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- 1933 Jun 18 - 1933 Jun 26 (Creation)
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6 items
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Papers relating to Stern's dismissal from the Mechanical Warfare Supply Department, Ministry of Munitions in Oct 1917, including a memorandum by Gen Sir Robert Dundas Whigham recounting a meeting with Sir (Arthur) McDougal Duckham, Member of Council, Ministry of Munitions in Oct 1917 at which it became apparent that Duckham had without grounds informed the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Minister of Munitions that Whigham was one of three War Office generals who were unable to cooperate with Stern; an exchange of letters between Whigham and Stern about the memorandum and a similar exchange of letters between Stern and Churchill, in which Churchill stated that he had acted, in removing Stern from his Department, in accordance with the advice he received at the time. 6 items
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Originals of photocopied personal correspondence (Section 1/17) are at Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone.