Secret British government (Ministry of Defence?) file containing Autograph Notes [by John F. Milson] on forty-four post-Second World War Canadian tanks, with further text on typed slips, and a printed booklet for the Canadair Dynatrac.

53pp., crown 8vo, comprising separate entries on 44 types of tank, on numbered leaves of government paper, held together with brass screw clips within boards of blue cloth and grey paper, stamped 'SECRET'. Milson is not named, but the item is in his hand. The notes consist of specifications and design history. Six typed notes are attached to the leaves, together with a booklet for the Canadair Dynatrac, dated April 1963. The typed notes include 2pp., 4to, on 'CANADIAN RAM CRUISER TANK Mks I and II (M-3)'. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. Long autograph note on front board (13 lines), headed 'CANADIAN', beginning 'Post war: - [...] Canada has accepted Centurion. [...] Have a number of gutted Grizzly tanks to hold against APC regiment.' Another short autograph note on reverse of front board. Autograph full-page index on first leaf, with the 44 entries including: Ram Tank; Muskrat; Otter A/C Mk I; Pack-Rat; Universal Carrier (Modified); Snowmobile Armoured Mk II; Gotfredson 6 wheeled long; Lynx Scout Car Mks I + II; Tiger amphibian.