Document Exm8ZjGd28rrJo3kVYpr8E7DV

D ecem ber 4, 1958 C O N F ID E N T IA L M r. H enry N. D oyle, A ssista n t C hief O ccupational H ealth P ro g ram D ivision of Special H ealth S ervices H ealth, Education and W elfare Public H ealth Service W ashington 25, D. C. ` D ear H enry: Since I sh all have little tim e betw een now and Jan u a ry 8 to ta lk w ith you, it 3eam s w ise to d ire c t your atten tio n to one m a tte r of som e im portance w hile it is fre s h in m y m in d . {M rs. Kehoe and I a re taking a ship to L isbon, leaving C incinnati on D ecem ber 20. I am retu rn in g to New Y ork by a ir on January 6. This is the reaso n fo r m y lack of opportunity to com m unicate w ith you p rio r to the m eeting of the C om m ittee. ) T here a re c e rta in asp ects of the use of te tra eth y l lead, stra te g ic a lly , that a re of co n sid erab le co m m ercial and com petitive im p o rta n c e , Not only would it be u n d e sira b le , fro m E th y l's view point (and I have no doubt th a t th e sam e attitu d e ap p lies to du P ont), to diecuns th ese m a tte rs fu lly w ith your C o m m itte e in th e p r e s e n c e c du P o n t r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s , b u t su c h a p e rfo rm a n c e would p ro b ab ly be c ritic is e d ju stifia b ly by th e D e p artm en t of Ju stic e if it w ere to be known, i stro n g ly u rg e upon you, th e re fo re , th a t th is m a tte r be dealt w ith openly by your group and the C om m ittee, and th at it be m ade c le a r to a ll co ncerned th a t the C om m ittee is m eeting with the re p re se n ta tiv e s of the in d u stry jo intly, fo r pu rp o ses of m utual understanding, but a lso , fox the sake of being fully inform ed on m a tte rs th at m ay be.of com petitive significance, it w ill m e et the two gro u p s se p a ra te ly . I am s u ra th a t E thyl tech n ical people w ill have som a things to say th at cannot be said in a jo in t m eeting - things which b e a r p ertin e n tly upon th e hygienic a sp e c ts of the situ atio n . I feel su re th at the C om m ittee w ill w ish to take account of 3uch m a tte rs in e x ercisin g its own judgm ent, and th a t it can w ell affo rd to d eal co n fid en tially with in fo rm atio n w h ic h w ill be p r o v id e d f u lly u n d e r a p p r o p r i a t e c i r c u m s t a n c e s . You w ill know b e tte r than I w hether this can be done and how, and m y reaso n fo r m en tio n in g it w ill, I b e lie v e , b e a p p a re n t to you. E th y l C o rp o ra tio n w ish e s to co o p erate fully with the C o m m ittee a t e v ery point, having only th is one re s e rv a tio n . Jincerely yours, RAK ef R obert A . Kehoe, M .D .