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I RSn1:Y\OLDS TOVACCO C01IPA:."Y ' - fl!ttT0.'blAVX xCrAT11 CAtOUXA ItM ' , • I I •': . . ~ ,. Addison-Yeaman ' Esq • %.virrautlV I LAL Juno 16, 1970.~~ ; ;.:' -" Paga 2. .:&.;~, .c : . . ,. ..,;. . .%. • . . . . . ..: ~.. ~; . recoonizes the necd for advisers including'some on a fulltime .?~; ba3is. •He frsnklystir-Ated that research in medical problems requires so much knowledge 'that no one individual is capable of formulating or executinfi a meanintful pro=ram without d d hi u d d i hl lifi " i a ' w ` an a a expcr ence g y q e v .; .: ce and assistance froc ` : : : , . . , . :. ..•.. • :. . .. ~ ,._. ~ 4V others R.t ~: .;:For, the time being I feel that it is important that I devote ~, . •.. with in Chicago;last week has not definitely said "No". k.. At a tneetiiig 1Lst Friday at the Institute with Earle, Horace, Bill Klo.epfer and Fred Panzer they stressed the importance such time as I have in trying to locate tha proper Scientific Director. This is not going to be an easy task. The efforts ''. ~.' made so far have not been fruitful except the man that I spoke ~~ , . They recognize that getting a new Scientific Director has fifst "~ priority. In view of the success that the• Institute has h3d *:4 in obtaining qualif ied Per s onnel through SPenc er S tuar t and '•a•- Associates they recotr,.mended that I try this group. ` I had hoped,-!S .~-; that on the basis of'leads furnished me or to be furnishad to me I could obtain a better qualified person than through an organization like Spencer Stuart. Hov;Qver I do not want to :leavn any stone unturned and hope 'to be able to find out tomorrow .-. when I go to rew York whether the. Spencer Stuart organization thinks it can be of assistance. ' Of course obtaining Spencer Stuart will involve somn e.epense but I assume we are all willill g `=i to boar our respective parts. `. , ' :`'`' Incidenally when I was in Chicago last week Icalled on '~ ~t • our old friend Dr. Blasingame to scc'if he could furniSh any aould shortly sand ma pspcrs abo'ut him ro saf whathar I sn turns up anyonn for us thit cai11 iavolvs soan expnaia. aia& ,:~- ; ' callad t~a caday and ssid chat hs had a:srt, in aiad aad clzat ha '~ ~ : leads. He now is in the medical consulting business and if he of proceeding with the reorganization of the CTR promptly • CTR' MN 028516

'Y`J OLDS ' C COivi PAINY f~ . . •.:. • 1ViNSTON-3ALEJt• NORTH CAkOLf KA ~ Vr Juno 16, 1970. .t.g... 4...14% ~//`G~ "°`i~i~%EN.rt,? i y/~ ~ ~:: ... . • Nancy ~,~ONFIDEN'CIAi:. , yti .~ •.: • ~~ ..,. • . , . . •7 .-. --...-:•- - -r-r, .~.-. . . ..... . . . . - ~ • • , ., . • , . . . . .~: ... .. ,;~1.,. .. :::.. . . Addison Year,.an E . S ~ , .;_ .. • & Willi ~ ' C ' ~ arason .: Bro:r n Tobacco orporation, ' ~,- ~` ' 1600 West Hill Street - ~ , .,... Louisville Kentuck , y. .• .=, Dear Add: . . ~ .. ~•. • . , .~ ~ :J7 - . j:~ ; ' am sorry for the delay •in answering your letter of - . .• .~. ~: ; June 1.but as I told you on the telephone yesterday I have`~.:' =~ :. • been so busy that I didn't even have a chance to ifead your. .. •._ ~ letter until I had t tak o e t t l . a r p o cago ast Thursday• c*,l The ~urposa of that trip was to interview a possible candidate ,~ for Scientific Director of the CTR. He is a very i.-npressive; =: `;~ •abla person with a Ph.D. and M.D.*and is in charge of a large••~~ : ';"... rescarch operation for one of the outstanding drug coctpanies, j•2hether we can get this- individual or not I do not•: know -at this ' • • tiz,e. .. . • _' = - ou iaill recall that at the meeting on May 15 in New York ~; I stnted that I thought it was important for the CTR to forn•ulatE a research program more directly targeted on the problems that ~ we in our i,ldus try need to have solved. I stated that I did not think this could be done without a very top flight, highly T respected Scientific Director supported by an able staff. I alsc indicated that I thought the role of the SAB should probably ~;y= be tdvisory rather than that of a decision maker. I indicated .~ ' that wa had sozan people both on the SAB and in the CTR staff who :. are good and it•would be necessary to•try to etfect the changes in a way that would not alienate them. .,... . :. . . . . .. . ,:.. would hesitate at this time to try to formulRte a'., •j4 op4ratiaaal o.r Thia Z baliava must larg41, ba Lefc co c6 jisdgaaaa~ of tha Sciaacific Diraacor. 'HoWully .: we can obcain orto who has had experienca ss an adainiscracor of ~ research. The man I talked to in Chicaga last week definitely ~1' h . . ... . .•i.~•.~ ' '~ : ;:: v . • •.. .--j - . V • • 4 ' •;r•.~+~•,• ~~' ` i ' f+~ . r , . ,:` . \,x . ~: `~ L' !Ii j~• ."' 1 i•/' . 1 •,. t1 .- • .. .ti•, -. .,. 1003040101 ... . .. '.~ • r ' • ..1•~ . • : : • .. . 'r :._. `:...: • PLAIN7IFF'S EXHIBiT. 13 7,0 " : .a w.n ue+ wsn. m CTR HN 028517