Item STERN 2/19/82 - Letter from Sir Andrew Duncan's secretary to Stern, 30 Sep 1942, about how the development of Allied heavy tanks was entirely for the USA

Letter from R Tippetts, Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Ministry of Supply to Stern, in reply to his letter to the Minister of 29 Sep 1942 calling on him to implement his promise to submit the TOG 3 tank project to the Tank Board, stating that the TOG 3 tank project was submitted to the Tank Board and considered by them, that the policy on heavy tanks of the British and US staffs was agreed at the time of the visit of the US Tecnical Mission to the UK and that the minister could not add anything to a letter to Stern from Capt the Rt Hon Oliver Lyttelton, Minister of Production of 11 Sep 1942, explaining the decision to entrust heavy tank manufacture to the US. 1p