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FILE NAME: Ford (FD) DATE: 1975 June 2 DOC#: FD008 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Dr. Paul Kotin, Johns-Manville from Dr. Duane Block, Ford RE Mesothelioma Cases Feud Motor Company The American Road Dearborn, Michigan 48121 / June 2, 1975 Faul Kotin, M.D. Health, Safety & Environment Johns-Manvilie Corporation Greenwood Plaza Denver, Colorado 80217 Department Dear Paul: At our meeting with Irv Selikoff two weeks ago, he reviewed in general terms the results of physical examinations conducted on the first "100 or so" individuals who have done brake maintenance and repair work for a number of years. He mentioned again that a physician in California and another physician in Boston had told him about four cases of mesotheliorr.a they had seen in brake maintenance and repair men in the past voari Dut 17~did~hot know any of the details of these cases. He told us that when the details had been gathered he would share that informa tion and his own data with us by sending the information to me. Your note reminded mo that I had not kept in touch with you as I promised I would, but I had intended to send all of this information to you when I received it from Irv. You may be sure that I will do this. Best personal regards. Duane L. Block, M.D