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).
Requesting to cable General Motors for an order of a diesel engine for research purposes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 133\3\ scan0006 | |
| Date | 10th October 1938 | |
| D/Bp. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Ryc. Copy to Regd. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1128 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Ryc.3/TS.10.38. ----------------- Diesel Engine. Please cable W.J. Davidson, Sales Manager, Diesel Division, General Motors Building, Detroit, an order for a Diesel Engine, price 2560 dollars, F.O.B. Cleveland. I understand this is merely to confirm prior instructions. Application should be made for relief of duty on the grounds that the engine will be used for work for the Air Force and Admiralty, for Research purposes. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Ryc. | ||