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FILE NAME: Drilling Specialties (DRSP) DATE: 1969 Sept 18 DOC#: DRSP009 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Flosal from H.M. Barrett to A.V. Williams
PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT
lI_0.T3GR.iiI September 13 1969
In rs: Flasal^ Bar-132-69
TO:
V. V.'iUiams
FROM: K. 1!. B arrett
n- Soot ember 17 B illy V.'aUdusbaw with KU ehm called, from Houston re la tin g that
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a t l h e London docks had refused to onload F lo sa l because i t Is
w S t based m aterial. The longshoremen in England w ill not unload any
thine that they know i s asoestos or c n ry so tilo .
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,, fn -r r e d Hr. B i ll Suggs with Furnesa-Withy Steamship Line to me fo r
l ^ g = inTonwd - tta t t t a , m * w ,
S t S i i l r the GulX Coast to England th a t co n tain s asb e sto s or c h ^ a o t i l a .
^ i s a r t i c u l a r shioDant i s s t i l l on board a sh ip heaaed fo r another ri^ th Sea
S r t K . i t -will b je f u l l y be unloaded and sent back to hngland. Doxtrid i s
^ o th o r c a ta r ia l the B ritish longshoremen w ill not handle.
Our export hag does not show F ln sa l to be asb esto s or c h r ^ o t ila aab^fcos a t
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^SL_ a r t i c u l a r sninnant, however, came from Kilchem's domaatic
warehouse"stock0!?^Houston. Our domestic bags carry a caution on th e bag and 2 l i s Chrysotiln a ab Ssto s. HUchem made a l l shipping arrangements,
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t ,, n a TM that m aterials such as those can be shipped in containers
S ^ a u p r o m a t e l y 1100 ou f t ) . Their minimum container charge ib
' n no each to L ^ ^ o r Pelixstow . B illy s&mnahaw t e l l s me th at suen coa S S are pronibitlvo, however because there i s a rteam claammg cnarge at
destin ation that may be almost as great a s the ocean fre ig h t.
I t appears that our beat bet i s to sta y with export b a p . t o may, however, be too la t e because the tradename, F lo s a l, i t s e l f may be barren.
This i s for your information.
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