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STERN 2/5/57
Title
Letter from Edward Burgin to Stern, 8 May 1940, about ordering three prototype tanks
Date(s)
- 1940 May 8 (Creation)
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Item
Extent
1p
Scope and content
Letter, (an enclosure to a letter from Stern to the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply, making a final appeal against the decision to terminate work on the TOG 3 tank), from the Rt Hon Edward Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply to Stern informing him of the decision of the Military Co-ordination Committee, of the War Cabinet to order three prototype models of the proposed tank of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, but not to place orders for one hundred engines, transmissions or any other material. 1p
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Originals of photocopied personal correspondence (Section 1/17) are at Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone.