Gordon writes to Ring in order to pass along Jim's posthumous commendation for fighting fascism in Spain. Gordon apologizes for the long wait. He writes that when he was detained and searched at the French concentration camp of St. Cyprien in February 1939. He had passed his papers (including Jim's commendation) to a friend that had already been searched. Nearly ten years later, Gordon has begun to put his wartime mementos together and came across the enclosed card. He offers his support for Ring's current battle with the Un-American committee's inquest into his politics.