MOST SECRET UNITED STATES MEMORANDUM POSSIBLE GERMAN ROCKET-PROPELLED GUIDED MISSILE (DO-GERAET) 1. Intelligence reports reaching this office strongly indicate the contemplated use by the Germans of a large rocket-propelled guided missile. From the evidence at hand it appears that the "secret" weapon so frequently mentioned by prisoners of war and others is a huge rocket projectile subject to remote control by radio and which is designed to carry either gas or some form of explosive. This explosive is referred to as liquid air and an unknown chemical.
- Collection ID
- CAB176
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- England Germany Great Britain Russia Switzerland United States of America
- Document Reference
- CAB 176/1/71
- Document Types
- Correspondence Report
- File Reference
- CAB 176/1
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab176.0001.071
- Keywords
- Rockets Weapons Development Secret Weapons Intelligence Reports American Intelligence Services Information Sharing Intelligence Channels Missiles Armaments Poison Gas Chemical Warfare Predicting Enemy Intentions Prisoners Of War Intelligence Gathering Naval Warfare Weapons Testing
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Ministry of Defence
- Pages
- 7
- Persons Discussed
- Edward King-Salter Stewart Menzies Duncan Sandys
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Weapons Technology Nuclear Warfare Military Intelligence
