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ine ed 'ent .
z a a s z z t t Th e l o ng e r t h e e mp l o y rae n t o f t h c ve a po n i s d e l a y e d ,
th e m or e o ppo ertun i ti es wi ll th e en emy h av e to tak e de f en sive
m easu r es , es p eci a ll y s irice a b so l ut e cecr ecy cann o t b e g uaran teed .
3 .
Am on ; th evar i ous p oss ib il i ti es of em p l oym en t - - s e e A pr endic es
2 a n d 3 - -
t h e f o 1 1 0 y1 Y1b r e s e r v e t o b e me n t i o n e d a s t h e mo s t p r o -
mi s i ng :
Gibraltar and
• Scapa Flow ; iu addition
Lenein rad (Th e Ru s i an Fl ee t) .
The advanta e of th e first two
targets is that the : caa be reached
frort the continent of Europe aud tha t there f ore tli e displacemen t
of th e weapon by sea tṛansport need uot be effected .
The commitm ent a ainbt Gibra lt ar can
b e env i sa e d from such
locati ons as Rennes { vrestern Frarce ) , T ulouse ( sou th.astern rraṇce ) ,
o r I s t r es ( s ou t h e a s t e r n Hr an c e ) . 'l h e di s t a lc e s t o be c o v er e d 7oul d
vary
from 6 50 - ?90 miles . Thi s can be bridbe d , if modifications
tor p enetratin ; 3 G miles are carried out .
Spanish
territory ivould
h ave to be crossed over . ( This iias hitherto been refused by the Fueh rer . )
, t the targ et inter ference Uy stron6 ar: ti aircraft fire and
figh ters sta tioued at the local airf-ẹ ld Nculd ha ve to b e expec ted .
Because of th e significance of the base one mus t also exnect a
f ully
operatiotial radar network .
Even so ,
however , one can
count on a
certain
degree of surpri , ae at Gibraltar , ore tLen anywhere e l se.
( Th i s woul d Ue t Y le i i r s t a ct a ck .
)
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