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).
Request for a £500 Letter of Credit for expenses regarding Spectre 3 in France, and a report of issues with a previous credit note.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\4\ scan0079 | |
| Date | 6th July 1935 | |
| HOTEL DE FRANCE, CHATEAUROUX, Indre. France. X300a GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/4/JAB. 6th July 1935. To. Mr. De Looze. c to. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 3. S. I. SPECTRECodename for Phantom III. Will you kindly send me a Letter of Credit For L.500.-/- (Five hundred Pounds) for expenses with regard to SpectreCodename for Phantom III 3 in France. I am returning under separate cover by Registered post, the exhausted Letter of Correspondants. Will you please inform the Midland Bank, that when I went to the Banque Nationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie at Chateauroux, they refused to negotiate availments under this Circular Letter of Credit. I went to the above named Bank to see whether I could obtain a better rate of Exchange, otherwise I have been dealing so far, with the Société Generale. -------------- G.W.H. [Handwritten note] Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Letter of Credit despatched yesterday | ||