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\ \ \ \ WW A KehoQ July 2?, 1939 Mr, T. . A. Sevan h e A s s o c ia te d E th y l Company L im ite d he A delphi London, A, C. 2 Dear Mr. Bevani Thank you f o r y o u r l e t t e r o f J u ly 17 in r e f e r e n c e to th e proposed a r t i c l e by Dr* G ir o ir e o f France* D r. Kehoe m s in lew York r e c e n tly and we d iscu ssed t h i s m a tte r fu rth e r* I t was our d e c isio n to d e le te th e photographic illu s tr a tio n s and to r e v is e th e a r t i c l e somewhat^ r e s t r i c t i n g i t e n t i r e l y to th e m edical a s p e c ts o f th e s itu a tio n * Dr. Kehoe i s raking t h e s e r e v i s i o n s an d I am s e n d in g a copy o f your l e t t e r and a y l e t t e r to him in o rd e r th a t he may f o llo w th e s u g g e s tio n you h av e made and r e t u r n th e a r t i c l e d i r e c t l y t o you so t h a t you can make a s u i t a b l e v e rb a l e x p la n a tio n t o Dr* G iro ire * Very tr u ly yo u rs. S dsw J* H* S c h a e fe r g 0000370 COPY THE ASSOCIATED ETHYL COMPANY LIMITED The A d e lp h i London, W.C. 2 July 17, 1939 Mr. J . H. S ch aefer Dear John, I am in d e b te d to you f o r y o u rs o f J u ly 7 th , e n c lo s in g copy o f y o u r l e t t e r o f t h a t d a te t o D r. Kehoe w ith f u r th e r re fe re n c e to th e proposed a r t i c l e by D r. Giro i r e . As D r. Kehoe h a s p ro b a b ly by now in fo rm ed y o u , D r. G iro ire is th e m edical c o n su lta n t to th e p la n t a t Paim boeuf. I do n o t b e lie v e t h a t p u b lic a tio n o f th e a r ti c le ^ in q u e stio n i s a m a tte r of s e rio u s im portance to D r. G iro ire , and th e re fo re i f you have any doubt as to the a d v is a b ility o f p u b lish in g th e d ata con tain ed in Dr. G iro ire * s a r t i c l e , p lease w rite us to th is e f f e c t and we w i l l a d v ise D r. G iro ire a c c o rd in g ly . I g ath er from your l e t t e r of Ju ly 7 th , th a t you would p r e f e r Dr. Giro i r e 's a r t i c l e to be r e s tr ic te d e n tir e ly to the m edical a sp e c t of th e c o n tro l or m anufacture o f te tr a e th y l le a d , w ith o u t going in to any d e t a ils on the process. M ight I su g g est th a t a f te r fu rth e r d isc u ssio n w ith D r. Kehoe you amend t h e a r t i c l e i n q u e s tio n to m eet y o u r own re q u ir e m e n ts , r e t u r n i n g i t t o me w ith a c o v e rin g l e t t e r so t h a t I can th en p ass i t on to Dr. G iro ire w ith a s u ita b le e x p la n a tio n . I th in k th i s would be more s a tis f a c to r y th a n a tte m p tin g to cover th e a l t e r a t i o n s you have in mind by means o f co rresp o n d en ce. Very t r u l y y o u rs, Ray Sevan (sig n e d ) K 0000371 CCDr Kehoe July ?,, 1933 S r* X* B. A &evaa The Associated Bthyl Company Lissdtad fits Adelphi London* fi*C* 2 Bear MrLevan* For your in fo rm atio n * 1 sat a t ta c h in g h e re to -oojy o f s y l e t t e r t o Lr* lo h o e in, f a r t h e r r e f e r e n c e t o th e proposed a r t i c l e by r* o ir o ir e which is to be p u b lish ed i a sod le a l jo u rn a ls in France* Undoubtedly you can be h e lp fu l in ex p la in in g o u r j o i i t i n in th is n a tte r to Kuhtasaa and o th e rs 3a th i s s itu a tio n * I a:n a c t e x a c t l y c e r t a i n oho Dr* S i r a i r e i s b u t p ro s u se t h a t be siust be uireosly connected -siih the medical c o n tro l of the tetra e t h y l le a d p la n t a t F a lsib o e a f.otherwise - it would have b een lapo&aible f o r h i s o r anyone e l s e t o g e t th e s e pictures* 1 th in k th a t m must understand th a t In the divulgeaee o f the ak a m turn* f o r th e processor f o r t e t r a e t h y l lead * t h i s h as te e n te n dered by us a# co n fid e n tia l and s e c re t and is. re s tric te d to those p a r t i e s such a s lu h laan a* I .C .l* and e t h e r s who m y have re c e iv e d th e s e d ata, d i r e c t l y th ro u g h p e r m is s io n from- Mr* Sfehb* 1 t h i c k i t would*- ' th e re fo re * be w e ll to- check up f u r th e r ... t h i s m a tte r to see th ro u g h a l l o u r c o n n e c tio n s o n ly th o s e who &r d i r e c t l y c o n n ec ted w ith ea c h p l a n t h av e a c c e s s t o th e "knew howK and t h a t we c o m p le te ly r e s t r i c t th e p u b lic a tio n o f te c h n ic a l inform ation, e ith e r by a r tic le s or by p ic tu re s* '' ~s a natter for our i n f o r m t i o n . in following th e French case th ro u g h , 1 would be p le a se d t o h e a r from you f u r th e r re g a rd in g lr * C iro ir * s p o s i t i o n i n t h i s s a t t e r # T our l e t t e r o f dun 27 s t a t i n g t h a t y o u w e re aw are t h a t t&@ p a p e r - m e b e in g c o n s id e r e d f o r p u b l i c a t i o n does n o t d is c lo se i f Dr. G iro ire i s d ire c tly attach ed to th e Fnisboeuf p l a n t and .t o t h e E th y l Kuhlaasusn o r g a n is a t io n * Very tr u ly yours* J . H Schaefer 1NTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE Et hyl Gasol ine Corporat ion Ma n u f a c t u r in g a n d T r a f f ic D e p a r t m e n t PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO:-CHRYSLER BUILDING 4 0 5 LEXINGTON AVE;,NEW YORK CITY Ju ly 7, 1939 Memorandum to * D r. H. A. Kehoe In fu rth e r referen ce to your le t t e r of June 6 regarding th e paper pre pared by Dr. G iro ire on th e m edical aspect o f the c o n tro l of th e m anufacture of t e t r a e t h y l l e a d , I am r e t u r n i n g h e r e w ith th e o r i g i n a l a r t i c l e i n F ren ch a s p e r your request. D r. Edgar and I have exam ined th e m ed ical inform ation and we see no p a r tic u la r o b je c tio n s to i t s p u b lic a tio n in F rance. However, I should lik e to p o in t o u t , a s I rem ark ed i n my t e n t a t i v e r e p l y o f June 13, t h a t t h e r e may be son r e v e r b e r a t i o n w h ich m ig h t c a u se some d is tu r b a n c e i n th e m inds o f workmen h an d lin g te tr a e th y l lead a t Paim boeuf. I have a ls o had t h i s m a tte r review ed by duP ont. They say t h a t th e y see no o b je c tio n to th e p u b lic a tio n o f th a t p a rt of the paper p e rta in in g to the m edical s id e , b u t th ey do b e lie v e i t in a d v isa b le to accompany th is re p o rt w ith th e d e sc rip tio n th a t is o u tlin ed in th is paper p ertain in g to the operation of th e p l a n t . They a l s o f e e l t h a t we sh o u ld n o t p e rm it th e u s e o f th e s e p i c t u r e s in connection w ith th e p re se n ta tio n of th is re p o rt as they have a very im portant h earin g on th a t p a rt o f th e o p eratio n . They take t h i s p o s itio n because o f se v e ra l re a s o n s . In the f i r s t p la c e , th e y have had re p e a te d re q u e s ts from r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s o f many le a d in g i n d u s t r i a l p u b lic a tio n s in t h i s c o u n try , among w hich a re Chem ical & M e ta llu r g ic a l E ngineering and In d u s tria l & E ngineering C hem istry, fo r perm ission to w rite up th is process and to accompany th e w rite -u p w ith photographs o f both th e in s id e and o u ts id e o f the p la n t. They have re fu se d th e se re q u e s ts because a c o n s id e ra b le amount o f th e "know how" i s c o n ta in e d in c e r t a in th in g s such a s s t i l l e n c lo s u re s , a u to c la v e e n c lo s u re s , e t c . They a p p r e c ia te , on th e o th e r h and, th a t through our connections abroad i t has been necessary fo r us to divulge a good d e a l o f th i s "know how". But t h i s in fo rm a tio n has been g iv e n to our fo re ig n c o lle a g u e s in co n fid en ce to be used s t r i c t l y fo r th e p ro d u c tio n o f t e t r a e t h y l le a d i n w hich we h av e had an i n t e r e s t . I b e lie v e i t would n o t be to our advantage to d is c lo s e to anyone any more o f th e "know how" th a n i s e s s e n t i a l . I th in k you can a p p r e c ia te t h i s i n th e lo n g te rm v iew t h a t we a r e lo o k in g fo rw a rd f o r p r o t e c t i o n i n th e f u t u r e when p a te n ts e x p ire on th e p rocess* DrB. AKehoe -2 July 7, 1939 A cco rd in g ly , we w ould recommend th a t p e rm issio n f o r th e p u b lic a tio n o f th e a r t i c l e be given s u b je c t to th e above lim ita tio n s . I should be pleased to have your confirm ation to th is e ffe c t. I am a l s o a t t a c h i n g h e r e t o copy o f l e t t e r w h ich I have a d d re s s e d t o Mr. Bevan p e r ta in in g to some o f th e above s u b je c t m a tte r w hich w i l l be s e l f e x p l a n a to r y . P e rh a p s you can a l s o g iv e u s some a d d i t i o n a l in f o r m a tio n on th e p o in t r a is e d in th e l e t t e r to Mr. B evan. J. S dmw 0000374