is raised More often. The son had made in a prime goal of his life to raise thai quest on As often As possible Rudolf Hess was hitter s Deputy in parly matters Ana lha third in Tine of succession of Power alter Hermann covering on the night of May 10.1 a i. Hess made his famous Messe Schmill night to 8ntam. He parachuted safely into Scotland ostensibly to negotiate peace with England or to enlist the collaboration of the British against the soviets or both depending upon the source one reads. Why Hess expected to Meel Wilh the King or with prime minister Winston Churchill during his mysterious Mission the world has never been told. Tha son believes his father went to England to negotiate peace and it s thai belief that has rehabilitated Rudolf Hess Lor his son. It was an honorable Mission. Any son would be proud of a father who risked his life to bring peace to the  Wolf Rudiger Hess said. Hei was sentenced to we imprisonment at the Nornberg trials Tor conspiracy and crimes against peace planning a War. He was found not guilty of committing War crimes and crimes against humanity. I d like to Point out that Numberg was the first and last such tribunal where such charges were raised. Had it been a modal for the future there d be plenty of other military persons in prison today Wolf Rudiger Hess said. The Many unanswered questions about the Hess flight and the actions of the allies who administer Spandau prison along with the soviets serve to support the son s belief in the father s peace  the official version of Why my father remains in prison is thai the three Allied Powers have repeatedly stated thai they would not prevent my father s release for humanitarian reasons but the soviets Are against his release and because of the four Powers agreement they May no do anything about it. "1 Don l find this argument very convincing if the three Western Powers took it upon themselves to release my father the soviets would not risk another Berlin crisis for an almost 93-year-old." thus Wolf Rydiger Hess reasons the key to the release of Rudolf Hess is Noi in Moscow bul in London. I have Well founded doubts Hal England is seriously interested in my lather s release because there Are Fites on his flight and slay in England which Are to be kept secret until the year 2017. Now if they re interested in keeping the files a secret they certainly Are not interested in having the most important witness of these events running around free to la. There must be Morrw political ramifications to my lather s Story involving England and perhaps the . Not so much France which played a minor role which they do not want published. That s Why my father must remain in prison " a spokesman for the British embassy in Bonn to a the Slars s stripes the British government together with the governments of France and the United Stales has maintained for Many years that Rudoph Hess should be released immediately on humanitarian grounds. Munfor Lanalely the soviet Union has Slead lastly Lite my above Ami too Wolf Roozef vat Tom  1971, the younger Hen Rig then in 1981. A 6#n App Tebong for tilt father1 Reneata tar year. Opposed this and. In accordance with the existing agreement on he imprisonment of War criminals no prisoner can be released prematurely without the consent of All Lour Powers great Britain the United states. France and the soviet Union. Nevertheless the three Western allies have tried repeatedly to persuade the soviet Union to reconsider it position. Although these approaches have solar me Wil no Success the British government does not intend to relax its efforts la bring about the release of Hess the government has concluded As have the governments i France and the United slates thai this can probably be achieved Only by continuing to Appeal to he soviet unto and exerting diplomatic pressure on  Hess said there s not been a final decision on the motive for my lather s flight because the Only living person who could Clear up the matter is Rudoll Hess himself. I am absolutely convinced thai my father went la England at the Behest of Hiller for several reasons i can t imagine that a Man who had such a close relationship with Hitler up to 1341 would Ever under a such a far reaching project without Hitler s approval. "11 has also been proven that five Days before the flight. There was a private meeting Between my father and Hiller that lasted Lour hours. I can t imagine my father not mentioning he d made final arrangements i the England flight a further Point i Ihrk is that the family suffered n consequences of my lather s so called private flight t England whereas the Public was told tha Hitler was Page 14 the stars and stripes saturday