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I n t k k -Of f i o e Co r r e s p o n d b n c k E t h y l G a s o l i n e Co r p o r a t i o n - 23 Br oadway : N e w Y o r k - May 20 , 19 29 . Dr. Rober t A. Keh oe, Dear Dr . Kehoe* I was in deed g la d t o g e t yo u r l e t t e r o f t h e 16 t h r e ga r d in g Mr . 'v' i ami , Ar izo n a , t o ge t h e r w it h cop y o f Dr , Maytum 's l e t t e r t o you o f t h e 14 t h in s t a n t . I n vie w o f t h e impor t a n ce t h a t was attach ed to th e a lleged d iagn osis of wh ich came t o me th r ou gh Sam Wagner and was in t u r n t r a n s m it t e d t o him th r ou gh t h e Union O il Company o ff i c e s , i t seems t o me t h a t i t would be v e iy muchnore e ffe c t i v e fo r me t o sen d co p ie s o f yo u r l e t t e r and Dr. Mayturn *g t o Sam Wagner t o be h a n d led a s I h a ve o u t lin e d in ray l e t t e r t o him t o d a y, copy o f wh ich i s e n clo s e d h er ewith I hope I was n o t t a k in g too much l i b e r t y in s u gge s t in g t h e h a n d lin g o f t h e s u b je c t by Wagner as in d icated . AiH ? r- -v-i .V Kay 20, 1929. Hr* S. i , Wagner, Dear Sami I e n clo s e copy o f a l e t t e r from Br Kehoa and copy o f l e t t e r from D r . ga yt u s r e fe r r e d t o * You can s e l l u n d er sta n d t h e s t r i c t u r e t h a t D r . Kehoe h a s p la ce d upon t h e u s e o f Bp . Haytusi* a l e t t e r . I t i s t o b e t r e a t e d in an extr em ely co n fid e n t ia l manner by yo u . I would su ggest t h a t yo u fo llo w t h e recom m en dation con t a in ed in t h e l a s t p a r a gr a p h o f Dr . Kalios* s l e t t e r in you r h an d lin g o f th e s u b je ct with t h e r e p r e s e n t a t ive o f th e Union O il Company who b r ou gh t t h i s n a t t e r t o yo u r a t t e n t io n , an d im p r ess upon b in t h e im portan ce o f n o t d is c lo s in g t h e sou r ce o f th e in for m a tion which you im p art to him . ______ lo u can r e a d ily a p p r e cia t e t h e f a c t t h a t i f a t a n y t im e Mr. sh ou ld cla im t h a t t h e h an d lin g o f E t h yl G a so lin e was r e s p o n s ib le fo r h i s co n d it io n we m igh t h a ve t o r e ly on D r . Saytu a* @ su p p o r t , wh ich h e , o f co u r s e , wou ld b e u n w illin g t o r en d er i f h e t h o u gh t we h ad exp osed th e fa c t th a t he had tran sm itted to Dr. Eehoe th e d iagn osis o f a p a tien t, which i s u n d erstood t o be a co n fid e n t ia l m a tter between d octor and p a t ie n t . T h e r e fo r e , X a ga in im p r ess upon yo u an d whom ever*s a t t e n t io n you may d i r e c t t h i s m a t t e r In t h e Union O i l Company, t o e a b s o lu t e n e c e s s it y o f h an d lin g i t in a co n fid e n t ia l fa sh io n . I t h in k i t wou ld b e a good p la n f o r t h e u n ion o i l Company t o make ' a sim p le s t a t em en t t o t h e i r r e p r e s e n t a t iv e a t Miami o r su ch o t h e r p la c e a s i t becom es n e ce s s a iy t o make s a y st a t em en t , t h a t a c a r e fu l in v e s t ig a t io n h as been con ducted in d ica t in ^ e t o a r f.y t h a t th e h an d lin g o f Union B t iy l had n oth in g t o do with Mr. co n d it io n . Th ere i s no reason t h a t 1 can sea fo r goin g in t o d e t a jJ j^ r a t t s a p t in g t o g iv e t h e b a s is upon which such con clu sion had been a r r ive d a t o r th e sou r ce. I t can be covered by t h is ge n e r a l sta tem en t, and c e r t a in ly s o r e fe r e n ce made t o any d octor* s r e p o r t on t h e s u b je c t . Do n o t le a v e a cop y o f e it h e r o f t h e s e l e t t e r s w it h an ybod y, n o t even a r e p r e s e n t a t iv e o f t h e Un ion O il Company, o r a llo w a cop y t o b e made by an ybod y. Be s u r e t o keep them s e cu r e ly in you r c o n fid e n t ia l f i l e . : ' Mr* S , M. Wagner f" May 20 1929 W ill be p lea sed t o 'w a d vised about th e r e s u lt o f th e guarded I n ve s t ig a t io n t h a t was b ein g made in r e fe r e n ce t o r . h i s t o r y and a lso any in form ation t h a t s ig h t cose t o you a s to h is p r e s e t a c t iv it y or con d ition , Very t r u l y yo u rs , E. W Viebb A:H 00111s?