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(Untitled), 04 Feb 1942

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/69B/126

Scope and Contents

Telegram from the Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] in Cairo [Egypt] to WSC regarding army workshops: states that the low percentage of serviceable tanks is due to battle casualties, mechanical breakdown, and lack of transports, not the failure of base workshops; comments on efficiency of mobile workshops in the early part of the battle; comments on the problem of maintaining and reinforcing fighting troops in the desert.

Dates

  • Creation: 04 Feb 1942

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown

Extent

1 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

T 177/2

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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