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Reference code
STERN 2/4/34
Title
Draft report, 29 Apr 1940, on the reasons for turning down an order of tanks
Date(s)
- 1940 Apr 29 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
3pp
Scope and content
Draft report of interviews between Stern and Lt Gen Laurence Carr, Senior Military Assistant, Ministry of Supply 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 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. 3pp
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Originals of photocopied personal correspondence (Section 1/17) are at Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone.