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ee tee rw S “9 (N wo bat stay a as en ? phan 9 afl a Mee Toe ‘Explosive jam-jar. is found poe ® ne pomibwas placed bening 5) A SEP 15 1947 G jese packing cases where indi-- No. . .by. the arrow. The soory . » th . threugh without detonators in arcade opposite ‘No. 10 ‘taken” to. .—Canrion-tow -“ police ee te ree ere rn ee Ee ie mare , Myr. Teisot...----- . € Mr, E. ATsrors..-: Mr. Clavin....+- Ris. Ladd...----+ * Mr. Nichols Vy. Rosen .-c.seceer- Mz. TLACY .-nces seers UN jam jar ‘bomb ‘was. found ~ by” W Policeman - to-day . under the arches Jeading. from @owning-street to the Foreign: Office’ quadrangie—40 yards from the door of No. 10. 2. 4! Kt’ wae just affer’9 am-; when hundreds ‘of people. were: on ‘their way -to work in Whitehall, taat a cleaner sweeping under .the arches saw. the bomb, partr ‘ n. by e :It, was made-up ‘ot two -electric baileries “bound | Wee San mod vired to -a small glass. jar. Sunn ‘a white metal weaver wilich contained 4 ‘greyish —powdes. 7.7 Yam-jer- And . “batteries” were station, :.~where"” Home -.- Office “expérts “at - first. said they: were harmless, and then ..to* Scotland oe an Yard for fingerprint tests..." 5 - ry . A Jates"report from the Home Office said ‘the- powder in’ the . ‘jam-Jat shad some explosive -qQuaHties, but ‘the bomb. would not have -exploded ‘as no. detona- tors > sive powder was probably home made, esckek Pre te era - - As‘ soon 2s the bomb. was ‘found Scotland .Yard began an inquiry to try, fo’ find out how itwas -plaged under the arches, where ther “police on date be Doaning st blice ‘on ¢ in: £ atid atother Government buildiggs have. -been- io}d" to_-keep ‘an -exftra - Pe ~ ae Geta eee EF BRO? - QFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE | AMERICAN EMBASSY LONDON, ENGLAND EVENING STANDARD te 4 London, England ra August 19, 1947