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).
Telegram concerning a patent inquiry from General Motors about the import of Quick Step Steel and the delivery of aero engines to the US government.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 170\2\ img003 | |
| Date | 9th December 1930 | |
| Postal Telegraph THE MACKAY SYSTEM ALL AMERICA CABLES COMMERCIAL CABLES RECEIVED AT STANDARD TIME INDICATED ON THIS MESSAGE This is a full-rate Telegram or Cablegram unless its deferred character is indicated by a symbol in the check or in the address. BLUE DAY LETTER NITE NIGHT LETTER NM NIGHT MESSAGE LCO DEFERRED CABLE NLT NIGHT CABLE LETTER WLT WEEK END CABLE LETTER NA{Mr Nadin}971 84/ NL DETROIT MICH 9 1930 DEC 9 PM 9 05 E H HIVES HOTEL KIMBALL SPRINGFIELD MASS IN CONNECTION WITH A PATENT SITUATION WHICH HAS NO REFERENCE TO ROLLS ROYCE PRACTISE IT IS DESIRED BY GENERAL MOTORS TO ESTABLISH WHETHER QUICK STEP STEEL WAS IMPORTED INTO UNITEDSTATES PRIOR TO NOVEMBER NINETEEN EIGHTEEN STOP FOUR EAGLE ENGINES AND ONE HAWK WERE DELIVERED TO UNITEDSTATES GOVERNMENT PRIOR THIS DATE STOP THEY WERE EAGLES EIGHT THREE EIGHTEEN THREE NINETEEN [Handwritten Note] a1- Supplied full information FAS thro F to General Motors by cable to BBAL (Berlin) for similar purpose By | ||