Item STERN 2/2/1 - Volume of duplicate papers, Jul 1939 - May 1940, relating to the creation of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply

Bound volume of correspondence, minutes and memoranda relating to the establishment of the Special Vehicle Development Committee of the Ministry of Supply, notably correspondence between Vice Admiral Sir Harold Arthur Brown, Director General of Munitions Production, Army Council, War Office, Director General of Munitions Production, Ministry of Supply and Stern, relating to Stern's proposals for the construction of a special tank, Jul-Aug 1939; a letter from Maj Gen Alexander Elliott Davidson, Director of Mechanisation, Ministry of Supply to Stern, relating to the allocation to Stern of a room and paid secretary at the Ministry of Supply, The Adelphi, London, 5 Sep,1939; the minutes of the first meeting of the Special Vehicle Department, Ministry of Supply, at which the proposal to build of a tank of 100 tons weight was approved, 18 Sep 1939; a note by Stern of a meeting with Gen William Edmund Ironside, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 26 Sep 1939; General Staff memorandum R B M 17, containing an outline specification for a Super Heavy Tank (Land Battleship), 28 Sep 1939; correspondence and notes of meetings between Stern and the Rt Hon Edward Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply, Oct 1939-May 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 correspondence and notes of an interview between Stern and the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply, May 1940. Part of 'Duplicate Set'.