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- 1941 Jul - 1942 Mar (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 between Stern and the Rt Hon William Aitken Maxwell Beaverbrook, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Minister of Supply, Jul 1941-Jan 1942 and correspondence between Stern and the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply, Feb 1942; a letter from Stern and other members of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of Defence and other members of the War Cabinet, following the notification of the members of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply that their services were no longer required by the Ministry of Supply, indicating their determination to carry on with their work, 14 Jan 1942 and papers relating to modifications of the TOG 1 tank, the continuing trials of the TOG 2 tank and proposals for the TOG 3 tank.
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Originals of photocopied personal correspondence (Section 1/17) are at Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone.