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 authorizing the dispatch of Merlin engine blueprints and parts to the USA.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\3\ Scan304 | |
| Date | 27th October 1939 | |
| ROYVAR DERBY = ZA 924 23/40 HAS LEO STEINLE LTD YOUR AUTHORITY TO SEND TO HANSON WITNEY USA MERLIN BLUENPRINTS VARIOUS DRIVE SHAFTS AND BEVELS STOP MY CONVERSATION ROBOTHAM REFERS BULMAN AIRMINISTRY ZA + Informed Mr Robotham at 8.5 P.M. R.B. | ||