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Air ministry

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Sub-Fonds

Air Ministry

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WEIR 1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Almost without exception, the papers are concerned with Lord Weir's public life and with the period after 1918. As the earliest papers have been affected by water, it is possible that those before 1918 were lost in this way. The omission of any private papers is the result of efficient organisation of the files in the past. Since all the files are public and political, they have been arranged according to subject and then chronologically in 24 sections.In the absence of minutes,...
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letter to Henry Nathan Sporborg in reply to WHITTLE 23, 1940-03-06

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0273/WHITTLE 25
Scope and Contents

Tedder's discussions with Lancelot Law Whyte have reached the stage when it is desirable for the position to be put on more formal lines. He is asking the Director of Contracts to communicate directly with Sporborg after which he will probably wish to arrange a meeting between Sporborg and Lancelot Law Whyte.
The Director of Contracts for the Air Ministry was Lancelot Vernon Meadowcroft, but see next.

Dates: 1940-03-06