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).
Confidential memo regarding the scheduled delivery of competitor chassis and the instruction to remove all identifying numbers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\11\ Scan008 | |
| Date | 29th December 1911 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, 14-15, CONDUIT STREET, LONDON, W. TELEGRAMS: "ROLHEADRolls-Royce telegram address," LONDON. TELEPHONES: 1654, 1655, 1656 GERRARD. DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. This column is for Name of Person addressed. Mr. Barrington. DATE. 29.12.11. CONFIDENTIAL. X180 I return you Mr. Johnson's memo. sent with your TBB17/L201211 to Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson asks me to inform you that these chassis will be sent you as they are delivered and the dates promised for delivery are as follows : Delaunay Belleville, Early January. Lanchester, End of January. Napier, Early February. We take this opportunity of asking you to carefully remove any trace of the number on these chassis as the people through whom we are purchasing them are naturally particularly anxious that it should not be known that the chassis were obtained by them for us. W. Cowen. This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||