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S.bjecl: 4th h'or]d Conference on ~noMng Date: June 11, 1979 and lIea]th, _,Stockholm, Jtme 18 - 21, 1979 To: Sm B. t~Jtt, III From: Frank O. Colby Attached p].emse find the '~'fJ_na]" program of the 'dth World Conference on &%nking and Health'. 3his copy of the program has allegedly been com- piled fr~n the galley i~roofs of the ol'Iglnal progr~n. It is elea~ fr~n that progrs~n that the Stockholm gathering will be by and large a "Carrie Nation" meeting. What "scientiffic" contributions are plmmed, are n~st]y revie~vs of previously published data. "Significm]t" n~v scientJ fie information can be expc~ted to be nil or ndnin~%l. ~nei:e will be ap])arently le~s a~ tention paid to underdeveloped cou~tr~e~ than had allegedly oriF.ina]ly been planned. This confirn~ some recent infor- mation that the organizers of the meeting have had some diffleu].ties in 0b- raining cooperation f]x)m these countries. It is my understandir~g that the RJR position, ~s well as the official ~OOSI posit~on, is that of "lowest possible profile" at the meeting. There is no question ~n my mind that ~[r. l,'Jnnegan, Don lloel, Dr. Nenk~us anG Dr. Nystrom are in c~plete agreement with this and will observe this. However, on the other hand, it is, of course, impossible to foretell whether others fr~n the U.S. which will. be present in Stoc~d~olm on behalf of the Industry, or Industry representatives from Europe, etc., will ac~ere to this. If, in spite of the Industry exDgert~se assembled in Stockholm, ~nfor- marion on ~D]dng. and health or related questions should be needed, I agreed to serve ~s "anchor n~n'[ on a 24 hour stand-by basis, to furnis~h-such infor- mation as accurately as possible in the min]rm~n turn-around-t2~ne. ~lessrs. Crohn, Jacob and Iloel have been appraised of this. / attachment co: J.T.W. E.A.II. D.D. C.A.T. ~I.H.C. J.F.II. C.W.N. E.J.J. T. ~I.F. tlJlll I L)IIM 2422"