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 Yesterday we recieved the following reply from London:
 
          "With regard to timing or good military judgement
     of lauching PAC it must be taken into consideration
     that our previous bombing necessitated entire change
     of method in launching these craft.
 
          No evidence as yet of special expolsive.  War
     head is thin cased HE 1000 KG bomb.  Time interval
     depends on facilities of each site.  Therefore
     cannot state as yet any definite time intervals.
     No evidence as yet of any sort of contagion near
     place where PAC hit.
 
          PAC are robot compass, controlled, compass set
     prior to launching.  No change in flight possible.
     PAC show up on radar.
          
          From 1130 17 June to 0540 18 June 138 PAC launched.
     94 made landfall, 52 landed greater London area, 30 
     outside, rest undiscovered up to present time, 5 
     destroyed by fighters.  No report as yet of results 
     obtained past night by A.A.  Between 0540 and 0900
     18 June 15 more launched.  Photo reconaissance shows
     two new sites in Pas de Calais area.  Germans working
     feverishly to get old sites in commission."
 
     2.  A supplementary cable indicates that the projectiles
 
are coming over regardless of weather conditions or the time
     
of day or night.  It is anticipated that there will be a 
 
considerable increase in the numbers of rockets launched as
 
compared with previous attempts.
 
                         William J. Donovan
                              Director
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