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pO:' 'J.i'Cw'TIAL PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT A SJJJiSTOS INFO KMATJ. 0?* COMM7.TTHK Minutes of tho ki.h Annual General Mooting held at Cape Asbestos Co Ltd, 1 1Park Street, London W1 on Tuesday, 22nd Juno, 1971 Those present G S Sutcliffe il F Hove C M Fenton R J D Stewart J D Grieve H D S Kardio A A Cross D Wright V.' J5 Hewn i'd A H Lenny T<1N Ltd (Chad.rraan) TAN Ltd (Deputy Chairman) 3353A Group Ltd Gefco Ltd Gefco Ltd T&N Ltd Capo Asbestos Co Ltd I3J3A Group Ltd TAN Ltd (S e c r et a ry) TAN Ltd (Minutes Secretary) An apology for absence was received from Dr U Gaze. 1 Minutes of previous meeting bold on 2nd June 1970 Those were approved, 2, Accounts for vo.-tr ended 31st March 1971 A statement of expenditure and income for the year ended 31st March 1971 was approved subject to approval cf Hill and Knowlton.' r. March invoice and to audit. 3. Appointment of offioox-s Mr Sutcliffe explained that because of a reorganisation of director's responsibilities within Turner <?; Newell it was no longer possible for him to continue as Chairman of the AIC. It was proposed and seconded that Mr.H D S Hardio should be appointed Chairman and that the Committee's other officers should continue as beforo. This notion was accepted. Mr C M Fenton, Mr R J B Stewart and Mr A A Cross, on behalf cf thoir respective companies, expressed their sincere appreciation of Mr G S Sutcliffe's work as Chairman of the AIC over the last three years. % k, Reappointment of consultants It was agreed that Hill and Know!ton (UK) Ltd be reappointed for the current financial year under revised financial terms already agreed by tho Deputy Chairman with Mr C Mann. 5* Adverse publicity Mr R J 13 Stewart explained that had no advance knowledge of the hearing in the Smith and Others not boon informed of the date Central Asbestos 'Co. Ltd date' of- the Court of .Appeal v Central case. They had *-u- CAPCO KIN 0001297 RjnS MFH -2- adverse publicity might have caused. A decision about a possiblo appeal to the House o.C Loi'ds would be .taken in the next week or so and AIC members. informed. Mx' Stewart also reported that Gefco would soon apply to become a South African registered company and enquired if this would affect their membership of the AIC. The Deputy Chairman would check this with T&N legal representatives. 1.7.71 CAPCO KIN 0001298 CONFIDENTIAL > \ i ASBESTOS INFORMATION COMMITTEE Minutes of a meeting held at Cape Asbestos Co Ltd, London VI on Tuesday, 22nd June, 1971 ' It Those present; G S Sutcliffe M F Howe H D S Hardie C M Fenton R J B Stewart J D Grieve A A Cross D Wright V P Howard A II Denny A Mas terton-Smith TAN Ltd fin the Chair) T&N Ltd (Deputy Chairman) TAN Ltd BI3A Group Ltd Gefco Ltd Gofco Ltd Cape Asbestos Co Ltd BOA Group Ltd TAN Ltd TAN Ltd Hill and Knowlton (UK) Ltd Apologies for absence were received from Dr R Gaze and Mr C Mann. '\CTION /PH HFH MFH 701 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING HELD ON 27th APRIL 1971 Approved. MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES 702 Symposium for Chest Specialists (675) 703 The Secretary would report to the next meeting. Socio-Economic Study (676) Mr Bateman, Mr Sutcliffe and Mr Hills had met Dr Gilson and agreed to cooperate in this study. The AIC would contribute financially to its cost and further details concerning methods of cooperation and finance were awaited from Dr Gilson. 70^ Exchange of AIC and AIA/NA Minutes Copies of the last AIC- Minutes and Secretary's Report had been sent to the AIA/NA. When received, the AIA/NA . minutes would bo circulated to AIC member companies. It was thought that if might be desirable for this arrangement to be extended to other overseas information bodies when formed and operating satisfactorily. Any such cases would, however, be submitted for the --------------cons!doxafc 1 on of the Committee by Hr'Hoiye.[ CAPCO KIN 0001299 VPH AAC WPK CM MFH VPH - 2- -vv; *s MATTERS ARISING FROM TIIIS 5 ECRLTAKY' S REPORT 75 Nov/ Scientist (SK 346) 706 The Secretary reported that discussions were proceeding with the proposed authors of the article for submission to the Now Scientist. Opinions differed on the approach rcquii'cd for the article and those might talco some time to rcsolvo. Nature (SR 3kj) ' 707 The referee appointed by Nature for the A7?C Secretary's paper on tho asbestos content of the urban atmosphere was Dr l'i Lavther, Director of tho Air Pollution Research Laboratory. Ho bad referred tho paper back to Dr ilc-imor* in a manner which would enable it to bo re-cast to meet his objections. Press Advertising (SR 348) A list of media had boon agreed arid the campaign would run from September to tho beginning of December, 1977. Visual presentations had boon discussed by the sub-committee and further' creative work would be necessary by the agency. 70S ARC Foundation in Edinburgh (SR 3lj0) A press release had been issued to the medical and health correspondents of the main daily, evening and provincial newspapers and the specialist journals for publication on Wednesday, 23rd June, 1971. Copies were distributed at the meeting. Copies had also been sent to the ARC Secretary and the National Coal Hoard and would be sent to tho Asbestos Association, the British Friction Materials Council, tho Thermal Insulation Contractors' Association, the Asbestos Cement Manufacturers' Association and the Asbestos Fibre Importers' Committee* 709 Doomsday Book (SR 351) Mr Mann had written to tho author, Mr Rattray Taylor, to suggest a meeting in London with AIC representatives, but had not yet received a reply* 710 Talcum Powder (SR 324). 711 The sub-committee had decided not to seek a meeting with Johnson & Johnson until more facts were available, but were drawing tho attention of tho ARC to this important subject. World in Action. Granada TV (SR 353) It was likely that this programme would bo screened on Monday, 28th June. The sub-conmittoo would arrange for legal renreseutatives to view the nrn/Tanime. and for the o 0O0 O o o id O o <Q. WPH AHD AHD 712 -3Stonm and ITcnting Knginoer (SR 356) 713 The Editor had written to say that a letter from Mr Cro:;:i would be published 3n the July edition. Mr Cross' letter had drawn attention to the omission in an article on the Asbestos Regulations to any rofereaco to the Threshold Limit Values recommended by the Factory Inspoctorato, JIM Dockyards (SR 338) The JSnvirowmontal Control Committee of the ARC were cooperating with Sui'geon Commander Harries, HM Dockyard, Jlevonport, on problems associated with the deterioration of sprayed asbestos in buildings. 71^ Swan Hunter. Tcn-ssido (SR 359) 715 The ARC Secretary was dealing with a request from the Safety Officer of the Swan Hunter Shipbuilding Group for assistance in the publication of a report dealing with n survey of joiners employed by the firm who had v/orked for a varying number of years with asbestoscontaining materials. Each had been given a clean bill of health by the Pneumoconiosis Board. ARC Achievements (1957-71 ) (SR 360) Copies would shortly be circulated by the ARC Secretary. 716 The Secretary would be consulting with Dr Holmes nbovit distribution to tho Press and other interested organisations. Asbestos Safety and Control (3rd Edition) (SR 361 ) 717 Would be distributed in the next 2-3 weeks. House of Lords (689) Mr Hills had been asked to send a formal invitation to the Lords Crook and Konnet and Baroness Summerskill to visit either tho Uxbridge factory or Park Street offices of Cape Asbestos on 19th, 20th or 22nd July, as guests of the ARC. 718 HM Factory Inspectorate (.690 and SR 3^3) The ARC Secretary had written to Mr B Harvey, HM Chief Inspector of Factories, seeking an exjjlfniation of his statement at the National Industrial Safety Study Conference at Scarborough. Mr Cross reported that there appeared to have been a noticeable hardening of tho Inspectorate's attitude towards the application of tho Asbest"os_ Regulations. Industry had been given two years, in which to- comply with the now Regulations and now it appeared that some r\ ^ T-W I /**** * 1 /I A f\AM r.APHO KIN 0001301