T R G Bennett and Kemball Bishop & Co Ltd: correspondence

In addition to two production progress reports from Kemball Bishop (PEN.C.57 and PEN.C.87) for 1944, a letter (26 July, 1945) from Kemball Bishop to Bennett proposing the termination of collaboration:

"I yesterday had an interview with Mr Denston of the Ministry of Supply. I represented to him that in view of the present position in Penicillin production, collaboration beween us all should at once be ended. I shall be glad to have your views on the matter. There is the new Glaxo plant of deep fermentation - a secret process acquired from America; there is the equally secret extraction process of Allen & Hanbury; there is the Distillers' plant in course of erection in the north of England - also a secret American process and to which I understand neither you nor we would be allowed access - yet each of these firms can at any moment visit our plants and they do in fact continue to send their representatives to our technical meetings."

The letter continues with remarks on American companies, and Bennett undertakes to discuss the matter with the TRC Board and member-companies.

1944-1945

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