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- 1941 Feb 13 (Creation)
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Cover letter from Capt Geoffrey Duke Burton, Director General of Tanks and Transport, Ministry of Supply to Stern, relating to the enclosure of a memorandum from Lt Col Clare Brayton Bouchier, Assistant Director, Tank Supply Department, Ministry of Supply making comments on behalf of Burton in response to Stern's memorandum of 6 Feb 1941, containing nine points about tank design, relating to mechanised warfare, mass production, simplification of design, ease of maintenance, vulnerability on the road, the use of wheeled vehicles, precise specification, variations in terrain, controlling demands for speed and the use of transporters. 1p
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Originals of photocopied personal correspondence (Section 1/17) are at Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone.