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A l-- Uwt 11, 1943 Tot Mr. A. a. Tatiatoheff Praai J. J. Chatsynd 2ubjacti Asbestos - flebatitutioa af Other Khodaalaa Cbrysotlle (pedes for Cr4a 040 This will acknowledge reoelpt of your Moortoihui gf August 4th on the ax>* euejeev. la we court* of the loot fee day* hare reoelwad further infore*-- tion iron London on this subject. The Ministry attach wry r*l laportance to the running of these taata and obrloualy conaldar that adequate reports of suoh taatc should ba node awl La bis before contract# for 1914 <u ba written. Th# background to th* Inclusion In tho Maoranduw of Understanding of para 1 (b) la, a her* sow heard, that la th* course of negotiations paction of th* accepteoility in th* 0. S. 4. of aortala newly deeeleped grad** of node . tan Cbryaotila arose. Vhllat th* tearless taohaleal Tapra--tatlra, *r. Jaoobeea, agreed that there had been aaall taata with these new {Will la Aserioe telah had p seed conplotaly suc cessful, I repeat successful, jrour ropesssotatlwa refused to aooapt than as coa- lately Interchangeable with other grades beoauee full aeaafacturlag taata had not K-*"- run. The producers wore asst ratesteat to wry tbelr practice, abloh <aa that they Should Ship C A*ti, 7114, OSjfcJL at their own option aad this Condition usd been aaoepted by the naufutsrnrt ir the 0. 1. Added to this is th* shipping oueatloc and th* desirability that full nse should ba aad* *f awilabl* shipping pace, and tharafora wfcsn . ship hwM put into port ehiohawr fibre ut then awl labia In pert should ba shlpoed. Due t th* att.ttodn adopted by your Clasion tha Ministry used its bast efforts and finally persuaded the eeopanles to enlw thalr risfct which they insisted on in 0. K. purchases tc iM; -t their own option either C 4 G, T8A, or H7L for 1943 to era;, the i>. 8. 4. to n* namfas taring t~st# a* arranged in para 1 (U). -1*-^ It wo*Aid appear fran tha fhregoing that th* taste referred to by rr. aa waning place before tht Mlsaion sent to London sere looked upon by imbimimw. Therafora I ask you now (1) To irrenge for fill eteufaeturlag teste to be undertakes at once: (7) To obtain detailed reports of tha results sf the tasts of TRA 3 and 4 fibre tqr Tidies haTirlTls referred to In the third perm of your (3) To reply to the fourth pars of ay --ormdaa of July 12th in which I aeked yen (a) th* date 5? the ^ -- 3a* ricMCUfla aosru hid. you quoted en page 2 of your aaaerasdim of July 2nd) and (b) by ahoa this letter vas addressed to th* Var Prodootlne Board. I aa hap,./ Vo abaarvo fro* tha fourth para of /our aaaorandua of iuguat 4th that tba Cork, Aabaatoa and fibroma Glaaa Dirlainn of tba hr Production Board ax* atill praparaA to bring praauura to boar on tba 1> d-uetria* to run toata and I ainoaraly truat that thay iU da ao iaaadtatal/ In rio of tha inforaation ooatainod la vba foragolng parayrmpha. la riat of the iAfornatloa prtrridad ty fea Xlniatr/ rafarring to tha aaall toata, ru;x>rVd tyr you, oarrlad out bofara tba Biaaioo want to Laadoe, and raportad by hr. Jacobaon to hat* boon waaanMt I 'hint it la tanoaaaaary for tba 'linlitrj to aak Tamar and Baaall far tba Information auggaatad in jxmr cloaine paragraph. Turtharaora, an It la claarly atatad in tha Maaoraadm of 'Toderstanding that tha . I. featraaaat aili in uaa ita baat afforta to induoa flraa to ran lVll aannfaataring tasta, I would guggaat that tba onus ta an vha li. 8. Gorwoaant to aaka nvtlLabla tna raaulta af auob taata aixd It avid Xa lapro par for tba Miniatry of Supily to notaio thia Information froa oom-arciui sjuroaa, lour aarly attantioa to this aaviar would on graatir an?>raltad. V.orc Uuii a aonth has jassad atnoa tha aaitar riiseutt#d at to* 'pamtinr Connivt#a. oc 1 V'r. il. 4. Gordon (at Mr. McDoug&ll's r^urat)