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CONFIDENTIAL Under Secrecy A greem ent With C alif. R esea rch Corp. ETHYL CORPORATION Inter-O ffice Correspondence TO: M r. 'S, M. B litz e r - B aton Rouge FROM: H arold J. Gibson A pril 2, 1959 T his w ill confirm our telephone con versation of A pril 1 relative to the TML flu id w h ich is to b e m ad e Up fo r e x p e r im e n ta l u s e b y C a lifo r n ia R e s e a r c h . We a r e to m ak e two sep a ra te sh ip m en ts to them both to the atten tion of: J. H. M acpherson C alifornia R esearch C orporation Richm ond, C alifornia The fir s t, to contain 500 pounds TML, is to be shipped in 10-gallon drum s. It is to be d eliv ered in R ichm ond by A p ril 21. The secon d , to contain 1300 pounds TML, is to be shipped in 5 5 -gallon drum s and is to be d elivered by May 15. The total of 1800 pounds w ill be billed as a single order at $2. 00 per pound TML. B illin g is to be to John L . C ooley, C alifornia R esearch C orporation, 200 Bush Street, San F ran cisco 4, C alifornia. The m ix tu r e o f 70% TM L and 30% to lu en e (wt. b a s is ) w ill be m a d e up a s standard 1-T fluid. The fluid w ill contain enough dye to approxim ate C alifornia's regular bronze color when the gasoline contains enough fluid to g iv e 3. 17 gram s Pb p er gallon (this is the le a d eq u ivalen t o f 3 m l T E L ). C a lifo rn ia 's un treated g a so lin e has a 30 co lo r w hile th eir p resen t fin ish ed gasoline contains dyes as follow s: Orange 051 Red R65 1.22 gram s per 100 gallons 0. 42 gram s per 100 gallons This gives their standard bronze color. The drum s in w hich the fluid is shipped are to be id en tified as: E xperim en tal F lu id X -105A . T here is to be no m ention of TML on the d ru m s. You m ay a lso identify the contents as "lead antiknock compound" if n e c essa ry to m eet shipping requirem ents. Your production plans are such that w e w ill have in inventory enough TML to provide on short notice at le a st another m onth's supply to C alifornia R esearch . This is estim ated to be about 1800 pounds. . j j t ; i ,j j j j I } ; CC: