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- 1939 Oct - 1940 Jun (Creation)
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Bound volume of official correspondence, minutes and memoranda relating to the work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, notably correspondence and notes of meetings between Stern and the Rt Hon Edward Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply, Oct 1939-May 1940 and correspondence and notes of an interview between Stern and the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply, May 1940-Jun 1940; notes of a visit to Paris, Satory, near Versailles Rueil and Vincennes, France by Stern and other members of a Ministry of Supply mission including representatives of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to investigate the design, production and performance of French tanks, 25-30 Nov 1939; Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply memorandum relating to the design and production policy of the TOG 1 tank, 11 Mar 1940 and a memorandum by William Rigby, William Foster and Company, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Technical Advisor, Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply relating to design considerations and specifications for the TOG 1 and TOG 2 tanks, 10 Jun 1940.
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Originals of photocopied personal correspondence (Section 1/17) are at Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone.