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i copy, N .Y . HSDSRLil'IDSGKS KOLON1A1E HSTHOIEDli 13J-ISSCEAPPI J GEBOUY PHTROIBA IMT EliAG. M r.. C. Yan Y l i e t , B uilding. February 11, 1932. B ear Ur . Yan Y lie t: I h av e ji-oiir l e t t e r o f F e b r u a r y 8 i n r e g a r d t o a n e n q u iry fro n the Government A u th o ritie s in trie B utch E a st In d ie s fo r E th y l A viation G asoline. C onsidering th e sm all q u a n tity of te tr a e th y l le a d used fo r m ixing w ith G asoline and th e fa c t th a t th e E th y l G asoline C orporation s p e c ifie s th a t n o t over 3 c .c . of le a d per g a llo n of G asoline s h a ll be used in any case, I b eliev e th a tih e enquiry is f o r 30,000 L. o r approxim ately 188 b a rr e ls of lead ed g a so lin e r a th e r th a n f o r 30,000 L. o f E th y l F lu id which would be s u f f ic ie n t f o r tr e a tin g i n t h e n e ig h b o r h o o d o f 1 0 ,G 0 0 r G00 g a l l o n s o f G a s o l i n e . I do n o t t h i n k t h a t t h e r e i s much doubt b u t t h a t t h i s a ssu m p tio n i s c o r r e c t and i f so , we w o u ld n o t be i n t e r e s t e d i n f o llo w in g u p t h i s m a tte r in vie-w o f th e s m a ll q u a n tity in v o lv ed and th e rem ote p e e s i b i li ty o f b eing a b le to quote on th e b u s i n e s s , v/e h a v e h a d u p w i t h t h e E t h y l G a s o lin e C o r p o r a t i o n s e v e r a l t i m e s th e q u e stio n o f in tro d u c in g E th y l G aso lin e in the Dutch E a st In d ie s and i t was f i n a l l y d ecid ed by m utual agreem ent o f th e E th y l p e o p le , as w e ll a s our own D i r e c t o r s t h a t t h i s s h o u ld n o t h e d o n e , lie h a d i n m ind u s i n g T e t r a e th y l Lead to im prove th e knock r a tin g of our G asoline o u tp u t a t th e Palem bang R e fin e ry and when th e p r o p o s itio n v/as r e j e c t e d i t w as, o f c o u rs e , on th e b a s is of p u b lic d is tr ib u tio n sin c e i t was f e l t th a t th e danger o f s e rio u s a c c id e n t to n a tiv e s and o th e rs h an d lin g th e p ro d u ct was n o t w a rra n te d . ' I f th e re were a s u f f ic ie n t demand, p o ssib ly th e E th y l G asoline C o rp o ratio n would sa n c tio n th e u se o f le a d in t i e Butch E a st In d ie s f o r p riv a te consum ption p ro v id in g th e m ixing and h a n d lin g could he done at. one c e n tra l p o in t and close su p erv isio n ex ercised to prevent lead -p o iso n in g . However, b e fo re b e in g a b le to do a n y th in g tow ards d e v e lo p in g t h i s b u s in e s s A CO i t w o u ld b e n e c e s s a r y f o r u s t o f i r s t o b t a i n t h e a p p r o v a l o f t h e E t h y l G a s o lin e OO i C o rp o ratio n sin c e I presum e i t would be n e c e ssa ry f o r u s to tak e out a lic e n s e and p o ssib ly i n s t a l l a m ixing p la n t m eeting w ith th e app ro v al of th e E th y l o G asoline peo p le. O C2>, I n v ie w o f t h e ab o v e I w o u ld s u g g e s t t h a t t h e m a t t e r be d ro p p e d a n d v ; i l l do n o t h i n g f u r t h e r , u n l e s s y o u f e e l o t h e r w i s e . I am h o w e v e r, w sending copy of your l e t t e r , as w e ll a s copy of th is l e t t e r to H r. H arper fo r h is view s and w ill a d v ise you f u r th e r upon r e c e ip t o f h is re p ly i f he fe e ls th a t any fu rth e r a c tio n should be tak e n . Yours v ery tr u ly ,