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Book entitled Les chars d'assaut. Leur création et leur rôle pendant la guerre 1915-1918, by French Capt L Dutil (Berger-Levrault, Nancy, Paris, Strasbourg, France, 1919).

Letter from A J Merson to Stern, complaining about his treatment by Frederick Thomas Hopkinson, Controller of the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy-Pailloux, Châteauroux, France. 2p

Letter from A Matthews, Assistant Managing Director, Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited, Sheffield, Yorkshire to Stern, asking for confirmation that the company was to deal with the request of the French Mission du Ministère de l'Armement, on behalf of the French War Office, for sample tank armour plates, cemented and homogeneous, of 40 millimetres to 100 millimetres thick, in view of the fact that compliance would reduce the amount of assistance the company could give to the Ministry of Supply. 1p

Letter from A Matthews, Assistant Managing Director, Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited, Sheffield, Yorkshire to the Mission du Ministère de l'Armement, London, in response to their letter of 7 Jan 1940 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, indicating that the company intended to refer the request to the Ministry of Supply. 1p

Letter from A Watson, Ministry of Supply, to Stern informing him of 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 A M M Durrant, Directorate of Tank Design, Ministry of Supply [Albert Arthur Molteno Durrant, 1899-1984], to Stern relating to a visit made by Stern and other representatives of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, to the Experimental Establishment, Farnborough, Hampshire, when they had been unable to see an A12 (Infantry Tank Mark II) in operation. 1p

Letter from André Colaneri, General Secretary, Fondation Garton, to Stern, requesting an appointment. 1p

Letter from B O Jenkins, British War Mission to the United States of America, to Capt Norman Edward Holden, Deputy Comissioner, Mechanical Warfare, (Overseas and Allies) Department, Ministry of Munitions, on having a representative for the Mechanical Warfare, (Overseas and Allies) Department, Ministry of Munitions, in the US. 1p

Letter from Bertram Blakiston Cubitt, the War Office, to Sir (William) Graham Greene, Permanent Secretary, the Admiralty, requesting that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty convey the thanks of the Army Council to Lt Walter Gordon Wilson, Royal Naval Air Service, and others, for their work on the design and construction of the tank. 1p

Letter from Bertram Blakiston Cubitt, War Office, to Sir (William) Graham Greene, Secretary, Ministry of Munitions, relating to the holding by the Army Council of a conference on tanks policy chaired by the Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff (Maj Gen Charles Harington Harington) on 26 Jun 1918, at which it was thought that the Ministry of Munitions should be represented. 1p

Letter from Bertram Blakiston Cubitt, War Office, to Sir (William) Graham Greene, Secretary, Ministry of Munitions, relating to the decision of the military representatives of the Supreme War Council to refer questions of the allocation of tanks amongst the Allies to the Inter-Allied Tank Committee. 1p

Letter from Brig Arthur George Kenchington, War Office to Stern, relating to the enclosure of notes on the meetings of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply by Armoured Fighting Vehicles Branch, General Headquarters. 1p

Letter from Brig F F Worthington, Commander, 1 Canadian Army Tank Brigade to Stern, informing him that he had recommended that a representative of the Canadian Ministry of Supply contact Stern. 1p

Letter from Brig F F Worthington, Commander, 1 Canadian Army Tank Brigade to Stern returning a number of books loaned to him during a visit to the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, in response to a request from Stern contained in a letterof 9 Jan 1942. 1p

Letter from Brig Frederick George Wrisberg, Director Weapons Production, War Office to Cdr Rowland H Stokes-Rees, Chief Superintendent of Gun Design, Armaments Design Department, Ministry of Supply relating to two Ordnance Quick Fire 17 pounder Mark II guns for the TOG 2 tank. 1p

Letter from C J Bartlett, Vauxhall Motors Limited, Luton, Bedfordshire 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. 2pp

Letter from Capt A Brindle, Canadian Technical Liaison Officer, Armaments Design Department, Ministry of Supply to Stern, providing details of the Ordnance Quick Fire 17 pounder Mark II, 3.7 inch monobloc and 4.5 inch guns. 1p

Letter from Capt A Brindle, Canadian Technical Liaison Officer, Armaments Design Department, Ministry of Supply to Stern providing details of the Ordnance Quick Fire 17 pounder Mark II, 3.7 inch monobloc and 4.5 inch guns. 2pp

Letter from Capt Geoffrey Duke Burton, Director General of Tanks and Transport, Ministry of Supply to Stern referring to an interview between Stern and Sir George Henry Gater, Secretary of the Ministry of Supply, scheduled for 16 Aug 1940. 1p

Letter from Capt Geoffrey Duke Burton, Director General of Tanks and Transport, Ministry of Supply to Stern, relating to the appointment of liaison officers for the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and the promise to supply Stern with what information existed about German armoured fighting vehicles. 1p