Extracted from A. M file No. 1

Scope and Content

Contains filed letters (1) regarding an exchange between BL and Leonard Behrens (March 1960) and correspondence regarding the removal of a number of files by the Ministry of Defence before BL’s retirement. There are also a number of loose items, which BL has split into three sections, as explained in the cover note: 1: Correspondence between BL and Dr Stephen Twigge and copies of a report labelled ‘Secret’. (2) 2: Correspondence from 1954 -1962 regarding the Directorate of Scientific Information (Ministry of Defence) and work on Soviet Sputniks, Lunar and Space Projects. (3) 3: The cover note states ‘Sir Bernard is working on the third set of papers (Mar 2007) Also included in the file are 2 journals ‘The Day War Broke Out’, 4-7 Sep 1989 and ‘The GEC Journal of Research’, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1985. The following articles have been highlighted ‘ CH – The First Operational Radar’ [B. T. Neale] and ‘Microwave Magnetrons: A Brief History of Research and Development’ [W. E. Willshaw]. There is also a copy of an article ‘Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope’ 4th March 1959 (/4).

Former reference: 2008 7/3