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`V f V - B ritish Consulate, Detroit,M iChinan 2 7th J a n .1943 Dear Dr. Rehoe, I enclose h erein the l e t t e r which I read to you over the telephone. I have added our telephone number i n case you wish to telephone me a t a n y t i n e . I f y o u w i s h t o do s o , p l e a s e reverse the charges*.. / Yours sin c e re ly , E.B.M.Consul. Dr. Robert A , , Kehoe, ', College of Medicine,. ' ' * Eden Ave . '-YA - t - A r C i n e i r i n a t i * i\ a 1\ r. r, N 7820 Special D elivery/' -j, \ f ' ir-r:iu^.^vV / B ritish Consulate, Detroit,M ichigan, ' 23rd January,1S43< Dear; Dr. Kehoe, As B r i t i s h C o n su l f o r th e S t a t e s o f M ic h ig a n and1Ohio, I have received an o f f i c i a l telegram from London from a Hr, Bevan of the A sso ciated E th y l Company who i s , I g a t h e r , c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e M i n i s t r y of Fuel. ' The te le g r a m e x p r e s s e s ; 1. Thanks fo r your 'cable of January 14th and fo r the d e t a i l s y o u s e n t t h e n . ;' Mr. B e v an g o e s on t o s t a t e t h a t only lead gasoline w ill be available in future in c e rta in c o u n t r i e s u n l e s s s p e c i a l a rra n g e m e n ts a r e made to p r o v i d e supplies of unleaded gasoline fo r heating, lighting, and convoying,etc, . 2 . He . e x p r e s s e s th ; o p i n i o n t h a t i t w i l l n o t b e e a s y t o make p r o v i s i o n f o r s u i t a b l e q u a n t i t i e s o f u n le a d e d m a t e r i a l because of the t r a n s p o r ta tio n and storage d i f f i c u l t i e s caused; by p resen t s itu a tio n , 3, Because of the. statem en ts c o n tain ed in paragraphs .... n u m b e r e d 1 a n d 2 , Mr, B e v a n a s k s t h a t y o u d i s c u s s t h i s p r o b l e m . o n h i s b e h a l f w i t h t h o s e A m e r i c a n c o m p a n ie s who are taking p a r t i n the' export m arkets concerned p a r t i c u l a r l y S o c o n y , a l t e x , a n d S t a n d a r d Vacuum. He a l s o , a s k s ; t h a t you^beV'k i n d e n o u g h t o a r r a n g e f o r them t o i s s u e . s u c h 'i n s t r u c t i o n s ' t o t h e i r f i e l d s t a f f a s y o u may a g r w i t h th e m ; n o ti f y i n g him of th e a c t i o n ta k e n . 4 . He g o e s on t o s a y t h a t t h e u s e o f l e a d e d g a s o l i n e by armed fo rc e s fo r convoying purposes a lso p re se n ts a problem which must be d e a l t w ith prom ptly, and he i s sure th a t y o u w i l l ,a p p re c ia te th a t under c e r ta in c o n d i t i o n s o f f i e l d '1o p e r a t i o n i t may be i m p o s s i b l e t o .. . m a i n t a i n / r. Kehoe, c/o Waldorf A storia H otel, Hew York C i t y , K J 0502U8 m aintain a special supply of unleaded gasoline fo r convoying p u r p o s e s . lie d o u b ts w h e th er th e f i l t r a t i o n method o u tlin e d in Hr. S c h e afer's cable to him of Ja n u a ry 1 2 th w i l l do much to overcome t h i s d i f f i c u l t y as i t i s , according to him, obviously im possible to consider heating of adsorbent re la te s under proper conditions of use or to guarantee that adequate supplies of adsorbent w ill be av ailab le to obtain required q u a n titie s .of unleaded fuel at the rig h t time and place (I hope th a t th is l a s t sentence w ill be c l e a r to you out the teleg ra m was n u t i l i a t e d and very d if f ic u lt to decypher). 5 . h r . Be v a n w o u l d a _p _p r e c i a t e y_o u i n f o r m i n ,_ lim w h a t i n s t r u c t i o n s , i f a n y , h a v e b e e n i s s u e d b y y o u r own a u th o r itie s to the U .S.Forces on th is m atter since they are unobtainable from U.S. sources in London. 6 London i s a n x i o u s t o i n f o r m t h e B r i t i s h a u t h o r i t i e s regarding precautions which should be taken and they believe a second p ra c tic e is d e sirab le. 7. he considers i t im portant th at the p o s itio n should be c la r if ie d and proper in stru c tio n s issued at the e a r l i e s t p o ssib le date and he would, th e re fo re , a p p reciate hearing from you regarding th is aspect of the s itu a tio n as soon as possible* . - 8 . He r e q u e s t s t h a t y o u r e p l y t h r o u g h me. That i s the e n tir e message and as I found th a t y o u w e r e i n New Y ork a f t e r h a v i n g t e l e p h o n e d C i n c i n n a t i , I have taken the lib e r ty of sending th is to you. I s h a l l be m o s t g r a t e f u l i f y o u ' w i l l f o r w a r d t o me y o u r reply at this address: C yril H.Cane, E sq ., Phone- H.B.M.Consul, Randolph 4776, B ritish consulate, 4777,4778. 1574 N a tio n a l Bank B ld g ., Detroit,Michigan* I s h a ll,o f course, tran sm it i t a t once by telegram to H r . Be v a n . Yours very tr u ly , . '