diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
index a909f40..054b85b 100644
--- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
+++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
   <tr>
     <td colspan="2"><b>Bugs</b></td>
   </tr> 
+  <tr> 
+    <td width="13%" valign="top">3412922</td>
+    <td width="87%" valign="top">(M1)Fix for: When a DispatchEvent is created with a COM object, the COM object is never released totally, and the destructor function is never called.</td>
+  </tr>
   <tr> 
     <td width="13%" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
     <td width="87%" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
diff --git a/jni/DispatchEvents.cpp b/jni/DispatchEvents.cpp
index 082a041..71a063b 100644
--- a/jni/DispatchEvents.cpp
+++ b/jni/DispatchEvents.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_com_jacob_com_DispatchEvents_release
 {
   EventProxy *ep = extractProxy(env, _this);
   if (ep) {
+	// Disconnect must be called to reduce the ref count to the EventProxy otherwise
+	// the destructor will never be called (to actually do the disconnect)
+	ep->Disconnect(); // SF 3412922
   	// this is the line that blows up in IETest
     ep->Release();
     putProxy(env, _this, NULL);
diff --git a/jni/EventProxy.cpp b/jni/EventProxy.cpp
index 496e8fc..7c035b6 100644
--- a/jni/EventProxy.cpp
+++ b/jni/EventProxy.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ EventProxy::~EventProxy()
 
 void EventProxy::Disconnect() {
     if (connected) {
+        // insure we don't call Unadvise twice
+        connected = 0;
         pCP->Unadvise(dwEventCookie);
     }
 }
diff --git a/jni/EventProxy.h b/jni/EventProxy.h
index e0c79ac..fb02ed3 100644
--- a/jni/EventProxy.h
+++ b/jni/EventProxy.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ private:
   JavaVM   *jvm;        // The java vm we are running
   void convertJavaVariant(VARIANT *java, VARIANT *com);
   void Connect(JNIEnv *env);
-  void Disconnect();
 public:
   // constuct with a global JNI ref to a sink object
   // to which we will delegate event callbacks
@@ -98,4 +97,7 @@ public:
   // These are the actual supported methods
   STDMETHODIMP GetIDsOfNames(REFIID, OLECHAR **, UINT, LCID , DISPID *);
   STDMETHODIMP Invoke(DISPID, REFIID, LCID, WORD , DISPPARAMS *, VARIANT *, EXCEPINFO *, UINT *);
+  // SF 3412922 make public to support cleanup from DispatchEvents
+  void Disconnect();
+
 };