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4 hlOl,' . &' 93 12 : 29 FROM 2156476326 TO 12129075,3115 LAW OFFICES BRUCE C. BEREANO KEVIN REYNOLDS' -.uu+Yr.awp r.w G+Lr BRUCE C. BEREANO PA6E.004f005 SUITE 800 1919 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE N.W. WaSH1niGTON. D.C. 20006 1301) 261•P100 195 DUKE OE GLOUCESTER STREET ANNAPpL15. MARYLAND 21401 (G 1'.0b 267-0410 ANNAPOLIS AREA (410, 269•5330 BALTIMORE AREA (a10)267•0177 TELECOP+ER February 23, 1993 Ms. Marcia S. Harris Executive Vice President Restaurant Association of Maryland 7113 Ambassador Road Baltimore, Maryland 21207 Dear Marcia: I write in response to your February 17, 1993 letter on behalf of the Restaurant Association of Maryland. I have forwarded a copy to my client, The Tobacco Institute, as well as Philip Morris, USA, and the RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company for their consideration and any comments. Personally I am not happy or pleased to receive this letter. What concerns me the most is that the Restaurant Association of Maryland discussed and took this new position without first notifying and giving its allies and friends in the tobacco industry and myself an opportunity to be included and heard beforehand. My clients and its member companies and I would never do that to your association. I thought we were working closely together, in concert and coordination. My client and I and the tobacco companies certainly have been totallly responsive to you and your organization and not just financially. There is, in my personal opinion, absolutely no reason or excuse for what you did - no need to rush to a new position statement. If you are working in an alliance and coordination manner with others there is an obligation and responsibility I personally believe to give and take and discuss matters before and not after the fact. I am not happy at all and opposing interest groups will use your new position against my clients. This also. makes me look and feel foolish after all the efforts, the financial resources and commitment to this unique and successful voluntary program, in which

U 18 '~33 12:29 FROM 21564176326 TO 12129075315 F?AGE.005i005 Page -2- 2/23/93 RAM I and my staff have spent a lot of time over the years working on, that you just go ahead and take this action without informing and talking to me in advance. I would never treat you that way! Thanks for nothing. BCB/kfj cc: Franklin Goldstein, Esquire Ruth Billings - The Tobacco Institute Jim Lemperes - Philip Morris, USA Joe Murray - RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company ** TOTAL PAGE.005 **