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).
Cablegram regarding bearing production, supply, and potential manufacturing difficulties.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\1\ img275 | |
| Date | 12th February 1934 | |
| Form No. 6. WESTERN UNION (THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY) CABLEGRAM ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH Co., Ld. CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS. 1934 FEB 12 AM 7 59 BMMR7 BUFFALO NY 44 11TH NLT HIVES ROYCAR DERBY HIVES ESQ MESSERS ROLLS ROYCE CO LTD DERBY BEARING PRODUCTION WILL COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING MY RETURN OBTAINING SPECIAL EQUIPMENT REQUIRED HERE STOP WILL- ARRANGE SUPPLY AND FURNISH COST ADDITIONAL BEARINGS STOP DOUBT WHETHER ALLISONS WILL UNDERTAKE MARINE TYPE BEARINGS MANUFACTURING DIFFICULTIES SERIOUS COST PROHIBITIVE STOP CONFIRM LATER COVERLEY | ||