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Letter from French Cdr A Gosselin, Mission du Ministère de l'Armement, London to Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited, Sheffield, Yorkshire, requesting on behalf of the French War Office the supply of ten sample tank armour plates, cemented and homogeneous, of 40 millimetres to 100 millimetres thick, on the recommendation of the Ministry of Supply. 1p

Letter from French Maj Pierret, Le Chef d'Etat de la Mission Militaire Française à Londres to Stern in reply to a letter of 7 May 1940, confirming that he would be acting on Stern's request that S Potter, English Electric Company and F Lydall, Messrs Merz and McLellan, electrical engineers, Consultants to the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, be invited to visit the Works of the Société Alsthom, France to see various types of electric transmission under consideration for use in vehicles of heavy tonnage. 1p

Letter from French Maj Pierret, Le Chef d'Etat de la Mission Militaire Française à Londres to Stern suggesting that S Potter, English Electric Company and F Lydall, Messrs Merz and McLellan, electrical engineers, Consultants to the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, visit the Works of the Société Alsthom, France to see various types of electric transmission under consideration for use in vehicles of heavy tonnage. 1p

Letter from Ingénieur Militaire Principal Lavirotte, Atelier Construction de Rueil, France to Stern, relating to the receipt of details of the VR/618 (400 horse power Paxman-Ricardo) engine of the Davey-Paxman Company, and explaining that the proposed engine was insufficiently powerful for his department's needs. 1p.

Letter from G F Seel, Secretary, Tank Board to Stern replying to a letter from Stern to Sir Alexander Roger, Chairman, Tank Board of 5 Jul 1940, regretting that the Chairman of the Tank Board was unable to provide a copy of the minutes of a meeting of 28 Jun 1940 between the Tank Board and the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, because the minutes were confidential to the Tank Board and Ministry of Supply. 1p

Letter from G Loverock, Sinai Park, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, to Lt Walter Gordon Wilson, Royal Naval Air Service, accepting the Admiralty's terms for the hire of his field. 1p

Letter from G Marsh, on behalf of the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Minister of Munitions, to Stern, expressing satisfaction at the issue of a White Pass to Stern. 1p

Letter from Graham Cunningham, Controller General Munitions Production, Ministry of Supply to Stern relating to the enclosure of Armoured Fighting Vehicle Technical Report number 6. 1p

Letter from Graham Cunningham, Controller General Munitions Production, Ministry of Supply to Stern refusing to supply Stern with a copy of Armoured Fighting Vehicle Technical Report number 7 in response to his request contained in a letter of 16 Jun 1942, on the grounds that the report did not seem to be necessary for Stern's work in the light of the decision of the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply consequent upon Cunningham's enquiry into Stern's position at the Ministry of Supply held at the Ministry of Supply, Strand, London, 23 May 1942 and 28 May 1942. 1p

Letter from Graham Cunningham, Controller General Munitions Production, Ministry of Supply to Stern asking him to examine a copy of the note taken of the second day (28 May 1942) of his enquiry into Stern's position at the Ministry of Supply held at the Ministry of Supply, Strand, London, 23 May 1942 and 28 May 1942. 1p

Letter from Graham Cunningham, Controller General Munitions Production, Ministry of Supply to Stern describing, from memory, the terms of reference of his enquiry into Stern's position at the Ministry of Supply held at the Ministry of Supply, Strand, London, 23 May 1942 and 28 May 1942, in response to Stern's request contained in a letter of 20 May 1942. 1p

Letter from Graham Cunningham, Controller General Munitions Production, Ministry of Supply to Stern asking him to examine a copy of the note taken of the first day (23 May 1942) of his enquiry into Stern's position at the Ministry of Supply held at the Ministry of Supply, Strand, London, 23 May 1942 and 28 May 1942. 1p

Letter from Graham Cunningham, Controller General Munitions Production, Ministry of Supply to Stern, informing him that there was no need to supply further copies of documents referred to in correspondence between them of May 1942, used as evidence for Cunningham's enquiry into Stern's position at the Ministry of Supply held at the Ministry of Supply, Strand, London, 23 May 1942 and 28 May 1942. 1p

Letter from H M Ainsworth, Controller of Tank Development, Ministry of Supply to Stern in response to his letter of 13 Nov 1941 announcing his decision to resign from the Tank Development Committee, expressing agreement with Stern about the practical experience and usefulness of the Committee and his regret that it was being disbanded. 1p

Letter from Harry Ralph Ricardo, Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to US Col G A Green, Mission of William Averell Harriman, US Special Envoy to the UK on the Paxman engine used in the TOG 2 tank and the A E C-Ricardo Comet Mark III Diesel engine used in the Vickers Valentine (Mark III Infantry) tank. 2pp

Cover letter from Harry Ralph Ricardo, Ricardo and Company (1927) Limited, Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to Stern, relating to the enclosure of a memorandum by himself making comments in response to Stern's memorandum of 6 Feb 1941, containing nine points about tank design, relating to mechanised warfare, mass production, simplification of design, ease of maintenance, vulnerability on the road, the use of wheeled vehicles, precise specification, variations in terrain, controlling demands for speed and the use of transporters. 1p

Letter from Henry Crochat to Stern, passing on his telephone numbers. 1p

Letter from Henry Vaughan Markham, Principal Priority Officer, the Admiralty to Stern, relating to a request on behalf of the French War Office for sample plates of tank armour, explaining that the manufacturers, Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited, Sheffield, Yorkshire had been informed that no priority of requirements could be established and that the Mission du Ministère de l'Armement, London should refer technical queries to the Admiralty. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply to Maj Gen Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton, Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply informing him that the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of Defence had decided that the Tank Board should study plans for a heavy tank, taking into account the proposals of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply. The phrase in the letter referring to the act of deciding on the part of the Prime Minister is underlined in manuscript by Stern. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply to Maj Gen Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton, Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply informing him that the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of Defence had decided that the Tank Board should study plans for a heavy tank, taking into account the proposals of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply. 1p