Someone mentioned that 30% of the prisoners being released are "goners." One rumor says Joe is going to be released — a family with a son at Cabanatuan immediately sent an emissary to ask us "how we did it." The only news we have is that a package we sent to Joe via Macias, under Shorty Hall's advice, did get through.

A reliable source told me that Paco Gutierrez is a paid informer of the Japanese. I'm glad I've been discrete with him. On the other hand, we're still getting a phone call everyday from the same Japanese fellow.