EH 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 |