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I 1 1Wi j|j JUL 8 1960 ^ ETH YL CORPORATION INTER-OFFICE To M U R 9 . C K . P . M u r d o ck Fr o m Dan M . Guy Su b j e c t Ad d r e ss Ad d r e ss Da t e New York D etroit Ju ly 6, I960 Dear M ac: In con n ection w ith th e co n tact w ith A d m . Big g s an d M r . H erb Bla ir of the P etroleu m Lo gist ics D ivision , D epartm en t of D efen se, r e la t iv e to t h e ir q u est io n on T M L, M r . E . O. Jo n e s d id an e xce lle n t job of co v er in g t h eir in form ation al n ee d s. Sin ce O llie h ad w orked w ith th is grou p b efo r e, th ere is no qu estion of th eir acceptan ce of an d ap p r e c ia tion fo r th e in form ation fu rn ish ed . We had learn ed from M r. W ard C r ar y , C alifo rn ia R e se ar ch C o r p o r at io n r e p r e se n t a t iv e in W ash in gton , th at A d m . Biggs h ad issu e d a le t t e r t o t h e Se r v ic e s on Ju n e 8 to th e e ffe c t t h e r e sh ou ld b e n o a m e n d m en t to the M ilitar y and F e d e r al Sp ecification s to in clude th e u se of TM L o r A K - 3 3 X fo r a p e r io d o f 12 m o n t h s. T h is w a s q u it e a sh o c k an d t h e A d m ir al exp lain ed th ey n eeded ad d ition al in form ation , an d in th e even t it is a v a ila b le b e fo r e th e 12 m on th s is up c o n sid e r a t io n can be giv e n to approvin g eith er or both th ese m a t e r ia ls. In th e m ean tim e w aiv er s m ay be r e q u e st e d by th ose in t e r e st e d in su pplyin g fu e ls con tain in g eith er of th ese p r o d u cts. Th e in form ation r eq u ested in volves com p atib ility of T E L an d T M L in g a so lin e s, T M L st ab ilit y an d d u r ab ility , p a r t ic u la r ly w ear. We ar e w orkin g on th e b e st p o ssib le ap p roach to an sw erin g th eir qu estion s. In th e m ean tim e th ey h ave r e q u e st e d ten c o p ie s of th e T M L m ed ical r e p o r t. It w as in dicated th ese r e p o r t s w ill be d istr ib u ted a s follow s: 4 co p ies to the Se r v ic e s H ealth an d W elfare D ep artm en ts, 4 cop ies to the Se r v ice s Equipm en t D iv isio n s, and 2 cop ies to P etroleu m L o g ist ic s D iv isio n O ffice. T h e se r e p o r t s sh ou ld be fo r w ar d e d to M r . H . C. B la ir , P etroleu m Lo gist ic s D ivision , D epartm en t of D efen se, Room 4B 727, Th e P en tago n , W ash in gton 25, D .C . I w ould lik e to add th at M r . B la ir a ssist e d u s in se cu r in g ap p r o v al fr o m th e M ed ical D e p a r t m en ts of the A rm y, Navy, and A ir F o r ce for the 4th m l of T EL by fu rn ish in g th em co p ie s of th e m ed ical r e p o r t , an d th en follow in g up on th em . I w ill ap p r e ciate bein g ad v ise d w hen sh ipm en t of th e T M L I m e d ic a l r e p o r t s a r e m a d e t o M r . B l a i r in o r d e r t h a t I m a y fo llo w up/ w ith h im . Sin cerely , D M G :b a . Dan M. Guy