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Cyprus Mines Corporation 555 Sou,h F,ower street Los Angeles, California 90071 Telephone 213) 489-3700 Cable Selmud Losangeles Telex 67-4601 CONFIDENTIAL Mr. Chet Oliver Oliver & Company 1 New York Avenue A tlantic City, N. J. 08401 July 19, 1979 Dear M r. Oliver: In confirm ation of our telephone conversation of July 19, 1979, you are authorized to investigate the lawsuit Thomas E. W estfall and Elizabeth W estfall versus W hittaker, Clark & Daniels, et al versus Metropolitan Talc Company, for Cyprus Mines Corporation. As I have indicated, M r. W estfall, as an employee of U niroyal, allegedly contacted m esotheliom a from breathing in talc while employed at a rubber plant in Rhode Island. Talc may have been provided by W hittaker, Clark & Daniels, a sales agent for Metropolitan. Cyprus is in the process of acquiring M etropolitan Talc Company and thus the investigation m ust be completed by August 17th. Questions which we have developed are as follows: 1) We need the details of this claim including other defendants. 2) We need the full employment history of M r. W estfall, including em ployers, plants, construction of plants, i.e . asbestos type m aterial, m aterials worked with including the trad e nam es of ta lc s, m edical history including smoking, p rior w orkers' compensation or liability claim s submitted, protective clothing worn during employment. 3) We need the full history of product shipments and dates from W hittaker, Clark & Daniels to Uniroyal such as Canada or New York talc. 4 ) We need d etails on M etropolitan talc o perations, including d a tes, lim its and provisions of insurance coverage relating to this claim , production of crude and source of crude talcs. i PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT WCD-234 CAMC Alfaro 001714