Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood [Vice-Chairman, Development Commission, later 1st Lord Southborough] (Brooks's, St James Street [London]) to WSC, reporting that "Armstrongs" [Armstrong Whitworth and Company] had called an emergency board meeting, and that interpreted this to mean that Vickers Limited were asking them to "stand in" in any arrangements with the Admiralty regarding the Thames, expressing fears of the dangers to the Government of an alliance between Armstrong and Vickers.