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Mr. Tom C. Ford - St. Louis larch 3, 1969 r. Harry M. Bennett HERMAN OAKS r. Linton von BeroIdingen AN FRANCISCO Mr. Dan J. Forrestal Mr. J. E. McKee Mr. D. R. Bishop Mr. J. J. Spano NEW YORK - Mr. P. R. Wilkins Mr. W. C. Robinson - WROBI Mr. E. P. Wheeler - EWHEE Mr. H. S. Bergen - HBERG SANTA CLARA - Mr. J. G. Hicks LOS ANGELES - Mr. R. V. Johnson SANTA CLARA - Mr. R.L.Brandenburge WASHINGTON - Mr. S. Pickard NEW YORK - Mr. R. T. Clark DETROIT - Mr. D. J. Murphy ATLANTA - Mr. M. R. Dalton Vs you know, we didn't get a reply to David Perlman of the San Francisco Chronicle in time for his February 24 article on the supposed pollution of wildlife by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB). I did get approved answers from our Organic Chemicals Division last Tuesday, February 25, and gave them to you, Linton, for transmission to Perlman. Evidently the story has now spread further on the West Coast. Harry, I believe you said it was in a Los Angeles newspaper and on a local TV station. Enclosed is a more detailed reply to these charges. This will probably be the full extent of our statements until we are able to make definite conclusions from our own research program. You are free to distribute this reply as you see fit. Harry, you may or may not want to send it to appropriate IA media. I don't want to create more stories, but do want to answer questions. Linton, I suggest you get a copy to Perlman. He called me again Friday and indicated he would be "open for a second round" of this story. This further answer might be enough; I would be glad to discuss it with him. That's about it. Please let me know if other public relations needs arise. I have given your names and phone numbers to the marketing people in our Los Angeles and Santa Clara offices in case the press should contact them. TCF :tnw Tom C. Ford DSW 282185 STLCOPCB4063514 -2Mr. Harry M. Bennett and Mr. Linton von Beroldingen March 3, 1969 PS -- We have also been contacted by the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Board. Among other things, we told them we do not manufacture PCB on the West Coast, but do ship it to warehouses in Los Angeles and Santa Clara. However, we do not repackage the PCB there -- it comes in and goes out in the same container. TCF DSW 282186 STLCOPCB4063515