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).
Clarifying a mutilated telegram regarding the supply of springs for the American market.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 43\2\ Scan020 | |
| Date | 29th October 1920 | |
| Ah. C O P Y. To EWT. from BJ. c. to R.{Sir Henry Royce} BJ(Py-5/DB{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}29.10.20. RE SPRINGS FOR AMERICA Referring to my memo: BJ(Py)21/DB{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}27.10.20 - we have now obtained repetition of the mutilated words and the cable now reads as follows:- "NUMBER 167 ACCORDING TO TELEGRAM 18TH OCTOBER ROYCE "WE UNDERSTAND FROM IT WE CAN ORDER ROLLED EYE THIN "FOR AMERICAN PRODUCTION IF CORRECT FUTURE DELIVERIES "ARE OBTAINABLE IN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS THEREFORE WILL NOT "REQUIRE FURTHER REAR SPRINGS FROM ENGLAND OVER AND "ABOVE THIN ALREADY PROMISED BUT WE WILL REQUIRE "120 FRONT SPRINGS REGARDING THIN ALREADY PROMISED "CAN YOU CONFIRM NUMBER ALREADY SHIPPED WHAT IS THE "NAME OF STEAMER AND DATE OF SAILING. OLLEY. "ROLLSROYCE". BJ/Py. | ||