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ntl: (~oc:~caL I~ oIt Tou.tcco l~c. JKIg DOCUMENT SUBJECT 1985 NON•DISSEM1NA110N vi"..A lN Og GERS AND DUKE CASES& e'y'k. # lSINVTES OF THE KEETIT7G OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS liOVF'.KBER 10, 1972 A special meeting of the Board of Directors of The Council for Tobacco Research - U.S.A., Inc. was held, pursuant to written notice given in accordance with Section 4 of Article V of the By-Laws, at the offices of The Council on Friday, November 10, 1972 at 10:00 A.M. The members of the Board of Directors present were Messrs. Re:rert B. Walker of American Brands, Inc., Presten R. Tisch of Lorillard, a Division of Loews Corporation, Joseph F. Cull..~an 3rd of Philip Morris Incorporated, and A. H. Galloway of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Corapany, being a quor un. The C`,airzaJn of the Board of Directors, H. H. and t.he Secretary, W. T. Hoyt, were present. Also present by invitation of the Board of Directors were Messrs. Cyril F. Hetsko of American Brands, Inc., DeBaun Bryant of Brown t Williar,Lson Tobacco Corporation, Curtis H. Judge, Lester Pollack and Arthur J. Stevens of Lorillard, a Division of Loews Corporation, Thoenas F. Ahrensfeld, Alexander Holtzman and James C. Bowling of Philip t+orris Incorporated, H. C. Roemer of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Ed•.rin J. Jacob of Lauterstein & Lauterstein, and David R. Hardy of Shook, Hardy, Mitchell & Bacon. The Chairr+an opened the meeting and presented the minutes of the noasd of Directors meeting held on January 28, 1972, which were sent to the Directors on February 2, 1972. Upon motion duly made ani seconded, the readir.; 11 of the minutes was waived and the minutes were unaninously approved. C T R 6 4 b~ CONFIDENTIAL: MINNESOTA - TOBACCO LITIGATION C'f' R HN 004056

. TNIS DOCUMEN1 SuL.:.1 : ' '. ' ' 1995 NON•DISSEMINA1I6h Ohvrri M RQGERS AND DUKE CASES. The Chairman zecommended that a safe deposit box containing certain records of the Literature Retrieval Division, currently leased in the name of t!:e Executive Vice President, be transferred into the name of the corporation. U.c^n motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously RESOLVED, that any one of the following officers, employees or agents of this corporation, to wit: the Executive Vice President, the Secretary, William D. Jenkins, Frederick B. Giller and Helen barvis be and•hereby are authorized, on behalf of this corporation, from time to time and without restriction, to lease safe deposit boxes from Irving Trust Company, of New York City, on any terms and conditions, to have access thereto and place therein and remove therefrom any articles, and to surrender the sane, receipt for the contents thereof and release said Irving Trust Company in connection therewith. RESOLVED, that the Secretary and/or any other officer or officers of this corporation be and hereby are authorized to certify to said Irving Trust Company that these resolutions have been duly adopted and that they are in conformity with the By-Laws of this corporation. The Chairman referred to certa.in employees who are members of The Council's Retirement Plan and whose "Noraal Retirement Date," as defined in the Plan, will occur on June 30, 1973 or June 30, 1974. He stated that he does nc; view with favor amending the Plan, should that be legally possible, to postpone the Normal Retirement Date of such employees but thought it preferable, in the case of key employees whose continued emplon. ent is important to The Council, to make arrangements with such employees, satisfactory to both sides, to continue their services. It was the concensus of the meeting that the Retirement Plan not be amended and that the Chairman be empowered to endeavor to make satisfactory arrangements for the continuation of the services beyond the Normal Retirement Date for such of the employees referred to whose continued employment is regarded by the Chairman as important to The Council, such arrangements when made to be submitted to the Board of Directors or its Executive Corrtnittee for apprcva:. CT R 64 G 4 CONFIDENTIAL: MINNESOTA TOBACCO LSTIGATION N 0 0 4 0 E59 l.r TR t 1

THIS DOCUMENT SUBJECT T0 AUG. 20. ~ 1985 NON•DISSEMINATION ORDER IN 0,~ GERS AND ~UK.E_ CASES The Chairman explained that the lease on the tenth-floor quarters •xpired on January 31, 1974, and that it would be necessary to obtain an authorization of the Board of Directors concerning future space requirements at the Board meeting on January 26, 1973 in order to make arrangements prior to the termination of the present lease. The Chairman and the Executive Vice President were requested to investigate what terms could be obtained from the landlord in negotiating a n,ew lease at the present address and to report back to the Board at its January 26, 1973 meeting. The Chairman stated that since the last Directors' meeting Hans Meier, D.V.M. and John P. Wyatt, M.D. had been added to the Scientific Advisory Board and one of its original members, William F. Rienhoff Jr., M.D., had becone an emeritus member. The function of the Scientific Advisory Board, its methods of procedure and the relationship of its action with that of the Scientific Director were discussed. It was the concensus of the meeting that the methods outlined for the approval of grants and contracts for research projects to be financed out of research funds appropriated by the Board of Directors for that purpose were satisfactory. Dr. Robert C. Hockett, Acting Scientific Director, described briefly the current status of the research program regarding both grants ar.d contracts. Dr. William U. Gardner, Scientific Consultant, outlined plans for future research, stating that while the current program is broad funds available leave little room for new areas of approach. He pointed out various areas of interest which he feels call for.emphasis and indicated that to adequately pursue work in these areas additional funds would be required. CTR 6465 CUNFIDaNi 1AL: Pl,iNNESU1 A - TOBACCO LITIGATION 3 C..- TR t E N 00`°C' 0GO

THIS DOCUI+IEN1 SUUiECT 10 AUG. 20, 19$5 NON-DISSEMINATION ORDER lM RO` AND P-M CASES. The Chairman discussed the anticipated budget requirements for 1973, explaining that the administrative budget is expected to be the same as in 1972. The research budget, on the other band, has approximately rezained static for the past four years during which time project costs have risen each year due to inflationary pressures. This, coupled with the importance of pursuing specific avenues of research such as the ongoing smoking machine studies, indicate the need of an increased budget for research in 1973. There being no furt}ier business coming before the meeting the same was adjourned. Secretary CTR 6466 CONFIDENTIAL: MINNESOTA "- TOBACCO LITICATION C TF--~ r,,,,,4 N 004061