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FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR DATE 1954 Mar 31 DOC CSR005 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to CSR from M Documenting The Type and Percentages of Asbestos Used In Their A Pipe & Their Reluctance to Document It . . al Meet oe hoe ANNEXURE CA A. FisHEI JOHNS MANVILLE CORPORATION TWENTY EAST FORTIETH STREET NEW YORK 16. Y. M.G. Kun M.G. Via Air Mail March 31 1954 Mr. R. W. Harman General Manager The Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Ld O'Connell Street Sydney N.S.W. Australia ~ Dear Mr. Harman . / I have noted with interest the your letter of March 26 contents of Although it is true that we are using from 20 to 20 percent of crocidolite asbestos fibre mixed with chrysotile fibre for the manufacture of asbestos pressure pipe and with much success we would be reluc- tant at this time to prepare any technical data supporting these results Also it would be embarrassing to us to send you such a technical paper which you in turn propose to use before the Tariff Board of Australia as our relations with the James Hardie Company are very friendly and they are of course one of our good asbestos fibre customers With our new chrysotile mine opening this fall in Southern Rhodesia Africa it is possible that our sales of fibre to this company may increase due to the possibility of ; such sales being made in sterling I am sure you understand understand our position and in order to clarify this I am asking Mr. D. T. Colton to discuss the matter with you when he is in Sydney the end of April Kind personal regards Sincerely ~~ Sincerely hy