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Reference code
STERN 2/18/8
Title
Report by Stern, 29 Apr 1940, about the reasons why the Minister of Supply refused to order tanks from the Special Vehicle Development
Date(s)
- 1940 Apr 29 (Creation)
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Item
Extent
2pp
Scope and content
Report by Stern of interviews between himself and Lt Gen Laurence Carr, Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff and Stern and the Rt Hon Edward Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply, in the course of which Carr informed Stern that the order for one hundred tanks from the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply had been turned down by the Military Co-ordinating Committee, of the War Cabinet because Burgin had said that the order would interfere with the future development of tanks and Burgin suggested that his attitude had been incorrectly represented. 2pp
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Originals of photocopied personal correspondence (Section 1/17) are at Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone.