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' :V'....'-\vVY->fi?.-t`*- 'W?~ ' . f$ ;} confidential t /Sw e d e n MEETING WITH DR. KEHOE HELD AT 20, BERKELEY SQUARE. V. 1 AT 10.15 a.m. ON TUESDAY 5th M A R C H . 1968. PRESENT : D r . R. Kehoe - University of C i n e inatti V, Rushe r -- Ethyl S. A, D. H o r n b e c k - E th yl S. A. PS IB JMF CLRG CHN ' WKL ` - CLG TRAD (For Information) 1. DH outlined Esso Sweden plans. 2. Dr. K. asked DH to expla in the Swedish situation as he under sto od it, and what was he - Dr, Kehoe - expected to do and with what Authorities in Sweden. 3. Dr. K. was not enthusiastic about appe ar ing on Television or having discussions with the Press in S w eden. 4. DH assured Dr. K. that the situation arrang ed by the-people in Sweden did not include Press or Television conference. 5. DH reviewed events in Sweden up to 5.3.68.:- a) The situation was a Technical/lled ical/Poli ti cal bag of worms. b) To restrict or eliminate lead in gasoline. c) Two Swedish Na t io n a l s of the Air Co nv ersation Committee of Sweden visit ed the U, S. Public Health Service in Washington in 1967. d) As a result of (c) a letter was sent to the SPI asking i. Could lead be eliminated from motor gasoline, if so, when ?" Limiting period 5 years, ii. If one could not be obtained, would it be possible to reduce lead in the gasoline by half within 5 - -- . years. iii. The answer b y the SPI to be render ed by 1. 5. 68. C o n t 'd.. The SPI permanent staff being non-technical appealed to the Oil In dus tr y as they were being attacked by Press reports on lead iri gasoline, and were relying for their information on American reports by Bonne r and Moore, UOF and Ethyl Corpora lion. The question being how much of this attack comes from the anti-* lead lobbv in the U. S. P H S , Com mun ic ati on s fl o w ea si l y in an ea sterly dire ct ion across the Atlantic, making possible, statements by people like Danielssor who says the lead can be removed from gasoline if the Oil Com- ' panies so wish. N ew sp ape rs quoted from D a n i e l s s o n s report and statements, which report is not objective, not factual, and appears to suffer strong Po litical bias, seme of which, has been generated in the U. S. " by people like Pa/fctison. However, newspapers quote from such reports. ' In view of the ac tiv i t y ageinst load in S w e d e n , Esso became alarmed, and asked their Eu ropean lend supplier - Ethyl C o m o r a t l o. E thy l S. a. to look over the situation. Hence the visit o P RES in Februa.rv. At a meeting in Stockholm IiKS v; ftired. with .some J fV< ri e o pi r- from Government Departments, including thre Poisons Boar vp T* x ( *] a ! rg end ...tornio Snergv Authoritv. It was suggested that lean in g> progressive reducti on principle report. EES thought that he hi sa1 5.s fa.ctor i1v , ilino should be l 1 ' - led O' f !!c ' V u n it volume as th e Hc rse d e al t with thi a I t l..U: Au. i on \t me et i ng the n e xt d e v vi tri (die SP I to form a ? r o s S i' c 1 <: =1se L S\ vu s cod vi th te me t +: t idoe C 11 l u e e s t r ' g` ngro- v to reduce the .1 T gasoline by he !V c rn- q " octane nimiievs, was .e t e inisr ep r e seit Li o :: of L.hf .t .v and. fte > much r -' i n art b v i-r. itansen of ir,sso trie i'i as re 1e >s e w a s eme nded to the c o n el us i on s of the n r o v i o us <iay\ } >e . no iimnedia te i~ati on en leed. The SPI feel they may have tc give some tiling, or make a con c e s s i o n , to ju ,, r,L., ....;ainst le ad.. This i s no l agreed by P r o f e s s o r G e r h a r d s s e m , C o n s u l t a n t to the Swedish Ikn AO CT Association, and Chairman o the Sw ed 1.sI N a i iire won servatici! Committee. Dr. K. ashed how w o n ' the Swedish uo vernniRR t in :it in ie off i.c action ? after H a y 1: . DTI in Corn ed that th 0 P 0.1SO us Hoard p e r mi s si on to use let in _gas ol in e expires 31 17 f Pt / ... j action is taken to renew this permission, lea< au toma ti cally has to be eliminated from motor gasoline by 1. b by law. C o n t 'd . . 3 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. *1O T9. 2C. 21. The Minister of Communication, as a result of T.V. and Press corapaign against lead is under public pressure and fears the v u l n e r a b i l i t y of his position in an election ye a r through public voting power, thus a T.V. and Press rebuttal to 'Daniel sson m a y still be necessary. Dr. K. asked, who, in the hea lt h Authority, had been consulted in vi e w of the suspended axe over lead. The h is to ric al campaign against lead is a fo llow-up to the mercury in water campaign from mercurial based insecticides which has re sulted in some 40 $ of the Swedish lakes being pvrt out of bounds for fishing by the Health Authorities stcmooded b y the Press, D a n i e l s s o n , "Etc.. T'*>t\fessi, on e.l peop le are now bec om in g incensed in Sweden b y the a c t iv ities of Daniel sson and hi s dep artment, psiti culs.rly ;is ]"'ro fe s s or G e r h a r d s s o n claims mis r ep re s e n t a t i o n on T.V. The on ly w oy so em s t n ';e n 11w t o d ea 1 with the sen t o f p o w e r . w h o r e ve ; tr . t may be, ot horvi.se off o^t v.M 1 be lo i in p\S7 -J.c c Hi s ic.n 7 . or- i v'o vou.1 d dor 1 w i iV the si tun ! u n us a 3Vo Vw.,: or P' ; : 3.V fv- c r> C ine inr.i.il , or- r b s i g : r ,r x . - /'.. -, IP r I c vV nleu;:: Indus''. ry i(: f Pir1:M n rv w; , w ! ' ether t,boy r tf1, , 1iked : .7 0 have 4 h or n i<-. , to ; ;>i a, vit' In t h f ' ' P ^ A ; hi nylon b o e r i n ::s in front of Sena tor Ku V \ i ' . , t ' . . e 1 -I.J In j P d eik-o its mind u p in progro? s ivo 3y remove le ' fro::. C 1 J. ' ' C j the U . 3 , r o g r r ul e r s of the e conoc 5 c- f orv 3C ( 1o the bead. tb. of Awe ri can f t t.i.zess , nr- ! .' " they Vi P 'T C ' O r l v acquainted. with tbf fnets by n r , . .. 1 . cig w' n : a . , r-,1 with hi.v advise-'':; f ! there li o :imned r: f . n cn.se for r' t b r-onvn-l, or d ?.mi r.i sh i ;> "" 'e'" xn gaso 1 in C . linniolsson *s report from a Me--'1or 1 point of v i e w j > -e s ; and his contentions are not ha eked up by &veil; bin (ri'Vttn- , His t r e a t m e n t of the subject is not over up to tia-l c r i: first year M ed ica l student, because he has no knov.-.l edge ex the art of medicine. The investi gat io n in Switzerland some vears of lead in gasoline had been carried out by > IV1. i qua Jfl*or 'he *1ifiec, use ivn- biased C o m m i t t e e , wit h the r esu lt that no 1xm hiilcm i.* c.1' beni th e t c . were fo re seen in the for e se ea b le future for ' r.J. use cf lead in ga so l in e up to 0 . Pel gins of 3ead/l Jt r e . I t we.s r o commended that a copy of tlxis Swiss re perl s' owl- be poi in front of the S w e d i s h A u t h o r i t i e s to shew them1 the work of so mebody who had been through the situation n a Wor kma.nl ike manner, and that the Swedes must come uj> with realistic re -- commendations for Industry and Government and Professor Sven For smatm would be concerned as a. re presentative of the Gov er n ment . 0004976 Cent*d -4 22. There vas then a di scussion on Dr. K 's programme a) Esso Group, including Paul Hansen of Esso oV. vould toIk with Dr, K., Gctel and E thyl S. A. p.m. b) March 11th - 1430 hours - Professor G e r h a r d s s c n , had organised a meeting in Stockholm, 21 people invited. Chairman - Dr. Sarscn, as Prof es sor F, not available. c) 12th Ma rch - a.m. private - for Dr. K. wi t h his Medical friends in Sweden. d) March 13th - proce ed to Hamburg, for talk with Petroleum p e e p 1e -and then proceed to Bo n n for talk wi t h Kottine Tiie German Health Service. e) Dr. Wieland advised FSIB, Dr. Go tt ber g and Prizk ov Health Service would like to meet Dr. K. for lunch with Dr. Vieland as the host. Date to be fixed. CLG/MTV 6.3.1968