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FILE NAME: Thane (THAN) DATE: 1980 May 7 DOC#: THAN042 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo to Kansas Branch RE Asbestos Interoffice Communication Thompson-Hayward Chemical Company Branch Date: May 7, I960 To: Branch: From: SEE BELOW Kansas C ity Bob Mann Subject: A s b e s t o s Customer: TO: Lon Reardon - NC Reg C a rte r M arberry - MidSouth Reg Dan L i lly - Midwest Reg Joe Ragusa - S outhern Reg Chuck Jen sen - Memphis Larry Stimpson - S t. Paul B illy Moore - Denver Bobby W illif o rd - M obile Ray F itz g e r a ld Ralph Ripley Carl Segraves Since our announcement l a s t September th a t ve would Withdraw as a stocking d i s t r i b u t o r on a sb e s to s p ro d u c ts , we have f in a l ly d e p le te d o u r inventory to zero. Carey Canadian worked out a lte r n a te d is tr ib u to r s fo r a l l lo c a tio n s w ith th e ex cep tio n o f Memphis, M in n eap o lis, Denver and M obile where we were allowed to co n tin u e re p re s e n tin g them on a d ir e c t b a s is o n ly . The purpose o f t h i s l e t t e r i s to ad v ise t h a t th e o r ig i n a l i n t e n t was to g et completely out of th e business, b u t to keep Carey's backing u n t i l we d ep leted o u r in v e n to ry we continued s e ll in g t h e i r p ro d u c t a t these locations. The p o te n tia l product l i a b i l i t y i s fa r g r e a te r than th e p r o f it s generated by t h e remnants o f th e a s b e s to s b u s in e s s and i s p o in tle s s f o r me to cover any f u r th e r d e t a ils in t h i s re g a rd . T h erefo re, t h i s i s to a d v ise t h a t a f t e r allow ing you tim e to rece iv e th i s n o tic e a l e t t e r w ill be sen t to Carey Canadian a d v isin g we w i l l no lo n g e r handle t h e i r t h i r d p a r ty b u s in e s s a t th e rem aining b ra n c h e s. You w i l l .re c e iv e a copy o f t h i s l e t t e r when i t i s s e n t. C ordially, BM:cs