Papers concerning Metropolitan-Vickers, 1937-1945

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(fols. 1-35) note by Chancellor (two typed copies and an extract) and some additional rough notes, about his visit to Ankara on behalf of the Company, and his interview there with Naim Cemil, Technical Adviser and Purchasing Manager of the Eti Bank, concerning a contract to build a Power Station in Turkey. On the envelope that contained the papers is a note by Chancellor that copies were sent to the Foreign Office, Lord Hankey, and Sir Herbert Lawrence, 12 Dec 1939
(fol. 36) page from the Electrical Times with an article by O.I. Butler, 'Basic Theory of the Metadyne,' annotated by Chancellor, 13 Jan 1938
(fols. 37-39) letter from W. Eccles, Associated Electrical Industries, in Ankara, about the successful outcome of the negotiations, 17 Mar 1940
(fols. 40-42) two pages from the A.E.I. News about M.V.'s generator, the 'Metadyne', Dec 1945
(item) Electricity Distribution: Comparison of Ministry of Transport proposals and the McGowan Report with observations thereon. Enclosed are a circular issued by the Consumers' and Taxpayers' Council and a note by Chancellor, May 1937.

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42 Leaves

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 284/26, folder 6

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