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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

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. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply to Stern congratulating him on the impending trials of the TOG 1 and TOG 2 tanks, emphasising the separate functions of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and the Tank Board, regretting Stern's criticism of the personnel and functions of the Tank Board and informing him that design responsibilty for the proposed amphibious tank was to rest with Charles James William Hopkins, Director of Naval Land Equipment, Ministry of Supply and Capt Geoffrey Duke Burton, Director General of Tanks and Transport, Ministry of Supply, under Morrison's direction. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply to Stern congratulating him on the impending trials of the TOG 1 and TOG 2 tanks, emphasising the separate functions of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and the Tank Board, regretting Stern's criticism of the personnel and functions of the Tank Board and informing him that design responsibilty for the proposed amphibious tank was to rest with Charles James William Hopkins, Director of Naval Land Equipment, Ministry of Supply and Capt Geoffrey Duke Burton, Director General of Tanks and Transport, Ministry of Supply, under Morrison's direction. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply to Stern, regretting that Stern had been unable to present a statement signed by the members of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to the Tank Board and informing him of the appointment of a new Director General of Tanks and Transport, Ministry of Supply. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply to Stern, regretting that Stern had been unable to present a statement signed by the members of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to the Tank Board and informing him of the appointment of a new Director General of Tanks and Transport, Ministry of Supply. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply to Stern informing him that on the recommendation of the Tank Board, no immediate expenditure on production capacity could be allowed for the TOG 1 and TOG 2 tanks, that pilot trials of the TOG 1 and TOG 2 tanks should first continue and that armour plate reserved by the Admiralty for the TOG 1 and TOG 2 tanks had been diverted to other urgent requirements. 2pp

Letter from the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply to Stern informing him that on the recommendation of the Tank Board, no immediate expenditure on production capacity could be allowed for the TOG 1 and TOG 2 tanks, that pilot trials of the TOG 1 and TOG 2 tanks should first continue and that armour plate reserved by the Admiralty for the TOG 1 and TOG 2 tanks had been diverted to other urgent requirements. 1pp

Letter from the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply to Stern 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. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply to Stern 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. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply to Stern, informing him in response to his letter of 20 Jun 1940 concerning the report of the scrapping of surplus parts of the 600 horse power Paxman-Ricardo engine, originally designed for the TOG 1 tank, that few excess components had in fact been manufactured and all the surplus was to be retained until it was clear that it was not required. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply to Stern, informing him in response to his letter of 20 Jun 1940 concerning the report of the scrapping of surplus parts of the 600 horse power Paxman-Ricardo engine, originally designed for the TOG 1 tank, that few excess components had in fact been manufactured and all the surplus was to be retained until it was clear that it was not required. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply to Stern informing him of the setting up of a Tank Board and advising him that production of the Infantry Tank Mark IV was being left open in view of the existing situation. 1p

Letter from the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply to Stern informing him of the setting up of a Tank Board and advising him that production of the Infantry Tank Mark IV was being left open in view of the existing situation. 1p

Letter from J E Day, Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited, Sheffield, Yorkshire to Lt Kenneth P Symes, Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, in response to a letter of 1 Feb 1940 to J M Crease, Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited, Sheffield, Yorkshire, confirming the attendance of Crease at the office of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, London on 8 Feb 1940, to discuss a request on behalf of the French War Office for sample plates of tank armour. 1p

Letter from J E Day, Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited, Sheffield, Yorkshire to Lt Kenneth P Symes, Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, in response to a letter of 2 Feb 1940 to J M Crease, Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited, Sheffield, Yorkshire, confirming the alteration of the time of attendance of Crease at the office of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, London on 8 Feb 1940, to discuss a request on behalf of the French War Office for sample plates of tank armour. 1p

Letter from J M Crease, Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited, Sheffield, Yorkshire to Lt Kenneth P Symes, Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, in response to his letter of 30 Jan 1940, proposing a meeting at the office of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, London on 6 Feb 1940, to discuss a request on behalf of the French War Office for sample plates of tank armour. 1p

Letter from J M Crease, Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited, Sheffield, Yorkshire to Stern in response to his letter of 16 Jan 1940, asking for clarification from the Ministry of Supply or the Admiralty as to whether they were to accede to a further request from 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. 1p

Letter from J M Crease, Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited, Sheffield, Yorkshire to Stern, relating to the enclosure of correspondence between the Mission du Ministère de l'Armement, London and Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited, Sheffield, Yorkshire concerning a request on behalf of the French War Office for sample plates of tank armour. 1p

Letter from J M Crease, Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited, Sheffield, Yorkshire to the Mission du Ministère de l'Armement, London, in reply to two letters of French Cdr A Gosselin, Mission du Ministère de l'Armement, London of 23 Jan 1940 and 7 Feb 1940 relating to a request on behalf of the French War Office for sample plates of tank armour, explaining that no action would be taken by the company to fulfil the request until consultations had taken place between the Mission du Ministère de l'Armement and the Ministry of Supply on the grounds of possible duplication of experimental work. 1p