NAZI SECRET WEAPON
DETAILS LEAK OUT FALL INTO BRITISH HANDS (United Pres© Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 29 It is now possible to reveal that Captain Eberhard Spiller, assistant German air attache in London, before the outbreak of war, who has been killed in an air battle over Britain, unwittingly allowed the details of one of Germany’s secret weapons to fall into British hands, says the Sunday Express. When war was imminent, Spiller, who was actually a spy, fled from the country. The police searched his house in Hampstead, and found the details of a secret weapon, which had fallen behind a chest. Spiller was among members of the German Embassy staff who did not pay their debts before leaving Britain. His victims included many West End tradesmen, hotels and restaurants. He also persuaded an attache at a neutral Embassy to carh a valueless cheque the day before his de-
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21231, 30 September 1940, Page 7
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150NAZI SECRET WEAPON Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21231, 30 September 1940, Page 7
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