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Letter from Sir John Hunter, Director of Factory Construction, Ministry of Munitions, to Stern relating to the appointment of J S Sangster, Ministry of Munitions, to take charge at the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy Pailloux, Châteauroux, France. 1p

Letter from Sir John Hunter, Air Ministry, to Stern, relating to the provision of material for the construction of the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy-Pailloux, Châteauroux, France. 1p

Letter from Sir Sam Fay to Stern, mentioning his appointment to the Army Council. 1p

Letter from Sir William Scott Douglas, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Supply to Stern, stating that the only work the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply was authorised to complete was on the TOG 2 tank, reiterating the content of a letter from Capt the Rt Hon Oliver Lyttelton, Minister of Production to Stern of 11 Sep 1942 concerning the termination of the TOG 3 tank project and denying Stern access to Ministry of Supply reports. 1p

Letter from Sir William Scott Douglas, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Supply to Stern setting 28 Feb 1943 as the concluding date for the work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply. 1p

Letter from Sir William Scott Douglas, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Supply to Stern refusing him access to the Ministry of Supply file dealing with technical and confidential matters relating to the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply. 1p

Letter from Sir William Scott Douglas, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Supply to Stern requesting details of the existing position with the four projects of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply that had been authorised by the Ministry of Supply, namely the spring suspension of the TOG 2 tank, the 17 pounder gun turret with electrical traversing gear for the TOG 2 tank, the hydraulic transmission of the TOG 2 tank and installation of torque convertor and testing in the TOG 1 tank. 1p

Letter from Sir William Scott Douglas, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Supply to Stern stating that financial authority had been given by the Ministry of Supply to the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to complete the17 pounder gun turret and electrical traversing gear of TOG 2 tank, the testing of hydraulic transmission for the TOG 2 tank and the installation of a torque convertor and testing for the TOG 1 tank. 1p

Letter from Sir William Ashbee Tritton of Tritton, Foster and Company, Lincoln, Lincolnshire 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. 2pp

Letter from Sqn Cdr Thomas Gerard Hetherington, Landships Committee, to Stern, requesting that Lt Kenneth P Symes, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, be detailed to the work of mounting two pounder guns in the turret of the proposed landship (tank). 1p

Letter from Stern, Sir Eustace Henry William Tennyson-d'Eyncourt, Harry Ralph Ricardo, and Maj Gen Ernest Dunlop Swinton all members of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to the Rt Hon William Aitken Maxwell Beaverbrook, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Minister of Supply setting out the history, composition and work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and arguing against the proposal that the Commitee should be disbanded. 4pp

Letter from Stern, Sir Eustace Henry William Tennyson-d'Eyncourt, Harry Ralph Ricardo, and Maj Gen Ernest Dunlop Swinton all members of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to the Rt Hon William Aitken Maxwell Beaverbrook, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Minister of Supply in reply to his letter of 21 Jan 1942 relating to the decision to disband the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, emphasising the achievements and expertise of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and advocating the retention and reconstitution of the Committee under Beaverbrook's personal direction. 2pp

Letter from Stern, Sir Eustace Henry William Tennyson-d'Eyncourt, Harry Ralph Ricardo, and Maj Gen Ernest Dunlop Swinton all members of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of Defence setting out the history, composition and work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and arguing against the proposal that the Commitee should be disbanded. 4pp

Letter from Stern and US Lt Col James A Drain, US Commissioner, Anglo-American Commission, to Sir John Hunter, Director of Factory Construction, Ministry of Munitions, requesting the appointment of J S Sangster, Ministry of Munitions, to superintend the construction of the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy Pailloux, Châteauroux, France. 1p

Letter from Stern to A Matthews, Assistant Managing Director, Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited, Sheffield, Yorkshire, in response to his letter of 9 Jan 1940 relating to a request from the French War Office for sample plates of tank armour, informing him that his letter was being passed on to the Secretary of the Admiralty for consideration. 1p

Letter from Stern to A Watson, Ministry of Supply, agreeing to the proposal of the Rt Hon Edward Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply to appoint him Chairman of a small technical committeee to consider special vehicular development. 1p

Letter from Stern to Admiral Sir Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore, Controller, Mechanical Warfare Department, Ministry of Munitions, concerning arrangements for a visit to the Headquarters of the French Tank Corps at Mortigny sur Loing, France, to see the camp and works of French Gen Jean Baptiste Estienne, Commander, French Tank Corps followed by a visit to the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy-Pailloux, Châteauroux, France. 1p

Letter from Stern to Brig F F Worthington, Commander, 1 Canadian Army Tank Brigade, requesting the return of a number of books loaned to him during a visit to the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply. 1p

Letter from Stern to Brig Gen Sir William Thomas Furse, Master General of Ordnance, advising of the cancellation of arrangements as a result of the complete breakdown of the Ford Tank. 1p

Letter from Stern to Brig John H MacQueen, Deputy Quartermaster General, Canadian Corps inviting him to attend a trial of the TOG 2 tank at the Works of Foster and Company, Lincoln, Lincolnshire on 12 Dec 1941. 1p