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c a bl e g r a ms ; ETHYLPORT, LONDON. T E L E-* R A M S : ETHYLPORT, CHURTON. Telephone: VI CTORI A 5s 2o ETHYL EX PORT CORPORATION i n c o r p o r o t e d i n t he St a t e o f De l a w a r e . U . S . A . w i t h l i m i t e d l i ab i l i t y. ABFORDHOUSE, VICTORIA LONDON. S.W.I HeadOffice: 135 EAST 42"- STREET NEW YORK.U.S.A 29th November, 1933. D r. Trillarci M achie, c/ o The A merican Express Co., BERLIN. '' Dear B i l l , I bel i ev e Rod Banks to l d you over the 'phone the other day t h at a H r. K ohn-L brest, who as you know i s a member of E ordas' s Committee, had r ai sed some questi on as to the ex cr eti o n of L ead through the h ai r , and had poi nted out t h at t h i s questi on had not been d eal t w i th as f a r as he coul d see ei t h er i n the B r i t i sh or A merican i n v est i g at i o n s. He appar entl y was anxi ous to know w hether any work had been c ar r i ed out on ani m al s to measure the ex cr eti o n through t h ei r h a i r . I t seems to me r e a l l y th at t h i s i s a ' most uni m portant m atter , but shoul d you be abl e to l e t me have any i nf orm ati on on t h i s p o i n t I shoul d ap p r eci ate i t , so t h at i f t h i s questi on i s r ai sed agai n we sh al l be i n a p o si ti o n to gi v e him some i nf orm ati on. I am encl osi ng w i th t h i s l e t t e r copy of h i s rem ark s. I would v ery much l i k e- to hear from you the r esu l t of y our t al k i n Sw i tzerl and w i th Pr o f esso r C l o etta, who I g ath er has now tak en ov er the m atter from Z angger. As regards D r. Eder, p er so n al l y I do not th i n k i t w i l l hel p us v ery much to press him f o r the r ep o r t w hich we asked him to w r i t e. I am r at h er doubtf ul i n my own mind w hether any such r ep o r t would hel p us v ery much at t h i s ti m e. We have arranged t o f orw ard D rs. F i sh er s and T readw el l copi es of the French t r an sl at i o n of the B r i t i sh Government Report and f u r t h er , copi es of Dr. K ehoe' s l a t e st work t r an sl at ed i n to French. _4re th er e any o th er docu ments you would l i k e us to f orw ard to these two gentl emen? I si n c er el y hope t h at you are hav i ng a good t r i p and l ook f orw ard to hear i ng f rom you bef ore you l eav e. ' K i ndest r eg ar d s, K 0007054