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t he Associat ed et hyl company l imit ed ARTILLERY HOUSE, ARTILLERY ROW, LOAUDOY, S.W. 1 'Jelepkont: ABBEY 3974 JeUgrams: ETHYLPORT. SOWEST, LONDON Directors C.V. BARRY (u s a ) F. O. C. MORRIS J. W. BOYLE R. H. PORTERS N. A. OASS D. A. SHEPARD (u s. A.) J. B.AUG. KESSLER(NETHERLANDS) T. L. LENZEN (u s A.) AT..RJ..ASI.BNEGVLAETNON(Managing) OUR REF. YOUR REF. l i t ;h May 19^9 Dr . Rober t A. Kehoe, Uni ver si t y of Ci nci nnat i , Col l ege of Medi ci ne, CI NCI NNATI . Ohi o. Dear Bob, Many t hanks f or your l et t er of May 5' t h. Me wi l l check up on t he sai l i ngs f r om New Yor k dur i ng t he ear l y par t of August 1950 and make one or mor e t ent at i ve r eser vat i ons wi t h t he Cunar d Company. I am sur e t her e wi l l be no di f f i cul t ^/ i n cancel l i ng any such r eser vat i ons shoul d you f i nd t he dat es i nconveni ent . The dat e of my vi si t t o t he Uni t ed St at es i s st i l l most uncer t ai n. Bi l l Car l i sl e and ot her s ar e at pr esent her e i n London, and t he sol ut i ons t o t he pr obl ems we have under di scussi on ar e pr ovi ng no l ess di f f i cul t t han we had ant i ci pat ed. I doubt ver y much whet her we shal l be t hr ough wi t h our pr esent ser i es of meet i ngs bef or e some t i me i n ear l y June, and i t may t ake some l i t t l e t i me t her eaf t er t o r each agr eement wi t h t he Exchange Cont r ol Aut hor i t i es and var i ous ot her Gover n ment bodi es wi t h whom we have t o consul t . I shal l cer t ai nl y l et you know as soon as my pl ans ar e f i xed, but doubt whet her I shal l get t o New Yor k bef or e t he ear l y par t of Jul y. We ar e al l l ooki ng f or war d t o seei ng Oscar Lewi s, and wi l l t ake t he oppor t uni t y pr ovi ded by hi s vi si t t o di scuss i n det ai l t he par t i cul ar poi nt t o whi ch you r ef er . As a mat t er of i nt er est , i t i s a poi nt whi ch I have st r essed pr evi ousl y t o our f r i ends i n New Yor k, but I t hi nk t hey l ook t o us t o ensur e t hat any f l ui d or i gi nat i ng wi t h t hem i n t he Uni t ed St at es and shi pped over seas i s pr oper l y handl ed. Me do our best t o see t hat t hi s i s t he case, r egar dl ess of t he or i gi n of t he f l ui d. The DuPont Company, as you may know, ar e shi ppi ng f l ui d t o a number of over seas poi nt s and, t o t he ext ent t hat we know t he dest i nat i on, i t i s t r eat ed by us i nsof ar as i t s hand l i ng at dest i nat i on i s concer ned i n exact l y t he same manner as i f t he shi pment had been made by Associ at ed. 0010262 . Dr.... Rober t . A.. IC.e.h.a.e 2- - .*Dat e_. 1 1 The over al l pi ct ur e i s a compl i cat ed one, and I am af r ai d may t end t o get mor e so as t i me goes on si nce, wi t h cur r ency, pol i t i cal and ot her di f f i cul t i es, we may be f aced ' t h numer ous smal l manuf act ur i ng uni t s such as t he one now oper at ed by S. L. O. I , i n I t al y, about whi ch we r ecent l y sent you a conf i dent i al r epor t . vi e do our best t o keep our sel ves f ul l y i nf or med on ' f eat i s goi ng on, but i n some i nst ances t he pr obl ems ar e r at her t oo much f or us t o cope wi t h; f or i nst ance, some *+, 000 odd dr ums of f l ui d have r ecent l y corn t o l i ght i n Japan. The or i gi n of t he f l ui d and i t s qual i t y ar e unknown t o us, but I assume t hat i t was manuf act ur ed i n a Japanese pl ant . The mat er i al i s al l under t he cont r ol of t he occupyi ng f or ces i n Japan ( U. S. A. ) and t hey ar e somewhat at a l oss t o know how t o deal wi t h i t . We consi der ed t he possi bi l i t y of t aki ng i t over f r om t hem f or use i n r ef i ner i es i n t he Far and Near East , but t he gener al compl i cat i ons of cur r ency, t r anspor t at i on et c. , have pr oved t oo much f or us, ' Ti t h t he r esul t t hat we have had t o r ecommend t o t he mi l i t ar y Aut hor i t i es i n Japan t hat t hey cont act Washi ngt on wi t h a vi ew t o maki ng some ar r angement wi t h Et hyl Cor por at i on t o r et ur n i t t o Bat on Rouge. Whet her t hey wi l l be abl e t o do t hi s -i s doubt f ul i n vi ew of t he i nt er nat i onal compl i cat i ons whi ch ar i se. Nat ur al l y, we have advi sed t hem of our wi l l i ngness t o assi st t o t he best of our abi l i t y, and have r ecent l y had a man i n Japan f or t hi s pur pose. Odd suppl i es of f l ui d keep cr oppi ng up al l over Eur ope, and i t i s i mpossi bl e t o say how much di spl aced Ger man Ar my st ocks have got i nt o t he hands of peopl e who have no knowl edge of how t o deal wi t h t he mat er i al . The r ecent ser i ous mi shaps i n Pol and, about whi ch I t hi nk Davi son wr ot e you, i ndi cat e t he sor t of t hi ng t hat happens. I n t hose count r i es we ar e abl e t o vi si t f r eel y, t he posi t i on, t aken by and l ar ge, i s, I t hi nk, f ai r l y sat i sf act or y, but i t cannot be sai d t hat we have t he same measur e of cont r ol on a wor l d- wi de basi s t hat we had i n t he pr e- war year s. I am l ooki ng f or war d wi t h gr eat pl easur e t o seei ng you some t i me wi t hi n t he next t wo or t hr ee mont hs, and al l of my associ at es her e ar e del i ght ed at t he pr ospect of a vi si t f r om you next year . HE 0010263 Wi t h ki nd r egar ds, 1*4Si ncej eYy your s, . H. A. J3BVAH