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,. Xi^Cfev`tT<iu>vi Xi. fux* >5 +$4*. r*t *f / ? ^f.,1 . ^Nj "C:; U>*&. J^, 'wv' jy^ \Y .vX? ^ *^i ^ , tc i * W*~V tT SjLm ISL*v ,4 a IV, J(>Lrt (j . j *^U.*LJ>. ,.;, -. ' ~ ^ ^ ? V ;: r . V . ' - January , 1958 ( |iu_ x_ A_ *. v i. f 'i *>,-1 -M- ; ; ` > - -'"Sis s i v "*?.** V'-ai*;' A ' 1 .T.*. J. .L.:,eb", 3--*r * - ?& .i irpyjS- Mr '; T* R4 A;#?Bevan? Ethyl.Export Corpta^oo^,,,;'^;, Thames Houae*> ** 'London- England? ': 5 V. Ututu* $ 'UJjL 1 XUvCfc-^'* ^ L e a r Mr# .... previously sentj-,.- you notations ,frbm time' t o 'time concerning the - - p o ten tia l hazards;asaoclated with th e ,cleaning ? ?.'.' of tanka which haveVbeen used for :the blending and storage of gasolin e#y#e?aj*e;:k ak in g?aV yer^ :d o,tailed ;;' study of th is problem )in the' U n ite d ^ ta te s ahd aB? ; that study has gone oh .and?aa;;<thlngshavedeveloped, we have come to the conclus Ion that the meth od s.. . which we have advised;for cleaning tanks are s a tis * fa cto ry from the p o ln t o f view o f s a f e t y i f they are. a c tu a lly applied In th is work# Xt seems c le a r to me that we do not know e;much about how th is m atter i s handled in various parts o f ; the world as we should know* For th at reason I am/sending you a co n fid en tia l memorandum which has a t l e a s t the v irtu e o f d isp layin g my general point o f view a s:to the d i f f i c u l t i e s of handling th is type o f work# This m aterial i s fo r your Information and I "suggest that you do not die* tribute it widely since i t Is not w ell to raise generally the questions which are at Issue* I t Is wise* I b eliev e, for us to face th is situ a tio n as w ell as we can and to c o lle c t the Information which Is obtainable# Accordingly X am attaching to the .memorandum a questionnaire as an example of the type oflnform atlonw hichX thlnkyouandyourassociates ' U -should begin to c o l l e c t fo r your l n f o r m a t i o n a s w e l l ? as fo r ours# X do not mean-to say that you-should:/ ! send out th is questionnaire ,:ln I ts present; form to . cus tomer companies ,$ B aiter X think yoh should con* sld er the ex ten t to which you can ask fo r and obtain th is type of lnformatlon* In any caae l t 8eems to me you should begin c o lle c tin g such Informatton,as i t aeems f eas lb l e to" g e t w i t h c u t undue anxiety on 'th e H:.;.?r;::' - .: . part of. Uie execu tlves wlth whcci.you have d e a lin g s. II fehould Ilke^.to have ,you constder ttila questIon ser l o u a l y a n d l e t 'me..'have?'youi.:;bplhlbnis^as:i?-to Shew^'^i> b est to go about, th is ,.and asiitb^what data lie d ; in f ozv ?<*gB*w- mation -*' 1 -you believ e .,,siibe.,obtained#-^:5I t i e e e m s'?rether. - .- ' :. '` ^W ir -/ >I- }Ti - 2- obvious t h a t we can n o t s e t up a ty p e o f s u p e r v is io n a l l o ver Europe w hich i s com parable to th a t w hich we are try in g to achieve in the U nited S tates* I t is q u ite p o s s ib le th a t such a regim e would be u n d e s ira b le even i f i t c o u ld be ach iev e d * On th e o th e r hand we should c e rta in ly not ignore the ex isten ce of th is d an g er and we sh o u ld know as w e ll a s we can how b e s t to h an d le i t , and whether or n o t the means a t p re se n t employed are re a so n a b ly e f f e c tiv e . I am a ls o se n d in g you h e r e w ith a copy of the p re se n t in s tr u c tio n s which are b ein g Is s u e d from t h i s o f f i c e in th e book o f r e g u l a t i o n s . You may have seen th e s e I n s t r u c t i o n s b e f o r e , b u t I w ish to c a ll your a tte n tio n to the fa c t th a t th ere are s ig n ific a n t changes in these re g u la tio n s as compared to those which appear in your p re s e n t book of r e g u la tio n s . The m ost s ig n if ic a n t of th ese changes have to do w ith th e u se of a i r - l i n e hose masks e x c lu s iv e ly , as w ell as the use of acid proof rubber gloves in clean in g o p e ra tio n s. I have some h e s i t a t i o n in dem anding t h a t Rule B be e x te n d e d I n to the e n tire foreign f ie ld of o p eratio n s. I recognise th a t in some p a r t s of th e w orld th e s e m asks w i l l n o t be a v a i l a b l e , and i f they are n o t and can not be o b tain ed , the tendency w i l l be n o t to u s e any masks fat a l l , w hereas th e c a n i s t e r masks w ill c e r ta in ly be b e t te r than n o th in g . I in v ite your su g g e s tio n s on t h i s p o in t. I t r u s t th a t th is l e t t e r and th e s e e n c lo s u r e s w i l l make -my p o in t o f view c l e a r in th e m a t t e r , and I hope to h e a r from you s h o r t l y on t h i s s u b je c t. Sincerely yours, RAkjls R o b e rt A. K eh o e ,' M.D. 0007091