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ETH YL CORPORATION In ter-O ffice Correspon d en ce St r ic t ly CO NFIDENTIAL TO : M r . K . Sw ar t w ood FRO M : H arold J. G ibson SU BJE C T : P r e se n t St at u s of T M L D ecem ber 28, 1959 T h is m em oran d u m w ill su m m ar ize ou r u n derstan din g of p r e se n t in t e r e st in T M L in o.ur c u st o m e r c o m p a n ie s. It sh o u ld be e m p h a siz e d t h at ou r co n t act s a r e a lm o st e n t ir e ly w ith r e se a r c h p e r so n n e l. Californ ia R esearch Corporation O ur e a r ly con tacts w ith C alifo r n ia R e se a r c h people in d icated th at th eir p r im ar y in t e r e st in TM L w as fo r u se in su p er p r em iu m an d p rem iu m gaso lin e s w ith p o ssib le fu tu r e u se in r e gu la r , if t h er e w as econ om ic ju st ifi cation . T h eir e st im at e s of poten tial u se h ave been b ase d on su p er prem iu m an d prem iu m gasolin e u sage. Sh o r t ly a ft e r it b e cam e known th at th e r e su lt s of th e t o xicit y stu dy w ere fav o r ab le , th er e w ere in d ication s th at the Claliforn ia R e se a r c h p r o p o sal to u se TM L h ad run in to d ifficu lty in the p aren t com pan y. Th e m ar k e t in g p eople w ere said to op p ose th e u se of a m or e co st ly an tikn ock w h ich did n ot give th em an in c r e ase in R e se ar c h octan e n u m ber. We w ere le d to b eliev e, h ow ever, th at the u se of TM L w as su p p orted by H ow ard V e sp e r , h ead of C alifo r n ia W estern O p er atio n s. W hen E a r l Barth olom ew an d Jo h n Koe h n le v isit e d M r . V e sp e r b r ie fly la t e in N o v e m b e r , t h ey w e r e told th at the Cal. R e se ar ch people w ere attem ptin g to jam the u se of TM L down th e t h r o at s of th e p ar e n t com pan y. Lik e w ise , th ey w ere told th at C alifo r n ia's p r in cip al in t e r e st in T M L w as in r e gu lar gaso lin e s an d th at th ey w ere n ot fin din g en ough b en efit in r e gu lar gaso lin e to ju st ify the in c r e a se d c o st . M r . V e sp e r se e m e d to sh ow an a lm o st co m p let e la c k of in t e r e st in T M L. Recen tly M r. M acG regor of C al. R e se ar ch called to in quire as to w h eth er we w ould a gr e e to r e la t iv e ly m in or ch an ges in th e t oxicity r e p o r t w h ich h ad been p r e p ar e d by D r . Keh oe. M acG r ego r p laced a sim ila r call to the oth er T E L su p p lie r an d both of u s agr e e d to th e ch an ges w h ich C a LR e se a r c h p r o p o se d . T h e se w er e d isc u sse d w ith D r . Keh oe by M r. M acG r e go r , an d D r . Keh oe h as a g r e e d th at th e ch an ges sh ou ld be m ad e. He h as fu rth er agr eed , accord in g to M r. M acG regor, to m ake w h atever a p p r o a c h h e d e e m s n e c e s s a r y t o t h e Su r g e o n G e n e r a l 's o ffic e e a r l y in Ja n u a r y . At th e tim e of t h is co n v e r sat io n w ith M r . M acG r ego r th e w r it e r ask e d h im when C alifo r n ia w as goin g to r each a d ecision a s to com m er cial u se an d he sa id "I w ish I kn ew . " He then w en t on to say th at he w as try in g M r . K. Sw artw ood - 2- D ecem ber 28, 1959 to get the t oxicit y r e p o r t off top cen ter so th at the p ar t icip an t s in the p r o gr am w ould know w h ere th ey stood in th is a r e a , at le a st . Som e of th e ch an ges p r o p o se d fo r th e r e p o r t can b e st be d e sc r ib e d as of a public r elatio n s n atu re sin ce th ey ar e in ten ded to in dicate th at the sam e am oun t of lead w ill u ltim ately reach the atm osp h ere r e gar d le ss of the lead alk y l p laced in the gaso lin e tan k. Th is m ay in d icate som e d egree of con cern by C aliforn ia m an agem en t people about the public relation s p r o b lem w h ich a n ew le ad com pou n d m igh t in tr od u ce. Com m en ts by M r . V e sp e r to M r . Bar t h o lo m e w , cou p led w ith com m en ts m ad e by one of Cal. R e se ar ch 's en gin eers when he v isited D etroit recen tly, in dicate that the co st pen alty for TM L is givin g C aliforn ia con sid erab ly m ore con cern th an it did at the begin n in g o f th e coop er ative in vestigation . Th e en gin eer co n fir m e d a lso th at C a lifo r n ia R e se a r c h is fin din g v e r y few r e gu la r g a so lin e s in w h ich TM L h as an y su p e r io r it y to T E L. To su m m arize, it ap p ears to us at D etroit th at the ch an ces that the C alifo r n ia com pan ies w ill u se TM L co m m er cially ar e con sid erab ly le ss th an we th ough t th ey w ere in lat e su m m e r o r e ar ly fa ll. Socon y M obil L a b o r a t o r ie s In t e r e st in th is com pan y w h ich w as in it ially fo r u se o f TM L by M obil In tern ation al h as sw itch ed to u se of TM L d o m e st ically by M obil. Th e lab o r at o r y at P au lsb o r o is car r y in g out a la r ge veh icle an tikn ock ev alu at io n p r o g r a m an d a c e r t ain am ou n t of d u r ab ilit y w ork in th e la b o r a - . t or y . We in D etr o it a r e evalu atin g TM L in a R en au lt en gin e b e cau se of : th e P a u lsb o r o la b o r a t o r ie s 1 in t e r e st , in d u r a b ilit y in c a r s w h ich a r e . m ar gin al fr o m a. v a lv e .d u r ab ility stan d poin t. T h er e se e m s no q u estion v of the fact that som e of the en th u siasm at P au lsb o r o w as gen erated by : : . th e fa.ct th at th ey foun d gain s in R e se a r c h octan e n u m b er due to su b st i- \ tutin g TM L fo r T E L. We h ave not seen th eir d ata, but h ave r e se r v atio n s abou t su ch r e su lt s sin ce th ey a r e co n tr ar y to everyth in g th at we know about TM L. It is to be expected th at the cu rr en t p r o gr am of veh icle ratin gs at P au lsb o r o w ill c lar ify the situ ation in so far as gain s to be had fr o m TM L a r e con cern ed . T h ere is no qu estion th at the people at the Socon y M ob il L a b o r a t o r ie s h ave a v e r y g r e a t in t e r e st in th e p o ssib le u se of TM L d o m e st ically . I th in k it is lik e ly th at th ey a lso con tin ue to h ave an in t e r e st in th e u se of T M L in o ffsh o r e gaso lin e , but th at th is is secon d ar y . E sso R & E R e c e n t ly E s s o R e se a r c h an d E n gin e e r in g p e r so n n e l h ave sh ow n r e n ew ed in t e r e st in T M L, p rob ab ly a s a r e su lt of our bu dget p r esen tatio n s. D isc u ssio n s h ave been h eld w ith M e ssr s. Sw een ey, C am p b ell, H ak ala, an d M cN ab w ith in th e la st few w eek s. T h e r e is no qu estion th at the in t e r e st w h ich E s s o h as in u se of T M L is fo r fo r e ig n g a so lin e s. D r . Sw een ey Kf 0GO4036 M r . K. Sw ar t w ood - 3- D ecem ber 28, 1959 in d icated th at if the p r ice w ere favorab le an d m ed ical approval could be ob tain ed , th ey w ould lik e to se e T M L u se d in m o st of w ester n Eu r op e. D r . H ak ala in d icat e d th at th ey w ould a lso be in t e r e st e d in it s u se in Sou th A fr ic a . A t elep h o n e c a ll fr o m M r . H u lse on D e c e m b e r 2 3 a ga in in di cated Italy as th eir p r e fe r r e d location for in itial u se. We m ay receive a req u est fo r a con sid erab le am ount of TM L for evaluation u se, probably a t E s s o 's E u r o p e a n l a b o r a t o r y a t A b b in gt o n , E n gla n d . O u r p o sit io n w ith E sso is, of co u r se , com plicated by th eir relation sh ip to A sso ciated Eth yl. To su m m arize, the in ter est of the r e se ar ch people of the th ree com p an ies se e m s to in d icate th at, su b ject to ap p r o v al of TM L fr o m a m e d ical stan d poin t, th er e is a lm o st ce r t ain to be a su b st an t ial m ar k e t fo r TM L. Th e tim in g for th e st a r t of th is m ark et an d the r ate of develop m en t of the m ar k e t a r e som ew h at in d eter m in ate at th e p r e se n t t im e. P e o p le fr o m a fo u r t h co m p an y , Su n , h av e r e q u e st e d a d isc u ssio n o f T M L. T h is is sch ed u led fo r D ecem b er 30 at M ar cu s H ook. Th e exten t of t h eir in t e r e st is unknown. Our own w ork on TM L is bein g h eld at a relative m in im u m pen din g clar ificatio n of the toxicity a sp e c t s an d th e exten t of cu stom er in terest. H JG /d l CC: G. W. Beste D. M. Guy R. H erzog H. E . H esselb erg L . 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