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).
Relaying Air Ministry Intelligence Department guidelines restricting personal visits to the works.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\1\ scan0283 | |
| Date | 22th November 1938 | |
| Bm 1204. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/KW.22.11.38. Below is given copy of a letter which we have recently received from the Air Ministry Intelligence Department, respecting visits to these Works. Will you please note, and pass on this information to any members of your staff who may approach you with requests for relatives or friends to be shown round. VISITS TO WORKS "I am directed to inform you that while no objection is raised to visits to your Works by individuals with whom you are in technical or business association, the Department would prefer that visits to such parts of your Works that are engaged on Air Ministry orders, by individuals merely for their own interest or satisfaction, should not take place". Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||