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).
Secret internal memorandum regarding the secrecy of a new chassis construction.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 65a\1\ scan0215 | |
| Date | 2nd January 1928 | |
| [Handwritten] 7770 [Handwritten] Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} From: BJ To: C. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} PN.{Mr Northey} CWB. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Rg.{Mr Rowledge} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} KP. SECRET. BJ3/E2.1.28 I enclose copy of my letter of the 22nd December to R.{Sir Henry Royce} Please act accordingly and treat every document and drawing with the utmost secrecy just as we did with the Phantom, and maintain the same secrecy in the construction of this chassis as we did with the Phantom, namely, behind closed locked doors and never let it be seen on the road. BJ. Enc. Copy of BJ21/E22.12.27 | ||