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Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation vs Walter Jacobson and CBS, Inc., Deposition of Michael Radutzky

Date: 10 Jul 1984
Length: 220 pages
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Deposition of Michael Podutzsky. Discusses a news program called Cigarette Perspectives, which he researched, produced and aired. Contents of program were fires started by cigarettes, educating children and prevalence of cigarette advertising. Discusses advertising or product placement in movies such as Superman II and Body Heat. Brings up topics such as candy cigarettes, sampling to minors and moving promotions like the Merit wagon or Marlboro truck. Presents sections of confidential FTC report. Mentions the pot, wine, beer, sex strategy developed by Ted Bates for Viceroy cigarettes. States that this strategy is designed to attract starters by featuring young people demonstrating a free and easy hedonistic lifestyle. Claims Brown and Williamson never adopted the strategy.

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Company
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp.
Marketing Type
PromoProg
Sampling
Billboard
MediaBudg
ProdPlace
Target Market
young adult
Youth
Major Subject
Advertising and Marketing
Legal Issues
Minor Subject
Advertising and Marketing -print advertisement
Advertising and Marketing -product placement
Advertising and Marketing -promotional item/program
Advertising and Marketing -research --study
Advertising and Marketing -sampling
Advertising and Marketing -strategy
Advertising and Marketing -target market --youth (<18 years old)
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Public Relations
Tobacco Industry -marketing policies --youth
Author
Radutzky, Michael
Wolfe, Rosenberg and Associates Inc
Brand
Viceroy (bw)

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 lO ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO ) CORPORATION, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) WALTER JACOBSON and CBS, INC.,) ) Defendants. ) NO. 82 C 1648 July lO, 1984 9:50 a.m. The deposition of MICHAEL RADUTZKY, resumed pursuant to adjournment at Suite 3000, One IBM Plaza, Chicago, Illinois.
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i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 PRESENT: MESSRS. PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON, (345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154), by: MR. LEWIS R* CLAYTON, appeared on behalf of the MESSRS. REUBEN & PROCTOR, (19 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603), by: MR. dAMES A. KLBNK, -and- MESSRS. SIDLEY & AUSTIN, (One First National Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60603), by: MR. THOMAS H. MORSCH, P.C., appeared Or* behalf of the Plaintiff; Defendants. REPORTED BY: PATRICIA K. GRAVES, C.S.R. and CORINNE T. GENNA, C.S.R., q¢of/,, _d,=.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 MICHAEL RADUTZKY (Resumed) By Mr. Clayton E___x H Z B _I ~_S_ ~_U_M_SER Radutzky Deposition Exhibit No. 28 NO. 29 NO~ 30 No" 31 416 471 48~ 565 609
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i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 have been previously and MICHAEL RADUTZKF, called as a witness herein, having duly sworn and having testified, was examined testified further as follows: DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Mr. Radutzky, you u~derstand that you are still sworn and still under oath? A. Yes. Q. Since the last session of your deposition, you read anything in connection with your testimony here today? A. I've glanced at Trade Commission report. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. O. A. Q. A. (Resumed) the report, the Federal The full version of tne report? No. The confidential pages? Y~s. And what in particular did you read I just perused it generally. there? Did you look at any other documents? No, sir. Did you have any discussions with anyone? Yes.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 i£ 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 Q. With whom? A. Walter Jacobson. Q. And what was the substance of your discussion with Mr. Jacobson? A. I had just asked him to pay attention. Pay attention to what? A. To the questioning and to the proceedings. Q. Why did you tell him that? A. Just so he would pay attention. Q. What did he say? A. Something to the effect that he thankful for the word. Q. Did you tell him anything about substance of what your testimony had been prior sessions of this deposition? A. NO. Did he ask? A. No. Q. Did he say anything else to you this conversation? else was the at the during A, NO. Q. Have you had any discussions with anyone since the last session of your deposition?
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ~o. Q. I believe that in the last session Of your deposition, as we were going through the chronology of the preparation of the cigarette Perspectives, we had come up to a point which you testified was in October when you spoke with Mr. Jacobson, who told you at that time that the piece should be run as soon as it was re~dy. Do you recall that testimony? A. Yes. 0. the piece A. No. Q. Did you know why he A. NO. Q. Did he give you any or specific, at that time? Did Mr- Jacobson tell you why he wanted to run as soon as it was ready? wanted that? "-- deadline, approximate A. NO. Q. Did you ask him about a deadline? A. Nu. Q. Did you discuss the timing of the broadcast at all during that conversation? A. NO. Q- Was the word "sweeps" mentioned during I, @VOW, 81815 0 81 pkg d~#~, J[[l,~lJ • (31~) 782-8087
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 i? 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 that conversation? A. No. Q. Have you given us the full that conversation with Mr. Jacobson you recall i% now? A. I don't fully recall previously testified to. Q. Okay. After your conversation with Mr. Jacobson in October -- by the way, we will come back to that conversation. But after this conversation, what was the next thing that you did in connection with the cigarette advertising -- strike that. What wa3 the next thing you did in connection with the cigarette Perspectives? A. I had continued to gather visuals for the piece. Q. What are visuals? A. The visual images that will accompany the words on the air. Q. What visuals had you gathered by the time of October? A. Some billboards. Q. You mean photographs of billboards? A. Correct. Slides. And I believe at this substance of in October, as what I have
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 time we had photographed the couch i[ivOlved in the cigarette-started fire Perspective. That was a videotape? A. Right. And some cigarette machines. What was the purpoge of havlng the visual of cigaKette machines? A, Just to visualize the cigarettes. Q- HOW had you planned to ~se that in connection with the Perspectives? A. At that point, I didn't know quite how it would be used, Q. What other visuals Had you gathered by this time? A- I had received some tape of tobacco farms. Q. Where did you get that tape from? A. 'From the CBS News tape library. Q. Where is that? A. New York, Q. Who did you speak to to get ~hat tape? A. A librarian whose name I don't recall. Q. Had you asked for any other materials from CBS News in New York at this time? A. NO. Q. Any other visuals that you had gathered at
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 2i 22 23 24 the time? A. I don't believe so. Q. DO you know who had made the tape of the tobacco ~arms? A. It was stock footage. Q. And what was on ~he tape, if you recall? A. Fields of tobacco. Q. After gathering all the visuals to which you have testified, what did you do next to set more visuals at this point? A. I had a clip from the movie Superman If. Q. Where did you get that? A. It had been in one of the drawers for use by the film critic. Q. Well, did you just go ~nto the drawer Or did you have a discussion with someone to find out where it was and get access to it? A* I bad spoken with G~ne Siskel about it, who is the film critic. I had asked him where I could find the film clip. Q. Approximately when do you recall having this conversation with Mr. Siskel? A. Sometime in October. Q. What was the substance of that pkg . 681815084
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i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 conversation? A. I had asked him if he was able to locate the tape of the movie Superman II that he had used for his review so I could incorporate that, possibly in a Perspective we were working on involving cigarette advertising. Q. -Did you indicate to him in any way why you wanted to incorporate such a tape in your broadcast? A. If I recall correctly, I had told him that the Marlboro truck was used in that movie, and I was going to be possibly interested in using it, but I wanted his okay to use his clip. Q. Did you have any other discussions with him about cigarette advertising? A. NO. Q. What did he say in response to your query? A. I don't recall. He okayed the use of the he okayed the fact that I could take the clip out of his drawer. Q. Did you ask him about any other places where you might advertising? A, NO. Q. find examples of cigarette Did you volunteer anything on that topic?
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6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 i 2 3 4 5 call A. No. Did you discuss how to get permission from the distributor of that movie to use the tape? A. I had asked him once again who the maker of the film was. Q. Did he -- A. And he %old me. Q. Did you call the maker of the film? A. No, I did not. Q. Do you know if someone else from WSBM did? A. Yes, I believe they did. Q. Who was that? A. Tim O'Donnell. Do you know what Mr. O'Donnell said to the distributor? A- NO, Q- Did Mr. O'Donnell subsequently tell you that he had received permission from Warner to use the film? A. He subsequently told me that he had received permission to run the film in still form. Q. Did you ask Mr. O'Donnell to make that to the distributor? A. I asked him to get permission if he could
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10 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 to use the tape. Q. After getting the Superman tape, what was the next thing you did in connection with additional visuals for the broadcast? A. I had gathere~ some more slides of billboards and taxicabs with cigarette ads on I had begun working with the art department on several graphics to be used Q. This is" all in October working with them? A. Yes. Where did you get these billboards? A. On the streets of Chicago. Q, Who took the pictures? A, I had taken some of them and a photographer employed by us took full Q. You mean employed A. No. Q. Employed assignment? A. No. Q. This is time to time on a in the piece. that you began slides of the others. time by WBBM? just with respect to this a photographer who is used from contract or freelance basis by them . pkg Je,.o,. . e ,2j a2-so 7 631815087
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i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 WBBM? A. Correct. Q. What is his name? A. Kevin Horan. Did you instruct Mr. Horanas to what kind of photographs he should take? A. I had asked him -- yes, I did. Q. What did you tell him? A. I was looking for photographs that depicted cigarette advertising. Q. What kind of cigarette advertising? A. I didn't go into it beyond that. Q, Well, you testified previously that in your opinion cigarette advertising is pervasive Chicago; is that correct? A. Correct. Q, Did you give the photographer any guidelines to choose among the different ads that are part of this pervasive environment? You just asked that MR. KLENK: Objection. question and he answered it. You can go ahead and answer it again. BY THE WITNESS: A. I told him to take pictures of ads. in am. t, • I , )ze2-aoar 681815088
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 BY MR- CLAYTON: Q. So you gave him no direction other just take pictures of cigarette ads? A. Not just cigarette ads, cigarette advertising, or cigarette -- the presence of cigarettes. than Q. You mean any mode of cigarette advertising or merely the presence of cigarettes in Chicago? A- Correct. Q. Did he come back to you wi~h any work? A. Yes. Q. When? A. During the month of October. Q. Did you review the work with him? A. I don't recall that I did. Q. Did you discuss it with him at all? A. I believe I did. Q. How many photographs did he come back with? A. Approximately 80. Q. Where are those photographs now, do you know? A. NO, I do not. Q. DO you think they are among the materials which were discarded by you?
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 l0 iI 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 A . Yes . Q- Might there be any of them at home or still in the office anywhere? A. I don't believe there are. Q. DO you recall wh~ther there were any Viceroy advertisements or illustrations of the Viceroy brand among these 80 photographs? A. I do not recall. Q. Do you recall any of those pictures specifically now? A. O~e. Q. Which one is that? A. Newport Red. Q. Why do you recall that one specifically? A. I don't know. Q. Were any of these photographs actually used in the cigarette Perspectives? A. Yes. Q- Which ones, if you recall? A. f don~t recall. Q. What was the substance of your discussion with the photographer? A, I was concerned with the framing on a few of the photographs, and I expressed to him the fact pkg o :s12 7,z 0s, 681S15090
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1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 that some of them were not in clear enough focus and some of them were not framed properly. Q. Did you say anything else? A, Not that ~ recall. Q, Did you ask him to do any more photographs? A. Yes. Q, What did you say on that score? A. I just asked him to shoot some more. Q. Did you give him any guidance as to what he ought to look for? A. NO. Q, Did you tell him why you wanted him to shoot some more? A. Yes. Q. Why? A. Because I was concerned with the fact that some Of them were OUt of focus and some of them weren't frame properly. Q. And did he in fact shoot some more? A. ~es. Q. How many more did he shoot? A. I~m not certaiN. Q. Do you recall any Viceroy ads among those? A. NO.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 iI 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 him or Q. YOU don't recall whether you don't recall the substance? A. I don't recall the substance. Q. Do you recall receiving additional photographs from him? A. Yes. Q. Did you have any more discussions with the photographer? A. Not to my recollection. Q. Were you also taking your own pictures of billboards at this time? A. Yes. Q. Did you have anything in particular in mind there when you were shooting photographs? NO, I did not. Q. And then you had another discussion with after he came back with additional photographs? A. 1 don't recall. you did or didn't, Q. What else did you do in order to get ahold of visuals for the Perspectives? A. I had phoned the television station in San Francisco. Q. The CBS station? A. NO. .... Jr:....,. • /3,2 782-,o87681815092
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i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 g i0 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. Which station? A. An NBC station. Q. What did you say to them? A. Well, I didn't speak directly with the people at the NBC station. I had spoken to Andrew McGuire. Q. About what? A. About obtaining -- he had ~ copy of a tape that was used on KRON-TV that depicted a strategy -- a way in which to demonstrate burning cigarettes- Q. Dxd you speak with Mr. McGui~e over at the San Francisco station about cigarette advertising at all? A. NO, I did not. "" Q. What else did you do to gather visuals? A. I c~lled the television station in Boston, I believe it was WNEV. Q. What did you say to them? A. Asking for some tape of a particular date that aired on their news. Q. A particular date? A tape of a particular story? A. Of a particular story that ran on a p;~,'ticu~ar date. , 681815093
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6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 Q. What story was that? A. It was a cigarette-started fire. Q. And what gave you the idea to call the Boston station? A. I don't recall. I don't recall who told me. Q. Did you talk to the Boston station at all about advertising? A. No, 1 did not. Q. The next thing you did regarding visuals? A. I worked with the art department again on setting up a graphic of cigarettes in an ash tray. Q. Who did you work with? A. Jim Mulroyan. Q- Anyone else? A. And one or two of his graphic artists. Q. How many artists are employed by WBBM? A. I don't know. Q. Do you often work with the art department to develop graphics for your broadcasts? A. Yes. Does a reporter always work with the art department when a visual is being developed by the art department for a broadcast? J"6= 81815 0 9 ¢ p k g ~t~a'42"), ,U~[[l,.~li • (312) 782-8087
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i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 work is A, l'm not a reporter. Q* Does a reporter or a researcher always with the art department when the art department developing a visual for a broadcast? A. I do. I can't answer for -- You always did for your broadcasts and you can't a~swer in general? A, Correct. Q. What was the purpose in an ash tray graphic? A. It was to be used to of having a cigarette font the various i~gredients in a cigarette. What do you mean by font? A, Those are character-generated letters, computer-generated letters that form words on a screen. Those are fonts- Q. This graphic was to be a background to some computer-generated letters which would indicate ingredients in cigarettes? A, Correct. Q, Did you work with the art department on any other graphics? A. OR a -- yes, Q. A~e we in october nGw~ these discussions
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6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 with the art department? A. Yes. Q. What was the other graphic or graphics that you worked with them on? A. A television set that would convey the message that cigarette advertising on a television is off limits to the tobacco industry. Q- Was this going to be a still frame or a moving picture? A. A still frame• Q. It would just be a television set with some kind of bar through it? A. I didn't know what it was going to be. That's why I consulted the art department. Q. Did it turn OUt to be something? Did they in fact doing something? A. Yes. Q. And what did they do? A. It was a picture of a television set with one of those no-smoking signs in place of the picture tube. Q. Anything else, any other graphics you worked on with the art department? A. Not at that time.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 Q. Did you work with them later on other graphics? A. Yes. Q. When was that? A. Moving into November. Q. Approximately when in November, do you know? A. From the end of October, from the middle of October ~hrough the end Of October, through the day that the Perspectives aired. Q. $o, were you working with the art department continuously on these graphics from the middle of October until the broadcast date? A. No. I was working on other Perspectives as well. Q. Who department in A. Jim the Q. The othergraphics you described? did you speak with at the art November? Mulroyan and some of his assistants. same people who had been working on A. Not necessarily. Q. Mulroyan worked on all of A. I don't know. Q. Who did you -- these graphics?
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l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 A. I know that he is the supervisor. Q. What was the substance of your discussions in November with Mulroyan or other graphic artists in the art department or with anyone else in the aft department? A, Lots of technical types of discussions. Q. u What do you mean by that? A. Where you assign X number to X image and send it over to the media room to be stored on magnetic tape to be called up at the time of the broadcast. Q. Let's leave those ~echnical discussions aside. What discussions did you have regarding the substance of any visuals Or the development of any visuals wi~h the art department? A. Aside from the ones I've already related to you? Q. Aside from the ones you have already testified to. A. Up until the day of air of these pieces, had asked them to make art cards, Q. Which are? A. They are black pieces of cardboard that o 681815095
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ll 12 13 . 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 have documents or ads or any type of piece of paper pasted to it, so that a studio camera can shoot it. Qo TO make a still store? A, No, To creat8 movemen:, Q. What was on these art cards? What was to be on the art cards? A° -I don~t believe I can give you for graphic accounting -- Q. I want your best recollection. A. -- of what is on these. A picture of Rudd Pyles. Where did you get that? A. Spor~s Illustrated. Did you take that out Illustrated? from a graphic yourself from~ Sports A. No. Q- How did you get it? A. Walter Jacobson took it Out. Q. How did you get the Rudd Pyles picture Mr. dacobson? Did you have a discussion about it with him? A° I had received numerous Sports lllustrateds f~om the gentlemen in the sports department.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 lO Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 iS 19 20 21 22 23 24 O. A. And -- ~. ~nd did lllustrateds? A. Q. at them? A. Yes. And then? you look at those Sports Yes. What were you looking for when you looked For the advertising of -- for cigarette advertislng of sports and sports ~vents. Q. Were you looking for deceptive advertising? A. Not per se. Q. Were you looking for cigarette to youths or young people or children? A. I was looking for ads that depict people cigarette advertising participating in sporting events. Q. How many Sports Illustrateds did you get? A. I don't recall. Q. Can you give us an approximate number, 5, 50, 20? A. Somewhere in the area of 30. Q. Did you come up with any ads after reviewing these 30 or so magazines? A. Yes. ...... o r3,2JT,2-so,7 681815100
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1 .2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Q. DO you recall which ads those were? A. There was Rudd Pyles. I thought you testified that you got the Rudd Pyles advertisement from Mr. Jacobson. A. NO, I did not. Mr. Jacobson is the one Who pulled the ad out of the Sports Illustrated. Q. Okay. Let's just be clear we are straight. You have testified that you reviewed these Sports lllustrateds yourself? A. Correct. Q. After reviewing them, did you pull Out any ad s? i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 the A. I pulled out some ads. Q. And do you recall which ads those were, ads you pulled out? A. I pulled Out a Virginia Slims ~d. Q. Do you recall any others? A. No~ not -- I don't recall right now. DO you recall any Viceroy ads from there? Yes. Q- You did pull some Viceroy ads out? One. Q- Do you recall anything about that ad? A. St is an ad that you showed me earlier.
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i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 Q. I will show you, Mr. Radutzky, some documents which are Viceroy advertisements which we have previously marked as Exhibits 22 through 27. I ask you to examine them and tell us whether one or more of those referred to. ads are the Viceroy ad that you (WHEREUPON, the documents were tendered to the witness.) BY TEE WITNESS: A. Yes. BY ME. CLAYTON: Q. Could you indicate by exhibit number which one it is? A. Exhibit No. 22. Q. Thank you. What did you do with the ad resembling Exhibit NO. 22? A. Z cut it out of a magazine. Q. What did you do then? A. Cut around the type. Q. What else? A. I had the art department mount it on &n art card. Q. Anything else? A. For broadcast. ::t,=. o cs,2 7.2808 G818!5102
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 1 Q. Did you discuss with anybody at WBBM, means Mr. Jacobson or anybody else, why you had selected the Exhibit 22 ad? A, Yes- Q. Who was that discussion with? A. Mr. Jacobson. Q- _How many discussions did you have about this ad, one or more? A. I~ was either one discussion or a ~ontinuation Of the same discussion. All with Mr. Jacobson? A. Correct. Q. Anyone else present? A. No. Q. Did you discuss the ad with anyone else other than Mr. Jacobson? A. No. Q, What was the substance of that discussion with Mr. Jacobson? A° We were looking for a Viceroy logo that could represent the Viceroy name on a graphic to accompany mentions of Viceroy in the commentary. Q. And you proposed this ad as such a logo? Correct. that
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44i i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 or didn' t? A- Q. What did Mr. Jacobson say to you? He said it was okay. Q. Did he ever ask you to get a different to look further for Viceroy advertisements? A, I don't rec~ll. You don't recall whether he did or he ad Correct~ Q. And you don't recall whether he ever asked you to look further for Viceroy ads either at this time or ~t a later time? A. He ~sked me later about Viceroy ads. Q. Can you place in time approximately th~ conversation you have just related in which you proposed Exhibit 22 as a Viceroy logo? Sometime in November. Q. You said Mr. Jacobson later asked you to look further for Viceroy ads. And when was that? A. ~ couple of days. Q. What was the coDtext of that discussion? A. He had asked me if I had some -- if I had Viceroy ads that specifically depict a strategy cited by the federal government. Q. What did you say?
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 A. I said I did not. Q. What else was said during this conversation? A. I said ~ha% ~ had asked the Brown & Williamson Company to send me ads that were representative of Viceroy advertising, and %hat I did not receive any from the company. Q. What did Mr. Jacobson say to that? A. I don't recall. Q. When you said that during this conversation Mr. Jacobson asked you to look further for Viceroy ads, do you recall how he put that, what the substance Of his words were? MR. KLENK: objection. That is not- wha~ his testimony was. You are ~ischaracterizing it. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Am I mischaracterizing your testimony, Mr. Radutzky? A. I don't understand your question. Q. I had begun my question by saying that you had earlier testified that Mr. Jacobson had aske'd you to look further for Viceroy ads during this conversation. Perhaps it would clear things up if we q Vd[,, ~ ~ ~ ~Lc,~a, ff[[tnat* • (312) 782-8087
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1 2 3 4 "5 6 7 8 g i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 would go back and have the reporter read that question and answer back. MR. KLENK: That would be fine. MR. CLAYTON: Why don't we do that. I think it's probably about four to five questions ago. BY MR. (WHEREUPON, the record was read by the rep~Jcter as requested.) CLAYTON: Q, I will put a different question. Did Mr. Jacobson in any way during this conversation ask you to look further for Viceroy ads?! A. Which conversation are we talking about now? Q. We are talking about the conversation in which you told him that you did not have ads specifically depicting the strategy. A. And to that l told him I had asked the company to send me representative Viceroy ads. Q. I don't know if you have answered the question. My question is: Did Mr. Jacobson say or indicate in any way during this conversation that he wished you to do anything further to try to get examples of Viceroy advertising for this broadcast? A. After I -- J:t,.o,. . 3 2J7,2 o 681815106
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 BY At any time during this -- okay, Mike. MR. KLENK: Finish your answer, THE WITNESS: A. After I responded -- after I gave him -- after I related to him the fact that I had asked the company to send me representative Viceroy ads and that they did not, he did not ask me further. BY MR, CLAYTON: Q. Was Viceroy discussed in any other way. shape or form during this conversation? A. Not at this time, Q. Let's go back to the point at which you received the Rudd Pyles ad. You testified that you got that from Mr. Jacobson; is that correct? A. I got that for Mr. Jacobson, Q. You didn't get it from Mr. Jacobson then? A. No, Q. He didn't select those ads? He did not select the Rudd Pyles ad? GO ahead .! A. He selected the Rudd Pyles ad among ads from Sports lllustrateds that I had looked at and I had received from the sports department. Q, Okay. And when did he make that selection? A. In November.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. Was that during the same conversation in which you had discussed the Viceroy ads? NO, it was not. Q. Let's now go back to your efforts to gather visuals for the broadcast. You have testified that you talked with the art department about making a visual of a cigarette in an ash tray, a visual of a TV set and several art cards. You have testified about what you recall the substance of those art cards to be. Were there any other graphics you discussed with the art department? A. Yes. Q. What were those? A. To provide me with still photographs of three legislators~ ~embers of the Congress, from tobacco states. Q. Who were they? A. I don't recall right offhand. Q. Any other graphics that you discussed wlth the art department? A. NO, I don't believe so. Q. During the conversation in which Mr. Jacobson asked you whether you had ads depicting th~
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446 2 3 4 5 6 7 S 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 Viceroy strategy, did he indicate to you why he wanted such ads? A. Yes. Q. How did he indicate that to you and what was indicated? A. It was in the context of us being able to illustrate the use of pictures precisely what it was that the government was referring to. Q. Well, what did Mr. Jacobson say as you recall on that subject? A. That's what he said. Q. He said let's get something which illustrates what the government is talking about, or words to that effect? MR. KLENK: Objection. He was asked that question and answered it- THE WETNESS: I answered the question. MR. CLAYTON: Read the question and the answer back. (WHEREUPON, the record was read by the reporter as requested.) MR. CLAYTON: Q. Do you recall anything else regarding Viceroy or the FTC report which was said during this pks ta.o,. o 681815109
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1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 conversation? A. NO, Q. Was conversation? A. Q. broadcask not in this conversation. there anyone else present during this Were you discussing other graphics at the same time? A. Yes. Q." Have you completed your the graphics you for the testimony about discussed with th~ a~t department? A. Q. A. Hospital O, did you? A. NO. Y~s. What else did you do to gather visuals? I had made an appointment with Cook County to shoot its burn unit. You didn't discuss advertising with Q. What else did you do regarding visuals? A. I had made a still frame of the Brook Shields ad that was on videotape. Shields ad? Q. Where did you get the Brook A. From a CBS News piece. Q. When you say CBS News, do network news in N~w York? them, you m~an the c.~..,,o. #tt~.,o. . :~2~782.eo~7 £; ~ 1 ~ 1.5 1 1 0
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 iO ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 2~ 23 24 A. Yes. Who did you talk to there? A. I don't recall. How did you make your request to -- in what words did you make your request to CBS News for this piece? A. I don't recall the exact words. Q. How did you know to go to CBS News in New York for this piece? A. : had been told that CBS News had had some video of the proceedings on Capitol Hill where the name Of Brook Shields and her ads came up. Q, Who told you that? A. I don't recall. Q, And did you get the material from CBS News? A. Yes. Q. Did you get anything else with it from them? A. NO. Q. Did you ever make any request of anyone at CBS News in New York for other materials which might be relevant to your cigarette Perspective? A. I had asked CBS News for some still frames of legislators. r~U~oo, d[t~.o. ,, c~,~p 782 eo87 e R1 R I ~ I I |
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5 6 7 8 9 1O II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 Q. Did CBS News who general with A. NO. Q. Did you help or advice? A. No. Q. Have story you have A. Q. A- you ever call or speak with anyone you thought might be familiar in the cigarette industry? ever look to them for research you ever done so in connection with worked on? at I don't recall. What else did you do regarding visuals? Can you flush that q~estlon Out? I don't understand. Q. Certainly. We have be~n going through some testimony a~out what you did to assemble visuals for the broadcast. A. Okay. Q. And you have discussed things such as getting slides of billboards, videotapes of couches, stills from movies, sever~l graphi=s that you asked the art department to prepare, and now some visuals which you obtained from CBS News in New York and elsewhere. After you obtained all of this material, I
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 would like to know what else you did to get visuals for the broadcast, A. Nothing, that I recall. Q. Are there any other visuals that you otheE recall having gathered in connection with the cigarette Perspectives? A. - I have already testified to a number of other visuals in our previous depositions, correct? Q. Well, do you recall anything that you haven't testified to in these other previous sessions which are visuals? A, NO. Q. The answer is no? What was the still frame of the Brook Shields ad? What kind of ad was that, do you recall?l A. I believe it was a poster of Brook Shi~ids ~;ith cigarettes coming OUt of her ears. Q. What was the purpose of getting that? A. It was to depict the proposed use of Brook Shields as an antismoker for a campaign by the government. Q. Were you considering at that time mentioning the Brook Shields ad in the Viceroy Perspective or the cigarette Perspective?
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 A. Yes. Q. Did you topic? A. Yes. Q." Mou have testified regarding the visuals you gathered. Y,~u testified regarding your conversation with Mr. Jacobson in October at which he told you that the broadcast should air as soon as it was ready. I would like to know what you did next actually write anything up on that after your conversation with Mr. Jacobson in October other than the work which you testified to regarding visuals. What happened next? We are back in October here. A. I spoke with a vice president for advertising and marketing at the Philip Morris Company in New York. When was that? A. I don't recall exactly. Q. Approximately, Mid-October, late October, early P;ovember? A. Sometime in October. Q. What was the purpose of making that call? A. TO ask about the appearance of Marlboro
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 cigarettes and the Marlboro name in movies. Q. You made this call because you were planning to use the Superman still; is that correct? A. I was considering using it and speak to the people in New York. Q. Were you considering using any information about Marlboro or than the Superman topic? A. Candy cigarettes. I wanted to other Philip Morris, other Q. What connection did you believe that had to Philip Morris? A. I had seen cigarettes with the Marlboro logo on them, and I was concerned with the connectionl if there was one, between the ~se of the name and the logo on candy cigarettes, whether there was any knowledge or consent on the part of the Philip Morris Company to use its name Or its logo to promote candy cigarettes or candy bubble gum. Q. Were you thinking of anything else with respect to Morris at this time? A. The Merit wagon. Q. Anything else? A. The movie Body Heat. What cigarette brand appears there?
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453 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 i5 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A. Marlboro. Q. Anything else? NO. Who did you ask for when Q. Morris? A. I asked for a spokesman for the company who could-address issues of advertising. Q. Did you discuss the fact that yo~ were going to call Morris with anybody at WBBM or CBS before you made the call? A. No, I don't recall. Q. DO you recall discussing it with Mr. Jacobson? A. nO. you called Philip ~o. Not at the time Of the phone calls, Q. The purpose of this call, I t~ke it, was to get ~.lo~is' comments on these four topics that you have mentioned: This is, Marlboro in movies, candy cigarettes, the Merit wagon and Body Heat; that correct? A. Yes. Q. Who were you connected to when you made the call? A. To the best of my recollection, I was is
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 connected to a vice president of marketing advertising. Q. DO you remember his name? A. No, I do not. Q. Were you making notes during the conversation with him? A. - Yes. Q. Where are those notes now? A. I don't have them anymore. DO you believe they are among the materials that you discarded? A. Yes. Q. How did you introduce yourself to the Philip Morris vice president? A. I told him who I was and where i worked and what I did for the company for whom I work. Q. Did you tell him what you were working on? A. Yes. Q. How did you describe that? A. I told him I was working on a series of reports involving the tobacco industry, among them cigarette-started fires, the clout of the industry, and advertising. Q. What did you say next?
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 455 i A. I had asked the man about the appearance Of the blarlboro truck -- Q. Well, what precisely did you say about the Marlboro truck? A. I had asked him -- I had told him I had seen the Marlboro truck a number of times in the movie. Q. Superman you are speaking of? A. Yes. And I asked him whether he paid a fee to the makers of the movie in order for his -- the name of his company to appear in the film. Q. Well, in addition to telling him that you had seen the Marlboro truck in Superman, dld you tell him that you were planning o~% running a story which would say that Marlboro had placed the truck in that film? A. I said we were working on a report involving advertising, and I wanted to ask him some questions regarding the appearance of Marlboro in Superman II. Q. What did he say when you asked whether Philip Morris had paid a fee? A. He said that they dld not. Q. When you made the call. did you have any pkg ~o, ~.,l, • (312) 782-8087
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456 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 reason to believe they had paid a fee? A. Yes. Q. What was the basis of that belief? A. Somebody told me that they thought that Philip Morris had in fact paid for it. Q. DO you recall who that was? A. -Not offhand. Q. When he told you that they did not pay a fee, what did you saynext? A. I said, "Who approached who?" Q. What did he say? A. He said that the company had -- the makers of the film had approached Philip Morris- And I asked him why, and he said they wanted to depict reality in the best way they could. Q. Were those his words or is that your paraphrase? A. Those are pretty much his words. Q. And what else was said on this topic? A. Then I had asked him -- I had said "I have never seen a Marlboro truck before," said, "We have plenty of Marlboro trucks." O. What else was said? A. I said sometbing to the effect that on a to him, and he pkg , c3,2JTe2-8o87 681815119
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457 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 lo ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 movie that is supposed to -- that is claiming to depict reality, why a Marlboro truck, because once again I have never seen one before anywhere. And he said? A. He said, "Well, we have them." And then I asked him about advertising in a movie that is going to be seen by millions of young people -- Q. . Well, what did you say specifically on that topic, what did you ask? A. I don't recall exactly. I'm paraphrasing the way the conversation took place. Q. Okay. Go ahead. What was said on that topic? A. the ~ovie, not lot of people see j ust to him in any way advertising to I said a movie was it a advertise your He said a children. Q. Well, did you indicate that you thought that Morris was children by -- A. I had asked him about it. that is seen by millions of children, conscious effort on your part to product in that movie? Q. What did he say? A. He said there are a lot of people who see • i pXg • 681815120
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458 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 the movie. Q. Did he say anything else? A. Not that I recall. Q. Did you tell him the basis of your belief that Marlboro or Morris had paid someone to get the truck in the movie? A. I had told him that I had heard that that was the case. Q. Did you tell him where you had heard that? A. No. Q. Did he ask? A. No. Q, When he told you that Philip Morris had not paid a fee, did you believe him? A. I don't know that I formulated an opinion one way or another. Q. Have you given us the whole substance of this conversation as it relates to advertising in movies and to Superman, or is there anything else you recall on those topics that was said? A. I asked him about Body Heat. Q. What was said there? A, I said that I had seen the appearance of packages of Marlboro a number of times in the film, pkg • c ,2J, 2,0a7 GSf815121
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459 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1O ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 and wondered once again if -- who had approached whom and whether or not money exchanged hands. Q. And what did he say? A. And he told me no. But like he did on Superman film, he said that he gave -- he gave free cigarettes. Q. He said he gave the Superman film producers free cigarettes? A. And the makers of Body Heat. Q. Anything else said about Body Heat? A. NO* Q, Did you ask him who the distributor of Body Heat was~ or who he had talked to at the distributor of Body Heat? A. No. Q. Anything else said about movies during this conveEsation? A. NOt that I recall. Q. Was Brown & Williamson mentioned in the conversation with this vice president of Philip Morris in this conversation? A. I don't believe so. Q. Was Viceroy mentioned? A. NO, X don't believe so. the them p k g , c 2 7,2s0s7G81815122
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460 I 2 3 4 5 b 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 O. Cool? A. 1 don't believe so. Q. Fact? A. 1 don't believe so. Q. The FTC report? A. I don't believe so. " Q. " Did yo~ tell the Morris person about any portion of the Perspectives you were working on, other than those portions which dealt with Philip Morris? A. Would you please repeat the first part of your question? Q. I'll rephrase the whole thing. Did you indicate or discuss to the''Philip that your broadcast would than Ones pertaining to Philip Morris vice president houch on topics other Morris? ~. Yes, I told ]]i~ -- yes, I did. Q. Did you discuss those topics or just in general? A. General• Q. Not specifically, then? A. Not specifically- Q. Okay. Fine. specifically pkg c.~=~o, d:t~o. . ~,~Jra2-eo87 681815123
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461 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 Have you now given us everything that you discussed about movies and Body Heat and Superman with the Philip Morris person? A. Yes. Q. What was said about candy cigarettes? A, He said that the company has nothing to do with the people who make candy cigarettes and bubble gum. Q. What did you say? Did you question that in any way? A. I asked him if he thought it was a violation of their trademark. Q. HOw did you know to ask about trademarks? A. It just Occurred to me~ Q. Had you discussed candy cigarettes with anybody before you talked to the Morris person? A. Yes. Q. Who was that? A. My father. Q. Anyone else? A. NO -- yes. Q. Who? A. Dr, Blum. Q. Anybody else? pkg , ,2J78z-, ,7 681815124
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482 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 wi th A. Not that I recall. Q. When did you talk to your father? A. I don~t remember. Q. Approximately, do you remember the month? A. Sometime September, October. What else was said during the conversation Morris about candy cigarettes? A. He didn't think it was a violation of their trademark. Q. Anything else? A. NO. Q. The Merit wagon, what there? A. I asked him about the I told him it was in our city, and how much it cost, and he told me. Q. How much? A. $270,00d, I believe. Q. What else was said? did you talk about Merit wagon being a - I had asked him A. We discussed whether or not it was -- whether he thought it was an effective way to advertise his brand of cigarettes, the company. Q. What was said on that score? A. I said something to the effect that it pkg d:t=.,,. , 31 7a2-8o,7 681815125
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463 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 doesn't -- it's a rather New technique, it was a new technique, a departure from your billboard/magazine form of advertising, Q. What was his response? A, He agreed and he thought it idea. Q, Why did he say it was a great MR. KLENK: Objection, All he can is what the man told him. BY MR, CLAYTON: Q. Do you know why he thought it idea? A. He said that all kinds of people could answer questions about current public events, Q. ~id you criticize the use of the Merit wagon in this conversation? to I suggested basic was a great idea? testify to was a gre~t A. No. Q. Did you discuss the use of the Merit wagon advertise to young people or children? NO. I don't recall. Q. H~ve you given us the whole substance of this Morris person ~h~ discussion about Merit now? A. Yes, Q. Did you ever speak to ,kg , 3,2 7,2,0,7 GSISISI2G
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464 l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 lO , ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ig 2O 21 22 23 24 again or with anyone else from Morris? A. I don't recall. I may have had a second conversation with him. Q. HOW soon after the first conversation? A. Very soon. Q. What was the reason for that next conversation? A, I may have asked him in the second conversation what the truck cost in that second conversation. The Merit truck? A. The Merit. And as well, the giving out cigarettes to klds for free practice of on the street, Q. You mean cigarette sampling? A. Yes. Q. That's distinct from the Merit wagon? Is it distinc~ from the Merit wagon? A. Cigarette sampling? Yes. Q. HOW iong was this first the Morris ~- A. About 15 minutes. Q. How long was the second? A. I don't recall. DO you recall anything else conversation with that was said pkg , c ,2 7,2-8o,7 681S15127
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465 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 during the second conversation? A. I recall we talked about cigarette sampling and whether or not there were -- I ~sked him what his policy was on that. Q. Give us the substance Of that discussion. A. He said it was the policy to give out cigarettes to people who wanted them if they asked, so long as they were over the age of 21. Q. Had you brought up the topic of sampling to children or young people, is that why he responded with the over 21 remark? A. No. Q. You just asked generally about what his practices were? ove£ A. That is the best of my recollection. Q. Did you question him at all about this 21 practice? A. Not in detail. Q. Well, to what extent did you question him? A. I told him that I had seen people smoking -- receiving cigarettes for free On the+ street who -- Q. What did he say? A. -- who were under the age of 21. And I p k g • 782 ,o,7 681815128
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46b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 believe he said that it was -- it wasn't the policy of his company to do that or any company that he knew of, I think. Q. Anything else said on this topic? A. No. Q. Did you ask him whether that policy was written down? A. NO. Q. Did you ask him whether other companies had t~at policy? A. NO- Q. During either of these conversations with the Morris vice president, did you ever ask for any materials to be sent to you by Morris? " A. No. Q. Did you indicate when you believed the broadcast would be aired? A. I don't recall giving him a date. Q. Did you indicate in so~e approximate way? A. I don't believe I did that, either. Q. Did he ask about that? A. NO. Q. Other than these two conversations, do you recall any other conversations in connection with
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467 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S 9 ~0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 the cigarette Perspectlves that you had with anyone from Morris? A, NO. MR. CLAYTON: DO you want to take a break for about five or ten minutes? MR. KLENK: I was going to suggest ~t myself. (WHEREUPON, a recess was had,) pkg ex~.~°, au,.~,, o c~,~..2-,oe, 681815130
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468 i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 MR. CLAYTON: Back on the record, BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Have you now given us the full substance of your conversations with the Morris vice president? A. To the best of my recollection, yes. Q. After these discussions or in addition to these discussions with Morris, what did you do at this point in connection with the cigarette advertising, in connection with the cigarette Ferspectives? Excuse me. A. I had attended a meeting in Lilly Eide's Approximately when was that? Sometime in October. Who is Lilly Eide? I 'm not certain of her title. She involved in information services. Q. Do you know what the function of information services is? A. Not all of their functions, Q. Which functions do you know A. Advertising, promotion. Did Lilly Eide -- A. And art. ~o. about? is office. Q. A. Q. A. ctg , 681815131
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469 i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 iI 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 Q, Excuse me. Did or did she or did a third up? A. I don't recall. I was a meeting in her office. Q. DO you recall who A. ~ No. Q. Who else attended the A. Myself, Jim Mulroyan, you initiate thls meeting person or persons set it just told to attend told you? meeting? Lilly Eide, Brian Blum. Frank Gardner stepped in and stepped out, the same for Greg Caputo. I believe that's it. Q. How long did the meeting last? A. Approximately a half hour. Q. What was the purpose of the meeting? A. To discuss what it was I was working on. Q. Why was that a subject of discussion with these people? A. For the possibility of promoting it. Q. For the possibility of promoting it. You mean the meeting was to discuss whether or not it should be promoted? A. The meeting was to discuss what it was I was working on. Q. Was one purpose of the meeting to discuss ctg , c ,2JTs -soeT G8181513
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470 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 l1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 whether what you were working on should he promoted or advertised by WBBM? A. I don't know. Well, I am asking for your understanding at the time you came to the meeting. A. My understanding at the time was to present the information that I had: Q. You had no further understanding as to why these people wanted that information? A. And to discuss ways in which it could be promoted. Q. Who is Brian Blum? A. He's one of the people who work for Lilly Eide. He cuts spots. Q. What does that mean? A. For TV. Q. What does it mean to cut a spot? A. He produces it. Q. What is a spot? A. A spot is an ad for television or for radio. Q. You mean normally brief ads? A. I don~t know. MR. CLAYTON: I would like this to be marked as ctg . c. ,2 ,'a2-8o,7 681815133
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Radutzky • ) Exhibit NO. 28. (WHEREUPON, a certain document was marked Eadutzky Deposition Exhibit NO. 28, for identification, as of 7-10-84.) BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Mr. Radutzky, I hand you what has been marked Exhibit NO. 28 and ask you to examine it, please. 471 (ShoKt pause.) MR. KLENK: Is there any p~rticular part that you wanted him to look at? MR. CLAYTON: I will direct him to portions. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Have you now completed your examination of Exhibit 28, Mr. Radutzky? A. YeSo Q. Have you ever seen Exhibit 28 before? A. Yes. Q. When? A. My lawyer showed it to me. Q. When was that? A° I don't recall. Q. Do you recall approximately when? ctg
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472 i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 A. NO. Q. Did you see it in connection with your testimony at any of the sessions of this deposition? A. go. Q. Did you read the exhibit at that time? When you were shown it by your lawyer, did you read the whole thing or did you read parts of it? A. Yes. I read most of it. Q. Do yo~ know whether you saw it in a final form or a draft form at that point? A. ' I think I saw it in a final form. Q. Were you ever asked to comment on or give information for the purpose of supplying Interrogatory Answers in this case? A. Yes. Q. By your attorneys? A. Correct. Q. Did you discuss the substance of Interrogatory Answers or the information you provided with anybody at WBBM? A. NO. Q. You discussed it only with is that correct? A. Yes. those your attorneys, ctg , (;81815135
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473 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1O ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. Directing you to page 23 of Exhibit 28 to the words "Politicians, clout and cigarettes, Monday at IO," and the exhibit indicates that that is a promotional message relating to the cigarette series which appeared on WBBM-TV, is that a spot as you have referred to it? A. NO. Q. Are any of the advertisements that are indicated on pages 23 through 32 spots as you have referred to them? MR. KLENK: Which page? What was the last page? MR. CLAYTON: 32. BY THE WITNESS: Yes. BY MR. CLAYTON: 0. Which ones? A. 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, the items on the bottom of 31, and 32. Q. What makes those messages spots and the others in this series not spots? What is the difference? A. I suppose it's ambiguous really. Just my vernacular. Q. I guess I am just asking for what your ctg
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474 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 lO ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 understanding of what spots means. A. The items on the other pages are generally referred to as news ID'S. Q. How would you distinguish between a news ID and a spot? A. I correct myself. They are considered ID'S. Q* HOW would you distinguish between ~n ID and a spot? A. An ID is something that runs 4 seconds or less. Q. And a spot is a little longer, is that it? A. Correct. Q. That's the basic distinction? A. Correct. Q. You testified that you attended hour meeting in Lilly Eide's office you bring any materials with you to A. Yes. Q. What did you bring? A* A note pad. Blank or with materials A. Blank. Q. Anything else? on it? a half in October. Did that meeting? ctg g.%- 81815 13 7 d~e=~o, ~b~t~ • 6312)782-8087
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475 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 i0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A. That's all I brought with me. Q. Had you sent any documents to anyone in preparation for this meeting? A. NO. Q. Who opened the meeting? A. Lilly. Q. What did she say? A. I don't recall what she said. Q. Can you give us your general recollection of what she said? MR. KLENK: Objection. He just said he didn't recall. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. You recall nothing about what she said? A. T9 open the meeting, no, I don't, Q. What did she say in general at the meeting? A. That we were -- I was here to inform them of some of the things that I was working on and they in turn were there to ask me follow-up questions- Then we as a body were there to talk about ways in which these ideas could be promoted. Q. Promoted for what purpose? A. For the purposes of on air promotion or in irint media. ctg CWof/",
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476 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 Q. What happened next? Did you speak someone else speak? A. I spoke. Q. What did you say? A. I outlined for them what it was I was working on as it related to the cigarette or did Perspectives. Q. Weren't you working on other things at same time? Well, in addition to your work on the cigarette Perspective, didn't you have other projects you were working on in your capacities at WBBM? A. Right. Q. Did you discuss A. NO. Q. Why not? A. I was there to tobacco industry. Q. From where did that you were only there those also? discuss my work on the you get your understanding to discuss your the work on the tobacco industry as opposed to your work on other projects at WBBM? A. I was told in advance to come up to Lilly's office to discuss what was going on as it related to ctg
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477 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 l0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 the tobacco industry. Q. Who told you that? A. I don~t recall. I just recall I know I was going up to discuss what was going on. Q. Did you have a feeling that you were there to discuss the tobacco industry as opposed to the other pro~ects you were working on at the time? A. I got the feeling they wanted to promote it. Q. DO projects you were working on at A. NO. Q. Would it be more than A. Yes. Q. More than 10? A. NO. best was Q. c~se? you know approximately how many other the time? 5? Q. Somewhere between 5 and i0 would be your recollection? A. Correct. Q. Did you ever ask anyone why this project selected out as a possibility for promotion? A. NO. Did you ever wonder about why that was the ctg
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ig 2O 21 22 23 24 478 A. NO. Q. Mow did you outline what you were working on on the cigarette Perspectives? What did you say on this topic in this meeting? A. I discussed the cigarette Perspective that would include the clout of the tobacco industry, and I outlined this general scenario of the cigarette industry on the one hand -- excuse me. The government on the one hand as it ~elates to cigarettes supporting tobacco and on the other hand the government spending money to alert people about the health risks Of smokin9. The apparent contradictio~i is what it is I laid out in part one. Q. Did you discuss the other parts also? A. In part 2 I discussed that cigarettes started fires, the way in which there is a cigarette cigarettes patents, numerous patents, for cigarettes that h~ve a propensity to self-extinguish, but that they have not been approved by the Congress and 2,300 people a year died in fires started by cigarettes and there is X amount of property damage and health costs incurred. Then we talked about cigarette advertising. Ctg rwotf,, .d,,o. • 681815141
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1 2 3 4 5 • 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18' lg 2g 21 22 23 24 479 We talked about -- I outlined the scenario whereby the idea was that there are numerous ways now to advertise cigarettes as opposed to the old days when Santa Clause would talk about Lucky Strikes and how doctors would promote Camels as being easy on their throat. Times have changed• Cigarettes are no longer able to be advertised on television. 8o, there is a new -- some new techniques that have had to develop, some new forms of advertising, new media to accommodate the elimination of a medium, being television, and to accommodate the perception among people that cigarettes are hazardous to your health and discussed ways in which the i~dustry goes about it. And I said that we had a Federal Government report that talked about various strategies to advertise particular brands and a campaign to get starters. Q. Have you completed your answer? A. Yes. Q. Did you say that the FTC report mentioned sophisticated tactics to induce young people to smoke? DO you recall saying that? etg tWoS,
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48O - ] i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A. Yes. Q. DO you Lexington Herald this meeting? A. Yes. recall if you had read the Leader article before you came tc Q. What other materials did you read in preparation for your presentation? A. Most Of the material that I have already £estified to having read. Q. Confidential pages of the FTC report? A. Yes. Q. Did you say that you had obtained any Of the documents referred A. We are talking documents? Q. Correct. A. No. Q. Did you those documents? A. I may have. Q. Do you have any way or the other? A. I very well may have. precisely, but I believe that I to in the FTC report? about the footnoted say you hoped or planned to obtain recollection on that one I don't recall did. ctg
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481 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 l0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 get Q. You believe you did say that you hoped the documents referred to by the FTC? A. - Correct. Q. Did you say you planned to get those documents? A. No. Q. Did you indicate where you might' be getting those documents from? get the to government maintained strategy had been beer A. NO. Q. Did you say that you hoped or planned to Viceroy advertisements illustrating or embodying pot, wine, beer and sex strategy? A. I don't recall making a mention of that. Q. You don't recall mentioning the pot, wine~ and sex strategy? A. Oh, I do recall mentioning that. Q. What did you say about that? A. I mentioned the strategy, the Viceroy strategy, to attract starters to cigarettes. Q. And did you indicate that Viceroy had adopted that strategy? A. I indicated that the stated that it had. Q. Did you say that the ctg
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482 l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 proposed by Ted Bates? A. I don't recall using the name Ted Bates. O- DO you recall whether you said the strategy had been proposed by an outside advertising agency? A. Yes, I believe I did. O. Did you say whether the company or that Brown & Williamson denied that strategy had been adopted? A. I don't recall. Q. Did you say anything else in'this presentation that you recall? A. It wasn't a presentation. Q° Did you say anything else to describe your work on the cigarette Perspectives? A. We discussed ways in which it could be promoted. I cited some numbers about the amount of people who smoke, about the amount of people who die in cigarette-started fires, the amount of money that the government spends warning people about the dangers of cigarettes versus the amount of money that the government spends supporting cigarettes, the amount of money that the cigarette industry spends on advertising. ctg • c J a2-eo, 681815145
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483 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. What did you say about ways to promote the cigarette advertising portion of these Perspectives? A. [ don't recall. Q. Did you get any questions from the people who were sitting there? A. Some. What did they say? A. I don'~ recall the specifics. Q. Do you recall in general what they said or asked about? A. No. Q. DO you recall during the meeting? A. Yes, Q. Who was that? A. Lilly. Q. Anyone else? A. Jim Mulroyan perhaps. I Can't be certain. Q. Did you subsequently see notes that were taken? A. Yes. Q. Under what circumstances? A. My lawyer showed them to me. if anyone was taking notes don't know. I any of those ctg
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484 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. When was that? A. I don't recall. Q. Was that in preparation for deposition? this A. Yes. Q. Did you have any discussions with Eide in preparation for this deposition? A. NO. MR. CLAYTON: Exhibit 29. Lilly I wo~Id like this to be marked as (WHEREUPON, a certain document was marked Radutzky Deposition Exhibit No. 29, for identification, as of 7-10-84.) BY ME. CLAYTON: Q. You have been handed as Exhibit 29, and I would ask tell us if you know what it is? A. Yes, I know what it is. Q. What is it? what has been marked you to examine it and A. According to my lawyer, those notes that were taken by Lilly Eide. are the Q. I direct your attention to the page of Exhibit 29 with the number stamp on the bottom 1201. . 3,2JTa2 ,o,7 68181514,7
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485 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O Sl 22 23 24 as the A° Yes. Q. Do those appear to you to be notes taken Lilly ride was listening to your description of advertising portion of the cigarette Perspective? A. Yes. Q. DO you know what she is referring to when she says, "Real deceptioN-free ci@arettes, State Street Mall, R. J. Reynolds-More"? A. She is referring to the distribution Of free cigarettes on the Sta%e Street Mall, More cigarettes. Q. When she says "real deception," does refer to anything you said about distribution? that A. I don't recall. Q. At the bottom it says, "Seal by court order. Report made public first time." Does that refer to anything that you recall saying? A. Yes. It says it had been sealed by court order. Q° What? A. The confidential portions of the FTC report. Q. What does "first time~' refer to, first time [eport made public? ctg o 681815148
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486 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 ig 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 A. Yes, Q. Did you say how the report was made public? A. I don't think so. D. Looking at page 1202, which is the next page, do you know what those words refer to, those what appear to be various advertising slogans? MR. KLENK: Would you read the question back, please. (WHEREUPON, the record was read by the reporter as requested.) BY TEE WITNESS: A. They refer to advertising slogans. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Were A. Yes. Q. What they discussed at the meeting? else happened at this meeting? A. We exchanged and listened to ideas about ways in which the commentaries could be designed, meaning in an artist's perspective, and worded. Q. What do you mean by commentaries? A. Walter's Perspectives. MR. CLAYTON: Could you read the last 2 questions and answers back. (WHEREUPON, the record was read ctg • c3,zJ s2-so, 681815149
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487 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 by the reporter as requested.) BY MR. CLAYTON: 0. What did you discuss on the subject of how the Perspectives could be designed or worded? MR. KLENK: Objection. That's not what his testimony was. You can answer the question. BY THE WITNESS: A. I don't understand. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. You testified that you discussed ways in which the commentaries could be designed or worded, is that correct? A. The ads. Q. You said ways in which the commentaries could be designed or worded. MR. KLENK: That is not what he said. BY THE WITNESS: BY A. That is not what I said. MR. CLAYTON: Read that answer back again. (WHEREUPON, t~e record was read by the reporter as requested.) THE WITNESS: A. I am referring to ads. MR. CLAYTON: Read back the next question and ctg
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488 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 i0 il 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 answer where I ask him what commentaries were. (WHEREUPON, the record was read by the reporter as requested.) MR. CLAYTON: Let's go off the record. (WHEREUPON, discussion was had off the record.) MR. CLAYTON: Let's go back on. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Could you clarify your answer to that question, Mr. Radutzky? MR. KLENK: Could you explain your answer to Mr. Clayton. BY THE WITNESS: A. We discussed ways in which an idea could be promoted and the ways in which we would go about promoting it, i.e., graphic design, headline wording, body copy. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. What were the suggestions made On those topics? A. One suggestion was to have a cigarette pack with what would appear to be the brand name, having the brand name relate in some way to the Congress, to Washington, D.C., and then the copy ctg
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489 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 would be written on the side Of the package where the warning label on cigarettes usually appears. Q. Did you discuss any ideas relating to the cigarette advertising portion of the Perspectives or relating to Brown & Williamson or Viceroy? A. No, not to my recollection. Q. You discussed no ideas relating to the advertising portion? A. Correct. Q. What else was discussed during this meeting? A. The elements that would make for an interesting promotion. Q. What were those elements? A. Number of people who die in cigarette- started fires, the fact that the government is able to make a cigarette that tends to self-extinguish, but hasn't; the fact that the government spends X amount of money promoting cigarettes or tobacco while at the same time the same government spends money warning people about hazards of smoking. Q. Do you know why Mr. Gardner or Mr. Caputo came into the meeting? A. To sit in. ctg
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490 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 Q. DO you know what purpose they came in for? A. To listen, I imagine. I don't know beyond that. Q. During 1981 how often did you attend meetings with Lilly Eide or other people in the information services department regarding the promotion of pieces you were working on? A. Several times. When you say several, is that 3? A. It's in the area of 3. Q. DO you recall other stories which were the subject of such meetings? A. Yes. Q. Which are those? A. I had been sent to Atlanta, Georgia to attend the National Conference of State Legislatures. Q. When did the meeting Occur regarding that story, approximately? A. I don't remember. Q. Was Lilly Eide also at A. Yes. Q. And were ads produced as meeting? A. I don't recall. that meeting? a result of that ctg ~, J~Is • 6372) 702-8087
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491 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. What was the story that you were covering, just the story of merely the fact that this conference had been held? A. The fact that a delegation of legislators from Illinois were attending and that several community organizations had expressed a concern that the trip was going to be more of a pleasure junket than anything else, anything else meaning the business at hand as it related to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Q. Was a story in fact aired on this topic? A. Yes. Q. Was it in one part or more parts? A. I believe it was in mo~e parts than one. Q. 2 or 3? A. TWO, I believe. I'm not certain. Q. Was this a ~acobson Perspective or a different kind of story? A. It was a Jacobson perspective. Q. In addition to that story, what is the other story you remember having an advertising meeting about? A. I don't recall the subject matter. Q- Do you recall when the meeting Occurred ctg ,=/ 8 18151,5 4 ~o, Jg[[I,~i • (3122 782~087
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492 1 .2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 t0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 approximately? A. NO. Q. During the meeting with Lilly regarding the cigarette Perspectives, sweeps ever mentioned? A. I don't recall. Eide was the word O. Was it mentioned, if you recall, in either of the other 2 meetings that you attended regarding advertisements? A. I don't recall. Q. DO you recall if those other 2 meetings were held in the month or weeks before a sweeps period? A. They weren't. Q. How can you place that recollection? A. Because -- because I just do. I just recall it. Q. DO you recall specifically what months those were in? them A. NO. Q. What are the sweeps months? right now as you sit here? A. I believe that they are -- Q. November is a pretty easy one to DO you recall recall, ctg
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493 l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 isn't it? A. November is one of them. February is another one. I am not certain what the other one is. I think it's April or May, but I'm not sure. Q. During the meeting regarding the cigarette Perspectives, did anyone ever discuss when these broadcasts would be aired? ~o. Were deadlines for I have no idea. You don't recall, is A. Q. A. Q. saying? A. I don't Q, Did you any understanding advertising would A. NO. Q. Did you that you would be was advertising discussed? that what you are recall. come away from the meetinq with as to how long after the meeting be prepared? ~o~e shown that advertisln9 before actually published? A. Yes , Q. A. Q. away with an understanding it And how did you gain that understanding? Past experience. What past experience? . 681815156
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494 ctg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A. When any ideas are bandied about for possible use as promotions and the promotions themselves are prepared, the people who are involved in them look at them for accuracy. Q. During 1981 how often do you recall Mr. Jacobson's Perspectives being promoted by the station? A. I don't recall the number just recall that they have been. Q. DO you recall that it infrequently during 1981? A. I'm not certain. of times. I was Gone frequently, You don't Q. have any recollection on that? A. NO. Q. When you came to the meeting with Lilly Eide, did you feel that it was unusual to have a nleeting to discuss the promotion of a Perspective you were working on? A. NO. Q. Did you feel it was a usual routine matter? A. I didn't give it much thought in that regard. Q. Did anyone discuss why Cunningham & Walsh was not working on advertisements for the cigarette
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495 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Ig 20 21 22 23 24 Perspectives? A. Yes. Q. What was said on A. Something to the potential conflict of interest. Q. In what way? that topic? effect that there was a A. That arose between the agency that had worked for Brown & Williamson and the agency that generally prepares promotions for our station. O. Is that Cunningham & Walsh? A. Yes. Q. And who was talking about this subject? A. Lilly~ Q. What did she say about it? A. J~st had made that mention. Q. DO you know why she brought it up? MR. KLENK: Objection. He can't speculate on the reason she did things. MR. CLAYTON: I am not asking him to speculate about anything. I am asking for his knowledge. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Do you know why she brought it up? MR. KLENK: He can only testify what he heard and saw. ctg
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496 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 MR. CLAYTON: Certainly. He can certainly testify as to what he perceived. When you perceive things, sometimes you reach people do things and you get MR. KLENK: His beliefs doesn't have anything to do with this. MR. conclusions about why knowl~dge. are irrelevant. It Read back the question, please. (WHEREUPON, the record was read by the reporter as requested.) KLENK: Answer the question, Michael. BY THE WITNESS: A. No. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Walsh? What else did she say about Cunningham & if A. Nothing that I recall except for the fact that they wouldn't be involved in any kind of Iromotion involving cigarette Perspectives. Q. Did anyone else discuss Cunningham & Walsh at this meeting? A. No. Q. What did Mr. Gardner say at this meeting, you recall? MR. KLENK: Objection, if he said anything. ctg
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497 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 MR. CLAYTON: I think if back, it says if you recall. MR. KLENK: I am sorry. BY THE WITNESS: you read the question A. I don't recall anything. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Do you recall anything about what A. NOt I don't. Q. What about Mr. Caputo? A. I don't recall Mr. Caputo saying much either. Q. Do you recall anything about what he said as opposed to the quantum of wha~ he said? A. No. I recall them saying things, but I don't recall the nature of what it was they were saying. Q. Did Lilly Eide ever see your outline for Mr. Gardner saying much of he said? her that outline, do you the Perspective series? A. I don't know. Q. Did you ever send recall? A. I don't know. Q. Subsequent to the meeting, did you ever ctg ~,¢,,~o, J//~,, , ~,2J 7a~.8o87 G 8/. 8 1 5 1 6 0
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498 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 send anyone materials for the purpose of the cigarette Perspectives? BY BY MR. KLENK: Would you of promotion (WHEREUPON, the by the reporter THE WITNESS: A. No. read that back, please. record was read as requested.) MR. CLAYTON: Q. Have you now the complete substance meeting? A. Yes. Q. What happened next cigarette Perspectives? MR. KLENK: Before we get on to what is next. MR. CLAYTON: Shall we discuss lunch? MR. KLENK: Let's discuss lunch. MR. CLAYTON: Let's go off the record. (WHEREUPON, discussion was bad off the record.) (WHEREUPON, the deposition was recessed until i:00 p.m., this date, July lO, 1984. ) given us your recollection of of what was said at that with respect to the =tq
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499 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 30 21 22 23 24 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION, Plaintiff, vs. WALTER JACOBSON and CBS, INU. , Defendants. NO. 82 C 1648 The pursuant to recess at Chicago, Illinois. July i0, 1984, 1:30 p.m. deposition of MICHAEL RADUTZKY Suite 3000, One IBM Plaza, resumed sae
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500 1 2 3 4 • 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 PRESENT: MESSRS. PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON GARRISON, (345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154), by: MR. LEWIS R. CLAYTON, appeared on behalf of the Plaintiff~ MESSRS. REUBEN & PROCTOR, (19 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603), MR. JAMES A. KLENK, by: -and- MESSRS. SIDLEY & AUSTIN, (One First National Plaza, Chicago, ~llinois 60603), by: MR. THOMAS M. MORSCN, P.C., appeared on behalf of the Defendants. REPORTED BY: SHARYN A. EVERMAN, C.S.E., and PATRICIA K. GRAVES, C.S.R. sae
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501 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 i 2 3 4 5 6 MICHAEL RADUTZKY, called as a witness herein, having been previously duly sworn and having testified, was examined and testified further as follows: DIRECT EXAMINATION (Resumed) BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Mr. Radutzky, after your meeting with Lilly Eide and the other persons who you testified were present, what happened next with respect to the cigarette perspectives? A. I called Thomas Humber. Q. What was the purpose of calling Mr. Humber? A. TO ask him some questions about the FTC report and other matters. Q. What other matters? A. Cigarette sampling. Q. What else? A. Advertising in movies. Anything else? A. Not that I recall. Q. Why did you wait until this point to call Mr. Humber? A. I was waiting until I had most of my information gathered. sae o c3, 7. . e7 681815164
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502 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. Why? A. SO that I was would be fully apprised had before me. Q. DO you broadcast at the A. It depends. Q. Depends upon what? A. On circumstances. -- so that I felt that I of the information that I usually call the subject of a end of your investigation? Qf Well, can you tell us what kindsof circumstances it typically depends upon? A. Nothing in particular. Q. Well, what in general, if not in particular, with respect to these circumstances upon which it depends -- A. So long as I have the information before me. Q. I'm Not sure that you've responded directly to my question. My question was: Under what circumstances do you decide to call the subject of the investigation after you have completed your investigation? You testified, as I understand it, that sae
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 l0 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 you sometimes do and you sometimes don't, and you said it depends upon circumstances. A. I can't cite for you the specific circumstances. Q. How do you go about making a judgment as to whether you're going to wait until the end of the investigation to call the subject? A. I like to have all the information that I need to conduct an informed interview. Q. Yet on some occasions, you call the subject before you've completed your investigation, is that correct? A. On some occasions* Q. Are those rare occasi0.~s? A. Yes. Q. So it's your practice usually to call the subject after you've completed the investigation, is that correct? A. Usually. Q. When you placed the call to Mr. Humber, were there any aspects Of your investigation which still remained for you to do? A. I was still in the process of assembling some of the visual elements of my story. sae
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 Q. Those are the visuals which you've already testified to this mornlng~ is that correct? A. Correct. Q. Were there any other aspects of your investigation or preparation for the broadcast which you had yet to do at this point? A. Not that I recall. Q. Do you recall the date of your first call to Mr. Humber? A. Q. November? Q, Humber? A. Q. A. O. It was in November. Do you recall the speaific date in I believe it was the 4th. How many calls did you have with Mr. I recall having two How did you fix the I just recall it. Did you ever conversations with him, date at November 4? see any memorandums written by Mr. Humber regarding this phone conversation? A. No° Q. Have you ever discussed such a memorandum with anybody? A. Yes, sac • 681815167
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505 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. With whom? A. My attorney. Q. Anybody else? A. No. Q. Were you read portions of such a memorandum by your attorney in preparation testimon~ you might give at this A. NO. Does phone call was discussions regarding Humber regarding this A. In part. for any deposition? your recollection that your first on November 4th stem in any way from memoranda prepared by Mr. conversation? Q. You have been informed, then, that the memorandum indicates that a conversation was held on November 4%h? A. Repeat the question. MR. KLENK: The complaint says that. MR. CLAYTON: Mr. Klenk, there may be a lot of things which say that. There might be court papers which say it, too. But I want to know whether he was informed whether the memo said it. MR. KLENK: I'm going to object to getting into attorney/client conversations of what he was told. sae
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506 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 IO ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 MR. CLAYTON: These are conversations which were preparing him for fact testimony. MR. KLENK: You asked him if any portion of a memorandum were read to him, and he said no. MR. CLAYTON: Could I have the last pending question read back? (WHEREUPON, the record was read by the reporter as requested.) MR. CLAYTON: Are you going to direct the question, or may ~ have witness not to answer that an answer to it. MR. KLENK: Would you please? read the question again, BY (WHEREUPON, the record was read by the reporter as requested.) MR. KLENK: You may answer the question. THE WITNESS: Could you repeat the question? (WHEREUPON, the record was read as requested.) by the reporter THE WITNESS: A. I'm not certain of that. BY ME. CLAYTON: Q* DO you recall being informed as to anything else regarding the substance of any s~e ~I~L=~3,,, J[[L~o~= • (3122782..~087
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5O7 i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 Humber regarding your to Mr. Humber? & Williamson Tobacco memoranda prepared by Mr. conversations with him? A. No. Q. How did you get connected A. I phoned the Brown Company. Q. What did you say? A. I asked for somebody who could speak in an official capacity for the company. Q. With respect to which matters? A. Nothing specifically; with respect to matters involving the company. Q. Who were you connected to? A. I don't recall. Q. Before you placed the call to Brown & Williamson, did you discuss that call with anybody at CBS? A. NO. Q. Did you discuss it with anybody? A* NO. Q. What happened next? A. I reached somebody -- I'm not certain who it was -- and I asked if I could speak with an official of the company who was authorized to speak sac , 3,2:.2-aos7 681815170
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 to the media, after announcing who I was. And if I recall correctly, Mr. Humber returned the call to me later, and that's when we had our first conversation. Q. Did he return the call on the same date that you had initially placed your call? ~* Yes, I believe so. Q. What did you say when Mr. Humber called you back? A. I told him that I was an investigative researche~ for WBBM-TV, the CBS station in Chicago. Q. Did you use the words "Perspective Unit"? A. I don't believe I did. And I told him that I was working on a series of reports about the tobacco industry. Q. Go ahead. A. I told him what areas it involved. Q. What did you say there about the areas? A. It involved the clout of the indust:y, the cigarette-started fires, and advertising. Q. What did you say then? A. I asked him if I could ask him some questions about this FTC report that I had. Q. Did you tell him that you were also s~e 4~go Jtt~, . r~,~J.2,~,7 681815171
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5<)9 1 2 3 4 $ 6 7 8 9 i0 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 investigating other cigarette companies? A. I believe I told him we were working on stories that involved the cigarette industry. Q. Did you men-tion specific companies other than Brown &' Williamson? A. Yes, I believe I did. O. Did you mention Philip Morris? A. I don't recall. Q. Did you mention R.J. Reynolds? A. Yes. Q. What did you say next? A. I told him that I had the FTC -- confidential version of the FTC report and that I wanted his comments about certai~ aspects of it. Q. Have you done anything in particular to refresh your recollection regarding your conversations with Mr. Number? A. Nothing in particular. Q. Have you done anything at all to refresh your recollection? Yes. Think about it. Anything else? A. No. Q. There are no documents you have to refer see J:t,,,o,, . c3,2 7.2.aosz 681815172
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 to, are there? A. The FTC report. Q. Did you refer to the FTC report for the purpose of refreshing your recollection regarding these conversations? A. Yes. Q. Did you refer to any other documents for that purpose? A. NO, not that I recall. Q. You took notes during your conversations with Mr. Humber, didn't you? A. Yes. Q. Are those notes among the materials that have subsequently been thrown out? A. Yes. Q. Did you tell Mr. Humber where you got the confidential portions of the FTC report? that about it? A. A. No. Q. Did he ask you? No, Q° What did you say next after you told him you had the report and you had some questions I told him that I was going to -- that I sae • = 4
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511 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 l 2 3 4 5 6 had the certain to them. Q. A. you what Q. MR. which a report in front of me and I wanted to read portions of it to him and get his responses What portions did you read, If you want to give it I did with it. I certainly will. CLAYTON: portion of do you recall? to me, I'll show I'm handing the witness Exhibit 41 the confidential pages of the FTC report copied from the complaint in this action and not bearing handwritten notes, and Exhibit 5, which is the portion of the report produced by the defendants which does bear Mr. Radutzky's notes. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Does that refresh your recollection or help you testify as to which portions of the FTC to Mr. Humber? report you read A. Sure. Q. Which portions did you read to Mr. Humber? A. I am not certain about the order in which I read these things, but I do recall asking him" about the mention by the government that Brown & Williamson had -- that Brown & Williamson documents show how the company "translated the advice on how sae , ,2 Ta280a7 681815174
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 512 to attract young starters into an ad campaign featuring young adults in situations that the vas~ majority of young people probably would experience and in situations demonstrating adherence to a free and easy, hedonistic lifestyle." Q. To which page are you referring? A. Page 2-20. To the best I read these portions to him over as I came across them. of my recollection the phone verbatim Q. Did he give you a response to each one, or did you read them all? A. He responded and I -- to the best of my recollection, he would wait until I finished a couple of ideas and respond to them directly after certain segments. Q. What was his response to the segment you've just mentioned? He said something llke it's -- "That's all very subjective; your hedonism is not my hedonism," something to that effect. Q. Anything else? A. Not at that point. Q. What did you say at that point? A. I proceeded to read him another portion of a. sae , r ,2 782 087 S81815175
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 g 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 the report. Q. What portion? A. The strategy that describes the way in which to introduce starters to Viceroy. Q. Are you referring to Page 2-18? A. 2-17, 2-18. Q. Which portions of those pages did you read A. I read to him on Page 2-17 the area that begins on how to persuade young people to smoke, and I read the passage that follows. Q. Anything else? A. And reiterated the same kind of thing by following the copy on to Page 2-18. Q, You mean you just kept reading from 2-17 to 2-18? A. I kept reading up until, I believe, the end of those lined items. Q. You read through and including "pot, wine, beer, sex, et cetera"? A. Correct. Q. And you stopped there? A. Yes. Q. What did he say at that point? A. He said that the -- that the company had sa~ ~., J~[[I,~LJ • (312) 782-8087
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5 6 ? 8 9 I0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 fired the advertising agency that had come up with that strategy. Did he name the ad agency? A. Yes. Q. What name did he use? A. Ted Bates. Q. Go on. What else did he say? A. And he indicated that the company never adopted this strategy. O. When you say he indicated, did he say specifically that the company had never adopted the strategy? A. Yes. Q. What else did he say regarding thes~ passages? A. I believe that at that time I interjected a point. Q. What was that? A. And I had said that "The government says that you adopted the strategy." Q. Did you point to a specific portion of the report in connection with your statement that "the government says that you adopted that strategy"? A. Yes. sae . cs,2Jz 2-808 681815177
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. What portion? I read from Page 2-18 saying, "Brown & Williamson adopted many Of the ideas contained in this report in the development of a Viceroy advertising campaign. Thus, in a document entitled 'Viceroy Strategy,' B&W notes repeatedly that its advertising campaign must provide consumers with a rationalization for smoking and a means of repressing their health concerns about smoking a full flavor Viceroy." At that point, I cited Document 46. You mean you cited the Footnote 46? A. The Footnote 46. Q- Have you completed you~ answer now? A. And I had asked him -- well, yes. I'm not sure exactly how the conversation flows from one sentence to the Q. Well, next. you read these portions. Did he respond to that? A. When Z said directly that the government said Brown & Williamson adopted many of the ideas contained in this report in the development of a Viceroy advertising campaign and cited the document, he said that it had been -- the government had taken sac o 312:782-8o87 681815178
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6 "7 8 9 lO 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 lg 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 it out of context. Q. What else did he say? A. He didn't elaborate directly to that statement. the Q. Well, what else did he say in addition to statements that were taken out of context? A. I believe that he -- I think that he also said that the company had been taken out of context, and I had asked him for ads that were representative of Viceroy during that time. And he said -- and I asked him for the footnoted documents that are cited by the FTC. Q. If you had already seen examples of cigarette advertising, including Viceroy advertising why did you need examples of ads which were representative from Mr. Humber? A. Representative of the ads during that time period that the Viceroy strategy was allegedly -- Q. You mean because you hadn't seen any ads during that time period? A. Correct. Q. What was your understanding as to what that time period was? A. I believe it was a six-month period. sae 818 i 517 9 ~,~ea~jo, J[[J,~L~ • 6312) 782-8087
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q, A. Q. 1976. it From when to when? I don't recall the months. Footnote 46 cites a document dated March as to when A. Yes, but I still can't tell you what months we are talking about. Q. I'm just attempting to see if down to a calendar year. Does that refresh your recollection at the six-month period took place? six-month A. Q. other? A. Q. 3 all six you can pin Was it your understanding that that period had taken place in 1975 Or 1976? Yes. Do you know which one, or is it one or the 1976. Essentially what you wanted from Mr. Humber were ads, Viceroy ads, which had run during the six-month 1976 period, is that correct? A. In addition to other ads that he thought were representative of the Viceroy name. Viceroy name? What do you mean by that? A. That were representative of the Viceroy cigarette, ads that advertised for Viceroy. sae
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518 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 Q. At what point in time? 2 A. Presently as well. Q. In addition to ads which were representative of Viceroy during the six-month 1976 period and ads which were representative of Viceroy at other times and in addition to the footnoted documents.cited in this section of the report, did you ask Mr. Humber for any other documents regarding Viceroy during this conversation? A. No. Q. What did he say when you asked him for these materials? A. He said that -- I believe he said he hadn't see~ some of these documents, but that he would see what he could do. Q. See what he could do with respect to all three of the categories you've discussed? A. Yes. Q. Did you ask him directly for these materials? Did you say flat out, "I would like copies --" A. Yes, Q. Did you tell him why you wanted the copies? sac
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 A. I don't know that I -- that I spelled it out except to say that "I'm working on this piece, and I'd like the documentation that you furnished to the federal government." Q. Now, what else was said regarding Viceroy or the starter strategy during this conversation with Mr. Humber? A. I believe at some point there he asked me when the story was going to run. Q. What was your response? A, I told him. Q. Told him what? A. The dates. Q. What did you tell him? A. I told him that I believed the story was going to run in three parts and that the story relating to advertising was going to run as the third installment. Q. What was the date or d~tes that you gave him? A. I don't recall exactly the dates. Q. Was it a short time period after that? A, Yes. Q. Matter of how many? Seven days? Ten days~ s~e 681815182
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l 2 3 4 5 6 7. 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Four days? A. Less than O. A. O. story was A. At this run. Q. How did information? that. Less than seven? Yes. How did you know at this point going to run? point I knew when it you know? Where did when the was going to you get the A. I had been informed that it was going to be running then. Q. Okay. Let's go back to the time that you had the meeting with Lilly Eide and the other'people regarding advertising. You testified, am I correct, that at that time you did not know when the story was going to run, is that correct? A. That's correct. Q. That meeting was sometime in October? A. Correct. Q. After that meeting, conversations or did you read gave you any information did you have any any documents which or discussed the timing of sae . s,2 Ta2 0,, 681815183
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521 i 2 3 4 5 6 3 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 the cigarette perspectives? A. Yes. Q. Okay. When was the first time that you saw anything or discussed with anyone the timing -- well, a specific date for the airing Of the Viceroy perspective or ghe cigarette advertising perspectives? A. I can't recall precisely. Q. Can you recall approximately? A. NO. I mean, sometime between October November, between mid-October and when they ran. Q. Okay. What happened at that time? A. I was told that the -- that the pieces were going to run on X, Y, ~nd Z ~ys. Q. Do you redall if those turned out to be the dates that the pieces actually dad run? A. I can't say for s~re. Q. Who gave you this information? A. f don't recall. It was a -- I mus~ have heard it from several people. That's why I can't pin down any name. Q. Can you identify any of the several persons from whom you believe you heard it? A. I heard it from Walter, I heard it from and gee ~'.~,o..¢~'~.,.. . r312j 78~-8o8t 6 8 t 8 1 5 1 8 4
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522 s~e 1 2 3 4 d" 6 7 8 9 10 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Caputo, and I believe I heard it from Lilly Eide as well. Q. DO you know how the decision was made as to the-specific dates that the perspectives would run on? A. No, I do not. Q. Did you ever ask anyone about that? A, NO. Q. Did you eve~ hear any discussions on -- regarding how the decision was made? A. NO. Q. Did you ever see any documents or memoranda regarding the scheduling of the cigarette A. No. Q. -- perspectives? A. NO. Q- Do you recall what Mr. Jacobson said to you when he told you when the perspectives would be broadcast? A. I don't recall that he said anything other than telling me when they were going to run. Q. Did he tell you at that point to speed up rout work or finish your research? Did he give you any other instruction or , ra 2/Te -eo,T 681815185 '
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523 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 advice at that point? MR. KLENK: Objection. question. He just answered. BY MR. CLAYTOH: Q. DO you recall Caputo on these points? A. No. Q. Do you recall Eide on these points? A. NO. Q. How about Mr+ A. No. You've asked him the any discussion with Mr. any discussions with Lilly Gardner? what what Q. How about Mr. O'Donnell? A. No. Q. When Mr. Humber told you that he would see he could do as to receiving these documents, did you say at that point, do you recall? A. If I recall correctly, I reiterated my interest in receiving the documents from Mr. Humber. Q. Did you say you needed to receive them quickly? A. As soon as possible. Q. Did you ask him to send it to you by Federal Express or some other expedited messenger s~e . c3,2 782- o, (;81S15186
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524 6 7 E 9 i0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 l? 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 i 2 3 4 5 service? A. O. A. Q. service? A. If I recall correctly, I did. Federal Express? Was that the service? Federal Express, that rings a bell, yes. What did he say at that point? Did he agree to try to use an expedited Absolutely. Q. What was the next thing that happened in this first conversation with Mr. Humber after you read these portions from the FTC report and received these responses? A. If I recall correctly, I then discussed with him the Fact cigarette strategy. Q. With respect to Viceroy and Ted Bates, did Mr. Humber tell you that at the time the strategy in question was proposed to Brown & Williamson, Ted Bates was in trouble regarding the Viceroy ~ccount? A. Could you repeat that question? MR. CLAYTON: Plead read the question back. (WHEREUPON, the record was read by the reporter as requested.) BY THE WITNESS: A. He may have said that. sac
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525 6 7 8 9 l0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Ig 2O 21 23 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 BY MR. CLAYTON: Q° Do you recall him saying that? A. Something to that effect. Q. DO you recall him saying that the proposal in question was a last-ditch effort on the part of Ted Bates to keep the account? A. NO. Q. DO you deny that he said that to you, or do you simply not recall? MR. KLENK: Objection. BY THE WITNESS: A. I don't know. MR. KLENK: You've asked him whether he can recall it. It's a compound question. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. DO you deny that he said that to you? A. I don't recall him saying anything like that to me. Q. Do you deny that he said that? A. I don't recall him saying anything like that to me. Q. Radutzky? A. Can you deny that he said that to you, Mr. I don't recall him saying anything like sae
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526 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 that to the words question. Q. Humber me. Unless you make a distinction between "denial" and "recall," I can't answer your Can you testified under oath did not say those words to you? that Mr. MR. KLENK: I'll object. He said he can't recall. You're asking him to speculate ~bo~t something. MR. CLAYTON: I want to know £f he denies it. He s~ys he doesn't recall one way or the other. He doesn't recall -- he says he does not recall Humber using those words to him. I want to know if he can take the stand in this case and say, "No, Mr. Humber neve~ sa~ those words to me." I want to know if he' s going to deny it. I think I'm entitled to know before he takes the stand whether he's going to deny it. He said he doesn't recall those words. I want to know if he can take the stand and say, "No, sir, those words were never said to me," or whether he merely doesn't recall one way or the other. MR. KLENK: He has said repeatedly that he does not recall. E, sae • * 78 .8o87 6818i5189
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527 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Do you recall Mr. Number calling this plan a radical plan? DO you recall him using those words? A. No, I don't recall that. Q. DO yo~ recall him saying that Brown & Williamson did not request any advertising campaign along the A. Q. documents only? A. Q. described published lines suggested by the agency? Yes. DO you recall him saying that the prepared by Ted Bates were their opinions A. MR. Yes, DO you recall him sayir~g that no ads as in the Bates memo were ever actually by Brown & Williamson? Please repeat the question. CLAYTON: Please read the question back. (WHEREUPON, the record was read by the reporter as requested.) BY THE WITNESS: A. I don't remember him saying to me in that they never adopted the strategy. understand the question. All I context was that sae
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i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 l0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 BY MR. CLAYTON: QI Do you recall him saying in addition to that that the company had never published any ads representative of the strategy that you had quoted to him? A. No. Q. You testified that he told you that the ad agency had been fired by Brown & Williamson. DO you recall him saying that the agency was fired in part because Brown & Williamson was dissatisfied with to? the proposal A. Yes. Q. How did you bring up A. In the context of it that you had referred the Fact subject? being another element of the federal government's report on cigarette advertising. What did you say about Fact? A. I OnCe again referred to the and quoted from it. BY report itself Q. Could you tell us which portions? (Short pause.) THE WITNESS: A. I read from Page 2-21, reading the first sae , 3,2 782-so87 681815191
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l 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 36 17 iS 19 20 21 22 23 24 529 p~ragr~ph on th~ page to the effect that "Brown & Williamson documents indicate that ~he c~mpany believed that Fact cigarette were a new product ~hich r~d~ed the amount of harmful gas in the cigarette smoke inhaled by the consumer. Therefore, Fact was initially advertised as a brand with the u~ique ability to filter certain gases. However, initial sales of Fact were not considered satisfactor by Brown & Williamson, so in 1977 it temporarily halted all advertising and promotion of tbe cigarette while it developed a new market strategy." Then I turned to Page 2-23 to point out the proposed weakness of the strategy, that the strategy assumed that "gas will become a major health issue. To ensure it becomes an issue will require an educational approach in introductory advertising. It is questionable whether any cigarett manufacturer should be publicizing a new health hazard for cigarette smokers. The desire to avoid spelling out the gas haza:d in advertising could severely weaken the effectiveness of this approach-" Then I skipped down to the middle of Page 2-23, reading this next paragraph afterwards- "Ultimately, Brown & Williamso~ documents indicate sac Jcc, , • 681815192
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 53O that it elected not to educate the public about the health hazards associated with the gases in cigarette smoke and not to focus the Fact ad campaign on the low gas issue." And then I cited the marketing strategy summary here on 2-23. "Until the problem of gas becomes public knowledge through government investigation or media coverage, a low gas benefit will remain of little strategic value." And then I skipped down ~o .that other paragraph on the bottom Of the page. "We do not support the definition in advertising of the problem of gas in order to specifically communicate its consumer benefit and distinguishing it from low tar. To supply such definition would require overt references to the alleged ciliatoxic and cardiovascular ill effects of smoking." And I didn't read all of that to him. And then I asked him to skip to the last paragraph on Page 2-24, saying, "Thus, despite the potential market advantages it might have obtained over i~s competitors by advertising the unique gas filtration system of Pact cigarettes, Brown & Williamson chose not to 4o so in order to avoid sac
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 educating the public about the presence and hazardous nature of gases in cigarette smoke.'* Q. I see on Exhibit 5 on Page 2-23 and Page 2-24 there are marginal notes saying "read" next to certain paragraphs. Did those indicate that you had decided to read those paragraphs to a Brown & Williamson spokesman? MR. KLENK: Objection. You asked him this the first or second day of the deposition, what those were intended to do. YOU are going over the same ground. MR. CLAYTON~ I'm trying to refresh his recollection now that he's testified that he read these specifically. MR. KLENK: Could you read the question back, please? (WHEREUPON, the record was read by the reporter as requested-) BY THE WITNESS: A. I don't recall. What I do know is that they were points -- they were areas of interest that I underlined, and they were also for Walter to look at when going over these documents. If -- that's sae ct, n.,. . 681815194
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JJ~ what~I k~ow , 1 2 3 4, g 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 IBY MR. CLAYTON: Q- Were you writing down any notes conversation report itself as you had this Humber? Ao NO. Q. You were writing separate pad? A. Um-hum. the notes down on a Q. DO you recall if that pad had any other materials regarding the cigarette perspective on I don't recall. Q, Do you recall what you did with those notes after you had this conversation with Mr~ Humber? A. area. Q. respect A. on the FTC with Mr. I put them either in a drawer or a filing it? Did you ever refer to them again with to the cigarette perspectives? Yes. Q, For what purpose did you refer to the~? A. To refresh my memory on the content of the conversation. Q. What was Mr. Humber's response after you sae o.3 Jno. e;~,so, JUno,, o r3,~J 7,2.8o*T 6 81 S 15 1 9 5
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~JJ i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 read these sections regarding Fact? A. He said that the company could never have made a health claim in an ad. Q. A. Did he say anything else? Not that I recall to that question. Q. Did you say anything else regarding Fact in this conversation? A. I asked him to send me the Fact ads that outline the strategy a~d the supporting documents cited by the FTC furnished to the government by the company. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. reiterated my interest documents. O. the 4th A. O. A. What did he say? He said that he would see what he could do. Did he say anything else? That he would try to send it to me. What did you say? I don't recall saying anything, but that I in having him send me those How long did this whole conversation of November take? I don't know. Can you give us an approximation? 35 minutes maybe. on sac
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534, 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. Do you recall how many pages of notes you took? A. No. Q. Were those notes ever shown to Mr. Jacobson? A. NO. Q. Were they shown to anyone else at WBBM? A. NO. Q. Anyone at CBS or elsewhere? A. NO. Q. What happened next in this conversation? A. To the best of my recollection, ~ think we talked about advertising in movies. Q. What did you say about that? I ~sked him if he knew anything about the advertising in the movie Superman and who may have paid for it. Q. What did he say? A. He didn't know. O. What else was said? A. TO my the end of that understanding that we shortly. recollection, I believe that that particular conversation with the will be communicating again is sae 681815197
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 Q. What was the purpose of communicating again shortly? A. There were other elements that had to be discussed. Q. What elements? A. Other elements of the report. Q. ~ha~ elements? A. Kools. Q. What else? A. And sampling. Cigarette sampling is not referred to in the report. It was another element wanted to discuss with him. Q. Outside of Kool and sampling, anything else? A. Not that I recall. Q. Did you tell him that you the FTC on any of these matters? A. I don't recall. Q. Did you tell him that you Philip Morris? A. I don't recall. Q. At this time, had you ever spokesman for R.J. Reynolds Company? A. NO. had talked to had talked to talked to a sae
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536 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ig 20 21 22 23 24 Q. Did from the R.J. A. No. Q. DO you subsequently speak Reynolds Company? you recall there being with any person an off-the- record portion of your conversation on November 4? A. NO. Q. Have you now given us your complete recollection regarding the November 4 conversation? discuss this conversation with A. Yes. Q. Did you anybody at WBBM? A. Yes. Q. With whom? A. Jacobson. Q. When? A. The morning that our pieces aired. Q. Before that morning, did you ever discuss -- any of your conversations with Mr. Humber Mr. Jacobson? A. Not t'nat I recall. Q. Anyone else at the station? A. N~t that I recall. Q. Anyone anywhere? A. Yes, I guess. Joe Kolina. this with s~e
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537 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 Q. Who is that? i A. He was a researcher in the unit at the time. Q, What was that conversation? A. I just told him I had a conversation with Brown & Williamson Company that lasted for about 35 minutes, Q. When did you have this conversation? A. After I got off the telephone. Q. What else was said in this conversation? A. Nothing- Q. Had you been talking with Koiina in -- over the course of your work on the perspectives? A. He knows that I had been working on-the perspective pieces, Did he help you in any preparation of the perspectives? A. Yes. Q. What did he do? A. He helped break down ~he generated list of contributlons, O. Did he do anything else? A. NO. Q. How do you spell his name? way with the computer-
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538 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A. K-o-l-i-n-a. Q. Where is he now employed? WBBM-TV. Q. What does he do now? A. He's "an associate producer of The Ten O'clock News. Q. Did Mr. Humber subsequently call you back? A. I'm not certain how we talked againt whether it was his phone call or mine. Q. When was that next phone call? How soon ~fter the first phone call? A. Z don't know. Next day, two days, three days. I don't know. It would be somewhere ~etween one and three days? A. I imagine so, yes. Q. DO you recall doing anything with respect to the cigarette advertising -- strike that. Do you recall doing anything with respect to the cigarette perspectives between the first and second calls? A. No. Q. What happened in the next call? A. We talked about Kools. sae • 681815201
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539 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q~ report? A. read Did you again read him sections of the FTC Yes. Q. Please tell us which portions. A. I read from -- I referred to Page 2-20 from the second paragraph about "other and documents submitted by Brown & Williamson show that the company has attempted to capitalize upon the erroneous consumer perception that there is a health benefit to smoking mentholated cigarettes. Documents pertaining to the Kool cigarettes demonstrate that the company is aware of the consumer misperception about the relative safety of menthol cigarettes and utilizes it in the development of advertising strategies for Kools," And then I re~d from the footnote. It's No. 49 on 2-20. I read the entire footnote. Q. Okay. Did you read anything else? A. No. Q. What was the response? A. I don't recall the actual line of questioning. Q. You don't recall A. NO. response anything about it? to'that sac , r 2 782-soa7681815202
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540 i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 Q. Do you recall if Mr. Humber said that the important point here is that no advertising by Brown & Williamson attempted to create the impression that there was a health benefit to smoking mentholated cigarettes? A. I don't recall him saying that. Q. . DO you recall him describing the R.L. Johnson memo referred to in the FTC report as a document written by an employee who had no authority to launch an ad campaign? A. ~e may have said that. Q. Do" you recall him drawing a distinction between employees who could approve advertising campaigns and those who did not have such authority? A. No, I don't recall. DO you recall him saying that all BrOwn & Wiliiamson ads must have the approval of the company's legal department? A, Yes. Q. Do you recall him saying that all Brown & Williamson ads must have the approval of the hig'hest levels of A. senior management? Perhaps. DO you recall him saying that %he Brown & sac
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541 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 Williamson legal department makes no attempt to insert itself into the creative process? A. NO, I don't remember that. Q. DO you recall him saying that the Brown Williamson legal department does not review ad until they are at the point of worked-up proposals ads? A. I don't recall that as well. Q. DO you recall him using the analogy of an inexperienced young reporter who might, with the best of intentions, draft a libelous story but have that story corrected by his editors and attorneys? A, Yes. Q. Did you respond to that analogy? A. I think I said something to the effect that that sounds like a threat. Q. What did you mean by that? A. I'm not certain what I meant. Q. Did you mean that it sounded like a threat to bring a libel suit against you and CBS? A. It sounded like a threat that -- to the effect of watch OUt, beware. Q. Beware Of that? A. In general. It was a veiled threat of sae 681815204
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9 iO II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 some kind. I what it was. Q * Did couldn't put my you say anything 542 finger on precisely else on the subject of this threat as you perceived it? A. I asked him if he could please send me the ads. Q% The Kool ads? A. Yes. Q. When you said to him that it sounded like a threat, did he say anything in response? A. I can't recall exactly, but it was an attempt to be -- it was an attempt that followed there to be friendlier. "We are good guys out here" was, I think, the idea that he was communicating to me. And I had asked him for the ads and the accompanying footnotes. (WHEREUPON, a recess was had.) MR. CLAYTON: Could you read back the last two questions and answers? (WHEREUPON, the record was read by the reporter as requested.) BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Have you now given us your complete sae
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543 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 Ii 12 .13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 recollection with conversation with A. O. please? A. O. A. was of free people and -- Q. regard to your second phone Mr. Humber? NO. Could yOU complete your recollection, We then talked about cigarette sampling. What was said on that topic? I asked him would he -- what the practice his company as related to the distribution of cigarettes. I told him that I had slides of receiving free cigarettes who were teenagers Were those slides of people receiving Brown & Williamson cigarettes? _ ~- A. NO. Q. Did you tell him that? A. I believe that I did. Q. Okay. What did he say? A. He said, "It's the practice of our company --" and he believed that it was the practice of all cigarette companies -- "not to give OUt cigarettes to young people under the age of 21." What else was said on this point? A. I said, "But I have pictures to that sac e ,.vo, • 681815206
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i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 544 effect." Q. And he said? A. "Well, it's not supposed to be that way." Q. Anything else in that interchange? A. No, not on tha~ topic. Q° Do you recall anything else with respect to this second conversation with Mr. Humber? A. I don't recall. Q. What happened after you got off the phone with Mr. Humber for the second time? A. Nothing that I recall. Q. Did you take notes on this second conversation, too? A. Yes. Did you put them with ~he notes on the first conversation, or did you put them in a separate file? A. They were on the same tablet. Q. DO you remember what else was on that the notes of these two do next with the cigarette had your second conversation tablet in addition to conversations? A. No. Q. What did you perspectives after you sae • 681815207
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545 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 Ii 12 13 14 i5 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 with Mr. Humber? [ believe that I was adding the finishing touches to ~y sample script and handed those over to Walter, and then I also finished up on some of the gathering Of visuals. Q° Before we get to your sample script, did you ever have Humber? A. Not Q. Did Humber? A. Yes. an additional conversation with Mr. that I recall. you ever receive a package from Mr. O. Did the package contain Brown & Williamson advertisements? A. Yes. Q. DO you recall what advertisements those were? A. There were advertisements for Kool cigarettes. Q. Anything else? A. NO. Q. Did you ever inform Mr. Humber that the package had been received? A. I don't recall. see art,=,. , 681815208
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546 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 iO Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. DO you recall if he called you to see if the package had been received? A. I don't recall. Is it correct that you recall no other communications with Mr. H~mber other than the two phone calls to which you've already testified? A. That's correct. What did you do with those KOOI ads that you received? A. I looked at them. Q. Did you reach any conclusions after iooking at them? A. They were pretty. Q. Any other conclusions? A. NO. Q. Did you decide that they fit the description of the advertising goals for Kool mentioned in the FTC report? A. They didn't tell me much of anything. Q. I'd like to show you, Mr. Radutzky, what's been marked as Exhibit 8, which I believe you've seen previously in this deposition. A. Yes. Q. Is that the sample -- is that a portion of sae :*'t,-o,, o 681815209
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547 6 ? 8 9 i0 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 the sample script to which you just referred? A. Yes. Q. When did you begin preparing this sample script? A. About a week and a half or so, two weeks, before it aired. Q. What caused you to begin work on it? A. I thought that it was time to pool the vast amount of information that I had regnrding the tobacco industry into some type of form that could be easily referred to by Mr. Jacobson° Q. Did Mr. Jacobson ever request that you prepare a sample script? A. NO. WBBM Q. Is "sample script" a term that you use at to describe a particular kind of document? A. Yes. Q. What kind of document is that? A. In the context of the Perspective Unit, it's designed to assist Mr. Jacobson in the preparation of his perspectives. Q. Is it meant to suggest or propose particular language to him? A. I can't answer that question really. / sae
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 548 Q. In what ways is it designed to or meant to assist Mr. Jacobson in preparation of a perspective? A. For information and structure. Q. Is it standard procedure to prepare a sample script for each perspective? A. Yes. Q. -Does sample scripts perspective? A., Rarely. Q. Other than ask you to prepare a perspectives? A. NO. Q. How long did sample script? A. About a week and Q. Were you given a Mr. Jacobson or anyone else script had to be ready? A. No. O. Was the language sample script your Of that language Mr. Jacobson often take and use that language in a language from Mr. Jacobsen, did anyone ever sample script for the cigarette it take you to prepare the a half Or so over time. particular time frame by by which the sample incorporated in the language, or did you borrow some from other things you had read or sae tt o,, . 681815211
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549 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 i0 i! 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 seen? A. Some is borrowed. Q. I'd like you to examine Exhibit 8, Mr. Radutzky. The pages at the bottom are numbered with Bates NOS. I, 2, and 3, but it appears to me that these pages are not continuous and there £s a gap. There are missing pages between Page NO. 1 and Page NO. 2. Can you tell me if that's correct? A. 2 and 3 are continuous. 1 and 2 -- whatever page this is and 2 are not. Q. So there are missing pages between the page numbered here as I and the page numbered 2? A. Correct. -~ Q. This Page N~. 1 was not the first page of the sample script as you wrote it, is that correct? A. That's correct. Q. Looking at the first page of Exhibit 8, there are handwritten words which say, "Sample script by Radutzky." DO you know who wrote that? A. No. Q. Do you recognize the A. NO. handwriting? s~e
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55O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 g I0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. DO you recall if the Page NO. 1 is the end of one of the segments as you had outlined them of the perspective? A. . To my recollection, the first page of these three is not the end of a segment. Q. Do you recall which segment Page No. 1 was part of? A. I believe it's No. I. Q. Would that be the clout segment? A. Yes. Q, And the second segment would be the fire segment? A. Page 2 -- MR. KL~NK: The question is ~nclear. BY MR. CLAYTONz Q. Okay. I'm attempting ~ow to get an understanding about segments of the perspectives. A. Yes? Q. The first perspective I'm referring to as the first segment dealt with clout? A. Is as to page whatever this is. Q. AS to Page NO. 1 in front of you here. And there is a second segment which dealt with cigarette fires, is that correct? sae
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551 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 A. Co~rect. Q. And there is a third segment which dealt with cigarette advertising? A. Correct. Q. l'm just trying to place the pages that are before you now in the different segments of the broadcast. Page 1 is in Segment 1 regarding clout, and Pages 2 and 3 are in the third segment regarding advertising, is that correct? A. The way I envisioned it, they are; but that's not quite the way they turned out. Q. How did it turn OUt? A. There are portions of Page 2 used in Segment No. 1. There is stuff various segments of the that were used in perspectives that occurred -- that are stated on these pages. Q. Mr. Jacohson switched some of those things around? A. Correct. Q. On Page No. 2 in Exhibit 8 before you, you wrote, "Madison Avenue's best and brightest came through for the tobacco industry like it never had before." sac ~,~o, J[[~l, • (312) 782-SOeT
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i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ,i Mr. KLENK: I'm sorry. it on the page -- oh, I see. BY THE WITNESS: A. Cigarette limits -- cigarette What were you referring to there? What page and where is 552 advertising had been off advertising on television had become off limits to the cigarette industry. Santa Claus and doctors proclaiming that Lucky Strikes are easy on their throats didn't make it as an advertising strategy during the 1980s, given the fact that the health controversy had been as strong as it was, as great as it was. Therefore, Madison Avenue had itself a challenge in developing new ways to advertise cigarettes. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. When you say "came through for the tobacco industry," what does that mean? MR. KLENK: Excuse me. Could you read the prior question back to me, please? (WHEREUPON, the record was read by the reporter as requested.) MR. KLENK: It's really the same question that you asked before, but do you have anything you want to add beyond that? sae
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553 6 ? 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 i 2 3 4 5 It's the same question you just asked him. MR. CLAYTON: I'm asking what he means by "came through." Mow did Madison Avenue come through for them? BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. If you feel you've answered the question fully, you can tell me that. A. I feel like I've answered the question. Q. In the next paragraph you use the word "hooked." What did you mean "hooked"? What did mean by "hooked"? A. The product has been successful enough bo~st millions of adherents. Q. Were you meaning to refer to addiction there in any way, biological or psychological you to addiction? A. Just the common phrase "hooked." I don't know what else was attached to it. Q. Well, as you used the common phrase "hooke( did you mean it to include the concept of biological or psychological addiction? MR. KLENK: I'll object. You've asked the question, and he j~st answered it. sae ~'~;~,o, .¢a',.o. . c~,2J 7a2-aos, 6 81 ~ 15 216
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554 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1O ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 MR. CLAYTON: I want to know what he said. He said he used the common meaning of the word "hooked, and I want to know what his understanding of the common meaning of the word "hooked" is as he used it Did he understand it to include the concept of biological or psychological addiction? BY THE WITNESS: A. The answer is only that millions of people are regular cigarette smokers. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Later on down the page there are references to stillstorel dissolve, and then two stillstores aqain next to the paragraph, "It has been done overtly by advertising in magazines and in billboards, hundreds of thousands of billboards." What visuals or graphics did you have in mind to illustrate that? A. Billboards. Q • Did A. No. Q. And you have any particular ones in mind? then dissolve. What does that mean down there, the last one on the page? A. It's a dissolve to the Merit cigarette van sae • ,2J782-ao87 G8IS15217
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555 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 l 2 3 4 Q. On what's been marked as Page 3, there are what appear to be handwritten marks near the bottom Of the page on the right side. DO you know whose marks those are? A. They're mine. Q. Can you decipher them? MR. ELENK: Are you talking about the bottom or the top, Lew? MR. CLAYTON: Bottom. BY THE WITNESS: A. I CaN't relate to stated on that page, but my what's down on this is the scoreboard Field. Q. On which there is A. Yes, and on which fonted. O. you verbatim what is understanding is that of Soldier cigarette advertising? some number will be You testified previously that there are approximately 15 pages Of this sample script which are missing, is that correct? MR. KLENK: Objection. The record will show what he testified to before. Let's get on with it. BY MR. CLAYTON: sac
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556 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1O ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. You testified previously that you discarded notes; and included among those notes and other materials were 15 pages of Exhibit 8, is that correct, Mr. Radutzky? 15 in A. Approximately. Q. Do you recall what was in those discarded pages regarding Viceroy? A. Involving the Viceroy perspective? Q. Mentioning Viceroy or Brown & Williamson any manner, shape, or form. A. No, I don't recall. Q. You have no specific or general recollection on that point? MR. KLENK: Objection[ YOU ~ust asked him, and he answered the question. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. DO you 15 pages was not by WBBM? A. Please recall if anything in those missing included in the broadcast as aired repeat the question. (WHEREUPON, the record was read by the reporter as requested.) (WHEREUPON, there was a short interruption.) sae • 681815219
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557 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 BY THE WITNESS: A. I can't recall. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. DO you recall if Ted at all in the missing portions A. NO, I don~t recall. Q. Do you recall if the Exhibit 8 indicated that been proposed to Brown & Bates was mentioned of Exhibit S? a. missing portions of the Viceroy strategy had Williamson in the year 1975? I don't recall. Q. DO you recall if the missing pages quoted from any portion of the Federal Trade Commission report? portions were quoted? A. Yes. Q. DO you recall which A. Yes. Q. Which were they? A. Kools. Q. Anything else? A. Fact. Q. Anything else? A. Viceroy starters. Q. Anything else? A. I don't believe so, sae
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558 1 2 -3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. What was quoted with respect to Viceroy starters? A. Some of the footnoted documents as well as the portions on Pages 2-17 and 2-18. Q. Do you recall if the sentence "B&W adopted many of the ideas contained in this report in the development of a Viceroy advertising campaign" was quoted? A. I believe it was. DO you recall if the rationa&iza~ion and repression language on Page 2-18 was quoted? A. That may have been as well. Q. Was anything on Page 2-19 quoted? A. Perhaps as it related to the rationalization and repression elements that were discussed on Page 2-18. Q. After you finished your second conversation -- strike that. After you finished your last conversation as you recall it with Mr. Humber, you testified that you put the finishing touches on the sample script and you also gathered visuals. Did you do anything else with respect to the broadcast after your last conversation with Mr. sae . ,2 T,,2-ao87681815221
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559 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Humber? A, I presented Walter with the script, sample script. Q. HOW soon after the completion Of the script did you give it to him? A. Couple of days. Did you give him anything with the script? Yes. What? Ao The FTC report. Q. Anything else? A. Numerous slides, ads. Q. Which slides, which ads? A. Mostly everything that I've testified to having shot. Q. And the portions of the FTC report you lave him had your handwritten notes indicating which sections he should pay particular attention to, is that correct? A. Yes. O. Did yo~ have any discussions with Mr. Jacobson about the sample script or the other materials you gave to him? A. Mot at the time that I gave them to him. • I sac ~2o, ~[tl,o~ • f312) 7824087
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560 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1i 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 1 BY MR. CLAYTON: 2 Q. Subsequently, did you have any discussions with him? A. Yes. Q. You testified previously that the three pages of Exhibit 8, which are before you, turned up when you did a search for additional documents; is that correct? MR. KLENK: Objection. We have been over this before. MR. CLAYTON: Well, I am only asking this question because I am getting into this area. I want to ask him questions about it. If you want, I won't put it as a question. I'll put it as a statement. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. You testified previously that these three pages turned up in a search that you performed. Now I'll ask you. Where did you find these three pages? MR. KLENK: I think he said that. MR. CLAYTON: Well, I will represent to you that I have gone over the transcript. MR. KLENK: Fine. We will go on. BY MR. CLAYTON: pkg ~o, ~L~Ls • (3;2) 782-8Q87
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561 i Q, Where did you find these three pages? 2 A. I don't recall exactly. It was either in 3 a filing cabinet or behind Walter's desk somewhere. 4 O. Where did you find the FTC report pages 5 which turned up? 6 A. Near a filing cabinet. 7 O. ~In which filing cabinet? 8 A. Near a filing cabinet in the Perspective 9 corner. • i0 Q. Near a filing cabinet? ii A. Yes. 12 Q. Sitting on the floor? 13 A. No. 14 Q. In a box? 15 A. In a box. 16 Q. What else was in the box? 17 A. The material that related to other 18 Perspectives that the unit had worked on over the 19 past year. 20 Q. Was there anything else regarding the 21 cigarette Perspectives that was in the box where the 22 FTC pages were? 23 A. Relating to the cigarette Perspectives? 24 Q- Correct. pkg , 681815224
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562 i 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 • 24 A. NO. Q. Were the pages of the FTC report as you found them all in one group Or were they separate? A. Some were separate. Q. DO you recall which ones were separate? A. ~o. O- Were the three pages of the Exhibit 8 which you found in a group or were they separate? A. Q. They were in a group. Do you recall anything about the substance of your notes on the FTC report pages other than to what you have already testified in this deposition? A. No. Q. The answer is no? YOU also testified items turned up when you did that several other an additional search. I will ask you where you found those items. One item is Exhibit 9, which I show to you now. Can you tell me where you found that? MR. KLENK: Objection. I don't think that that was his testimony concerning Exhibit NO. 9. MR. CLAYTON: Okay. Let's go back and look at his transcript. I am referring to pages 201 to 202 of the transcript of the first session of Mr. pkg , 3,2;7,2,0,7 G81815225
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563 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1O ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Radutzky's deposition. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. I am going to read a portion of that, Mr. Radutzky, and ask you if you recall testifying to it. "Q. I would like to know, Mr. Radutzky, if these documents are documents a search that you did. "A. Okay. I believe this one but I'm not certain. "Q. The witness is indicating 9 . ,, MR. certain . which turned up in turned up, Exhibit NO. KLENK: That's correct. He said MR. CLAYTON: Okay. I see your point. MR. KLENK: You see my point? MR. CLAYTON: I see your point. I'm he wasn't sorry. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. I hand you what has been marked as Exhibit 16, which you testified turned up in a search, and I would ask you if you know where that turned up. (WHEREUPON, the document was tendered to the witness.) MR. KLENK: What was the question? MR. CLAYTON: I want to know where this turned
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564 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5" up. MR. KLENK: Okay. BY ME. CLAYTON: Q. If you recall. A. I believe that it turned up around his desk, in back of his desk. Q. Walter, Walter's desk? A. Walter's desk. Q. Okay. I show you what has been marked as Exhibit 18. Do you recall where that turned up? And I will also show you Exhibit 19 at the same time and ask the same question with respect to it. (WHEREUPON, the documents were tendered to the witness.) BY THE WITNESS: A. I believe that they turned up in the same )lace. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Walter's desk? A. Right." Q. You testified that you read an article which you referred to as a law memo. I would like this to he marked as the next exhibit number. (WHEREUPON, said document was marked J' '681815227 pkg ~.~ga, ff[~i,~t* • (312) 782-80B7
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565 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 kO II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Radutzky Deposition Exhibit NO. 30, for iden%ification, as of 7/10/84.) (WHEREUPON, the document was tendered to %he witness.) BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. I ask you to examine Exhibit 30 and tell us whether that is the article which you saw which informed you that this suit had been reinstated by the Cou~t Of Appeals. A. Yes. Q. Did you discuss this article with anybody? A. l don't recall. ~ may have. Q. Did you keep a copy of it? A. NO. Q. Did anyone ever ask you not to destroy documents pertaining to this case? MR. KLENK: Objection. YOU asked that question and he answered it. MR. CLAYTON: I don't Delieve this question was asked. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Did anyone ever ask you not to destroy documents pertaining to this case? A. NO, not that I recall.
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566 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. Did you ever ask anyone whether it was all right for you to dispose of your notes before you did so? A. No. Was that disposal A. Yes. done totally on your own? Q. Do you currently have in your possession any notes or Other background material with respect to any broadcasts which have already been aired? A. Presently? Q. Yes. A. I may. Q. DO you have a recollection on that one or the other? A. I haven't been involved in a research reporting-type capacity in a very long time. So, that's why my recollection of it would be fuzzy, because I don't keep notes when I have no notes take. O. Was there any reason why you didn't discard your Perspectives at was dismissed? A. Yes. notes pertaining to the cigarette some time you heard before the way to case. (WoE/ , 681815229 pkg ~a, (J~Ia~ta • (312) 782-8087
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567 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 Q. Why? A. It was a good idea to hold on to them. Q. Why? A. For reference purposes. Q. Reference purposes in connection with the lawsuit; is that correct? A. Correct. Q. Did you at any time refer to the notes materials you had gathered for the cigarette Perspectives in connection with any broadcast or story you worked on? A. No. Q. DO you know if anyone referred to those notes? else at WBBM ever in or A. TO which notes? Q. The notes and materials that you gathered connection with the cigarette Perspectives. A. NO. Q. Did you work on any other pisces involving cigarettes for Mr. dacobson subsequent to the cigarette Perspectives? A. Not that I recall. Q° When you discarded with respect to the notes and materials the cigarette Perspectives, were pkg ol:,,,.v,,...*e,,.,,,. . 681815230
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568 l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 iI 12 13 L4 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 there any other materials same time? A. Probably. Q. Do you recall A. NO, O. discarded which you discarded at the what those materials were? You previously testified that you your notes two weeks after the case dismissed. Is there any particular way that you that two-week period in your recollection? A. No, there isn't. Q. You are generally familiar with the fact that cases may be appealed to a higher court; is that correct? is was fix A. Under limited circumstances, I am. Q. What do you mean by limited circumstances? A. My idea of an appeal, however naive it is, that when a judgment is rendered one way or another, guilty or innocent, that's when a case appealed. It doesn't get appealed when it is otherwise. Q. Why do you say that view is naive? A. Because I guess that's not true. Q. Do you regard yourself as naive in matters? gets legal
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569 1 .2 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A. O. what? A. TO some degree. TO a great degree, to a small degree or Q. make any attempt to been appealed? A. O. you had script. you have A. 0. A. Q. A. Q. A. From Frank Gardner. Q. A. O. A. TO some degree. Before you discarded your notes, did you find out whether the case had NO. I. would like to go to a discussion which with Mr. Jacobson regarding the sample How soon after you gave him that script did a discussion? A few days. Where was that discussion held? In the Perspective corner. Was anyone else present? NO -- yes. Who? time to time it was Greg Caputo and Anyone else? No. Why were they present? I only remember on one occasion when they
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570 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii "12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 were, and that W~s when we were the most tasteful way to use or burn victims. trying to figure out not use pictures of Q. And they participated only in that portion of the discussion, is that what you recall? A. Yes. Q- " How many discussions did you have with Mr. Jacobson regarding th~ sample sccipt? A. Two or three. Give us the substance of the first conversation. A. He wanted to know whether X, Y or Z image was corresponding to X, Y a~d Z stated word on the sample script. Q. What do you mean by X, Y and Z? Are you saying he questioned the correspondence between each ima98 and each section of the script? A. When he is developing the way he is going to write it, he wants to know where the potential visuals are that will accompany what it is he is going to be saying. Q. Which visuals A. Billboards. What else? did he mention? pkg ~&:~,~o, .,g~,~otA • (312}782-8087
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571 i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A. Ads, ash trays; every visual in the piece he made a mention of in some regard. Q. How long was your first conversation with him? A. 15 minutes, 20 minutes. Q. The second? A. I don~t know. Q. Third? A. 1 don't know. Q- What else did he conversation, in addition to these regarding the match up between the text? A. He wanted to know how I had arrived at say during the first q~estions visuals and the certain numbers, where I got those numbers from. Q. Which numbers? A. Numbers relating to the amount of money spent to promote cigarettes, tobacco by the government, amount of money spent to warn people about the health hazards. Almost everywhere in the Perspective where you see monetary he wanted to know where. Q. What else was said? A. That's pretty much all I figures mentioned remember.
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572 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 ig 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. Did he indicate that he had report? A. He didn't indicate it. Q. Did he have the FTC report he was in this discussion with you? A. It was on his desk. Q. Had he made any notes on it, tell? A. I don't know. Q. Did he make any comments about the report to yo~ during this discussion? A. No. • Q. Are you testifying now regarding the substance Of all two or three of these conversations? A. NO. Q. Or just as to the first? A. First. Q. Was anything said in this read the FTC conversation about Viceroy or Brown A. No. Q* Was the pott wine, beer and sex mentioned? A. NO, with him when could you FTC first & Williamson? strategy 681815235 pkg C~'~,,~o, ~l~ol~ • (312) 782-8087
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573 1 Q. Was the word Ted Bates mentioned? 2 A. No. 3 Q. DO you recall anything else about this 4 first conversa%ion~ 5 A. NO. 6 Q- Now, you are unclear as to whether there 7 were one or two additional conversationsregarding correct? 8 the sample script with Mr. Jacobson; is chat 9 A. There were two at lezst. 10 Q. There were two. Okay. Why don't you give ii us the substance of the second one. 12 A. I believe the substance of the second one 13 was overwhelmed by some technical considerations 14 more so tha~ a~ything else ah that p~rti~ula~'ti~eo 15 It was how he was going to match his script to 16 various pieces of video. 17 Q. Well, what was said in the second 18 conversation other than these technical matters? 19 A. He talked about the Bureau of Standards. 20 He wanted to see the letter. Be wanted to make sure 21 that th9 letter was valid. He wanted to know -- 22 Q. What letter? 23 A. The letter from the National Bureau of 24 Standard~, a document fro~ the National Bureau of
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574 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Standards that cigarettes to conducted. Q. What second conversation? indicates the propensity of certain self-extinguish, tests that were A, basically O. Because we devoted to the Perspective was said about advertising in the A. I don't believe anything. Q. What about Viceroy ? A. I don't believe there was anything about Viceroy or advertising at the second conversation. Q. The word Brown & Williamson? A. NO. Q. The word Ted Bates? A. NO. Q. Let's go to ~he third conversation. What was the substance of that? A. Well, basically the cigarette advertising Perspective. Q. That was the basic subject of the third? A. Yes. Q* Why did that get its whole own conversation, any particular reason? each conversation that was at hand. Are you saying the first conversation was pkg ~,~e,,~, J~[[~,*o~ • (3;2)782-8087
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575 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 with respect to clout, the second was the fires and the third was the advertising7 A. Basically; a little overlap here and there Q. Beyond the meeting that you testified you attended with Lilly Eide and others, did you ever play any role with respect to the advertising or promotion of the cigarette Perspectives? A. Other than that meeting? Q° Yes. A. No. Q. Did you ever anyone with respect to A. Yes. Q. Do you recall those ads? review any ads produced by the Perspectives? interrogatory an exhibit? Are these the answers which we ads that were in the have marked today as A. Correct. Q. Did you make any comments on those ads? A. I don't recall. I checked them for accuracy. Q. You found them to be accurate? A. Correct. Q. Did you ever discuss with anyone why there was no newspaper advertisement prepared for the
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576 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 third Perspective? A. No. O. no such A. Did you have any understanding as to why advertisement was prepared? NO. Q. Going back to your third conversation with Mr. dacobsDn regarding the sample script, could you give us the substance of that conversation? A. We discussed the visuals that were going beside various elements. Q. How long a separation in time was there between the first, second and third conversations? A. I'm not certain. I think it was a day. Q. Did Mr. Jacobson have drafts prepared of various sections of the Perspective when he discussed each one with you? A. In the process of. Q. Did you see those drafts when you were in this discussion? A, NO. Q. Do you normally see his drafts before he goes on the air with a Perspective? A. Yes. I saw them when they were completed, his drafts when they were completed.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 They weren't conferences were held, A. NO. O. In addition to the the visuals with sections of A. Excuse me? Q. In addition to the the visuals with sections of c0nversation~ what was said? completed when these it's your understanding? discussions matching the text -- discussions matching the fext in this third A. I don't recall. Much of it was just is this the graphic that we want to ~se here? We talk about sports, like we'd chose to keep some, eliminate some, we had the Chicago Sting. we had Virginia S~ims. So we decided -- he decided this is what we have to choose from. Okay, let's do Rudd Pyles. It was en elimination and inclusion. Q. How long did this conversation last, do 577 up you recall? Is your recollection refreshed now by some of your testimony about it? A. 20 minutes or so, 15 minutes. I don't know. Itis hard to say, because while there was one substantive conversation, there were other questions a~d a~swers that would come up. up pkg . 3s J .eoar 681815240
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578 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. Were you going through your during this conversation? A. No. Q. Were Cool and Fact, one or both discussed in this third conversation? A, Q. A. include sample script the other or YeS, What was said about Cool? asked him why he wasn't planning to it. O. How did you know that he wasn't planning to include it? A. Because he had told me what elements he was planning to use, Q. What did he tell you? A. Well, he was going to use the -- from the report itself, he was going to use the viceroy strategy. Q. And he said that would be the only thing that he would use in this portion of the Perspective from the FTC report? A, Well, at that point in the conversation, yes. I mean, I can't synthesize for you in one moment several conversations that would occur over a period of time in one day. You are asking me what
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579 1 2 g 4 5 6 7 8 9 "i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 followed this and what followed that. That*s not the way the conversation occurs. Q. ~'m not going to limit th~ questions then, except if I indicate to the contraryt to exactly what followed when. Did you get an understanding from Mr. Jacobson during this third conversation regarding the advertising Perspective as to why he chose not to include the Cool matter in the broadcast? MR. KLENK: Objection. Understanding is irrelevant. He can testify to what Jacobson told him Or might have told him or didn't tell him. MR. CLAYTON: I think his understanding is relevant. I'll first ask him what Jacobson said, but then I want to know if he has an understanding. I think it's relevant; and, secondlyr I think it also leads to relevant evidence, because often when be vocalizes his understanding, it helps him to focus on what that und~rs%anding was based on. BY ~R. CLAYTOn: Q. So I'll first ask yo~: What was said by you and said by Mr. Jacobson on the question of the noninclusion of Cool? A. I asked him why he wasn't including it, pkg o 3,2jT.2a0.z G81815242
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580 6 7 8 9 I0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 and I don't believe I got an answer. Q. Were you disappointed that he hadn't included it? A. I wouldn't refer to it as disappointment. I though% it was a worthy element to include. Q. Did you ever receive any more information as to why he didn't include Cool in the broadcast? A. No. Q. What about Fact, was that discussed at all in this third conversation? A. Yes. Q. What happened there? A. I asked him why he wasn't either. And at that point he said, including that, you know, I've got so much material,and so many elements regarding advertising, clout, cigarettes, I've got to draw the line on some of these things, was basically the conclusion I got. Q. Did he indicate in any way why he thought the Viceroy statements ought to be included instead of the Cool or Fact statements? A. NO. Q. Did you reach any understanding he had made that decision? as to why
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581 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 A. No. Q. Now, what was said regarding Viceroy in this conversation? A. We had -- that we had cut out, as I had testified earlier, we had cut out the Viceroy logo. Q. Cut OUt, meaning you had taken an ad and scissored out a portion of it? A. Correct. And he had stated that he wanted ~o know if we had the ads that were mentioned in the strategy, and I said I asked the company for them and they didn't send them to me. And I asked for the documents s~pporting those ads and that strategy, and they didn't send them to me. Q. Did you say anything else on the question of the Viceroy ~ds? A. NO, not that I recall. Did he say anything else on the question of the Viceroy ads? A. Well, he said that we will use a Viceroy communicate -- to visualize the fact that ciga:ettes are involved in this particular logo to Viceroy citation by the government. Are those his words A, NO. Not -- as you recall them?
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582 i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. That's your paraphrase? A. That's my paraphrase. Q. Did he m~ke any specific reference to the ~ot, wine, beer and sex strategy? A. Not other than what he wrote. Q. Was he looking at a draft of the Perspective as he was talking to you? A. He was looking at the FTC report, something that was in his typewriter. I don't recall all the things he was looking at at the time. Q. Well, when you said he didn't maWe any reference other than what he wrote, what do you mean by other than what he wrote? Where did he write it? A. On his typewriter. Q. SQ he had a piece of paper in his typewriter, which was before you during this conversation,which had a mention of the pot, wine beer and sex strategy? A. And he had also typed up a list of fonts that included some of the strategy that he would hand over to me for me to ship over to the people who enter those things into computers. Q. Do you recall anything else that was said about Viceroy or Brown & Wiiliamson during this pkg • rs,2 zs2-eo87 681815245
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583 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 conversation? A. I asked him why he didn't mention the fact that the government says they adopted the strategy. MR. CLAYTON: Could you read the last answer back. (WHERRUPON, the record was read by the reporter as requested.) BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. And what did he say in response? A. I don't recall. Q. Do you recall anything else regarding Brown & Williamson or Viceroy that was said in these conversations? A. I asked him why he didn't mention the fact that the company maintains that the advertising agency was dismissed and that the company never adopted the strategy. Q. What did he say to that? A. He said he didn't plan to include the names of ad agencies, the names of cigarette companies. He was just concerned with the names of products, and that he did mention the fact that the cigarette industry claims -- in fact, swears up and down it doesn't sell cigarettes to children. pkg , 312JTa2-so 7 681815246
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584 l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. Was there anything else that you questioned him about with respect to material that was not included in his draft of the Perspective? A. Not that I recall. Q. Now, why did you mention the noninclusion of the government saying that they had adopted the strategy? MR. KLENK: I'm sorry. I didn't hear that. (WHEREUPON, the record was read by the reporter as requested.) (WHEREUPON, Mr. Thomas Morsch left the deposition proceedings.) BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Let me rephrase the question. You testified that you asked Mr. Jacobson why he did not include a statement that the government had said that Brown adopted the strategy. Why did that question? A. Just to make sure company maintained. Q. Did you with your role as broadcast was not & Williamson had you ask Mr. Jacobson that he knew what the ask that question in connection a journalist making sure that the misleading and complied with CBS pkg o c312 Te2-Bos7 G81 15247
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585 l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 standards? A. In the context of me being his researcher who is supplying him with as much and more information than he needs. Q. And also in the context of a researcher whose concern is that the broadcast be accurate? A. With my concern primarily to give him all the information I have as his researcher and to allow him to make the determinations on what is included in a Perspective and what isn't. Q. In addition to this primary concern, was it also because of your concern that the broadcast be accurate? A. I'm always concerned about accuracy~ sure. Always. Q. When you asked him why he didn't say that the company had said that they had never adopted this strategy, did you have similar concerns in mind? A. Please repeat the question. Q. I'll rephrase it. When you asked Mr. dacobson why he didn't include a statement that the company had said that they had not adopted the strategy, did you have the same concerns in mind; meaning the concerns that he p~g e~o, ~a~, , :~,2J 7s~0a7 G S 1815 2 4 8
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586 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 1 2 had all the facts and that the broadcast be accurate? A. That he have all the facts. Q, Were you -- A. " I am always concerned about accuracy, I'm not concerned about any context. I'm always concerned about accuracy in all contexts. Well, was your concern over accuracy one of the reasons why you raised these questions with him? MR. KLENK: I would object. You have asked him the questions. He has answered them. MR. CLAYTON: He is not answering them. He is just sliding away from them. THE WITNESS: I'm not MR. CLAYTON: I think has a yes or no answer. BY MR, CLAYTON: slidin~ away from them. that's a question that Q. Was your concern over accuracy one of the concerns that motivated you to ask that question? A. I'm always motivated by accuracy. In that I was needing to inform him of particular instance, all the things that I had compiled for him. Q. Why did you want to make sure that he knew of all the things that you had compiled for him? pkg c;,.,.. • 681815249
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587 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A. SO that he would be informed. Q. And was accuracy one of the reasons why you wanted to make sure? A. I j~st said accuracy is always a co~cer~. Q° Fine. Well then the answer is yes, isn't it, that accuracy was one of the concerns which motivated you to ask the question? A. The concern at the time was to give him all the information that I had. Q. Well, if accuracy is one Of your concerns at all times, well then it was one of your concerns? A. It's a concern of mine all the time. Q. So it was a concern at this point, wasn't it? A. It's a concern of mine all the time. Q. And was it also a concern when you asked him why he did not include the statement that the company had dismissed the advertising agency which recommended the strategy? A. It was for the purposes of informing him of what I had so that he can make his own determinations. Q. And again was accuracy one why you had brought that up? of the reasons ,kg aa,..,. • 3, J,82-8o 7 G81815250
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588 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A. It was for the purpose of informing him; period. Accuracy is always an issue. But I brought it up to him for the purpose Of informing him of all the information that I had. That's my job. Q. Did he say anything else in response to your questions as to why these three matters had not been inclgded in his draft Of the broadcast, Other than to what you have already testified? A. Not that I recall. Q. DO you recall anything else about the substance of that third conversation with Mr. Jacobson regarding the cigarette Perspective -- advertising Perspective? A. No. Q. NO is the answer? At the time when you had these conversations with Mr. Jacobson, had you completed your preparations and research for the Perspectives? A. Yes. Q. Therefore, you did nothing else in connection with preparation Or research after these conversations; is that correct? A. No. Q. What did you do?
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589 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A. Pulling together lots of the visual elements for -- into the proper arena -- Q- Sequence? A. -- and sequence for broadcast. Q. But you didn't gather in the sense that you didn't go out and get more, you just selected and organized the ones you had already gathered, is that fair? A. That's correct. Q. Anything else that you did apart from organizing the" materials which you had already gathered? A. Q. Jacobson, NO, not that I recall. After these three conversations with Mr. did you have any further conversations with him regarding the Perspectives before they were aired? A. I double-checked when he came back into the studio to do the l0 o'clock news that his script jived with the instruction sheets for the script. Q. Well, after you had these three conversations, did you see final scripts that he had prepared for the broadcast? A. Yes* pkg o 68181525
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59O 5 6 7 8 9 i0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 i 2 3 4 I don't believe so. Did you discuss your third conversation Jacobson in this series with anybody? NO. Q. How long after the conversations did it take for you to get the f£nal scripts? A. Several -- a couple of hours after each conversation. Q. Was it your understanding that he was working on these final scripts during the course these conversations or had begun work before the conversations began? A. Both. Q. He had begun work previously and in addition he was -- A. Well, he had begun reading. Q. Had he begun drafting? A. Q. with Mr. A. Q. When you saw the final scripts for the Perspectives, did you see all three scripts at once or did you see one a~d then another and then a third? of A. One and another and then the third. Q. What did you do when you saw each of them? A. I brought them in for approval. Q. Well, did you first review them yourself? pk g ~,~o, ~,=,, , ~3~2~ 7e2-eoe~ G S 1815 2 5 3
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591 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A, Yes. Q. What was the A. Reviewing it weren't many typos in called for corresponded to in order. Reading it over all made sense. Q. Any Other purpose? A. No. Q. You said brought them in Who did you bring them in to? A. brought perused 0. A. offices Q. A. Q. Do you know approvals is? A. They have final Perspectives. Q. How long before purpose of your review? to make sure that there it, that the graphics that he the graphics that existed once again to see that it for approval. it to Mr. Gardner. I same copy was copy up to the I brought a copy of a copy in for Mr. -- well, the by Mr. Gardner and Mr. Caputo. Anyone else? Then I brought a separate of Peter Lund. Is this standard procedure? Yes. what the purpose of their approval over Walter's the broadcast was the .0,,, 681815254 pkg ~o, J[[I=oll • f312) 782-8087
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592 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 script brought to them for approval? A. Four and a half hours, I'd say. Q. Did you discuss the script with them when you brought it in for approval? A. Yes. Q. Did they see all three scripts at once? A. No. Did you make three different trips? Yes. What was discussed between you and Mr. Q. A. Q. Gardner regarding the cigarette advertising Perspective script? A. He just asked me if I was -- if accurate, and Greg Caputo checke~ it over production elements. it was for the Q. Did Mr. Gardner just say, "Is it accurate?" Or did he speak to you in any more detail about the particular facts or statements in the script? A. He didn't go into much detail at all. Q. Well, did he mention any segment of the script in particular? A. No. Q. What about Mr. Caputo? A. No. pkg • 681815255
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593 1 .2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. What about Mr. Lund? Do you recall anything about your discussion with Mr. Lund? A. I didn't have a discussion with Mr. Lund. Q. You merely left it at his office? A. Yes. Q. DO you know if any of these three people made comments on the script? A. They would not make comments on the script Q. Why would they not make comments? A. If they had comments to make, they would make them verbally or on another sheet of paper. Q. Well, I meant comments about the script rather than writing comments on the script. A. I don't recall. You don't recall whether any of the three of them made any comments about the script? A. Among themselves. I mean, I already testified to what they told me. I don't know what they said among themselves. Q. Well, other than what you testified they told you, do you know Of any other comments which any Of the three of them made regarding the scripts? A. They said it looked real good; looked like a real good job. pkg o r ,2J782,0,7 G8181525G
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594 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Anything else? A. No. Q. DO you know if they ever discussed script directly with Mr. Jacobson? A. I don't know. Q. Is it true that in preparation for the cigarette Perspectives, you looked at countless examples of cigarette advertising? A, Yes. Q. Did you ever consider doing a~y on-camera with the cigarette interviews in connection Perspectives? A. No. Q, Well, you did outline which indicated interview with the Tobacco correct? A, Yes. the at one point prepare an that there would be zn Institute, isn't that Q* At that point, were an on-camera interview of the respect to the Perspectives? A. I was considering it. Q, Did you consider any other interviews with respect you considering doing Tobacco Institute with on-camera to the Perspectives? pkg * r , 782- oB, 681S15257
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595 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 A. Well, yes. Q- Of? A. Senator Cranston, Q. Anyone else? A. Burn victims. Q. Anyone else? some tobacco legislators. A. NO. I don't recall. Q. Did you ever make any attempt to contact Ted Bates Advertising Agency to comment on the FTC report? A. No. Did you ever make any attempt to get in touch with Ted Bates for any reason at all in connection with the cigarette Perspectives? A. NO. Q. Any particular reason why you never called Bates? A. Bates worked for Brown & Williamson. Brown & Williamson paid Ted Bates for its information. Q. And so? A. And so Brown & Williamson paid for the strategy, I felt there was no reason to talk to Ted Bates. pkg * , J s2sos 681815258
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596 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. Even though Ted Bates had been terminated by Brown & Williamson? A. Correct. Q. You testified previously that.you believed that Mr. Humber was lying to you when he told you that Brown & Williamson had not adopted the Viceroy strategy. Did you believe that Ted Bates would lie to you with respect to this strategy as well? ME. WLENE: Objection. BY TEE WITNESS: A. I never talked to him. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. At the time, did you believe that if you had called up Ted Bates, they would have lied to you also? MR. KLENK: Objection. You asked him a question. He just gave you an answer before, MR. CLAYTON: Read back the question and the answer. (WHEREOPON, the record was read by the reporter as requested.) MR. CLAYTON: You are objecting as to the or you are directing him not to answer? MR. KLENK: You can answer it if you can. fo~m
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597 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "I0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. You may answer the question, if you can. A. I didn't think about it one way or another whether they would lie or wouldn't lie. and Q. DO you ever attempt to contact marketing research counselors? A. NO. Q. Why not? A. I didn't think it was relevant. Q. Well, weren't they the people who were named in the FTC report as authoring some of the documents that the FTC quoted? MR. KLENK: I will object. The report speaks for itself. You asked him why he didn't-call~ He gave you an answer. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Why didn't you think it was relevant? A. I was merely quoting from the government report. Q. Have you completed your answer now? A. Yes. Q. Did you watch the actual broadcast of the Perspective when it was aired? A. Yes. L pkg C~¢¢~a, ..~[[l,'~La • (312) 782~087
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598 6 7 8 9 l0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 l 2 3 4 5 O. Each of the three portions? A. Yes. Q. Are you aware of any comments which were made by anybody about the Perspectives? MR. KLEWK~ At any time? MR. CLAYTON: Yes, at any time, except comments made by Brown & Williamson within the context of this lawsuit. BY THE WITNESS: A. We have get a lot of calls from people who said they were viewers. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Any other comments you remember? A. And from people around ~he news room who thought the Perspectives were very good, informative. Q. Did you ever learn that WSBM was considering airing a program with comments upon the cigarette Perspectives? A. I don't know what they were considering. I know that an offer was made by our company. Q. During previous sessions of your deposition we referred, I believe, to a March broadcast which was aired by WBBM in March 1982. With your permission, I'd like to adopt that pkg • c ,2 Ts .8os 6S1815261
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599 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 terminology again. A. Okay. (WHEREUPON, a recess was had.} BY M~, CLAYTON: Q. When did you first recall learning that WBBM was considering airing the March broadcast? A. I don't know when. Q. Can you approximate how 10ng after the airing of the cigarette Perspective? I don't know when. It just has to De between November and March, I really A. sometime know. Q. What did you first learn about the ~ossibility of airing the March broadcast? A. That the cigarette industry had called Ip -- someone from the Tobacco Institute had called the station and said that the broadcasts were possibly a fairness violation; Tim O~Donnell told me this. And then he bold m8 that we offered them Q, He told you all this in the same conversation? A. Yes, Q. What is the Newsmakers program? don't q#o[[,, J,,,. 6818152G2 pkg dJ~e.~o, ~* • (312) 782-80B;'
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600 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A. It's a half hour weekly program. Q. Who appears on the program? A. Newsmakers. Q. Is there a moderator or -- A. Walter Jacobson is generally the moderator. Q. Did Mr. O'Donnell say what the Tobacco Institute's reaction to this offer was? Q, A. Q. Did yOU ever see any correspondence between the Tobacco Institute and WBBM? A. No. Q. Was this discussion with Mr. O'Donnell first discussion which you recall regarding the possibility of a March broadcast or a response by the Tobacco Institute? A. It wasn't good enough. Q. What else was said in this conversation? A. Nothing. Did you ever see -- That I recall. the A, Yes. Q. What was the next time you heard or read anything regarding the possibility of a response? A. When I was told that Phll Walters, our reporter, was going to go out to Washington, D.C. to pkg C~,=,2o, O/z'~,.~, • f3~2)782-8o87
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601 i 2 3 ¢ 5 6 7 8 9 I0 iI 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ~0 25 23 24 interview the Tobacco Institute, and that we were going to construct something called the tobacco reply. Q. Who c~lled it a tobacco reply? A, I don't know. I think that was the slug that the story was given the night it ran or the nights it ran. Q. Who gave you this information? A. caputo told me. Q. Did he say anything else at this point? A. He says that we will work on it together. You'd be the assigned news writer to it because you were involved in the series and you sort of knew what was going on. Q. Had you ever worked with Mr. Caputo on story before? A. The Perspectives. Q. Well, his role with respect to the Perspectives is merely approving them after Mr. J~cobson A. Q, caputo directly A. Well, finalizes them, isn't that correct? Yes, pretty much, SO, h~d you ever worked directly with on a story before? he helped me on the cigarette Mr. pkg d~o, J[[t,~ij • (312)7@2-808z
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602 i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 stories. He helped me in the production of %hem, because at that point I was very weak in production~ Q. Had you ever worked on the writing of a broadcast script with Mr. Caputo before? A. No. Q. DO you know why Mr. Caputo was involved in production of the March broadcast? A. No. What happened next? WITNESS: Can we go off the record for a the Q, THE second? MR. BY THE CLAYTON: Sure. (WHEREUPON, discussion off the record.) WITNESS: was had A. The next thing I know, the tape arrived in the house from Washington, D.C. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. In the house at WBBM in Chicago? A. WBBM. Q. Had you talked with Mr. Walters or with anyone else in connection with his going out to Washington? A. No. -O"'B- 81815 2 6.5 pkg d~u~. ~t[~.o~ • t312)782-~o87
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603 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 I0 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2i 22 23 24 Q. DO you know who he interviewed in Washington? A. He interviewed Walker Merryman. ~. The tape that you saw was the tspe of complete interview with Walker Merryman? A, Correct. Q. DO you know if Mr, Walters spoke with the anyone else in Washington? A. I believe he spoke with someone from Ralph Nadar's group. Q. Do you know who that person was? A, No. What was the purpose of that conversation, if you know? A. I don't know. Q. Did you ever discuss purpose of the Nadar interview? A. No. 0. Did you discuss with Mr. interviews with Mr. Jacobso~ at all? ~. GO. Q. How did you get abold of A. Caputo gave it to me and into an editing room to scrsen it, with anyone the Walters his the tape? walked it and me and we screened ¢Wo£fi, ~A%:--,~,9 ~ ,:~4~,~u~. J~,. 6 8 18 15 2 6 6
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604 :; 1 g 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 gl 21 2g 24 it together. Q. Were there comments made about it as it was being s~reened? A. NO. Q. Anyone else in the roGm with you? A. The tape editor. Q. What happened next? A. I had my time code notes, set back in his office, and decided what going to do with it. Q. What are time code notes? A. There is a digital readout on an editing machine that tells you where Caputo had his we were the top of you are in the tape. If you are looking for-this person, this )articular piece of sound, you can find it at 013g on the tape. Q. What happened then? You took the time code notes and you used them in connection with doing a draft of the story? A* Correct. Q. Did you have another discussion with Caputo or anyone else before yo~ started work on that draft? A. We worked on it together in his office. pkg d~e.~., ~.o~J @ (312) 782-8087
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6O5 1 .2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 0- And were you discussing what ought to go into that draft as you worked on it? A. Correct. Q. And what were those discussions? A. The discussions were -- my recollection of the discussions is not real clear. Q. Well, to the extent you do recall. A. I recall choosing pieces of sound of the interview as.we determined them to be the Tobacco Institute's greatest objections. Q. Did you discuss at all with Mr. Caputo or with anyone else what the purpose of this broadcast was going to be? A. I may have made a few inquiries in that regard, but I don't really it was, other than a reply Institute. know what the purpose of from the Tobacco Q. Well, did anyone ever tell you why the station had chosen to give the Tobacco Institute broadcast? A. No, it did not. Q, What did you learn in the course of your inquiries about the purpose of the broadcast? A. It was to give the cigarette industry an the pk g • o,7 g81815268
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606 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 Ii 12 13 [4 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 opportunity to respond to the issues raised in our Perspective, as well as the issues that confront them as they go about their business. Q. With whom did you make these inquiries? A. Caputo and 0'Donnell. Q. DO you know if Mr. Jacobson played any part in the production of the March broadcast? A. To my recollection, he played no part at all. Q. Do you know if a decision was made to exclude him from a role in the broadcast? A. I don~t know. Q. DO you know of any particular reason why he did not play a role in the broadcast? A. NQ. Q. Going back to your discussion with Mr. Csputo when you were reviewing Mr. Walters' tape -- strike that. Going back to the discussion which you had with Mr. Caputo as you were working on the draft of the broadcast, after you had viewed the tape, what do you recall about the substance of that discussion? A. As we reviewed the tape? Q. No. The discussion which you had after
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607 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 l0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 the review of the tape in which the two of you were working on the draft of the broadcast. A. We both agreed upon some of the more important points that were being raised by the Tobacco Institute; and by important, what we perceived they perceived to be important. Q. DO you recall what points were raised Mr. Walters that you chose not to include in the March broadcast? A. No, I don't. Q. Do you recall Viceroy or Brown & Williamson in his the Tobacco Institute? A. I don't recall. Q. DO you recall if that Brown & Williamson be with the March broadcast? A. I don't recall. Q* Did anyone ever a lawsuit at this point? A. No, not that I recall. Q. DO you know how long Mr. interview with Mr. Merryman A. I don't. by if Mr. Walters mentioned interview with anyone ever suggested contacted in connection discuss the possibility of Walters' was, approximately? pkg ~,=-~o, .~,~,,, . e3,2J,a2-8o~6 8 1 8 1 5 2 7 0
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608 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ll 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. Do you recall anything else about the substance of this conversation with Mr. Caputo? A. NO. O. What happened next? A. Proceeded to write it. Q. Did you write it alone or with him? A. "I wrote it with him. Q. A~d were there any subsequent discussions while you were writing it, any other discussions while you were writing it? A. There were discussions on how it would be structured. What were those discussions? A. What to include and what not to. Q. Do you recall anything specific about those discussions? A. Only that what ended up on the air was result of OUr discussions. Q. Who chose the portions of the dacobson connection the Perspective which were rebroadcast in with the March broadcast? A. Caputo and myself. Q. How did you go about making that choice? A. If you let me loQk at a transcript of that pkg • ,2 ,82 087681815271
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609 ,-4 1 2 3 4 5 6 • 7 8 9 i0 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 broadcast, if you have one, I can show you. MR. CLAYTON: Let's go off the record. (WHEREUPON, discussion was had off the record.) MR. CLAYTON: I'd like to have this marked as the next exhibit. This is a what appears to be a transcript of the March broadcast which Mr. Klenk has kindly provided us for use to refresh the witness' recollection as to the content of that broadcast. And I'd like it to be marked as Exhibit 31. (WHEREUPON, said document was marked Radutzky Deposition Exhibit No. 31, for identification, as of 7/i0/84. ) (WHEREUPON, the document was tendered to the witness.) )Y MR. CLAYTON: Q. I hand you, Mr. Hadutzky, what has been marked as Exhibit 31. I'd like you to just examine Exhibit 31 and tell us if that refreshes your recollec~ion as to the conte~t Of the March broadcast. A. Wasn't there more than one of them, it the same one? or was pkg , t3,2 zs2-aosr 681815272
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 610 MR. KLENK: There is more than one of them. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q- This is the content of the third March broadcast. A. Okay. Q. I believe. I think that this is sufficien£. A. Okay. Q. The question is whether this refreshes your recollection as to the content of the third of the March broadcasts. A. Right. Q. And with your recollection refreshed, can you tell us how you and Mr. Capuso went about choosing the section of the Jacobson broadcast which appeared in that third broadcast? A. TO my recollection, the point that Walker Merryman took greatest issue with or the point that he was most interested in making was the point about advertising not making a smoker Out of a nonsmoker. And I will read his remark there. "It encourages people who already smoke to switch brand loyalty or to maintain their brand loyalty, and there are any number of academic studies on this pkg eJ: o. . ¢3,2JT,a.8os 881815273
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611 i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 question, not one of which, by the way, says that cigarette advertising makes kids into smokers or even makes adults into smokers. It was aimed at the person who is already the smoke~." NOW, we made the determination that that was an important point that he wanted to make. In putting this in the context of our story for broadcast, we thought it was important to place his comments in some kind of context that the viewer ' could relate to, a viewer could identify with, so that there was some kind of, as I say, context for understanding where these remarks were coming from. SO, we chose to juxtapose that against the points that Walter made in the segment that precedes the sound from Walker Merryman. And that's the way we went about doing the entire broadcast. The reason for what we did is so that they would be properly juxtaposed, that they would match in some kind of news context. Q. Did you have any discussion with Mr. Caputo as to why this particular portion of the Jacobson broadcast matched Mr. Merryman' s statements? A. Mr. Merryman talks about advertising having never made a smoker of a nonsmoker, that it gSl pkg d~&.,,,3o, .4f[L,~ZL • {812) 7828087
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612 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 encourages people of who already smoke to switch brand loyalty Or to maintain their loyalty. It is not -- or there are studies that suggest it is not -- that cigarette advertising does not make kids into smokers Or even make adults into smokers, that seemed to me and to Caputo to be in line with what we selected from the Jacobson Perspective. Q. DO you know if the Merryman interview was ever aired on WBBM without an accompanying, portion of the Jacobson Perspective? A. I don't know. I doubt it. Q. Do you remember anything else with respect to this session with Mr. Caputo? A. No. Q. Was the preparation of the March broadcast completed at the end of this session, or was there additional work on it? A. It was completed. Q. How soon after this session did it go on the air? A. I don't recall. Q* Did you do any other work in connection with the March broadcast? pkg d.~&=.=3o, ~I,m~* • (3123782-8087
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613 5 6 7 8 9 I0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 A. NO. Q. Pid you ever hear any comments ever made on the March broadcast? A. NO. Q. By the way, did you make that anyone March broadcast before it was put on A. I'm not certain. Q. Did you have any discussions about the script before it went on the final script? A. No, Have you ever heard of Eric Associates? any comments about the cigarette advertising Perspective to anyone after it was broadcast? A. NO. Q. Did you hear any complaints about it in the news room? A, NO. O. Did you hear any complaints about the March broadcast? A. NO. Q. DO you know if anyone in addition to rourself and Mr. Caputo reviewed the script for the the air? with anyone air, the Mardar & pkg art,.°,, , c372;Te2-8oB7G8181527G
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614 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A. NO. Have you ever heard A. No. Do you know whether public opinion polling on behalf of WHBM? A. Yes. Q. And has such work or on behalf of WBBM? of Audience Research? any market research or has ever been conducted by or ever been performed by A. Isn't that the same q~estion? Q. Well, I asked you whether you knew whether, and you said yes, you did know whether. And now I'm asking whether the such work has been A. Yes. answer to your question is yes, performed. Q. Your answer is yes, such work has been )erformed; is that correct? A. Yes. Q. DO you know whether Mr. Jacobson is the subject of any of this work? A. I don't know. Q. Have you ever discussed market research or bublio opinion polling with Mr. Jacobson? A. NO. w U,,o.
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615 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 Q. public A. O- A. O- A. 0. ~&ve opinion you ever discussed market research or polling with anybody a~ WBBM? Ygs. With who? My colleagues. HOw often have you discussed it? From time to time. in there. able to find'out And are the results of market research public opinion polling part of the substance of those discussions? A. In a fashion. Q. In what fashion? A. Wanting to know what is Q. A~d what have you been about what is in there? all. A, O. A* Q° A. Q. subjects kolling A. Nothing much at Why not? I don't know. Is it kept confidential by WBBM? I don't know. or What is your understanding as to what the of this market research and public opinion are? Why people watch us and who it is that pkg , r3,2;7,2,0,7 181527S
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616 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 iI 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 watches us. Q. In your understanding, does any of this polling or research concern what kinds of news stories people are interested in watching? MR. KLENK: I'm going to object. This is all irrelevant. The Court's order says that you can't inquire into these kind of matters. Are you going to go along with these questions? MR. CLAYTON: Not very long. MR. KLENK: Would you read the question back, please. MR. can. THE (WHEREUPON, the record was read by the reporter a~ requested.) KLENK: You can answer the question if you WITNESS: Could you reread it again. (WHEREUPON, the record was read by the reporter as requested.) SY THE WITNESS: A. I don't know. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Have you ever whether WBBM discussed with anyone has ever used market research or
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617 1 .2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 )olling in connection with its news broadcasts? A. I have never asked anybody. Q. Hav~ you ever discussed that topic with anybody? A. . NO. Q. Have you ever heard of the Golden Leaf broadcast? A. Yes. Q. And what is the Golden Leaf? It was a documentary I believe that was done by CBS News about the tobacco industry. Q. Did you ever have any conversations with anyone at CBS News who worked on the Golden Leaf? A. Yes. Q. With whom? A. Bill Curtis. Q. Who else? A. That's all. O. Is the name Leslie Cockburn familiar to ,ou? A. I've heard of the name. Q. DO you know who that person is? A. She is a producer, I believe. Q. Where? pkg d~e,~o, J[[~,~z, • t3r2)?824o87 681815280
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618 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A. For CBS News. Q. Do you know if she had the Golden Leaf? A. I believe that she produced it. Q. Does the name Rob Hirschman mean to you? A. ~NO. Q. How many discussions did Curtis regarding the Golden Leaf? A. One. Q. When was that? A. I don't recall. Q. Was it before or any connection with anything you have with Mr. after the broadcast, the Golden Leaf broadcast was put on the air? A. Before. Do you know how long before, approximately? A. NO. Q. What was the substance of that conversation? A. He told me that they w~re doing documentary on the tobacco industry. Who was he working for at the A. CBS News. Q. What else did Mr. Curtis say? a time? pk g C~;.~o, 9~,, . r3,*~ 7*2-8087 6 8 I 8 1 5 2 8 1
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629 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1O 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A, O- tobacco A. O- kind? A. Q. That's basically it. Did he ask you for any information on the industry or on cigarettes? No. Did he ask you for any information of any discussion as you recall Golden Leaf? A. Yes. No. Is that the complete substance of that it with respect to the Q. Did you ever have any other discussions with anyone regarding the Golden Leaf? A. NO. DO you know if Mr. Jacobson ever had any discussions regarding the Golden Leaf? A. I have no idea. Do you know if anyone working on the Golden Leaf ever referred to or saw any materials gathered in connection with the cigarette Perspectives? A. Not that I know of. Q. Is your testimony that you don't know or that you don't recall?
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620 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A. NO. I never had anything to do with giving Or receiving or exchanging information with anybody on that program. Q. Did you see the Golden Leaf broadcast? A. NO. Q. DO you know who approved the March broadcast •before it was put on the air? A. No. It was my immediate it. I don't know what he -- Q. Who was that? A. Caputo. superior approved Q. Other than Caputo? A. No, I don't know. Q. Did you ever hear anyone suggest that Brown & Williamson ought to be contacted about a lolling response to the cigarette Perspectives? A. NO. Q. Did any one ever suggest that Brown & Williamson ought to be contacted before the March broadcast was aired? A. No. O. Was the possibility of a lawsuit ever discussed in connection with the March broadcast? A. NO, not that I know of. pkg d~,~o, d[t~,~, • ta~.vTa2-sos7
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 lO ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Ig 20 21 22 23 24 Q. You testified about 621 your conversation with Mr. Jacobson in October in which he told you that the cigarette Perspectives should be r~n as soon ~s they were ready. Did he tell you at that point why he wanted to run the Perspectives as soon as they were ready? A. NO. Q. Did you have any understanding as to why he wanted to do so? A. NO. Q. Did you ever ask him about a deadline during that conversation? A. No. O. Did the word "sweeps" come up during conversation at all? that A. Maybe. Q. In what context might it have come A. That it may run during the sweeps. Q. Was that something that Mr. JacobsDn said or which you said? A. That he said. Q, He said, "I want this thing aired as soon as it is ready. It may run during sweeps"? MR. KLENK: Object. He said he might have had up? (Wo[f,, 681815284 pkg ~l;&==.3o, ,.4~L.==l~ • (~12) 782-8087
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622 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 some Conversation. BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Well, is that a fair summary of your testimony? MR. KLENK: A fair summary of your speculation, in your mind? BY MR. CLAYTON: Q. Well, what leads you to believe that it might have come up? A. Because at some point I knew when the but at And piece was going to air. I don't know when, some point I knew when it was going to air. know that it aired during a sweeps month. Q. Did Mr. Jacobson indicate during this conversation that this piece was one of exceptional o: unusual interest or appeal? believe it was the public? of exceptional or A. No. Q. Did you unusual appeal to A. I never looked at it that way. Q. Did you believe it was of exceptional or unusual interest to the public? A, I never looked at it that way~ either. Q. Have you ever become aware of anyone at pkg d~a, ff[[L~mt~ • (312) 782-8087
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623 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 IS 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 WBBM holding a news story for a sweeps period? A. I don't recall. Q. Dave you ever discussed with anyone at WBBM the holding of a piece or the delaying of a piece for sweeps period? A. Do. MR. CLAYTOn: We can go off the record for a moment. BY MR. Q. Exhibit answers (WHEREUPON, discussion was had off the record.) CLAYTON: I'd like to direct your attention to 28, Mr. Radutzky, which are interrogatory and other discovery responses provided by the defendants in this litigation. Directing your attention to page 31 at the top, the words in quotes "Tobacco industry hooks children...tonight at i0," which is represented to be the text of a promotional message, do you know who authored those words? A. No. Q. Directing your attention to page 3 of Exhibit 28, page 3 is a portion of a response which states that you examined -- cW°[fL, ~J~°~'$~'9 ~ ,=g~,~t~. ~,,. 6 8 1 81 5 2 8 6 pkg d~o, ~. • (~72~7e2808z
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i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 624 A. Where? Q. Page 3. -- is a portion of a response which states that you examined in connection with with the cigarette advertising Perspective the following documents. I'd like you to look at that list, and after you have read it, tell us if you recall any other documents which you reviewed in connection with the cigarette advertising Perspective, other than the documents which are included on that list. A. I don't recall any others. Q. With respect to the various United States Surgeon General reports on smoking, dated 1964 through 1980, do you recall what you were looking for when yo~ reviewed those materials? A. Some general data on how much people smoke what ages they start, what ages they stop if they do, what the ingredients are in cigarettes -- general information like that -- and a record of the various warnings about cigarettes as they have been compiled by the Surgeon General over the years. Q. Looking at pages 5 through 8, which list )ersons who you contacted in connection with the cigarette advertising Perspective, will you read
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625 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 that list and tell us if there are any persons you contacted in connection with the cigarette advertising Perspective who were not on that list? A. Not that I recall. Q. On page 6, fourth from the bottom is Mayor Jane Byrne's office. For what purpose did you contact them? A. Ask what role she had in that video hookup. Q. You did not discuss Viceroy or Brown & Williamson with A. Correct. Q. Supervisor for what purpose did the Mayor's office, I take it? of free cigarette distribution, you contact that person? A. I had contacted the person to ask them about the cigarette distribution, free cigarette distribution in the streets. Q. Again, Brown & Williamson was not discussed? A. Correct. Q. And Viceroy was not discussed? A. Correct. Q. Page 7, Milton Radutzky, what discuss with Milton Radutzky? A. Candy cigarettes. did you
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626 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. Milton Radutzky is your father, I take it? A. Correct. Q. What in particular did you discuss about candy cigarettes? A. I wanted to know what he knew about the connection, if any, between the makers of candy and gum cigarettes and the cigarette companies. Q. What did he tell you? A. Me didn't know. Q. Me didn't know anything ~bout it? A. Me didn't know for sure one way or the other what kind of connection there was, whether there was or wasn't one. Q. Brown & Williamson was not discussed? A. No. Q. Viceroy was not discussed? A. NO. Q. Norman Potash, who appears later on page 7, for what purpose did you contact him? A. Videotapes and sporting events for cigarettes were advertised in various Sports Illustrateds that he furnished me in his capacity as the sports producer. Q. Any other purpose? pkg • 681815289
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627 l 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 I0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A, No. Q. Peter Lund, what purposes? A. I gave -- giving him copies of the scripts. Q. For purposes of his review? A. Yes. Q. Any other purpose? A. NO, not that I recall. Q. Directing your attention to pages 36 and 37, which are a list of persons and sources who you contacted with regard to parts 1 and parts 2 of the cigarette series, as they are defined, would you examine that list and tell us if there is anyone else whom you contacted for those purposes other than the persons listed on that list? A. Not that I recall. Q. What was the purpose of talking to Senator Kennedy's office? A. I don't recall exactly; about issues relating to health warnings on cigarettes. O. Senator Alan Cranston's office, who is the next page? A. Cigarette-started fire legislation. O. David Gleber? A. Gelber is his name. on .cW,,[[,, 3 681815290 pkg ~.~e.,~o, ..~(,~,Lt. • (31g) 78£-8087
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628 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 iO Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. Gelber. What was that person? A. He was working at WBBM-TV at the time, he originally suggested or gave me the idea of a cigarette-started fire case. Q. Joseph Kolina? A. I had testified previously to that. Qo Fine. YOU have testified at length, Mr. Radutzky, your activities in connection with the regarding and cigarette Perspectives. Is there anything that you wish to add to complete the record as to your research, inquiry, fact-checking or other preparation for the cigarette advertising Perspective? A. No. Q. So, you have testified in the three sessions of the deposition so far completely as to everything that you recall doing in preparation for the cigarette advertising Perspective; is that correct? A. Correct. Q. You have also testified previously as to the basis for your belief that Brown & williamson had adopted the pot, wine, beer and sex strategy. pk g , e2.eo87 681815291
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629 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 Ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 Is there anything that you wish to add to your testimony regarding the basis of that belief? A. NO. MR. CLAYTON: I think we have no further questions at this time. As I believe we have stated previously, we would like to adjourn the deposition with the understanding that it may be reconvened in the event that further documents are produced by the defendants in this litigation. You may question the witness if you Mr. Klenk. MR. KLENK: I have no questions. We won't waive signature. FURTHER DEPONENT SAITH NOT. wish, pkg , 3,2 Te2a087 681815292
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630 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 iO II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT HORTBEEN DISTRICT OF IDSINOIS BASTERN DIVISION BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION, Plaintiff, -vs- No. 82 C 1648 WALTER JACOBSON and CBS, INC.,) ) Defendants. ) I hereby certify that I have read the foregoing transcript of my deposition given at the time and place aforesaid, consisting of Pages 1 to 629, inclusive, and I do again subscribe and make oath that the same is a true, correct and complete transcript of my deposition so given as aforesaid, and includes changes, if any, so made by me. MICHAEL RADUTZKY SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this day of ............... , A.D. 198 . Notary Public pkg d~.~o, J[f~,4a • C3~2)782-8oa7
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 ii ' 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF ILLINOIS ) ) SS: COUNTY OF C 0 O K ) I, PATRICIA K. GRAVES, a Notary Public within and for the County of Cook, State of Illinois, and a Certified Shorthand Reporter of said state, do hereby certify: That previous to the commencement of the examination of the witness, the witness was duly sworn to testify the whole truth concerning the matters herein; That the foregoing d~position transcript was reported stenographically by me, was thereafter reduced to typewritingunder my personal direction and constitutes a true record of the testimony given and the proceedings had; That the said deposition was taken before me at the time and place specified; That the reading and signing by the witness of the deposition transcript was agreed upon as stated herein; That I am not a relative or employee or attorney or counsel, nor a relative or employee of such attorney or counsel for any of the parties hereto, nor interested directly or indirectly in the pkg , ,2jT,2-,oaz 681815294
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i0 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 outcome of this action. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I do hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of office at Chicago, Illinois, this 1984 . C.S.R. 632 Notary Public, Cook County, Illinois. My commission expires 8/25/87. Certificate NO. 84-1864. pkg d~o, D~YL-~, • (3~2)7824o87

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