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CONTACT REPO RT CO NFIDENTIAL V ia Teleph on e - D ecem b er 8, 1959 In Con feren ce J. R . M acG r e go r , C alifo r n ia R e se a r c h , San F r a n c isc o H arold J. Gibson , Eth yl Corp oration M r . M acG r ego r calle d , by p r e ar r an ge m e n t , to d isc u ss th e com m en ts w h ich Californ ia R esear ch p erson n el h ad r a ise d relative to the rep ort p rep ared by D r . Keh oe co v er in g r e ce n t st u d ie s o f an tik n ock com poun d X-105A in San F r an cisco . M r. M acG regor in dicated th at he h ad m ade arran gem en ts for a sim ila r d isc u ssio n w ith M r . Sab in a o f du P on t at th e c lo se of ou r d isc u ssio n . In an sw er to a d ir e c t qu estion , M r . M acG r e go r in d icated th at the Stan d ard O il Com pan y of C alifo r n ia h ad not yet reach ed a d ecision as to w h eth er or n ot th ey w ould m ar k e t X-105A . M r. M acG r egor w hs rem in d ed th at we a lr e a d y h ave a su b st an t ial in vestm en t in th e p r o gr am , an d w as told th at we h ad m ad e com m itm en ts fo r lo n g- t im e equ ipm en t w h ich w ould put u s in a p osition to m eet th eir req u irem en ts fo r com m ercial u se a s prom ptly as p o ssib le . He said he h ad th is in m in d an d th at one r e aso n fo r m ovin g to obtain ap p r o v al of the r e p o r t , an d its con sequ en t t r an sm it t al to the O ffice of th e Su r geon G e n e r al a s ou tlin ed h e r e , w as to p r ovid e u s w ith the an sw er that we n eed. M r. M acG r ego r in d icated th at on p age s 1 an d 9 of the r e p o r t it w ould be d e sir ab le to in se r t a statem en t w h ich w ould say th at r e g a r d le ss of the le ad alk y l u se d in gaso lin e , a ll th e le ad con tain ed in th e gaso lin e even tu ally fin ds it s w ay to th e atm o sp h er e. He fe e ls th at the r ep o r t m ay now leav e an im p lication th at m or e total le ad w ould r each th e atm o sp h er e if X-105A w ere u se d th an is th e c a se w ith T E L . (M r. M acG r e go r d isc u sse d th is poin t at som e len gth w h ich le ad s th e w r it e r to su sp e ct th at p o ssib ly the pu blic r e lat io n s a sp e c t s of a n ew le ad an tikn ock m ay be a m ajo r fact o r in C alifo r n ia's failu re to reach a d ecision a s to m arketin g of X-105A. ) On page 5 (m iddle of the page) M r. M acG regor in d icated th at th e sen ten ce-- "In str u e tio n s p r ovid ed by the Ke tt e r in g La b o r a t o r y w er e ap p lied by a su p e r v iso r in the G a r a ge " sh ou ld be m ad e m or e sp e c ific . He fe lt th at th is left the im p r e ssio n th at the in stru ction s m igh t h ave been ap p lied by an ord in ary garage forem an or a le ad e r m ech an ic. , In the p ar en th etical statem en t in the th ir d sen ten ce on page 9, th ere is a ty p ograp h ical e r r o r . It sh ou ld r e ad ap p r o xim ately 2. 04 m l p e r gallon in stead of 2. 44. Som e of th e p eople in C alifo r n ia R e se a r c h h ad som e r e se r v a t io n abou t the n e c e ssit y fo r , an d w ordin g of, th e footn ote on p age 10. A fter som e d is cu ssio n M r . M acG r e go r a g r e e d th at th is footn ote w as alr igh t a s it stood . f CONTACT REPO RT P age 2. H e fe lt t h at on p a ge 11 u n d e r "E n v ir o n m e n t a l C o n d it io n s" it sh o u ld b e poin ted out th at the p e r io d s of p eak le ad con cen tration in the gar age co r r esp on d ed a lso to a tim e o f day at w h ich a n u m b er o f p ar k ed v eh icles w ere bein g st ar t e d . T h ese v eh icles w ould cer tain ly con tribu te to the p ar ticu late le ad in the atm osp h er e. On p age 25 u n d er "D isc u ssio n " M r . M a c G r e go r in d icat e d t h at M r . Sp en ce o f C a lifo r n ia 's M ed ical D ep artm en t h ad qu estion ed th e statem en t "T h e r e is an apparen t con tradiction in the en viron m en tal an d p h y siological r e su lt s, h ow ever, w h ich m u st be exam in ed . " M r. M acG r ego r in d icated th at he u n d erstood w hat w as in ten ded h ere an d saw no n eed fo r a ch an ge. M r . M acG r e go r ask e d w h eth er we in D e t r o it w ould a g r e e to th e ch an ges th at he p r o p o sed , an d th e w r ite r told h im th at we w ould not o b ject. He th en ask e d w h eth er we w ould w ish to t r an sm it the p r o p osed ch an ges to D r . Keh oe. I su gge st e d th at it w ould be d e sir ab le fo r h im to t r an sm it th em d ir e ct ly . T h is he sa id he w ould do a ft e r con su ltin g w ith M r. Sab in a. M r. M acG r egor in d icated th at he h oped aft e r h is teleph on e co n v e r sat io n w ith D r . Keh oe t h er e w ould be agr e e m e n t th at D r . Keh oe sh ou ld tak e th e r e p o r t to the Su r geon G e n e r a l's O ffice a s h ad been plan n ed durin g p reviou s m eetin gs. He said fu rth er th at, b ar r in g som e u n fo r eseen cir cu m st an ce , th er e w ould be no n e c e ssit y fo r a m eetin g in San F r a n c isc o to d isc u ss th e r e p o r t . He h as a g r e e d to le t u s kn ow w h at action is bein g taken by D r. Keh oe. H JG /d l Copies to: R. H erzog G. F . Kir b y L. L. Huxta ble J. Koeh n le M tr/v P Murd ock Svva r t w oc d G. B <. st e G i1 Way R A . Keh oe IJ . M Gu y h :..A . M e s s e I b e r r . K. Sc a l e S ' H arold J . G ibson eie. He 0004081