Relaying a telegram regarding a specification agreement with Japan and proposing the design name 'Japan II'.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5a\1\ 01-page015 | |
| Date | 13th January 1931 | |
| 1/3 (STD) To Sorr. from Cgr. Copy to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} H.H. [Text struck through] re 10/25. Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 4/E13.1.31 I have received the following telegram from R: DELIGHTED TO LEARN ENTHUSIASM RE JAPAN(Experimental Engine) AGREES TO SPECIFICATION EXCEPT BANJO BACK AXLE REASON IN LETTER IN POST KINDLY REPEAT DERBY AND SILVERKING. I suggest that this new design should be referred to as "Japan(Experimental Engine)" but, if that name by itself is likely to cause confusion because there have been one or two former designs of "Japan(Experimental Engine)" started, we could call it "Japan(Experimental Engine) II". Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} [STAMP: SECRETARY'S OFFICE 14 JAN 1931 R.R. LTD] | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).