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Report by Stern of an interview with the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply, at which Stern was told of the formation of a new Tank Board, was offered a seat on the new Board and expressed his view of the existing unsatisfactory nature of tank design and production. 1p

Note by Stern of a conversation with Maj Gen Vyvyan Vavasour Pope, Director of Armoured Fighting Vehicles, War Office, relating to the date of an inspection of the TOG 1 tank at the Works of William Foster and Company, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. 1p

Note by Stern of an interview with Maj Sir (George) Joseph Ball, Director of Conservative Research Department, Deputy Chairman, National Publicity Bureau, at which they discussed the cost of two hundred B-18 bombers. 1p

Note by Stern of a conversation with Maj Gen Giffard Le Quesne Martel, Commander, Royal Armoured Corps concerning the design of Infantry and Cruiser Tanks. 1p

Note by Stern of a telephone conversation with James G Weir, Director General of Mechanical Engineering (Design and Development), Ministry of Supply in which they discussed the cancellation of further work on the TOG 2A tank. 1p

Note by Stern of a conversation with H M Ainsworth, Controller of Tank Development, Ministry of Supply relating to a report of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply on trials at the Works of William Foster and Company Limited, Lincoln, Lincolnshire of the Infantry Tank Mark IV. 1p

Note by Stern of an interview with the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply at which Duncan informed Stern of the illness of Sir William Edward Rootes, Chairman, Supply Council, Ministry of Supply and renewed his promise to clarify Stern's position at the Ministry of Supply. 1p

Note by Stern of an interview with the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply, in the course of which Stern asked to know if his services were still required by the Government and Duncan said that he would meet Stern again in the light of the reports of the British Mission to the US to study heavy tank production. 1p

Note from William Rigby, William Foster and Company, Lincoln, Lincolnshire to Stern, thanking him for lunch. 1p

Note from Stern to US Col G A Green, Mission of William Averell Harriman, US Special Envoy to the UK acknowledging receipt of the paraphrase of a telegram from Stettinius to US Col G A Green, Mission of William Averell Harriman, US Special Envoy to the UK reporting that drawings of the US Heavy Tank T1 were being forwarded via Canada. 1p

Cover note from Stern to the officer comanding, Central Stores, Tank Corps, British Expeditionary Force (B E F), acknowledging receipt of an inlet valve casing. 1p

Notes of a meeting of representatives of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, at William Foster and Company, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, relating to trials of the TOG 1 tank, the design of the TOG 2 tank and proposals for the TOG 3 tank. 1p

Cover note from Wg Cdr Frederick Lewis Maitland Boothby, Royal Naval Air Service, officer commanding Armoured Cars (Aeroplane Supports) at Clement Talbot Works, Wormwood Scrubs, to Flight-Cdr Thomas Gerard Hetherington, Transport Officer, Armoured Car Division, Royal Naval Air Service, requesting weekly progress reports. 1p

Cover note from Stern relating to a letter forwarded to the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Prime Minister. 1p

Cover note, Stern to P Dale-Bussell, Director of Naval Constructions Committee, Contract Department, the Admiralty, relating to Landships Committee reports for the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty. 1p

Note from Stern to the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply, stating with reference to an interview on 5 Jun 1941 that he had informed his friend that he was unable to keep the appointment. There are no further details 1p

Note from Stern to the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply, thanking him for agreeing to attend the showing of a film of the TOG 1 tank at the Ministry of Supply on 14 Oct 1940. 1p

Cover note from Stern to Mr Boulasse, Mission du Ministère de l'Armement, London relating to an order for sample plates of tank armour on behalf of the French War Office and the enclosure of a summary of firing trials on 120 pound plates. 1p

Cover note from Stern to Maj Gen Vyvyan Vavasour Pope, Director of Armoured Fighting Vehicles, War Office relating to the enclosure of a copy of a letter from Stern to Maj Oswald Emerson Chapman, T P (Armour) of 15 Apr 1941, concerning certain particulars of immunity ranges and velocities in relation to tank armour, contained in a letter from Chapman to Lt Kenneth P Symes, Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply of 12 Apr 1941. 1p

Note from Stern to H M Ainsworth, Controller of Tank Development, Ministry of Supply expressing pleasure at his acceptance of an invitation to lunch at a private room at the Savoy, London to meet French Gen Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle. 1p