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 from Springfield, USA to London, UK with a coded message and its handwritten decoded translation about car parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 43\2\ Scan031 | |
| Date | 2nd April 1921 | |
| CABLEGRAM Form 2B. (10/20.) Handwritten Annotations: X.3900, R.R.2 JTW/5. X5591 SPRINGFIELD MASS 18 To: ROLHEADRolls-Royce telegram address LONDON From: ROLLSROYCE Coded Message: IVVEVSLYIX HIVES IJIJU WEARING YOGKEIZGAR REAR YORPAIWKIJ CASE HARDENED OLPMEAAA COWEN IJGOYOUPEK YOHIP SLEEHAESUC YESKEADYAK Decoded Message (handwritten): No 73. Hives. Can we make wearing plates on rear springs of case hardened mild steel. Bowen. Mailing today £5800 chassis account. Stamp: M.D. APR RECEIVED | ||