It was Lionel Shapiro, writing under the name Lionel S. B.
Shapiro who broke this story for the North American Newspaper
Alliance (19). As confirmation, it can be added that the story
was also covered by Ms. Lux Taub in the Swedish publication
"Expressen" with stories on 2/19/46, 2/22/46 and 2/24/46 (20).
In the immediate post-war world there seems to have been a
relaxation on the release German technical information. Not the
detailed analytic work done by the various Allied intelligence
teams combing the carcass of the dead Reich, but the popular
reporting by Shapiro and others who received the "o.k." to
publish brief stories recounting Nazi technology which would be
squelched later as the cold war got underway.
But even given this relaxation, what are the chances of one
reporter stumbling upon both the stories of the electromagnetic
rocket and the U.S. incursion into Czechoslovakia, first, and on
his own? It is also noteworthy that both of these stories dealt
with the topic of this book, or at least one which is related to
that theme. Mr. Shapiro must have been a very well connected
reporter indeed! He is also an excellent source of information.
A point of speculation should be made concerning the KM-2 device.
As stated above, T. T. Brown believed that water vapor or steam
was a suitable medium for his electrokenetic generator. Water
vapor is present in