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This telegram must be                        London
closely paraphrased be-
fore being communicated                     Dated April 3, 1941
to anyone.  (SC)
                                               Rec'd 8:50 p.m.
 
Secretary of State,
 
     Washington
 
     RUSH,
 
     1309, April 3, 9 p.m. (SECTION SEVEN).
 
     The Director of Air Arms Development and a wing 
 
commander who was on the flight described to me the de-
 
struction in Emden caused by the dropping of the first
 
English 4,000 pound bombs. It blew debris up to 1000
 
feet, doing damage over a wide area. In the experimental
 
period it shok windows 16 miles away.  It makes a crater
 
of only four and a half feet.  The bomb is ten feet long,
 
thirty inches in diameter with a drum tail which appar-
 
ently gives it fair direction. It carries seventy-five
 
percent explosives, has a simple detonator at the nose
 
only, and could be manufactured by anybody. The use
 
of this bomb made me feel that it marked a beginning
 
of retaliatory action.
 
                                      WINANT
 
 
NPL