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Febru ary 15* 1958 Ti r, 0, 3. Lewi s , Eth y l G-acolino Corporation Ch rysler Bu ild in g Hew York C it y "aw York Dear Oa car : - In rep ly to your le t t e r of Feb ru ar y 9^h con cern in g th e exp er im en tal se t up of a p r o p o r tio n al device in con n ection w ith a bu lk m ixin g i n s t a l l s felon, I am glad t o giv e my ap p r o v al t o t h i s a s an e xp e r im e n t al p r o je c t . Be fo r e e n t e r in g in t o th e p r o p o sit io n , h ow ever, I th in k you sh ou ld e xp r e ss our fe e lin g th at th e method of m ixin g is of dou btfu l valu e and t h a t u n der no c ir cu m st an c e s i s an y su ch t y p e o f equ ipm en t to be su b s t i t u t e d fear ou r n orm al m ixin g p r o csd u r e s a t p o in t s where st o r a g e t an k s and m ixin g tan k s ar e a v a i l a b l e . Vie can n o t , as a m a t t e r o f s a f e t y , wipe out th e r e su l t s of y e ar s o f e xp e r ie n ce w ith an ad equ ate m ixin g equipment by giv in g our con sen t , even t e n t a t iv e ly , t o th e u se of a d o u b t fu l m et h od . I t m ust be u n d e r st o o d , t h e r e fo r e , t h a t t h i3 type o f equ ipm en t, i f ac c e p t ab le and i f sa t isfa c t o r y in perform an ce, i s a p p lic a b le on ly to th ose sit u a t io n s in which fo r one r eason or an ot h er m ixin g tan k s can n ot be e r e c t e d . I t i s apparen t t h at the acceptan ce of t h is p r o p o sa l open s th e d o o r , in some m e asu r e , t o d i r e c t m ixin g In to tan k car s or oth er m obile equipm en t. For t h is reason I have th e g r e a t e st h e sit an cy In approvin g t h is p r oced u r e even a s an e xp e r im e n t al se t u p , and I do so on ly b e cau se I w ish t o d e m o n st r at e t o Socon y t h a t I would l i k e t o c o o p e r a t e w ith them In ev e r y r e a so n a b le p r o ce d u r e . I t would be w ell t o d isc u ss t h is problem w ith Dr* Edgar and t o a r r a n ge , b e fo r e go in g in t o t h e m at t e r w ith Socon y fu r t h e r , t h a t sam p les o f g a so lin e be t ak e n a t su i t a b l e p o in t s a f t e r th e ad m ixt u r e o f F lu id and g a so lin e , with th e id e a of determ in in g th e lim it s of accu racy o f t h is method o f m ixin g. O bviou sly oth er experim en tal o b ser v at io n s w ill have to be m ade, bu t t h is p oin t i s im portan t 3in e e we s h a l l h ave to s a t i s f y o u r se lv e s a s t o th e l i m i t s o f e r r o r a sso c i a t e d w ith su ch m eth ods o f m ix in g. We s h a l l u n d ou b t ed ly w ish t o se e t h i s equ ipm en t in o p e r a t io n over some p er iod o f t im e , and fo r t h a t r eason I s h a l l want t o be k ep t K E- 0 0 2 2 7 6 9 r r' m2 in touch w ith th e d e t a ils o f th e developm ent of t h is p r o je ct. Very t r u ly y ou r s, RAX; i s R o b e r t A. Koh oe, M.D. KE 0 0 2 2 7 7 0