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Volume #12 - 881. | |
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CHAPTER XI RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES | |
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PART
1 BOUNDARY WATERS | |
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DEA/8010-40 |
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Deputy Minister of Reconstruction and Supply Deputy Minister of Reconstruction and Supply | |
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Ottawa,
January 21st, 1946 | |
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Dear Mr. Robertson, ATTENTION: MR. E. R. HOPKINS RE: POLLUTION OF THE DETROIT AND ST. CLAIR RIVERS AND LAKE ST. CLAIR. This will acknowledge yours of the 15th† instant re above. I do not think this department would be justified in demanding changes in the manufacturing processes of the Polymer Corporation until an investigation has established that the situation demands such action. My understanding is that there is at present no prof that the contamination complained of by the city of Detroit originates wholly, or principally, from the operations of the Corporation or, indeed, that it all comes from the Canadian side of the boundary. The matter is now before the International Joint Commission which, I believe, proposes to undertake an investigation very shortly. The Commission would hold hearings, which would bring to light all the facts of the case in an impartial way. This department is of the opinion that the proper procedure is to await the Commission's report. Yours faithfully, | |
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