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Date: 18 Feb 1972
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Roberts, R.M.
Type
LETT, LETTER
Area
LEGAL DEPT FILE ROOM
Document File
03763512/03766002/S H Re 1979 Surgeon General S Report.
Alias
03764736/03764737
Master ID
03764103/6002
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Named Organization
Natl Clearinghouse for Smoking + He
Recipient (Organization)
TI, Tobacco Inst
Request
R1-037
Author (Organization)
Hew, Dept of Health Education and Welfare
Date Loaded
05 Jun 1998
Site
N14
Named Person
Horn, D.
Surgeon General
Recipient
Kloepfer, W., J.R.
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Stmn/Produced
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t D'Ef?.7Rfi MEhiT' OF FIElk'LTR. EDUCATION. AN'D 1r.'ELFAR'E ©FFIICC ©F TIi1C FiCCR',ETAn"f ,. WASHINGTON. D;C: 202011 February 18,.1972 : ,t Mr., i':i'lli'ari hr'oeUfer, J!r.. .dl~16e: Tob~a~cc~o~~ Sns.titutc,i Inc. 1~ 77~6 K S~~ t r Get,~N.V. ti4'ashington, D'. C. 20'0a6 This refers to your letter of' Janu4ry 31 to Dr. Daniel Hlorn, Director, Natiot.nal' Clearinghouse for Smoking and Health, in whieh a rcq,uest i s r:~a:de -for% (1) a-copy of adVance._draf-t re= ' port for a one-day conference in June 1'970 to, review knowlledi)ie of' harmful constituents of tobaccosnohz_ (2'), a copy of a transcript of the meetirg and' (3) a copy of docuren'ts not cited in the Surg,eon Gcneral 's 1972 report which were available to oir resi,1 ted~ fros: the Jan-. _ co:z'i'enence. . In acknoi:ledcr.i'ng yo r letter on February 3, Dr. Hprn ad'vised a. reply would be fortlicoming when a decision is made on-the availability of the requestedi d'oc°airr:nts. After reviewing t'h~~e~ cir~c~ui;s~~tance~s~~ of -t'he, co~nfer~enc~e,~ the: fo~lloiYi~ncJ~, determination has been made: 1. The draft report sent in advance of' the meeting %-ras prepared by government employees in a decision-makingprocess and is there- fore exe;,.pt und'er Section 5 U.S. Code 5,52 (b)(5) of the Public In`'orr.ation Act and' under Section 5..75 of the Public Information .hegulatiion of the Department of fi'ealth,, Education, and Welfare,, copies of'which are enclosed~, . - Y 2. Since participonts hadl been inforred that the one-day r^eeting was to be confidential, a transcript of that -meeting, is also exempt under 5 iJ.S'. Code 552(b)(5)'.. 3. The only d'ocument resulting fro;-,)the June conference is the 0 final chapter i n, the 1972 Surgeon General "s report from k:hich you Q„? have already quoted. 1Docu;nents that were available to the meeting -1 0
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C y ,.<,:. ., --_ ,. ... ,. ._ _. . ,. . . _ ,~. r . ;0 . am T:iistec'~' in i1e rel>o.rt,: as you havenote~d.Jlsfor the i,ftnflty of' any other dmu,-ents, no 13reci'se record, is avai labTe of tltc large nun:`.icrf of studies which have cu;~trib~lted over the 'y.car to. the kno;,lc~Sne asd expexti'se of eaclr of the participants at the `. June rt;ecting. X'ou~ have, o,f~ cosrse,~ the right of appeal tihith~'in. th~ir~t}° doys, of this~ decision., Tloe•procedure is outlined' under Sections M0 and 5.85 of ~ tlle ReGu~latzen.~ Tf1~is~ appeal, should you citoos~e~ to, exerciseit,'~~ should be addressed to the Assistant Sccretary, for 11'ealth and Scientific Affairs, Ilepartment of il'calth,, Education, and 1';elfare, ' {;"ash i'ng toni, D. C. . 2'020'1. Enclosures ~.:,. .:,. _ Sincerely yours„ 1% R' v sel'1 M. Roberts •Uirector, Public Affairs ?!r :.. t +: a s _ ,~"

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