At this moment however it was recognized by the commission that the weight estimate earlier made by the bribed Infantry officer had been a deliberate falsehood and that the best that could be expected was 28 tonnes.
しかしこのとき委員会は見積もられていた重量は買収された歩兵科将校の意図的な欺瞞工作であり、実際には最善の場合でも28トンになることに気づいた。