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INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE Et h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r po r a t i o n Ch r y s l e r b u i l d i n g 4 0 5 Le x i n g t o n Av e n u e N e w Yo r k June 2?, 1939 !/ cc: D r. R. A. Kehoe fSORAEIKJ t MR*\ J . CHAEF3R R eplying to y ou r n o te and c o n f id e n tia l memorahltea to Dr. Kehoe and y o u r s e lf from Hugh F o s s e tt, on th e 'i^ ^ e e e S ^ & 'i^ u ild bomb proof 'blending p la n ts , I fin d m yself a t v arian ce w ith tn& ^ropoaal su b m itte d . X would n o t a tte m p t n. c o r r e c y ^ m ^ f th e p re se rife ^ e sig n b ecau se I th in k th e e n t i r e th in g i s f\in: ^ I n 'i \ l y wrong. th e p ro p o sa l to h u i l d m xt}rjC p la n t a A e r a h i l l in d ic e te e th e y m ust e x p ec t p le n ty o f h ig h ea^& fliY esJe&& p o s s ib ly some in c e n c i a r y and gas bombs. Why even th in k b^y^blgM ung:w h ile th e bombing is tak in g p la c e t And, i f th ey g e t w h a t\M y rse e a ;to expect, c e rta in ly e le c tric cu rren t fo r lig h ts , sad power blowers w ill be cut off. the p o ssib ility is that in ii|h & such- a tr a p , we w ill e ith e r have sen asphyxiated o r tfehy\w ill u?V an open l ig h t and blow them selves u p . th e pos i b i l i t y o f bomb b lo c k in g one e n tra n c e and trap p in g people v ith ii for rain in g ,s'b len d in g p la n t is quit la rg e , The v e n tila to r o u t o f |e to p sigh- e a ta r g e t, and would p robably put the v e n tila tin g sj o u t o f s m is s io n i f a bomb f e l l in th e v ic in ity . In s wholesol tlo n o f such a scheme, 1 suppose one .should hSS3 workable rn a te , , y proposal would be to have t h e i r blending p la n t run a lo n g orMo&ox l i n e s , |f|a.fc p o s s ib ly cam ouflaged. I th in k a v e ry good; cam ouflaJA w ould be tpfka.re th e p la n t re p re se n t a B avarian B eer Gar den - to B # ^ a c 8 tim X 4 b o u t & p a rtic u la rly grim s u b je c t, th is p re - ; suoably w o u li^ b e -^ ^ ile o r so from th e b lending tanks which, u n le ss ! I am m ista k e n , enemy a v i a t o r s could p ro b a b ly s p o t a s la r g e round mounds r e c e n tly covered w ith n ic e green g r a s s . At any tim e up to th e tim e o f a c tu a l bombing by an enemy, such a p la n t could be used w ith f u l l v e n tila tio n , washing f a c i l i t i e s , e tc , la time o f war, every th in g i s d if f e r e n t, and th e danger from le a d o f a s o lid n a tu re i s much g r e a t e r th a n t h a t o f some fumes from a l i q u i d l e a d . I sh o u ld kB 0015816 Weao to v;r. J. H. Schaefer -a- June 27, I93 suggest having our cache in the sid e o f the mountain a ll rig h t, hut sintuly a s a s to ra g e te r m in a l. A lso, t h i s 'to rs g e should >-e in a tunnel open a t noth ends, thus n atu ral v e n tila tio n through the tun n e l u i 11 o c cu r w ith th e o r e v p ilin g w inds. Tn case o f d e s tr u c tio n of the orthocox "blending p la n t (cam ouflaged, of course) the reserv e " lu lu in ro lle d out o f the tu n n e l, o r onably a t n ig h t o r during one o f 'England's cloudy o r foggy la y s . In th e shade o f an old apple t r e e , p ro b a b ly have a g a s o lin e engine ru n n in g a uumo (b ecau se by our h y p o th e s is steam an'-' e l e c t r i c c u rre n t a r e n o t -a v a ilab le).* ' At or m a r th a t point appear several stube of pipe, very sim ilar in ao- p saran c e to our 'f lu i d s ta n d p ip e s , I should sey th a t th e dram would have th e bungs taken o u t and one o f thee*1 l/h " n in e s placed in th e f l u i d . The s u c tio n o f tho g a s o lin e Dump i s connected b a th to a v ia tio n g a s o lin e u n d er one c.f th e -nounis end t h i s ^ l u i " s ta n d p ip e . " otii g a so lin e and F lu id a re sucked out sim u ltan eo u sly and th e gaso l i n e from the g a s o lin e d riv e n pump goes back in to th e ta n k and t h i s roc.?ss c o n tin u e s u n t i l a much f lu id i s u ? - l a s th e g a s o lin e r e q u ir e s . o fa r as th-> man1 'r,--?-hing is concerned, a l i t t l e r in s e o f f w ith the g a s o ilr.-=* at- t h a t p o in t' ani a thorough tpp'h p ith , soap an 'w a ter -"'n ' 'so o '--n g -1 b~c!c to f;io ir bomb p ro o f e h e ! ta r s -you! s u f f ic e . I f a. lu c k y shot h i t s th e pump u n fey th e tr a p o r blookp th e e n tra n c e to stir l i t t l e tu n n e l, f a c i l i t i e s .?.t th e o th e r n* o f Sh* tu n n e l u n a b le us to c o n tin u e w ith th e b r i t t l e . B lending m ight be: c u r t a i l e d d u rin g a r a i d , b u t u n le s s bombs f a l l c o n tin u o u s ly s ig h t and day t h i s sh o u t4 n o t be a, s e r io u s m a tte r. 1 bomb p ro o f g a s o tlp e tank co u ld c a r ry u c o n c e n tra te d m ix tu re of F lu id as % "M aster Mlix", f o r b le n d in g down further as required, ' I t seems a sad commentary on 193`? t h a t we sh o u ld be c o n sid e rin g liv in g lik e s o le s and working in the dark, I th ic k the pro posal I have o u tlin e d more fe a s ib le than depending on m echanical devices fo r v e n tila tio n , ashing, and o th e r custom ary fu n ctio n s deep in the ground. I r e a lis e such suggestions fo|r h an d lin g Fluid, from one in th e S a fe ty D epartm ent a re h e re sy b u t tjhe fundam ental c o n d itio n s a re d i f f e r e n t in war than in peace. The p r in c ip a l o b je c t in tim e o f war i s to " c a rry on.," I th in k roy plans- much ore. p r a c t i c a l and l e s s e x p en siv e , b u t h erew ith adm it I may have o v erlo o k ed some fundam ental fa c to rs which a c lo s e r view would re v e a l. ":(iOL ec: Dr. R. A. Kshoe HE 0015817