Their job was to conduct interrogations in conjunction with military police and military intelligence units, according to a company memorandum.

Quoting a company memorandum, an employee said smoking is permitted only in private offices.

Internal company memorandums indicated that the two men and other managers were aware of the problem long before investors were told.

No mail was sent because the mail staff was fired, according to official company memorandum.

The documents, more than 10,000 pages dated from 1962 to 1992, include what appear to be internal company memorandums, research materials and handwritten notes.

Only one in four attempts to make a purchase worked, according to company memorandums.

He also played down the import of the company memorandum and said it was being circulated to generate publicity for the lawyers.

The document summarizes internal company memoranda recording the release of radioactive gases before, during and after the July 1959 incident.

In an internal company memorandum, Thiokol officials blamed themselves for the loss, citing poor planning and low morale.

Concerned by those imports, Fujisawa said in an internal company memorandum that it wanted to "recapture that market."