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E. V. John - World Headquartara - St. Louia March 11, 1971 Mr. Tom C. Ford - TFOBD Mr. Jana K. McKee - JMCXE Mr. william B. Papasaorga - wfapa LONDON Mr. John D. Carr CONFIDENTIAL 1 hava baan followlug with lntaraat cha nawa cllpplnga you and Stava Chantrall hava baan aending thla way on tha PCB laaua. Dlvlaloo paopla ara moat lntaraatad In thla typa faadback and appraclata racalvlng tha cllpa. Aftar raadlng tha TIMES, Fab. 13-, 1971, artlela, ("Baport Urgaa Study of Coaatal Watara") which nantlonad a government raport to ba laauad aoon on the Irlah Saa incident. It occurred to am thla eight be a goad tlae to etart preparing a nawe relaaae to counter peaaible advarae publicity free the report. I expect you probably already have plana In thla direction, but juat wanted to reinforce auch a plan free thla aide. 1 underatend H. A. Voddan waa proalaed a copy of the report prior to publication. Thla any be a lead to getting an early copy and deaignlng a news relaaae. The TIMES aald PCB would be heavily implicated. We underatood PCB would not be inplicated. Thla would be a point to check. If you do plan a preparedneaamataeent or nawa relaaae, I an endowing the two we have uaed here with hlghllghta of the poeitlvea -- i.e.: We took action baaed on PCB'a paralatent nature; no nora aalea to ''open ayateme"; the need for PCS aa a flre-realatant aafety fluid to protect people; manufacturing nethoda tightened up; cuatcamrs contacted; atudlea under way to determine low-level offacta; replaceoant producta introduced; reaeareh under way to find aultable aubatitutaa; incinerator aarvlce offered, ate. Since your program la almllar to aura In tha O.S., you will have plenty of poaltlvea to talk about. I know you hove some problama peculiar to your location, but you aeon to have theae wall In hand. If you vlaw the government report aa a poaalble headline, let ne know what action might be In tha worka and If I can help. Edward V. John MONS 099497