- STERN 2/18/27
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- 1940 Jun 24
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