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[Regarding Hickey's Proposed CTR Special Project]

Abstract

Transmits proposal and recommends approval for continuation of Hickey's Council for Tobacco Research Special Project. Notes Hockett and Holtzman concur regarding approval (attachments missing).

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LETTER

Author

Shinn, William W. (TI Communications; Shook, Hardy, CTR Attorney)

TI Communications Committee and was also a lawyer for CTR. William W. Shinn worked for Shook, Hardy & Bacon.

Recipient

Hetsko, Cyril F. (VP of ATC; CTR Director)

Vice President and General Counsel for American Tobacco. Served on the Executive Committee as a CTR Director.

Ramm, Henry H. (CTR Chair; RJR VP & Gen Counsel, c. 1967)

Chairman of the Board & General Counsel for R.J. Reynolds and CTR Chairman 1971-1975.

*Smith, Paul D. (use Smith, Paul Davis) (Dir., VP and Assoc. Gen. Counsel for PMI, 1966)

Paul Smith, who is retired, was Director, Vice President and Associate General Counsel for PMI in 1966. He served on the Committee of Counsel. (Source: NM Tobacco Companies Personnel List)

Stevens, Arthur Joseph (LOR Sr. VP '89-95 and TI Communications)

Served on Lorillard Board of Directors 1985-92, was Senior Vice President from 1989 to 1995, served as General Counsel for Lorillard '93-95. Served on Tobacco Institute Communications Committee.

Yeaman, Addison Y. (BW VP & General counsel; CTR Chairman of Board)

General counsel for B&W. CTR Chairman/President 1975-1981

Haas, Frederick P. (Liggett, General Counsel)

Frederick P. Haas was a member of the Board of Directors of Liggett & Meyers from 1966 through 1976. From 1975 and 76 he was Special Counsel. (N.M., L & M Liability Notebook, Section 3, Personnel List)

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Pollack, Lester (LOR Exec. VP, Secretary & Gen. Counsel)

Employed by Loew's Corp. as Vice President, 1971. Senior Vice President 1972-74, Exec. VP 1975-78. Served on Board of Directors 1971-95, was employed by Loews Theater, Inc.

Named Person

Hickey, R.J.

Univ. PA; Special Projects

Hockett, Robert Casad, Ph.D. (CTR Scientific Director)

Scientific Director of the Council for Tobacco Research from 1972-1974 (WSJ 2/11/93; Allman complaint). Bio-Research Institute BRI conducted a study for the CTR. When Syrian hamsters were exposed to smoke twice a day for 59 to 80 weeks, 40% of those of a cancer-susceptible strain and 4% of a resistant strain developed malignant tumors (WSJ 2/11/93). Before publishing the study in 1974, BRI's founder, Frederic Homberger, sent a manuscript to Robert Hockett, then scientific director of the CTR. Dr. Homberger says he had to do so because halfway through his study, the CTR had changed it from a grant to a contract so they could control publication. They were quite open about that (WSJ 2/11/94. Soon thereafter, Hockett and CTR lawyer Edwin Jacob went to Dr. Homburger's summer house in Maine. Hockett and Jacob did not want BRI to call anything cancer, they wanted it to be "pseudo-epitheliomatous hyperplasis," a euphemism for lesions preceding cancer (WSJ 2/11/93). Dr. Homberger said no, this is not right, it is cancer. Jacob told Dr. Homberger that BRI would never get a penny more if the paper was published without the changes. At the last minute, Dr. Homberger changed the final proofs to read "microinvasive" cancer, a microscopic malignancy. Nevertheless, BRI was never funded by the CTR again (WSJ 2/11/96) Hochett made a statement, as scientific director of the CTR circa February 1972 that neither tobacco and health research in general, nor that of the Council for Tobacco Research has established that tobacco use or cigarette smoking in particular is a major health hazard (Allman complaint, pp. 41-42). Robert C. Hockett was Scientific Director, Vice President and Research Director of CTR. See Bio-Research Institute, TTLA Almanac - Names. (N.M.'s CTR Who's Who)

Holtzman, Alexander (PM Asst General Counsel. 1975-85.)

Named Organization

Council for Tobacco Research - USA (CTR) (Formerly Tobacco Industry Research Committee (TIRC))

Originally organized as the Tobacco Industry Research Committe(TIRC) in 1954, and renamed Council for Tobacco Research - USA, Inc. (CTR) in 1964.

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