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I PLAINTIFF'S | EXHIBIT f CSR-23 AIRHAIL. PRIVATE o. 124 50th August, 1948* The Manager, Australian Blue Asbestos Ltd., WITTEHOOM GORGE. Dear Sir, GOVEBmtBWTAT. RETUK5S. (555) For your Inform ation, we would say that The C.S.R.Company* s policy generally Is to co-operate with departments seeking information for the purpose of compiling statistics desired to co-ordinate industry or to further more effective co-operation between Industry and the particular departments* However, in recent years we have been forced to restrict our compliance with many of the requests for returns* Ibis is due to the fact that a large number of them have proved to be of unnecessarily wide and overlapping scope involving our staff in work out of all proportion to the importance of tha stated purpose In the request for the return* It should also be borne in mind that in certain casts it say not be in the Company1* interests to divulge some of the information asked for by particular departments* fills information Is supplied for your general guidance and should be treated as confidential* We do not, of course, refer to those returns which must be made to comply with lavs and regulations* Za respect to the Quarterly Business Survey Wo* 5 which you forwarded, we wish to advise you that the C*S*R* Company have not been able to comply with a similar request regarding their other activities because of the work involved and have advised the Commonwealth Statlstltlan accord ingly* In your case wo suggest you vrlte a letter returning the forms (blank) and indicating briefly that you are developing and endeavouring to operate a very large and nev project under adverse conditions of material supply and labour| that your office at Wittenoom is severely understaffed in relation to the amount of control figures they have to handle and that in view of these factors, you be excused for the time being from complying with .their request* However, we would suggest that you tell them the amount of your Payroll during June, 1946 ar> per your Payroll Tax Return* c 1263 A.B.A. Ltd., fflTTENOOM GORGE* -2- No. ?124 30th August, 1948 For your Information, in case you are not already aware of the fact, this particular series of Survey Returns covers a wide scope, the Capital Expenditure one re curring at intervals of six months. The Return Forms are enclosed. Yours faithfully. Managing Director