Transcription of handwritten letter from Chelsea Manning via @xychelsea <https://twitter.com/xychelsea/status/588714140618731521>

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Chelsea E. Manning
89289
1300 North Warehouse Road
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 66027-2304

2015.04.04

Statement for: Public Release

Subject: @xychelsea twitter account

Everyone,

I want to thank all of those of you who are now
following my new Twitter account.  It was pretty amazing
to get so many followers so quickly!  It's only possible
because of you all, out there, who care about the
things and people that I do.

I wanted to set up this account awhile ago, but
I didn't really have the time or energy to until I
began to start taking hormones a few months ago.  So a few
weeks ago I asked my friend Trevor ?????? if he would
set up an account that I reserved in 2013, and he
agreed to help for no cost.

This is a temporary arrangement until I can find
a way to either access my account more easily, or find
someone else willing to put in the labor of managing
this account, like Courage to Resist or another volunteer.

The tweets, except for retweets, are verbatim dictated
over the phone to someone that I can call from here
in Kansas.

I think this arrangement is the best way for me
to be able to stay in as much contact with all
of you who are out there and wanting to help me
and support me!

And, again, I want to thank all of you for
your support and funding throughout my court-martial
and now my appeal!  We're working very hard and
I am hopeful that we can be successful if we
can keep funding the Chelsea Manning Support
Network's Legal Defense Fund!

With Warm Regards,
Chelsea Manning

P.S. #itsreallyme =P