Water Cove
02-03-2005, 18:21
From the depts of the vault called the Dutch Archives a few letters have been published in which Anton Mussert revealed something very interesting. Mussert was a WWII collaberator who saw the German occupation of the lowlands as a chance to get his fascist party in power. He was captured after the war and put to death by a firing squad. Before he became a politician however, he worked as a naval engineer.
In one of his letters, it is said he wanted to persuade Truman to lighten his sentence in exchange for revolutionary technology, calling it the fourth miracle in shipbuilding. Given his history it sounds believeable. He had a watertight alibi for not passing to information to others: he neither trusted Germany or England to put the technology to use in a way he thought was responsible. He felt sure, however, America could use it in the fight against Soviet Russia. The premier of the Netherlands did not want to listen to traitors and Mussert still died.
But I can't help but wonder what Musser was talking about. If he called it revolutionary technology that could have great benefits for military and civilian vessels alike, at a time when the nuclear bomb was seen as an unholy miracle, how powerful was it? This first four revolutions in shipbuilding enhanced all sea travel. What was it? Did Mussert exagerate? Was it a scam to buy time?
In one of his letters, it is said he wanted to persuade Truman to lighten his sentence in exchange for revolutionary technology, calling it the fourth miracle in shipbuilding. Given his history it sounds believeable. He had a watertight alibi for not passing to information to others: he neither trusted Germany or England to put the technology to use in a way he thought was responsible. He felt sure, however, America could use it in the fight against Soviet Russia. The premier of the Netherlands did not want to listen to traitors and Mussert still died.
But I can't help but wonder what Musser was talking about. If he called it revolutionary technology that could have great benefits for military and civilian vessels alike, at a time when the nuclear bomb was seen as an unholy miracle, how powerful was it? This first four revolutions in shipbuilding enhanced all sea travel. What was it? Did Mussert exagerate? Was it a scam to buy time?