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- 1940 Jul 29 (Creation)
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Notes by Stern for a meeting with Capt Geoffrey Duke Burton, Director General of Tanks and Transport, Ministry of Supply, 29 Jul 1940, including his concerns over errors in tank manufacture in the light of the visit of representatives of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to Vauxhall Motors Limited, Luton, Bedfordshire, 26 Jul 1940, his view of the vulnerability of the track of the Valentine (Infantry Tank Mark III), his concerns about the failure of the Tank Board to make its minutes available to the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and his view of the inadequacy of the Tank Board as it was then constituted. 3pp
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Originals of photocopied personal correspondence (Section 1/17) are at Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone.