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Your reference Our reference IN CONFIDENCE 2 6 NOV 1986 25th Novenber, 1986 Dear Mr. Atkinson, I am writing in reply to your letter of 12th September regarding the collaboration of Sir Richard Doll with your subsidiary company Turner Brothers Asbestos Company Limited in research into the possible association betv^en exposure to asbestos fibre and lung cancer. I apologise for the delay in replying to your letter but it was necessary to undertake a thorough search of our archives before responding. I regret to report_th?t tty* "^gyant MTT fi-le relating to this fjnh-ja-* _was destroyed in 1969. -However I can confirm that Sir Richard Doll at Oxford has been carrying out longitudinal studies of the male employees of Turner Bros in Rochdale since 1954* The MRC supported this research~until` l%y and it has subie?jaentiy~been funded by the University of Oxford, DHSS and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Sir Richard Doll is still actively engaged in research and may be able to help you further if you wish to contact him directly. His address is Imperial Cancer Research Fund Cancer Epidemiology and Clinical Trials' Unit, University of Oxford, Gibson Building, The Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, 0X2 6HE. I am sorry that we are unable to be of more assistance in this instance. Yours sincerely, Anne Hading Mr. J. M. Atkinson, Turner and Newall Pic., PO Box 20, Ashburton Road West, Trafford Park, Manchester. Ml7 IRA. /