Item STERN 2/20/26 - Note on a conversation with Sir James Lithgow, 18 Jun 1941, on subjects including Stern's future in the Ministry of Supply

Report by Stern of an interview with Sir James Lithgow, Chairman, Tank Board at which they discussed Stern's refusal to serve on a Sub-Committee to investigate the organisation and methods of procedure of the Production Department and the Design Department of the Ministry of Supply and the performance of the tanks then in production, the offer to Stern by the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply to become Director General of Administration and Statistics, Ministry of Supply, the provision of two drivers for the transport of the TOG 2 tank from the Works of Foster and Company, Lincoln, Lincolnshire to the Experimental Establishment, Farnborough, Hampshire, for trials and the prospects for production of the TOG 2R tank. 1p