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y COPY .9 1 f C:7: PHILIP MORRIS U. S. A.. a' .~ ~.". I N T E R OFFICE CORRESPONDEN6En'r~, '' tICNNatD- rIRalRlt + C/t[i5~l6~1.1`Y~ V ~ .t /~ * if ~ The File o+t.. October 9 1979 B.~Herritt . .~ : - - - . r.~ . , ~...• -:..1 .i. . Meeting of the Research Directors at Covinoton and Burlino,~October 2. 1979 _ ~? _Thosepresent. Florian Perini, Fred Schultz (Lorillard),Bob Kersey (L8M) ... Everett Coghill, Preston Leake (American Tobacco Co.); - - a.~._ ,. : Alan Rodgman (R. J. Reynolds) John P. Rupp, Allan Topol . ..(C B) Bob_Sanford (B3W) and R. B. Seligman, H B. Merritt B c - _ ~;S-..~ .~.- w i) . _ . . . . : . . . . . (._ ..:> _ : `. . _ _ ~ . , Theaieating was opened by Hr. AllanTopol who set the objective of the . meeting. He wanted to discuss the self-extinguishing cigarette in a non- . . _ J ~=.comnercial manner withenphasis toward the development of information that . f could be used by Mr. H. R. Kornegay when making publirstatements. Hope- •-:futly a program to obtain (from the public record) and/or develop (experi- - eiental_ program funded by the companies) pertinent information.wouldresult . _ ~ -- -:.Duringtheintroductory discussion it was agreed to exclude from the . ... fi -discu ssions aqy referenceto-"Colite" or contacts with the Cohn Brothers. . _ The meeting then turned to a presentation by each of the groups present of -. , .~ Information (articles, government reports, etc.) that they had:obtained from. the ublic records - p . S During this portion of themeetfng a considerabTe amount of inforaution came forward, however, the Information was somewhat fragmented: The need for _ organization and obtaining additionall references became evident. Mr. Topol -- -=; . agreed to filil this need and to supply a bibliography of the available - ~-'~ ; 3 - inforrtation. •"~- . .. . _. .. ... , ._- - ---- ..: ..- --- .. . . .... . . - : Due to the large-amount of informationavaitable, it was agreed that the meeting shouldadjourn.until.October 25 to allow time forreview and study by all present. It was requested that each of the participants be prepared-- with a suggested course of action by the October 25 meeting. ' Hopefully these - . before the meeting. suggestions could be distributed ... i ~~ . . .~ Jh . .. . . ~.-.~cc:• Y. McDowell A. Holtzman ~.~... R. Seligman W. Gannon. A Q

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