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Letter from S Potter, English Electric Company, London to Stern making observations on a set of comments on the US Heavy Tank T1 E2 in response to a request by Stern contained in a letter of 10 Apr 1942. 2pp

Letter from Samuel Schofield Hammersley, MP, to Stern, asking to know whether the A22 (Infantry Tank Mark IV) was, with the exception of the transmission, a completely new design from the A20 Tank. 1p

Letter from Sigmund Dannreuther, Controller of Munitions Finance and Accounting Officer, Ministry of Munitions, to Stern, deferring a visit to Paris, France. 1p

Letter from Sir Alexander Roger, Chairman, Tank Board to Stern, confirming that the Tank Board had had to go into recession pending the resolution of certain matters. 1p

Letter from Sir Alexander Roger, Chairman, Tank Board to Stern, refusing Stern's request contained in a letter of 18 Jul 1940, that the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply should receive copies of the minutes of its meetings with the Tank Board. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply to Stern, Sir Eustace Henry William Tennyson-d'Eyncourt, Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, Maj Gen Ernest Dunlop Swinton, the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and Harry Ralph Ricardo, Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, informing them that he was unable to consider reinstatement of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply to Stern, in reply to his letter of 9 Feb 1942, deferring a meeting until he had had an opportunity to settle in to his second tenure as Minister of Supply. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply to Stern, in reply to his letter of 6 Mar 1942 requesting approval for continued development of the TOG 1, TOG 2 and TOG 3 tanks, suspending further expenditure on the TOG 1 and the TOG 3 tanks but recommending that Stern complete the fitting of a spring suspension to the TOG 2 tank. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply to Stern, asking for a note of the main points which Stern wished to discuss following a request from Stern for an interview contained in a letter of 4 Dec 1942 to R Tippetts, Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Ministry of Supply relating to the enclosure of a report on the existing position of the various projects of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, which had been authorised by the Ministry of Supply. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply to Stern, in reply to his letter of 13 May 1941, thanking him for a document on tank design policy and accepting Stern's invitation to stay at his home at Barham Court, Maidstone, Kent for discussions. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply to Stern, in reply to his letter of 18 Jun 1941 on the projected production figure of fifty TOG 2 tanks before the Summer of 1942, indicating that he was passing on Stern's letter to Sir James Lithgow, Chairman, Tank Board. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply to Stern expressing confidence in Oliver Lucas, Controller General of Research and Development, Ministry of Supply in response to criticisms made of him by Stern in a letter of 30 Jun 1942. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply to Stern, in reply to his letter of 22 Jul 1942, reiterating that the continuance of the TOG 3 tank project was under consideration. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply to Stern, refusing him the position of Director General of Mechanical Warfare, Ministry of Supply and Deputy Chairman of the Tank Board, which Stern had said he was prepared to accept in a letter to him of 27 Jun 1942, reiterating his promise to ensure that finance was available for the completion of the TOG 2 tank and offering to consider the position of the TOG 3 tank. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply to Stern, stating that as it appeared from Stern's letter to him of 7 Jul 1942 requesting drawings of the Meteor engine, that a complete specification of the TOG 3 tank was not available, he now required the particulars of the TOG 3 tank mentioned in a letter from Stern of 30 Jun 1942 in order to reach a decision on the future of the TOG 3 project. 1p

Letter from R Tippetts, Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Ministry of Supply to Stern, in reply to his letter to the Minister of 29 Sep 1942 calling on him to implement his promise to submit the TOG 3 tank project to the Tank Board, stating that the TOG 3 tank project was submitted to the Tank Board and considered by them, that the policy on heavy tanks of the British and US staffs was agreed at the time of the visit of the US Tecnical Mission to the UK and that the minister could not add anything to a letter to Stern from Capt the Rt Hon Oliver Lyttelton, Minister of Production of 11 Sep 1942, explaining the decision to entrust heavy tank manufacture to the US. 1p

Correspondence from Sir Charles (Edward) Ellis, Representative of the Ministry of Munitions in Paris, France, to Stern including congratulations on the Mark VIII tank. 3 letters

Letter from Sir Charles (Edward) Ellis, Representative of the Ministry of Munitions, Paris, France, requesting a list of recommmendations of French citizens for the receipt of awards from the British Government, chiefly from the British Empire Order, in return for their services to the Ministry of Munitions. 1p

Letter from Sir Edward Ernest Pearson, Director of S Pearson and Son, contractors for public works, to Maj Gen the Rt Hon John Edward Bernard Seely, Deputy Minister of Munitions, passing on a request from Frederick Thomas Hopkinson, S Pearson and Son, at the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy-Pailloux, Châteauroux, France, that Mr Gibson, Air Board, should be sent out to the factory urgently. 1p

Letter from Sir Eustace Henry William Tennyson d'Eyncourt to Stern, sending him good wishes for 1944 and regretting that British tank production had largely been a failure in 1940-1945 and that the UK had become reliant on US tanks despite initiating the weapon in 1915. 4pp