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MIAMI, FLORIDA -A "FAir'te l?rOT"AiRW Ay s ^ / / 'N Reorder No. 912 % PARK BRAND FOLDER med iu m h ea v y w e ig h t N24522 > f~4 CM O O in h r* Harry Kaley .th y l G aaoltb e Cor por ation Ch rysler Bu ild in g Tie Yo rk Ci t y !?ew York Dear Mr. Kaley: Ho d ou b t you a r e a a r e sit u a t io n presen ted by th e form ation of la r ge o f le a d d e p o sit s In g a so l in e su p p lie d t o Ban A Airw ays by t h e Texas Company. The d e t a i l s o f m at t e r ar e p r e se n t e d in l e t t e r s from Mr, Bo at e from Mr. L e a l s* d at ed March ?bh and A p r il $r & l y * I h ave in a d d it io n a b r i e f memorandum su p Dr. K i t z a l l l e r and g iv in g th e f a c t s a s to t h e si t u a t i o n In much t h e same fa sh io n a s th ey a r e lin e d in Mr. R o sse r 's l e t t e r to Mr* Le w is, Ve do n o t a n t i c i p a t e an s p e c i a l d i f f i c u l t i e s among th e p e r so n n e l em plo in th e r e p a i r o f drums in Miam i* b u t we w i l l k in tou ch w ith t h is m a t t e r an d do w h at ever may r e q u ir e d * I t seem s* however* t h at th e sa fe t y h as n ot n e ce ssar ily been d isposed o f com pletel f e e l t h at t h e r e ar e c e r t a in m at t e r s which m igh at t en d e d t o f o r th e p r e v en t io n o f any fu r t h e r t i e s * Accordin gly I th ough t i t b e st to ad d r es the su b je ct* F ir st th ere Is the prob P or t Arth ur where th e g a so lin e was produced, a sh ip p in g r e co r d s w i l l presum ably be a v a ila b le where th e gaso lin e h as gon e* I b e lie v e a th oro go in g in v e st ig a t io n sh o u ld b e mad a t P o r t A r t t h at a l l in form ation w h ich can be ob t ain ed sh o o b t a in e d . Vio sh o u ld do o u r b e st t o a s s i s t Pan in th e t r acin g of t h is gaso lin e * to elim in ate th e f i e l d and to se c t h at th e drums wkich h ave f be r e t u r n e d t o Pan Am erican a s pr om pt ly a s i t There w ill a lso be th e problem of cle an in g th e P o r t A r t h u r * and we sh o u ld s a t i s f y o u r se lv e s t ' employed fo r t h is pu rpose ar e sa fe * K i 0021178 have to be clean ed so a s to give every p o ssib le a s and so a s n ot t o l o t t h i s m at t e r d ie u n t i l i t 1 3 c I sh ould a lso co n sid e r i t d e sir a b le fo r R ob er t s In Am erica t o know a s much ab ou t t h i s wh ole m at t e r a s p o ssib le , Th erefore any in for m at ion which can be to th e lo c a t io n and cle an in g o f an y tan k s on the e c o a st o f Sou th Am er ica, or elsew h e r e In Sou th Am e be r e p o r t e d t o me an d for w ar d ed by me t o R o b e r t s w r e c i t a l o f th e whole st o r y . Pan Am erican i s a ver o r g a n isa t io n in Sou t h Am e rica an d th ey co u ld u n d o h an dle the m at t er w ith very l i t t l e a ssist a n c e from On th e o t h e r h an d c e r t a i n t h in gs h ave a way o f h ap in Sou th Am er ica, an d i t would be m ost u n fo r t u n a t e th er e were any d i f f i c u l t i e s over t h is problem whic could be avoided th rough the su p er visor y e ffo r t s o Mr. R o sse r h as don e a v er y good job in k e e p in g In w ith t h is problem , and h is c o n t a c t s w ith Pan Am er o f f i c i a l s In Miami h ave been ver y s a t i s f a c t o r y . I be d e sir a b le fo r Mm to con tin u e M s e f f o r t s and In clo se touch w ith ever y th in g t h at h appen s, and t ou t e v e r y t h in g t h a t can bo le a r n e d . However I le a m atter in your hands bu t w ith the fe e lin g th at no sh ould be l e f t u n tu rn ed, sin ce th e h an d lin g o f th o p o sit s i s an o b v io u sly dan gerou s m at t e r . In cid e n tally our an aly sis o f chamois u sed fo r th e f i l t r a t i o n o f gaso lin e a t A n showed th e p r e se n ce o f 0 . 6 l gram s o f d e p o s i t s. Th d e p o sit s con tain ed 6.7 per cen t o f o r gan ic le a d . sam ple o f g a so lin e c o n t ain in g d e p o sit s was f i l t e r e y ie ld in g 5* 3& gram s o f d e p o sit which gave up .95 p o f o r gan ic le ad on steam d i s t i l l a t i o n . Prom su ch In fo r m at io n a s we o b t a in , I t seem s q u it e c e r t a i n t h a t t h e se d e p o sit s n ot the r e su l t o f th e p r esen ce o f le c it M n , and i t r e aso n a b ly c e r t a in t h a t th ey d id n ot r e s u l t from t presen ce o f a lk y la t e in the g a so lin e . Th erefore i t h a t 3orae u n u su al I n h ib it o r was u se d wh ich r e su lt e p r e c i p i t a t i o n o f le a d . T h is may be a d ar k se c r e t c a r e f u l l y gu ar d ed by th e Texas Company b u t , on th e h an d, i t seem s to me a v e r y im p o r t an t m a t t e r an d , I would sxigge st th e a d v i s a b i l i t y o f some d isc u ssio m at t er w ith th e e x e c u t iv e s in New York w ith th e Id estab lish in g the fa c t s, I f p o ssib le , ch iefly for t o f p r e v e n t in g fu r t h e r d i f f i c u l t i e s o f t h i s same c h 0021170 in st a n c e , and I c e r t a in ly t h in k we sh o u ld a t t a i n t le ar n th e t r u t h o f the m atter though every p o ssib aven u e I w ill keep you in touch w any fu r t h e r developm en ts a t t h is en d, and i f th er an yth in g fu r t h e r which I can do, do n ot h e sit a t e c a l l upon me. I sh a ll aw ait fu r t h e r in fo r m at io n , before tran sm ittin g t h is story to Lester R oberts. Very t r u ly y RAKsi s R o b e r t A. Ko K h 0021130