Date:         Fri, 14 Mar 1997 12:30:12 +0200
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         zeidler@NTCNTG02DU.ntc.nokia.com (Zeidler Helmut NTC/Dusseld.)
Subject:      Re: Vanagon "Journeys under difficult co


Hello all,

After a long search about the responsibility person at VW
for the copyright on the manual

  Technical Recommendation
  Journeys under difficult conditions

I received a letter from

  VOLKSWAGEN AG
  D-38436 Wolfsburg
  Germany

  Department K-VK-25 hl
  Mr. Klaus Chojnacki  (Representative)
  Mrs. Monika Haessler (Assistant)

  Phone +49 5361 9-23160
  FAX   +49 5361 9-71756

dated on 27. Feb. 1997

with following contend (first German, next English translation):

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Sehr geehrter Herr Zeidler,

vielen Dank fuer Ihre Anfrage.

Es tut uns leid, dass der Ratgeber "Reisen unter erschwerten Bedingungen"
inzwischen vergriffen ist.

Eine Neuauflage ist nicht geplant.

Leider koennen wir Ihnen, auch unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Produkthaftung,
keine Genehmigung zum Nachdruck bzw. der Verbreitung ueber Internet 
erteilen.

Bitte haben Sie dafuer Verstaendnis.

Mit freundlichen Gruessen

 -Unterschrift-
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Dear Mr. Zeidler,

Thank you very much for your inquiry.

We are sorry that meanwhile the adviser "Journeys under difficult 
conditions"
is sold out.

A new print is not planned.

Unfortunately we can not give you the permission, even under the point
product liability, for reprinting respectively spreading it through the
internet.

Please understand this.

With kind regards,

 -sign-
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I'm sorry about this official answer from VW. I think that the real answer 
is,
that the parts described in the manual are not available any more. I guess
many of us, specially syncronauts, are very interested in this kind of
information. Each individual should send a request about the manual himself.
The common e-mail address of VOLKSWAGEN is devw1vww@ibmmail.com.

Helmut
'80 Camper