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Sunday 29 January 2012

Sabotage destroyed plans of new American destroyers according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 2 January 1940

An item reported that due to a mysterious fire at Revere, Massachusetts valuable plans and drawings of destroyers under construction for the US navy were destroyed. The local authorities suspected that the fire was a sabotage act although Washington refused to supply any details. Another newspaper Vlisisingse courant dated 2 January confirmed this item.