Item STERN 1/5/21 - Report by Stern, 14 Jul 1918, on a visit to the Allied Tank Factory, Neuvy-Pailloux, France

Report by Stern of a visit by Maj Gen the Rt Hon John Edward Bernard Seely, Deputy Minister of Munitions, Admiral Sir Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore, Controller, Mechanical Warfare Department, Ministry of Munitions, Sir Percival Lea Dewhurst Perry, Assistant Controller and Director of Production, Mechanical Warfare Department, US Lt Col James A Drain, US Commissioner, Anglo-American Commission, Capt Norman Edward Holden, Deputy Commissioner, Mechanical Warfare (Overseas and Allies) Department, Ministry of Munitions, Controller, Anglo-American Commission and Stern to the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy-Pailloux, Châteauroux, France, including a reference to Seely being dumbfounded at the lack of method and equipment on the site. 1p