Referring in more detail to the magnetic mine, Mr. Churchill declared: "There is nothing particularly new or novel about it, although mechanically-it is very nicely made' (laughter). "I feel entitled to say that we see our way to mastering this magnetic mine, and other variants of ihe same idea" (cheers). "How this is being achieved is a detective story written in a language of its own. To be modest (laughter) we do not feel at all outdone in science in this country by the Nazis.
"There are two stages in the process of dealing with the magnetic mine. The first is finding out what te do, and the second is applying that knowledge on a very large scale. We are now advanced upon the second stage, and although we must expect perhaps in future much heavier attacks upon us by this method, we shall find ourselves able to deal with
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