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CABLEGRAMSETHYLPORT, LONDON. \ t el eg r a ms: E T H Y L P O R T , SOW EST, Telephone: VICTORIA 55 20 ETHYL EX PORT CORPORATION In c o rp o ra te d in th e State o f D e la w a re . U . S . A . with lim ited liability. THAMES H OUSE. MILLBANK LONDON, S.W.I H ea d Office: 135 E A S T A Z '* S T R E E T NEW Y O R K , U .S .A D r. R. A. Kehoe. 10th June, 1936. D ear Dr. Kehoe, V ery many th a n k s f o r y o u r l e t t e r o f May 2 7 th in c o n n e c tio n w ith th e u se o f empty E th y l g a s o lin e drums fo r th e s to ra g e and tr a n s p o r t o f palm o i l or o th er food p ro d u cts. G asoline drums in the t e r r i t o r i e s to which I r e f e r r e d , namely th e B elgian Congo, e t c ., ere n o n -retu rn a b le drums, a re f i l l e d once w ith g aso lin e and when em ptied a r e u sed by n a tiv e s f o r o th e r p u rp o s e s . From y o u r p re v io u s correspondence on th is m a tter I f u lly a p p re c ia te th a t i f such drums were f r e q u e n tly used fo r th e tr a n s p o r t o f E th y l g a s o lin e , and th en f i n a l l y , a f t e r numerous f i l l i n g s and em ptyings, were re le a s e d f o r the conveyance o f palm o i l , t h e r e w ould be some d a n g e r. T h is i s n o t th e c a s e in th e s e t e r r i t o r i e s . I do n o t th i n k t h a t t h e r e a re any s p e c ia l m ethods em ployed f o r th e c le a n in g o f th e s e drums', th e y a r e sim ply em ptied a s f a r as p o s s ib le and th en r e le a s e d . I would be in te r e s te d to h e a r your f i n a l d e c is io n on t h i s m a tte r With p e rs o n a l re g a rd s , Yours sin c e re ly , MST/BB 0307023