SZ/OEMU/46/1/12 - [Copy telegram, War Office to the Joint Staff Mission, 13/6/42]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/46/1/12

Level of description

Item

Title

[Copy telegram, War Office to the Joint Staff Mission, 13/6/42]

Date/s

1942

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Telegrams

Corporate name

Great Britain. Embassy (United States). Joint Staff Mission.

Subject

Liquid explosives
Lungs -- Wounds & injuries
Asphyxia

Creator

Great Britain. War Office.

Scope and content

Describes German use of liquid explosive against Russian troops, as successful. Russian dead showed collapsed lungs symptoms resembling asphyxia. The British are looking for confirmation from the Russians and doubt that a liquid explosive is actually the reason.

SZ/OEMU/46/1/9-11

Covering letter and other telegrams attached [SZ/OEMU/46/1/9-11].

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/46 - [OEMU. Ordnance Board]
    - SZ/OEMU/46/1 - [OEMU. Ordnance Board. General correspondence]
      - SZ/OEMU/46/1/12 - [Copy telegram, War Office to the Joint Staff Mission, 13/6/42]

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