TOBACCO ADVISORY COUNCIL
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r. R.R. Boxall,
Gallaher Ltd.,
65 Kingsway,
London WC2B 6TG
Dear Dick,
I.S.C.
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30 th :Zovember,...1984
I have not yet acted on your letter of 21st
November because I have
been hoping for a letter from Dr. Froggatt, but
this has not yet arrived.
Thank you for forwarding the opinion of Chris
Fielden which is
certainly important and I will circulate it to
other R & D Directors.
In the meantime, and as one who was concerned with
the drafting of
paragraph 8 of the Product Modification and
Research Agreement, I
believe that what the industry was seeking was
some understanding with
the Government and with the I.S.C. that research
conforming with the
objectives of the Trust was going to be possible,
and that further funds
would be needed from the industry in addition to
the E3 million provided
under the orevious voluntary agreement. The
sentence concerning the rate
of further contribution was designed to limit the
industry's obligations
until the industry was satisfied that most of the
previous fund had been
spent usefully.
TAC must assure the I.S.C. that it does not wish
to control the
research, but I would have thought that the
independence of the I.S.C.
and the work of the Trust would not have been at
all prejudiced by the
need for some assessment by the Trustees of
progress.
With regard to the meaning of "the uncommitted sum
available" I
hv,:.e that thf;-s czr be interpretsd to mepn B
minimim bArl, hAlanr- at !-1-
beginning of each quarter.
Yours sincerely,
H.B. Grice
c.c. Dr. L.C.F. Blackman - BAT 00
Dr. 3. Gaisch - PM
Mr. W.C. Owen - ITL
Dr. R.W.J. Williams - Rothmans
BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 29
October 1999