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ENT B'Y': sr/ W~N11 wr ;' 3-21'-59 ; 15:22' ; RJRT LA'W DEPT,-03'00000000000000000;# 3' IMAP. 0Ouse of 1tpresristaffm SU',COMMITTII ON TMNaf"0#ITATIION AND HAWOGUS MrATERIALd COmUwlllrlrLt' ON INIlIdY ANo CoMMIJRCf WASH I'N 0701N, DC 10111 1GIrQh =l.1'!a9' 1PSyns V. Juohats =sQ,, ..allor Wio. praldsst General Counsal' aRd Ilsorstary R. J. ftsynolms Tobacco 0 1~ly ~tinstos-ia7~.m~ Worth Caroi na !7l,0A Dsar Mr. ftehl Thank you fer your lettsr of February S'S in response to my' le4tlar of January p1 to the pr.aiaent e! ]!. 0. paytlolds 1'obacco dompirty (sA.ynolmsw)~t, You stat. that Mrsom lime to timaj the OompanX,, upon r.Qu.at from a movie produoarr wili provid!s lr.e prod'uct and/'or promoti'onall materl~als' (not including bill~boaads) for a film production," You further stato that since 19821 "it is our poSicY, thiat na free produwt os'promotiortal matarials are provided for madQ-for-'i'V' moviesi, or for movirs which sniqht appeal primarily too youth or tthat depict r+on-adulits as saokara." The autumn 1988 issue of Tobacco & out rtar asserts that the followinS' ciqarett*s made yr Ri no s av appsar.d trv r.ventmoviosls century in"ir.Sal'saglali Camel ini "De.peratelyss.king 6[usan ~" ws~,p Framefl! RoOca l~lalbbilt,"' and »T~ro o!' a xiind';~ll and ea3am in ~'Satteri'.s Nbt Includad, * "Desperately i.akinq Suwsam"i is rated AG-13 , arsd, the other four movi.s aara ratsd' PG. In order to compara R+.ynoldis f practice with its pollioy, the Subcom2ni,ttes requusts, the following infogmatiom, for each of tnese f ive mowiss $ (,l) Was Reynolds (or any of i!ts aq.nts) ask,*d to stipply any product a8d/br promotional materials =er ths movie. (3) M'as R.ynolds (or any~ of !tis a9~anta)l asked to pay money to l~ave its pYOdwct in, tha oovis. I4 the answer to si'th.r of th. above questions is "y.s" !or any of' tb. fiv. movies mentionaq above, plaas.t (3) Provide aLl eorraspond'rno., Io.tw.an the movie company (or th. psrson making the request) and Relrnolda (or its aqent) r (4) It th.re is no corrsspondancs and all the coaanuniaati'ons vsre erol i pl.ases proWid. th. names and taspl`vorie mutab•rs of the Roynol'ds tm*layr a• (or' aQsint) and th., person makinq the sepsst and tfie approkilmata d.tes of •ach ooRversatiol

iENT. J. ; 3-21-89 ;~ 1'5:'23 ; ' PaQw 9 Mayns W. :uahat:', ssqruir. Xa1'Qh Zlr 1909 si,no.raly' 1 a lt' a.yno3da did provide any prod~tet and/~'or promotional matera~, ,iaaaa provide a brief desoription~om sti~ah matsrial,~ it ut~ra~rss' tair, markst vaYua, and a oopy of tRr a ramert t~or, it there Ss no alreamrnt, a]~1 emrraapoadanooy with a liSmanak.r. (i) it ilsyrspid's yxovidod xon.yopi•a..i indiaats t.ht anAUnt and provide a oopy o!~ the aqrsement (or, 4! thsre is no aqreemtnt, aiT oorr.spondorno.) wtththo iilmmakoa« Wa wow,l'd also appreai~ate as~y, axpias~atfion you may have as te how 1G~~ssw ]ley+n!~1dst oi'~qar.ttss happen to appear iri these five zoviss. alsase provide s.hi',s inioraatiom by 1lpril 11:, l00t.. $r you have any qu!estionr about this lsttrsr, p3eas@ oontactt the SUboommittso"s Senior Coumsri, e.njami'm, oohen, at (202)225-9304. RJRT LAW'DEPT,-#03 00A00000000000000;44 THOMAq A. LVKSN CMZM1li E 15