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A ir M ail A u gu st 2, I960 M r. T .R .A .Be v an The A sso ciat e d Eth yl Com pan y, Lim ited 20 Be r k e le y Squ are Lon don W l, En glan d D ear Ray: P le a se a c c e p t m y th an k s fo r y ou r le t t e r s of Ju ly 25 an d 28, fo r you r kin d w o r d s, an d fo r th e in for m ation on th e se v e r a l m at t e r s u n d er w ay. Sin ce th er e a r e ce r t ain b it s of in form ation a t th is end of th e lin e, an d cer tain th in gs th at seem to n eed fu r th er atten tion at you r end, I brin g th em to you r atten tion . U n fortu n ately I did n ot h ave an opportu n ity to t alk to B e e r y N ob le, b u t I h ave t alk ed w ith D r . B a r r y t od ay an d h ave brou gh t h im up to d ate on what I h ave lear n ed . Be fo r e d ealin g w ith oth er m a t t e r s, I'd lik e to th an k B e e r y th rou gh you fo r r et u r n in g m y p u r se to m e , co m p let e w ith it s o r igin al co n t en t s, w h ich I sh all b e ab le to u se in O ct o b e r . I w as p le a se d by t h is, n ot so m uch b ecau se of th e valu e of eith er th e p u r se o r it s con ten ts, bu t rath er b e c au se it r e st o r e d a ce r t ain o r d e r lin e ss in to m y life an d a ffa ir s. It w as d isco n ce r tin g to en ter tain a se r io u s doubt a s to th e h on esty of the st aff of a Dutch h otel. One lik e s to fe e l th at som e of the su pposed fact s of life r e m ain t r u e . I w as so r r y n ot to se e Be e r y , but th e C o n gr e ss in N ew Y o r k m a d e h e a v y d e m a n d s on m e an d m y t im e , an d/Sw as a b l e t o do on ly a few of th e m an y th in gs I h ad in ten ded to do w h ile in New York . Now fo r th e fa c t s, so fa r a s I know th em , on th e se v e r a l m a t t e r s th at I agr eed to look in to. 1. W ith r e sp e c t to So co n y - M o b ile in V e n e zu e la, I f i r s t t alk e d to D r . G eor ge Sau n d e r s, M ed ical D ir e ct o r , who knew n oth in g beyon d th e t im e, w eeks ago, when h e h ad cou n selled th e p er so n s con cern ed th at th ey sh ou ld p r o ce e d w ith cau tion , an d m ak e su r e th at th e w ay h ad b een p aved p r o p e r ly by p r o p e r co n su lt at ion s w ith th e h ealth au t h o r it ie s w h er ever th ey ch ose to in trod u ce T M L. He knew n oth in g o f w hat h ad been done in V en ezu ela, but p r o m ise d to look in to th e m atter an d let m e know . On th e n ext day h e told m e th at o fficial con sen t h ad been obtain ed fo r th e u se of TM L in V en ezu ela, but beyon d th is h e h ad little in form ation . W h ile a t th e C o n gr e ss, h ow ever , I w as ap p r o ach e d b y th e h ead o f th e In d u str ial H ygien e D iv isio n o f th e Section of San it ar y En gin eerin g o f th e H ealth D epartm en t of V en ezu ela, who w an ted m or e in form ation . T h is, " '' #.. M r . T . R. A . Be v an - (2) - A u gu st 2, 1960 I p r o m ise d to sen d h im , an d I sh all do th is p rom p tly, an d open up th e w ay fo r fu rth er com m un ication a s req u ired . To ab b reviate m at te r s, h ow ever, h e told m e th at he h ad sign ed th e le t te r o r p ap er gran tin g p e r m issio n fo r the u se of TM L in Ven ezu ela. Th is h ad been done at th e r e q u e st o f r e p r e se n t a t iv e s o f Socon y , who se n t t o h is o ffic e fo r th e sign ed docum en t on th e aftern oon o f th e day b efo r e th e r e le a se of an e xt e n siv e cam p aign of ad v e r t isin g in th e n ew sp ap e r s (th is ap p e ar e d in th e m orn in g p ap e r s, an d th us explain ed to th is m an - a M r. Er ich Sch m id t - why th e h ast e to get p o sse ssio n o f th e p e r m it ). Th us it is th at a p r o fo r m a p e r m issio n h as been gran ted , w h ile th e am en ities h ave been n eglected in th e in t e r e st of a h igh - p r e ssu r e sa le s cam p aign . 1 am v isit in g ou r fr ie n d s in du P on t in th e n e a r fu tu r e (h avin g talk ed to Ja c k Sab in a who is settin g th e date fo r m y v isit ) to d isc u ss th is an d oth er m a t t e r s w ith th em . It m ay b e w ise to follow up t h is situ atio n w ith a v isit to th e M iri3ter of H ealth , but I sh all tak e no fu r th er actio n u n til I h ave h eard th e du Pon t sid e of the sto r y . A p p aren tly you r w orst fe a r s a s to the ir r esp o n sib ility of th is group h ave been realized . It can be exp ected th at th e C r e o le grou p w ill m ove a s r ap id ly a s p o ssib le in V e n e zu e la. I sh all ge t in tou ch w ith th em (th rou gh E sso m e d ic a l r e p r e se n t at iv e s) w ith out d e lay . 2. W ith r e sp e c t to Ja p a n , you w ill r e m e m b e r , I su sp e c t , th at I h ad w r itten to N ick C a r t e r who w as on h is w ay to Ja p a n , asld n g h im to look in t o t h e m a n n e r o f o u r d e a lin g w ith t h e in t r o d u ct io n o f TM L.. I r e c e iv e d h is r ep ly , in d icatin g th at th ere seem ed no qu estion but th at th e d e sir ab le ap p roach w as by w ay of D r. A k atsu k a. He en closed a n ote from A k atsu k a, outlin in g h is p rop osed p r oced u r e. I en close a copy o f th is p r o p o sal an d a cop y o f m y le t t e r co n cer n in g it . T h is w ill acq u ain t you w ith th e st at u s of th e m at te r at th is poin t, an d I'll keep you in form ed of fu r th er d evelop m e n t s. I a m v isit in g Ja c k Sa b in a in W ilm in gt o n on A u g u st 11 an d w ill fin d ou t th en w h at, if an yth in g, th ey h ave don e abou t Ja p a n . 3. W ith r e sp e c t to A u st r ia , I am in fo r m e d th at th e p lan s o f E sso a r e gettin g u n d er w ay an d th at th ey expect to d istr ib u te gaso lin e con tain in g TM L in A u st r ia am on g oth er p la c e s. W h ere su ch gaso lin e w ill be p r e p ared fo r the m ark et I do not know, but it seem s d esirab le to clear the w ay fo r th e d istr ib u tion o f th e gaso lin e a s soon a s p o ssib le . 4 . W ith r e sp e c t to Sw it ze r lan d an d F r a n c e , w h ich , so fa r a s I kn ow , a r e th e on ly Eu rop ean co u n tr ies in w h ich ch an ges in law o r r egu lation s m u st be m ad e, th ere h ave been qu estion s con cern in g th e tim etab le. I b elieve D avid R offey w as to p u r su e th ese m at t e r s to a con clu sion , an d it w ill be h elpfu l to m e to know w hat co m es of h is e ffo r t s. You w ill u n d erstan d , I'm su r e , th at som e of the A m erican oil com pan ies h ave been an xiou s alt o ge t h e r too an xiou s in m y view - to ge t u n d er w ay an d a r e som ew h at 0008282 // s / M r . T. R . A . Be v an - (3) - A u gu st 2, I960 im p a t ie n t w ith o b st a c le s o f an y k in d. I h av e t r ie d to be a s h elpfu l to th em a s th e av a ila b le in fo r m atio n w ould p e r m it . I b e lie v e I h av e d e alt w ith th e cu r r e n t situ atio n fr o m t h is en d. I'll t r y to k eep you fu lly in fo r m e d . It a p p e a r s th at t h er e w ill be a w ide u se of t e t r am e t h y l le ad in th e w o r ld 's gaeo lin e, an d th at th in gs w ill m ove r a p id ly in t h is d ir e ct io n , a t le a st , on a sm a ll sc a le . How r ap id ly th is w ill d evelop in to a la r g e r volu m e is en tir ely unknown to m e. I su sp e ct t h e r e w ill be qu ite a se r ie s o f m a t t e r s to review w ith you in O ctob er. 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