A "VERY SECRET” GUN.
OFFICIALDOM IN BRITAIN. LONDON, Nov. 11. An official of the Australian Munitions Supply Board has had a severe shock in Britain. He is wondering what the word “secrecy” means when applied to certain weapons of war. He was engaged in investigating the latest developments in British armaments and the carefully-guarded, liiglily-secret blueprints of a particular gun. He was warned that any careless handling of the prints might render him liable to imprisonment under the Official Secrets Act. By way of double precaution, he was given only part of the papers, and the rest were handed to a War Office official. “Imagine my surprise,” he says, “when on visiting the Glasgow Exhibition I found all the details explained on a huge blueprint spread out on the wall above the exhibit of the Vickers plant. Any gunnery technician could read the details and ascertain exactly how the new gun was made and worked."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 303, 21 November 1938, Page 7
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155A "VERY SECRET” GUN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 303, 21 November 1938, Page 7
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