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JB ASSOCIATED ETHYL COMPANY LIMITED MEDICAL SERVICES --7/ 2 0 B E R K E L E Y S Q U A R E , L O N D O N , W . I t e l e p h o n e : GROSV EN OR 6 0 3 0 Dr . PHILIP BOYD C h iefM edical O fficer ' ' '; T ELEGRAM S ETH YLPO RT, W ESD O, LON DON CA B LES : ETH YLPORT. LON DON O U R REF. MU/K.l. . D r. R.A. Kehoe, :: The K e tte rin g L abo rato ry , U niversity of C incinnati, C ollege of M edicine, . . Eden Avenue, ' CINCINNATI 19, O hio, ' U.S.A. . ; July 30, 1957. ' Dear D r. Kehoe, 1 : a ... :A A.-;-'': .-..-A, : ,! A ' .; A^:;y .A ' F u r th e r t o my r e c e n t l e t t e r a b o u t.D r . A k atsu k a, I am e n c lo s in g c o p ie s o f two l e t t e r s w hich may b e o f i n t e r e s t t o y o u . The f i r s t i s from Du P ont and th e second i s from one of th e co n stru ctio n people of th e Y okkaichi R efin ery . To g iv e you a ` l i t t l e more background on t h e s e l e t t e r s , I should m ention th a t Dr. Akatsuka has ap p aren tly d o g m atically recommended th a t th e m o d ific a tio n s suggested by , th e A s s o c ia te d E th y l Company sh o u ld n o t be im plem ented a t th e b le n d in g p la n t o f . t h i s R e f in e r y , and I do f e e l t h a t t h i s .A : in te rfe re n c e is q u ite u n ju s tifie d . Apart from th i s , as you ' w i l l a p p r e c i a t e , i t ris A q u ite .,clear from th e Du Pont l e t t e r . t h a t D r. -Akatsuka i s 5r e p o r t i n g t o Du Pont on th e t e c h n i c a l . a sp e c ts of our b u s in e s s , and .while I can see th a t th e re might be some .re a s o n A fo r t h i s Xn t e r m s 'o f h i s i n t e r e s t i n s a f e t y , ;I cannot h elp fe e lin g r,that such an a c t i v i t y is i t s e l f v ery /A easy to abuse. t 'ArA" - .W ith rega 'ri.d-t'o"., th e Du..Pont ' l e t t e r , I sh o u ld s t a t e t h a t . i t ' i s o u r w e ll-c o n firm e d ! p r e t i c a l *experience* t h a t t h e : = ', o ld ; method: b f :^ig s p l i n e '; ^ a h j n g " t e t r a e th y l; le a d drums 'by no y means, com pletely en ab les a l l th e t e t r a e t h y l le ad to be blended w ith the storage g aso lin e. J n fa c t th e great proportion of , our re tu rn e d drums t h a t have been g asoline-w ashed show sthat A t h e r e i s a c o n s id e r a b le q u a n t i t y ,o f t e t r a e t h y l le a d l e f t i n - th e w ash, am ounting som etim es t o 'h p to > 1 0 0 A c.o . o r mre o f, a ;A p u re a n ti- k n o c k compound. A: The argum ent t h e r e f o r e from th e ! sa fe ty and hygiene p o in t of view does not hold w a te r'and: in a d d itio n by g aso lin e washing you in c re a se th e tra n s p o rta tio n h a z a rd s by h av in g in flam m ab le m a terial.rA A The second p o in t A, ' 00101$ 0 \ &* \a < *av - *** . R.A. Kehoe 3 0 .V II.57. 2- - noted w ith regard to th e custom ers being assured of receiv in g a l l th e te tr a e th y l lead fo r which th ey have been b ille d is covered by th e same argum ent. ' I t i s n o t my p o in t h e r e t o q u e s tio n Du P o n tf s l e t t e r as such, but to q u estio n what use Dr. Akatsuka is going to make of such a l e t t e r in h is r e la tio n s h ip s w ith custom er com panies, fo r I b e lie v e he should not e n te r in to such d is cussions a t a l l , unless he r e s tr ic ts him self e n tire ly to p u rely m edical m a tte rs on which he is p ro p e rly and f u lly inform ed I am s o r r y t o b o th e r you f u r t h e r w ith t h i s w hole s u b je c t, but i t does in f a c t h ig h lig h t th e very problem which we have d is c u s s e d a t so much le n g th i n t h e p a s t . W ith kind re g a rd s, Yours s in c e re ly , E n el. PRB/Jmr K 0010189 I