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June 21, 1972
evening X1
MINNIE EVANS 4

NHS: Yes, You told me about her before. Did she see this picture?

ME: Oh, yes she saw that

NHS: You showed it to her?

ME: I did. [cause] I carried. I had the books then (NHS: yes) and all the pictures was in there. I had the two books, [[strikethrough]]and[[/strikethrough]] 96 pictures was in the two books. 

NHS: I see, yes. 

ME: And I [[strikethrough]]brought[[/strikethrough]] [carried] them and that's what she said they was. She said those [[strikethrough]]uh[[/strikethrough]] ^[are those are] and she said in here whatever it is something that somebody is going to interpret it. She said it would be ^[but] a long time coming but it['s] [[strikethrough]]was going to[[/strikethrough]] [gonna] be interpreted.

NHS: You made that in '43? September of '43. That's what it says. 

ME: That's right

NHS: And you showed it to Madam Tula?

ME: Mam?

NHS: When did you show it to Madam Tula?

Me: [[strikethrough]]Oh[[/strikethrough]], yes, I showed that

NHS: When?

ME: I showed that to Madam Tula. That was , she was, ^[that was in -] to get this straight. I had ^[see] that picture in that box that you taken yonder . That picture she say - I had to make that picture before the invasion. The invasion was in  - when was that ? [in] '40 - cause the war closed in '44 didn't it?

NHS: '45 I think

ME: But anyhow that was the invasion and she told me that that's what that was and that's what I say it was the first picture before there was any bombs [[strikethrough]]of[[/strikethrough]] [or] any kind  I had made those pictures the first thing before any atom bomb come out and I have another one here that I tried to trace it and reproduce it but I got nearl[[strikethrough]]y one[[/strikethrough]] [bomb] like it but not quite exactly. It's hard for me to reproduce a picture.

NHS: I know it is, yes

ME: [[strikethrough]]and I've done those exact.[[/strikethrough]] [unclear] So that's when that was . George say mama, please don't carry this down to the gate because somebody might tell [em] that somebody might steal it and you ain't thinking about it. 

NHS: That's right

ME: And that's why I don't uh

NHS: Let me see