-Caveat Lector- MICHAEL SPITZER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -Caveat Lector- > > This is from North Korea's Korean Central News Agency of the DPRK > (Democratic People's Republic of Korea). > > Found at: http://www.kcna.co.jp/contents/08.htm#4 > > <snip> > > Old Japanese army tests A-bomb in sea off Korea > > Pyongyang, August 8 (KCNA) -- The Japanese Tokyo Shimbun > August 6 disclosed that the old Japanese army tested an A-bomb in > the sea off Hungnam on the east coast of Korea just before the > end of World War II. > > According to a secret document of the U.S. Army quoting the > Jiji news from the U.S. National Archives, the U.S. Army was > informed of the fact that a test related to the atomic power took > place at a chemical factory in Hungnam in 1945 and ordered > investigation into it. It also said in an investigation report > worked out on January 16, 1947, that the Japanese army made an > explosion test with the help of a boat in waters off the east > coast of the North Korea, the result of which was like an A-bomb. > > The U.S. forces received information from an intelligence > officer of the old Japanese army that it tested an A-bomb in > waters 30 km away from Hungnam at the dawn of August 12, 1945, > and huge mushroom-like clouds rose at that time. > > Tokyo Shimbun said that Japan began an A-bomb research in > secrecy on the order of the army headquarters from about 1940. > > > <snip> > This is a well-documented if unpublicized aspect of WW2 history which we would do well to spread information about. (I will have to hunt up the supporting references; however, I will stand by the accuracy of this information.) The German A-bomb project got sidetracked by a number of bad guesses; by the time they had figured out their mistakes, the American Manhattan Project was too far advanced for the Nazis to overcome their lead. The Japanese were in many ways further along than the Americans in terms of theory, but lacked the financial resources and materiel to implement their research. They *did* have substantial reserves of fissiles available in Manchukuo (occupied Manchuria) and New Guinea, but again lacked the infrastructure to extract, refine, and transport the uranium. In the last days of the European war, the Germans apparently shipped their remaining stocks of enriched uranium to Japan via submarine -- a highly dangerous operation in the best of times, virtually suicidal for the Germans. Following V-J Day, an American scientific team led by Philip Morrison of Harvard, the brilliant physicist, determined that the Japanese had in fact used the German uranium to construct an extremely crude fission bomb, which they tested on an island off of the Korean coast shortly before the surrender. Even if the Japanese had been able to build their bomb sooner, they would still have lacked the ability to deliver it; their heavy bombers did not have the range, and the U.S. Navy had decimated the Japanese Navy's aircraft carriers. The one remaining possibility would have been suicide missions using submarines, probably miniature subs launched from mother ships. Although such missions were in the planning stage, the plans, of course, proved moot when Japan surrendered. Bob ================================= Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
