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FILE NAME Cape Asbestos CAPE DATE 1959 Apr 13 DOC CAPE144 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Confidential Letter from Cape Asbestos to NAAC RE Directors for NAAC Legal - Tibbs Case Exhibit 42 22 190 h { r a . ' / THE CAPE ASBESTOS COMPANY LIMITED HEAD OFFICE 114 & 116 PARK STREET LONDON W TELEPHONE GROSVENOR 6022 TELEGRAMS LONDON BARKING WORKS HESDEN BRIDOE KENTHERE KENTHERE UXBRIDGE BEDFORD SENONI - 8 A. SARNIA CAN MINE BLUE MINES ROGOAS - CAPE PROVINCE AMOSITE MINES EASTERN TRANSVAAL BRANCHES ETC MANCHESTER BIRMINGHAM OLABOOW ROUBAIX JOHANNESBURO TORONTO CHICAG0 MILAN PE J Mr. R.E. Cryor North American Asbestos Corporation Board of Trade Building Chicago 4 Illinois U. S. A. 13th April 1959 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL Dear Rob Thank you for your two letters on the subject of further Directors for N.A.A.C. Firstly we should be very happy to have either Herb Brook or Gordon Close I have discussed this with Mr. Newton and we both feel that the best method would be to approach Lord Bissell & Brook be kind enough to nominate one and to or the ask them whether they would other in accordance with their own wishes Mr. Newton I think would like to write to John Lord himself asking him to do this and subject to your reply he will do so accordingly So far as the second vacancy goes both he and I are impressed by your description of Harper Boyd and particularly your assurance that he is the type of man who would fit into our scheme of things The appointment of a Director however is one which above all is the most difficult to undo if one makes a mistake without causing embarrassment all round and I am a little concerned at the prospect of taking this step with someone whom you say you have only known for a short time Would it be possible therefore to for some time yet or if not then to make Boyd in such a way that would enable us to by any chance which is no doubt unlikely disappointment The sort of thing I have hold this vacancy open the proposal to Harper get out of it again if he turned out to be a in mind is the possibility CAPE00026 of saying to him that possibly in a couple of years time we would wish to have a rather higher proportion of English representatives on the Board and therefore while we did not wish to increase its size we might as a matter of policy be thinking in terms of having two English to three American Directors or something of this kind would be therefore be prepared to begin his association with us or the standing that it might well be of a temporary nature and that reasons entirely unconnected with himself we wanted to change underif for things round he would not have too violent an objection to dropping out I am sure past experiences direction I need not which lead labour the point but we have had in us to be extremely cautious in this the Perhaps before taking any further steps you would firstly confirm that you are happy for Mr. Newton to write to Lord Bissell & Brook on the lines suggested and secondly your view on the other vacancy Yours sincerely -- -- --,--,,-- -- --,--,, ------,--,, . ! - . TO MH : Tae, > o wi? . CAPE000262