Item STERN 2/18/33 - Letter from Herbert Morrison to Stern, 10 Sep 1940, on subjects including plans for amphibious tank design

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STERN 2/18/33

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Letter from Herbert Morrison to Stern, 10 Sep 1940, on subjects including plans for amphibious tank design

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  • 1940 Sep 10 (Creation)

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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

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Originals of photocopied personal correspondence (Section 1/17) are at Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone.

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