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Becomber 29, %.$$&
Dr* Graham Edgar
Ethyl Gasoline Corporation
Chrysler Building
lew York C ity
lew York
Dear Graham
. . k sh o rt tira ago I receiv ed a : .
copy of a l e t t e r addressed to lir* Webb from Ray Bevan
c i t i n g the Inform ation provided by the lew York o ffic e of
Standard Vacuum as a s ouxce of co n sid erab le d i f f i c u l t y
in th e Far Bast* 1 have ju s t received a l e t t e r from
Wegner, a copy o f which was s e n t to you* w ith a number
of enclo su res on th is su b ject* I have known f o r some
time th a t the, mixing in s ta lla tio n s in China were not
sa tis fa c to ry * fhey a re probably b e tte r than they were
when they were f i r s t b u i l t sine th ere has been q u ite
a b i t of correspondence back and fo rth about them* b u t
i t i s obvious th a t th e people who have been in charge :
in lew-York have e ith e r never, understood the problem,. . . '
or have been very l i t t l e in terested in i t as a consequence
of which the methods of engaging in the business' in th a t
p a rt of the earth have been slipshod to say the least*
I hope Tegnsr w ill b ab le to g a t these m atters s tra ig h te n e d
out b ut I b e lie v e i t h i l l be necessary f o r u$ to give him ;
some su p p o rt in th e m a tte r by try in g to s tra ig h te n !o u t -
t h e i r Hew York o ffice* :
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X am expecting to com l a s t the
week of th e 11th,and I wonder i f I t would not be
ad v isab le fo r us to g e t itn touch w ith the peopl who
a re involved in t h is m a tte r and d iscu ss w ith them the
en tire situ a tio n so as to obtain th e ir assistance in
c la r if y in g th is whole problem* I f you w ill fin d out
whether or n o t th is i s p o ssib le and l e t me know whether
or n o t the week of the 11th w ill be s a tis f a c to r y f o r the
purpose* X can probably make i t a p o in t to b e t h e r e
sin ce there arc a number of other m atters th a t re q u ire
my a tte n tio n .
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Very " tru ly yours*
RAKjls
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