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, . ...• t.;iY June 2, p. m - Cet to know you dinner '':, The chairman: of Imperial, Mr. Tony Garrett, acting more in ihe capacity of host rather than chairman of the meeting opened proceedings by showing an Imperial film, allegedly produced on a small budget and intended for. "internal" use only. • , •. .. .. The film, predicta.)ly, follows the Imperial policy line, which appears to be that the company accepts that some odwerse health effects are caused by smoking. Acting ., . ., . , :. , .. . _ _ _ "responsibly", they have sought to co-operate with the autho iries, while seeking a w commercial advantage vi'a NSP,A. . r~ _ -~ ~`.. . .... . ,. . d .. . . - , ' .. ..... . .. . . .. . . . . . { 3::`;~.~..:. ~~~. . . _._.. >. :r`~ a- .._. . . .. : .. ..-e. -..--..... .., .. ..~ . .. ... ~YS. - ~ .c...,... r.,.. .,;!~.'.r,+~ Y•. of the PM - BAT position paper, previous the was Pregnancy and to a s :"., . . ; . _ meeting agreed to establish three working parties J.' Research . rather than ~ \ a :.

Z f YR ti'L1 ~.t ~ ~ - - . . ., ... _ . r ~.. 9 . ~ Three wor4 ing parties to be establlshed and commence oaeration on June `17, with nt /~ ~ _ ~ actin as host for committee no. 1, r`~e4ds~ no. 2 and' Irroperial no. 3 Type g ype .. . .. _°. ...-. of company rep resentation, if not nos., was left to the discretion of participating companies, with the exception of committee no. 3, which initially will include scientists only. The three committees to complete their documentation by September .:- . _.,;: C: . . a. -. . . .- . fi~neiings to company principals on or before that date. , - ~1 Nhr-l~ E ~ . ~~" ~t~ay z ~xa'`r N h~~~ ~ . S w, ~, r h R ~ -?5 .-~ 3. A secend rneeting of company princ-Tipalsr hosted by PME to take place on "November 1 _ - . . ., .. ~ .., ,~ : ~, . , ,. . v,~ith a vlew to establlsh formal agreement on the reports and their implementation . . . . . . _ . t~ : position to host committee no. 3. vlew of the officlal U K industry stance, a U.K. based company was not in the best In the afternoon of June 3, Hume Stewart Moore of Gallaher served notice that in n 4~" RJ 7, and to circulate t Tony Garrett disagr;eed, polLn,`t,,ing out that the committees are initially intended to be t f d l d l u ln ing on an cou d y,thus be hosted by any one company, Irrespective of geography, r, 4 F . r The mee#mg generally agreed with thl prmclple s r S & H introduced for discussion, formally or informally. .~t. t! S~ 1r,ry~$ The meeting was free and frank in expression. At no time were suhjectsyother than ~ ~ ~ ~ o~ c menda t ~~ P IOnsi s ~~..~='it,3 L~ t r iVee l ' That P11 rgards th Berkshire Opera'tion as a turning oint in p ^ ~ ' a ; o n matter of vital concern to the mdusjry. u ~ fact ~'~'' p aJ'~,',-1S international co-operation t:X~~~"Y~ ,;. l S .. &,:~arr"Z .r.C!J 2 That Plvl attempts to maximise the -effecti.veress of the three established working` ;J , commlttee~ by Includ~}ing executlves with experience beyond purely the sc.re~wt~flc ; A or legal dlscipllnes. , ~ l 4L„ 3 ~ { V >;' a 1. tY' j'~'L~ ~`}~, fk°», A -n , ; :~>

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