Photographers in the UK could not buy Graphics because of economic restrictions. The response was the MPP.
Not totally true, Kodak Ltd (UK) distributed and sold Sped Graphics and other Graflex cameras for many years between the First and Second world wars, that was in the UK as well as Europe.
After WWII there were severe Import restrictions cameras could only be imported into the UK with a special licence on an individual basis. MPP began making the Micro Technical based on the Linhof Technika (also the Microcord based on the Rolleicord).
The MPP Micro Press is an enigma, it's claimed to be a British made camera but in fact is mostly Graflex parts except the back, front and range finder. The cameras wooden body, shutter, track bed and rails, front standard, bellows, shutter release, are all made by Graflex. Basil Skinner who wrote the so called definitive book on MPP states there were no business links between MPP and Graflex the inference is the camera is a copy, however this is totally untrue.
Essentially the Micro press was a way of getting around the Import restrictions, parts could be imported but this was probably bordering on the wrong side of the restrictions. MPP had in fact already built and shown prototypes of their own Press camera in 1949 which was a Micro Technical with a Wray shutter. There would be no point re-tooling to copy the Speed Graphic it just doesn't make economic sense when they already made their ow track bed, front standard.
Details are here.
Ian