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AR•'1',r._.1 ~J~~ ~~` ~~t s_N C..'{>> XCuL:;L ,`--`~,°-~''„ CIV~ ~ ~r ~ r, ~C. ~;'_ ~~. l~; ~ 219 EAS-T 42ND STREET • NEW YORK, N.Y. 100'117' •(21',2) f367-3700 J - K., RL- SF:AIRCfF EDUCATTON sERV ICL•' ltJttt tC.liuCJt N VNUVUI.trs'cltUt:"lIll LtOCJ.:ICiltKUCC-Vill111t1d11t.\•.. ILIC S4UU1' llli(tC'.11 (tllCJtlUn\SaJ ll1C reStilt of We and ailalf \'e71rs of (;lie9:nt Illlil irrl!ii:111t "ari+ by two t'iilillClltly (]1ra1ino& scientlstt, m•hose findin,,s have been validh+;:d bti• disti;Taioletd pc.t!:ol l:sts of \•;orlclv;i:!c r.pu;a;ioli. 1'n a.'i!.tion, othct-]cac.!!ng l,atllolo,;k ts, Ili~g11!" ragclndcd by the scicncilic contlnunit}', have \'isited Dr. fk ucrhacli's 1aWatory, seen his sifties and hraWcd tl,c work. - 11'c do noi lil,clltl tc,'M tha; t'yrio:c t"y emingnt nlen stll r_it t(tcir flclil ~~~to alaI l yct,t;f ~n CC11,llniltitl' Ch, ~1t..I' tll' tl' i--St r Y~ ) L \\'II1 r L. >: { _ ~t i lli JCl 1: 1 ll _( /P1 n i l t~lr.l ~1!]~l]' \Ct_fr~ in tll )~ll.~"-l'(1 l~ traciitiu~l:r na„nl.Jl of :\nu-ric:nl sci+cncc'. \\hclc Gnc!in~~: are l~r~es;:nted, discussed„acct~.l~tr-d orr rejcctcd by scientists and pllyMcialos \cliose on!ti• tnotivcltion is the t'rut!1 %ctnrs Jlucrhaclt anci I t0mntoald'' wol ked:freel)• and n•itllout res"wint \\it!i fund! fuMnis!ictl by t!lc federal eovcr:rnttnt and the Alne.rican Cai cer Society. They are beholden o:lly to tN scirntific comnlunit)•, clU luae and w)le int,grit)• itrcpnsents. -- - If the Tobacc.o institute. or anysciclot'if'uc rc~searcll ^_roup, has d'ou1ot's ahout the Wiiles of this StucO; tlle \\:a)- it was conducted, or the credelotials of tlla il \vstigalms. t!lere is a tinoe-honorecl and scientificaily accepted way tcl proceed. Lct you:r owtt or ano;l:.:r goup clf st:it-?ntists repe :t thw _, fkp:'rlinCilts in a iabllra t(lr1• tl7 r1rC)\'C 1!l;ll slll(\':111g (!(l-, \\ll1 nOtSUflCr tls~slli, (!allT t<`C; e:i) l)!11sC111:1 and }unl;canccr.lllc:-~tlcrh,:cIi }'}antmc~rnd tttetlto,ao?o, y ia rcar-Iill ;traiLlhl,( njclu. J1nd I h,csu:uc th:tt in t!ic Council for 7bbaccl, Research yoirlrnve or c,livsct tlp the noccL;ulisln fc,r con(!ucting sucll a stuj% }fyou cari)r, out your nltnrtsptlbMe Nur ru!,:ct'i\v posit'i;,ns" tt:) t1'x n;cai':al and l,l`, public, you have our permissiolt to usc this lellc:r ,ls fllc lnositin:l pahcr of tllc Anlcric;tn C,lncer So::im)•,: i Mr. Joseph F. Cullman, 3rd .- Ciainnan of the Fxecutia<e Committee TlicTobzaco Institutc, Inc. Phi'ip Morris, Inc. IOU Pm}: Avenue Ne, v Yor1:,New York 1100 17 Dear \4r. Cullnlan: WILLIAM B.1-L:.WIG CF'tAIRf,:AN• [SOARO OF OI°tECTORS April 17, 1'970 - The Veterans Adn;inistration, the /lnlericaln Canccr Societ')r and Doctors Aucrbach and -Haltlmond'canmaccede to the rcqucsts stat(:d in vour lctter of Fchruar)• ?7' and \larcll 20 for an ev.a;uation of the t\'u.•rbach-H'clnlalal1ndlstuij)• on ";-!le FfT:cts of Cii~arctte Smoking lJ}~~~n' D(~gs" bt' a Pan,l of independent scientists choscn.h)- \~t~u. - Sitocl.~rcl); titrilliam 13. Lewis