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At- r THE ASSOCIATED ETHYL COMPANY LIMITED j i|iiiH iiigjiijpji)iBiPaaM|i ............. H ired o rs: W. N. G R U 3 B (u.S.A .) j . w . BO YLE H. B. HEATH EVES R .W. SELLERS N. A . GASS A . J . S IN G L E T O N L . N . H A M IL T O N ( u .S.a ) E. E . SO UBRY J . B . A U G . K E S S L E R (DUTCH) E . W . W E B B (U.S.A) T . R . A . B E V A N . MANAGING DIRECTOR Address all communications until further notice to O U R R E F . HF/MB. YOUR REF. TH A M ES H O U SE, M IU LB A N K , UONHOW, S .W .l Inland Telegrams: Ethylport, Sotvest, London Telephone: Victoria 1802 (i-lincs) 11th December, 1939. Dr. R.A. Kehoe, Dept, of physiology, College of Medicine, U niversity of Cincinnati, C incinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. Dear Dr. Kehoe, I am sending you herew ith some c o p ie s o f correspondence which I have receiv ed from Alan T u lly regarding Dr. de P r ie s t e r 's m edical su p ervision of the A s ia tic ' s plant at Tandjong Priok. Java. I think you w ill fin d th is correspondence to be q u ite s e lf-e x p la n a to r y . I am a ls o e n c lo sin g a copy o f my rep ly to T u lly . I would be in t e r e s t e d t o r e c e iv e your o b serv a tio n s on t h is m atter in due cou rse. With kind regards, Yours sin c e r e ly , Ki 0013 37u h f / mb > l l t h December, 1939. :ir. A.0 . f u l l y , C/o. N/Y. de Sataafsoke Petroleum M ij. Handalszaken, D ociateitsstraat, ourabaya, Dutch E ast I n d ie s . Dear Alan, Many thanks f o r your l e t t e r o f the 6th November, w ith which you sen t me c o p ie s o f correspondense which you hare had w ith Dr. fi P r ie s t e r . To be q u ite frank I do not know i f w, a s laymen, are j u s t i f i e d in a d v isin g our m edical c o n su lta n ts oa the p u rely m edical a s p e c ts o f t h e ir work. I know th a t many o f our d o cto rs q u ite d e f i n i t e l y w ish to sake urine exam inations pu rely fo r c o n tr o l purposes. Dr. de P r ie s t e r ' s su g g estio n th a t he would li k e to carry out a com plete u rin e a n a ly s is once a year would appear t o me t o be p e r f e c t ly rea so n a b le. I c e r ta in ly th in k we should pay Dr. de P r ie s t e r fo r t h i s p a r tic u la r exam ination which Ik s been c a r r ie d o u t. I am w r itin g to Dr. ICehoe on t h i s m atter and I have no doubt th a t he w i l l g e t in to d ir e c t touch w ith Dr. da P r ie s t e r a s to h is own w ish es on. the m atter. Yours sin c e r e ly , H. F03SETT. K 0013.3?; 3 6 8 C O L l.I S r S S U '., ' MELBOURNE Cl ACTGB November 6 th , 1939 Mr. B. F o s s e t t , The A sso cia ted S th y l Co. L td ., Thames Ecu s e , M illbank. S .w .l Dear Hugh, . j r e c e iv e d 23HGV1939 1A N SD . Je have had c e r ta in corresp on d en t's^ ! whom we r e t a in in Tandjong P rio k , Java, regi he on h is own i n i t i a t i v e had m d e , and regardini debiting us for the expenses attacha^'thbrsto. Dr. de P r ie ste r certa in t e s t s which ch he i s now I am e n c lo s in g c o p ie s herew'lthr dt our correspondence on the su b ject and you w i l l see th at^ I-iiave trl^ cN to e s t a b lis h the f a c t that urine an alysis is not necessary'U nless it\is> suspected that lead poisoning a ctu a lly e x is ts . V \ \ I an ju st won'SeM.ng v/h^her^or not in Dr. Eehoe' s in s tr u c - t.ions to Dr. de PriesteFNsfSir a ttitu d e in c e r ta in m atters such as t h is was c le a r ly exp lain ed X u n ftfc u na t e l y , some o f th e se d o cto rs who do not speak E nglish very w ^ is^ iijL sometimes m isin terp ret in str u c tio n s and, th erefore, I believe Eight be w e ll i f you would r e f e r t h i s m atter to Dr. Kehoe and lea v e i t up to him 'whether he th in k s fu rth er in s tr u c tio n s to Dr. de P r ie s t e r would be b e n e f ic ia l. As regards the b i l l which Dr, de P r ie s te r has subm itted, you w ill note that I have not accepted i t , nor have I a c tu a lly refused payment and t h i s again I would li k e to o f f e r f o r your opin ion; Do you consider th at i t would be b e tte r fo r u s to pay the b i l l and ob tain the goodw ill o f Dr. de P r ie s t e r , or would th e settlem en t o f h is account e sta b lish a precedent which might bring about recurrences o f th is sort of thing in the future? - During my next tr ip to B a ta v ia , 1 s h a ll endeavor to have fu rth er d is c u s sio n w ith Dr. de P r ie s t e r and t o in v ite h is co -o p era tio n in f a llin g in lin e w ith our id eas on m edical exam inations. P rior to th a t, I tr u s t th at I w i l l be ab le to hear from you and th a t your sugges t io n s w i l l be o f con sid era b le h elp to me. 001337 o N14871.02 Mr. H. F o s s e tt - 2- 3 OS CO U jlN S S3'., MELHOUBNW Cl November 6th., 1939 With r eferen ce to th e proposed t r ip through the E a st, i t appears q u ite p o s s ib le , due to th e noraial c o n d itio n s in th a t a r ea , th at I s h a ll be a b le to g et a ;ay about th e m iddle o f becember, and as soon a s my itin e r a r y i s com plete, I s h a ll forward such inform ation so th a t you may a d v ise the companies concerned. The sh o rt n o tic e v/hieh I can g iv e you i s due t o the f a c t th at a ir l i n e s e t c . are lim ite d in g iv in g out d e f in it e inform ation regarding sch ed u les and, th e r e fo r e , i t may be b e tte r i f a s I proceed on my t r i p , I co n ta ct 'with my next stop by w ire a d v isin g them o f my a r r iv a l which i t i s q u ite p o s s ib le might be s l i g h t l y d if fe r e n t than the date which appears on the itin e r a r y w ith which I w i l l fu rn ish you, t h i s of course being due to ir r e g u l a r it ie s in s e r v ic e over which we have no O riginal by ship m ail Copy by a i r . K oo i 33 ?y .'j o s c ;o i ; i ,[ n w s a 1, M K L 'I - i O r . r R N K < '1 ACT:GB Lr. A F. de P r ie s te r , Teeboulevard 13, TALLJPEG PfilOZ Java. November 6 th , 1939 Dear i r . da P r ie s t e r , X wish to acknowledge your le t t e r o f October 27th, a lso the receip t of four routine m edical reports in favor o f B.P.A. employees a t Tandjong P rick. P ith fu rth e r refer en ce to <<&r d is c u s sio n regarding the urine t e s ts for the presence of lead, I iks to advise that none of our d octors Tinas i t n ecessa ry to pr&e$efc rd th u r in e t e s t e u n le s s he i s q u ite sure th at the in d iv id u a l has other s$wpv<aas of lea d p oison in g. As a r e s u lt , your a c tio n in t h i s m attex^tSs^ather uV d^e and, u n fo r tu n a tely , I do not have the a u th o r ity to in crea se ^aaA f e e s u n ite s a s p e c ia l req u est i s f i r s t made by us fo r you to incur abdiM-Oftal exp en ses. ,ith fu rth e r vrbforoncfe\tV t h is n a t t e r , vjould you k ir d ly oxanins the forni t i l l vih^JKjN^uNise fo V r o u tin e m edical reports? In the body o f th e r e p o r t, you wil\s&^'<!lh. Cases o f I l l n e s s where lead might be su sp ected , fu r th e r obswi^ationX.ar' req u ired (t o include r e s u lt s o f t o s t fo r haemoglobin a , &tip$la$Kof rod'S&Siis, load in u r in e , e t c . ) , From t h is entry in our report fo r ^ ^ p u w e ll assume th a t extra t e s t s need only be m d e where an in d iv id u a l W K bV sk s u ffe r in g from some i l l n e s s to which you a tta ch the presence o f lsa o V i d c a se s such aa t h i s , n a tu r a lly , we would req uire and req u est you t o maSaTa more p a r tic u la r exam ination, out a s long as the- men shew no sig n s o f i l l n e s s , th a t th e ir h ea lth appears q u its normal ana th at they have no obvious symptoms o f lea d p o iso n in g , then com plicated t e s t s such as lea d in urine need not be reso rted t o . As a m atter o f f a c t , u rin e a n a ly s is for lead p oison in g must be carried out in a le a d -fr e e laboratory oth erw ise the r e s u lt s are not dependable, We are aware that the average doctor whom we engage as our co n su lta n t does not have such a la b o ra to ry , and, th e r e fo r e , i t i s to be assumed th a t p roviding u r in e t e s t s are required by u s we should be r esp o n sib le fo r th e charges th u s made n ecessa ry . I f you s t i l l f e e l th a t wo are vosp o n sib le Tor the expenditure incurred w ith u r in e t e s t 3, w i l l you k in d ly l e t me know and I s h a ll make advances to our London o f f i c e fo r settlem en t? I tr u s t th at t h is inform ation w i l l be h e lp fu l and that everything w ill prove mutually sa tisfa c to r y . Very tr u ly yours. N14871.03 KiT 0013330