Bliley TI
[Letter Regarding Potential Hostile Questions at Waxman Hearing]
Abstract
Transmits examples of "hostile questions that could be asked of an industry witness" at upcoming Congressional hearings based on "recent news reports and presentations at the last two meetings of the Surgeon General's Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health." Notes clearance of document by Rupp who will meet with Tobacco Institute (TI) staff "to draft answers [from the standpoint of a TI witness] to rough ones unanswered as yet" (attachments missing).
Fields
- Company
- Tobacco Institute
- Named Organization
- Philip Morris Cos., Inc.
- Surgeon General's Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health
- Keyword
- Tobacco Institute staff
- Waxman hearing
- Type
- Letter
- Author
- Chilcote, Samuel D., Jr. (TI President (1981-1997))Chilcote has knowledge of The Tobacco Institute's and the tobacco industry's participation in public fraud and disinformation relative to health hazards of tobacco use, in the manipulation of nicotine in tobacco products and in marketing of tobacco products to children.
- Named Person
- Rupp, John P. (TI Communication Committee, Covington & Burling lawyer)TI Communication Committee
- Waxman, Rep.
- Recipient
- Resnik, F.E. Mr.
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TI-IF, TOBACCO INSTITUTE
"187.5 [ STREET. NORTH%VEST
SA~IUEL D. CHILCOTE,
~VASHINGTON, DC 20006
Pre~dent
20214574800 • 800f 424-,q876
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"-.-.. July 16, 1986
~. Frank g. Resnik
Pre:~ident & Chief Executive Officer
Phi kip Morris, USA
120 Park Avenue
New York, MY 10017
Dea~ Frank :
He~ is the r~do~ we discussed on hostile
queatlons tha~ could be asked of an industry .witness
at ~he Wa~an hearing A~ust 1.
• - "'". ~is doc~ent has been cleared by Jo~ RuDp,
" who will meet with TI staff to draft answers to
-'.. tho:~e rough ones ~swered as yet. All answers
• ' '" are couched from the standpoint of an Institmte
~tness.
As we discussed, we must all be familiar with
the t~es of questions we can expect based
recent news reports and presentations at the last
two meetings of the S~geon General's lnteragency
Co~ittee on Smoking and Health.
With very best regards and th~ks for yo~
........... ~Pt)grt,
................................................................................................
Sincerely,
S~uel D. Chilco~e,.Jr.
SDC : tilt
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