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FILE NAME: ICI (ICI) DATE: 1967 Mar-Apr DOC#: ICI034 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo / M r. A. C. M r. John Waddell W B/A N M /jPU cC E PG /M FH /EH K /SPM /EnP/G R P Copies: JW /PC RM E/CSS/CCG W PII ( dw h / a c m / r h p /RA W /BEW /N V P/H STT) 3rd A p ril, 1067 A sbestos and H ealth - I, C. I. Ltd. The various D iv isio n s o f I. C .I . a re tending to look fo r substitu tes fo r a sb esto s in tho prod ucts they malio th em selv es and also in insulation w ork on th e ir p lants (though not y et la building m a te ria ls o r o th e r prod ucts w hich th ey p u rch aso ); tho Com panies directly concerned a re working through norm al s a le s channels to com bat th is te n d e n cy ^ ^ T h o p olicy does not com e from a cen tral d ircc tiv a and so it does not appear approp riate, at tills stag e, to tackle it cen trally , Tho foregoing is for you r"general inform ation. The purpose of this m em orandum la to say that at le a st one of I . C . I . 's products has been ad vertised ns " A sbestos fr e e " ; this h as been the subject o f a p ro te ct and wo have been assu red that it would not bo in a c co rd a n c e with I . C. I . 'fl n o rm a l policy to "kn ock" a s b e s to s . I should bo g m to fu l, th e r e fo r e , if you would a le r t your P u rch ase D epartm ents o r o th ers concerned with I. C .I . ad vertisin g m n ttor and if you would orran g o fo r a sam ple to bo sen t to M r. Howard o f any lite r a tu r e w hich offends in th is re sp e ct. Joh n V/a&d^ll. / ACM/DC To: JV 28th March 1967. A sb e sto s and H e a lth - C .K .O .B . With r e fe r e n c e to your not o f March 2 0 th , th e v alu e o f our d ir e c t tra d e with the C .E .O .B . has been q u it e s m a ll. In 1 9 6 4 /5 i t was C J06 and in 1965/6 1 , 833. Moat o f th is trade has been in P .T .F .E ., a s b e s to s c u r ta in s , p la ite d packing and w ebbing. < , We know t h a t in 1965/6 Cape h e ld th e a sb e sto s t e x t i l e o o n tra o t f o r a l l C .E .O .B . power s t a t i o n s . T h e ir s a l e s in 1965 were reco rd ed a s 1 4 ,6 5 5 - m ainly o lo t h , r o p e ,, webbing and m illb oard . Beldam A sb e sto s have th e c u r r e n ts y e a r '1ua ' aontrao t . : zlm . * __ __ Whil s t t h e us age - i* y s iz e a b le ,1 we' have mixed f e e l i n g s ab o u t th e tr a d e a s i t in v o lv e s many':. sm a ll d eep ato h es t o in d iv id u a l power s t a t i o n s ^ ) * - ', u>_> - f*i>eS8ffrtaaiMf7<rfrr: ' *? > ' A. at Z2T