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Reference code
STERN 2/5/74
Title
Letter from Oliver Lyttelton to Stern, 11 Sep 1942, about a proposal that all Allied heavy tanks should be manufactured in the USA
Date(s)
- 1942 Sep 11 (Creation)
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1p
Scope and content
Letter from Capt the Rt Hon Oliver Lyttelton, Minister of Production to Stern informing him of the proposal that heavy tanks should in future be of US production and of the opinions of Harry Ralph Ricardo, Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply concerning the Ricardo Diesel 4 stroke H engine and the conversion of the meteor engine to compression ignition. 1p
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Existence and location of originals
Originals of photocopied personal correspondence (Section 1/17) are at Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone.