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/f f\ ///.! if r .. A ugust 12, I960 ,, ;M r'. D an M . Gtby / Ethyl C orporation , loOO W e s t Height M ile E o a d F e rn d a le 20, D etro it, M ichigan xxxxxxxx Avon 1-2568 D ear Dan: In resp o n se to y o u r re q u e st fo r in fo rm atio n fo r the U .S . M ilita ry se rv ic e s concerning the extent of the c lea ra n c e obtained fo r the u se of gasoline containing te tram eth y l lead, I am p leased to let you know what has been done. In the p erio d betw een June 3 and June I I , I960, re p re se n ta tiv e s of T he A sso c ia te d E thyl C om pany, L im ited (London), with w hom I had consulted, visited B ru sse ls, Copenhagen and O slo and d iscu ssed the p ro b le m with the hygien ic a u th o ritie s of B elg iu m , D en m ark and N orw ay, and gave them the inform ation d eriv ed fro m the investigations caiw ied out by the staff of the K ettering L ab o rato ry . The reactio n of th e a u th o ritie s to th e se d iscu ssio n s and to the inform ation supplied, w as in all resp ects, satisfacto ry . (The foregoing trip was m ade b efo re m y a rriv a l in E urope fo r the re a so n th a t m y sch ed u le could not b e stre tc h e d to include v is its to th e se co u n tries, w ithin the av ailab le tim e. M oreover it was thought th a t th e re would be no c o n tro v e rs y about the fa c ts o r th e ir m eaning in any of these countries. ) W ithin th e p e rio d b e g in n in g on Ju n e 14 a n d e n d in g on J u ly 5 , I v is ite d th e follow ing co u n tries in seq u en ce, w ith re p re se n ta tiv e s of A sso ciated E thyl C om pany, and m et w ith th e a p p ro p ria te a u th o ritie s o r th e ir official ad v iso rs in each country; Italy , F ra n c e , S w itzerland, G erm any, Sw eden, F inland and H olland. A t the end of th is trip , the a u th o ritie s in England w ere interview ed. Of the eight co u n tries m entioned, only F ra n c e and S w itzerland w ill find it n e c e s sa ry to m ake fo rm al o r official changes in law s o r regulations to p e rm it the u se of te tra m e th y l lead along w ith, o r in stead of, te tra e th y l lead . No fo rm al action of any kind is re q u ire d in the o th er co u n tries, and no a d v e rs e opinion i3 lik e ly to b rin g about an y u n fav o rab le a ctio n . T he a u th o ritie s, w ithout exception, including th o se of F ran c e and S w itzerland, w ere pleased to have been inform ed of the problem and of KE 0002909 M r. D an M. G re y - (2) - A u g u st 12, I960 its ap p aren t experim ental solution, and in no instance w as any difficulty a n tic ip a te d . In th e two c o u n trie s of F ra n c e and S w itzerlan d in w hich fo rm a l a ctio n is re q u ire d , it is ev id en t th a t su ch fo rm a l a c tio n m u st go through the u su al channels a t the u su al tem po. It is expected th at th is w ill re q u ire som e w eeks in F ra n c e , w hile it is e n tire ly p o ssib le and even likely, th at som e m onths w ill have p assed b efo re ap p ro p riate action shall have been taken in Sw itzerland. It is expected that the introduction of gasoline containing te tra m e th y l lead by any of the co m m ercial d istrib u to rs w ithin such country, w ill be p reced ed by a notification of the ap p ro p ria te o fficials of th is intention. I believe: th is conveys the in fo rm atio n w hich you re q u ire . If any q u estio n s a r is e out of thi3 situ atio n , I sh all be glad to know of th em and to a n sw e r them as fully as I can. Sincerely yours. RAX ef .Robert A . K ehoe, M .D . KE 0002910