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A short cover memo from I. L. Soisson to F. C. Kroft, Jr. says Gene Prescott telephoned to ask whether the asbestos operation was for sale and was told it was not. It attaches Prescott's February 11, 1982 letter on behalf of an asbestos-cement sheet maker, which expressed interest in acquiring the Colinga-area asbestos fiber mine in California.
- Author
- I. L. Soisson (Corporate Acquisitions & Divestitures); Gene Prescott (signature block partly cut off in the copy ('the Board'); company named as Building Products, Inc.)
- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation, Corporate Acquisitions & Divestitures (cover memo); International Building Products, Inc., New Orleans (attached letter)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-251
- Date
- February 11, 1982
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 15508 · asbestosclaims.law/library/15508
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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What the document holds
- Page 1: Cover memo from I. L. Soisson to F. C. Kroft, Jr. about Gene Prescott's telephone inquiry, with handwritten routing note
- Pages 2-3: Letter of February 11, 1982 from Gene Prescott, International Building Products, Inc., to H. Soisson expressing interest in acquiring the California asbestos fiber mine
People and organizations
From I. L. Soisson (Corporate Acquisitions & Divestitures); Gene Prescott (signature block partly cut off in the copy ('the Board'); company named as Building Products, Inc.) to F. C. Kroft, Jr.; H. Soisson (Director of Acquisitions and Divestitures, Union Carbide Corporation); Robert Lichtman (copy recipient of the letter).
- Gene Prescott (author)
- I. L. Soisson (author)
- F. C. Kroft, Jr. (recipient)
- H. Soisson (recipient)
- Fidelity Union Bank Corporation (named)
- International Building Products Inc (named)
- National Cold Storage Company, Inc (named)
- National Gypsum Co. (named)
- Ontario Research Foundation (named)
- Union Carbide Corporation (named)
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This is document UC-251 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 3 pages.
Cite this document
I. L. Soisson (Corporate Acquisitions & Divestitures), Gene Prescott (signature block partly cut off in the copy ('the Board'), company named as Building Products, Inc.). “I. L. Soisson to F. C. Kroft, Jr., Forwarding Gene Prescott's Letter on Acquiring the Asbestos Fiber Mine.” February 11, 1982. Union Carbide documents, UC-251. Union Carbide Corporation, Corporate Acquisitions & Divestitures (cover memo); International Building Products, Inc., New Orleans (attached letter). AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 15508. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/15508.
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