Translated News Item on Expanded Soviet Asbestos Mining (1974)

An undated one-page English translation, headed "Extended Asbestos Mining in Sovjet," of a foreign news item kept in John H. Marsh's files at Raybestos-Manhattan. It reported that "in spite of the fact that many countries try to limit the use of Asbestos due to health risks," the Soviet Union was expanding its mining. With no substitute yet found, demand had grown, supply was scarce and world prices were rising. A new deposit had been found in the Ural Mountains, and Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary and Romania were to put up a third of the investment.

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:

1-page document entitled "Extended Asbestos Mining in Soviet (Translation)." The document states that in spite of the fact that many countries try to limit the use of asbestos due to its hazard to health, the Soviets are now extending their asbestos mining. The demand for asbestos is great, and the supply is getting scarce; therefore, the world market prices are rising.

About this copy

This is document 863 of the Motley 1,000, from the set the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust's records facility certified as true copies, pages CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-004589 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-004589.