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Dear t,fggi Q&Z&ber- 2 9 , Dum m Ogden m s ia to m& m regarding h is com m otion w ith Canada TOsi Company* He wanted m to exp la in to him- why vm dS&cxmtimad zh& saie o f I to ld Dimcm th e o n ly m m o n m gave up th e sa le o f Canada Tala i s because Canada Talc- m s unable to g ive us a guarantee th a t th ese &m n o t any asbestos contom im tion iii th e ir product* X to ld him th a t m could n o t s e l l ta lc in th is c&ofttfy- u n less wo had th a t typ e o f a guarantee JMiban to ld me th a t M s t e s ts , and he gave m some papers to bach i t up, sow th a t v o ile th e re i s tzm a o lito p re se n t,. i t i s non a sb esto sty p e tr m o lite * m h m p r e tty much th e m n e s o r t o f a p itc h th a t V anderbilt is using on th e ir talc The question r e a lly was: Would m be in te r e s te d in i t i f he could g ive us those g u a rm tees? X to ld M si th a t we d e fin ite ly would be in te re ste d in working out a re la tio n sh ip w ith Canada Talc i f we could g e t such guarantees bancm a lso to ld us th a t h& had h is own d e p o sit o f Vermont t a lc , would be intezeSnd in s e llin g erudm ore to- us hut not a fin is h e d product He sa id th a t he would need 20,030 tons per gear to keep th is operation going Me fu rth e r sta te d th a t n il o th e ta lc s in Vermont and in Canada, witlx th e excep tio n o f th e Canada Talc o re s, wotfM need to be cleaned up in some wag or form in order to be saleable He then brought up th e su b je c t o f the Canada T a la 's sto c k and sa id P eter Barnes wanted to -komi why we woultln *z, s e l l th m our sto c k in Canada Talc X to ld mean th a t m o r ig in a lly decided to keep th e ta lc becam e we wanted to know what Canada T a lc was doing mid seco n d ly, m d id n 't l i k e th e to m o f th e ir a tto r n e y 's le t t e r to u s demanding th a t we m i l t h ir s to c k , m 3 th a t was th e only reason* The next d a y, October 30, P eter Betsies c a lle d use and sa id th a t he would lik e to d is c u ss the p o s s ib ility o f our s e llin g our sto c k in Canada Talc to tiiam an& would X reconsider X to ld him th a t i t was n o t my d e c isio n , th a t m were having a 'D irectors* M eeting on December $: and X would b rin g tix&i up at th e D irectors* Meeting? th a t X d id n 't fo resee m y problem s, hut X d id not have a u th o rity fed co u n it m w ittiest th e approval o f our D irectors* .Be asked me i f X m o ld c a ll him a fte r m r mttiety* X agreed to* Be sa id th a t was n o t h is re a l reason fo r c a llin g me He was q u ite e x c ite d about tfork in g w ith us and hoped- th a t m could work o u t th e problems and th a t wo would be doing b u sin ess together* m review ed mg d isc u ssio n w ith Duacm Ogden and m ated- infonzm ziqn on q u a n titie s m wouM need, what k in d o f a guarantee wo would m m , m 4 what k in d -o f a price- we would need from him. Me- was ta lk in g about s e llin g us crude ta lc and having us do th e grinding because he has lim ite d grinding f a c i l i t i e s a t Modoc PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT WCD-72 P* uomch. Bovember 2, 1981 Paga 2 1 to la bim tb e t ^i&m Q&d&n abould ta lk u ith George BippoXd about uh&t k,ind o i a a tetm m b t m P/ould &&& zom caada -Tale compong and th t Bm^cmi couX ta lk i-sth B i l l Coopez bW uZ p o ssib lA &lme: o oze ce would nsm* 2 a lzo to M Mrs m wonld m e d a l i b t l e tijas to Xxgum ou exmxtZy what p riv e m m u id M fe z to pey bim f o t C&naim exude* He thcx m ke me i ua aonld a tm a 75% Galo ZGU. dolom ite pzodact J k&M bisa tb a t X would zu th e z ieave th is up t George Plppol and be sh m M get Dwicm to di&cuss th is wxbh George,* Tbat io boet th subitanee o the coavezsation* I think &e zkoul heve a discussion on thie when m are all togethez* ii/amo A tta ch m en t c o 7 3*0, bight GmX* B ip p o ld Gm <JA Briscoli