INFORMATION ABOUT V-2

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 13 April 1945, Page 5

INFORMATION ABOUT V-2

LIKELY TO BE WITHHELD LONG-TERM SECURITY FOR BRITAIN London, Anl. 11. ‘Considerations of long-term security for Britain are like’v to impose certain restrictions on official disclosures about V-2 rockets, and it is also being urged that Japan could make use of information if released fully.” says the "Evening News” in reporting important conferences. including members of the War Cabinet and the Chief of Staff, are holding to decide what information can be disclosed about V-2 attacks. “Most experts are already of the opinion that the stratosphere rocket s in its infancy It would be immoral for any department to allow it to be inferred that this ‘infant’ is not a mankiller of vast potentialities. It was some time after the first rocket fell before the method of discharge was reached. No official information has been so far released, for it is realised that the rocket weapon has changed the whole aspect of a possible future war and Britain is the only, country with any real knowledge of a V-2 attack at the receiving end. . A Government statement giving information of public interest previously withheld may be issued shortly without helping the enemy.’