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DJVI/JP/I 7th March, 1978
R.M. Gibb, Esq.,
Imperial Tchacco Limited,
P.O. Box 6-1'00,
Montreal, -73C 3L6,
CANADA.
Dear Bob,
Total Product Desicn.
You will rejacaLber that we discussed this project
durinq the
research a!--dit, and we told you that t-he next
sttcp would bf.; to
introduce zhe technique into one or more
"lue-cured mE=rkets.
Since then the report (RD.1561) has been
distributed, E-ind the
M.P.D.C. has suggest-ed Inperial Tobacco Limited,
Canada, along
with three other companies, where steps should be
taken to
introduce the technique for wider assessment.
At the M.P.D.C. reeting it was accepted that
transfer of the
technique to an oneratinq company could not be
accom.'0113hed
merely by forwarding the appro-,riate computer
procrar-.:--, buz -v;ould
necessitate inutual exchange of visits betu-een
leai blendcrs ane
those ;-.,it~ the necessary computational skills.
Last ueek we had a joint rneeting between R. & D.
people,
Terry Servant (M. S.D.) and Bob Lowe to get our
thoughts strai","it
concerninc the nechanism for transferrincr the
technic-ue to tne
co.-inpanies suggested by the M.P.D.C. The purpose
of zhis latter
is to lct You know our tentative proposals in
relatic-.. to Canaca.
It seemed to us that the first step might well he
a short
visit by --dy Sdhaff'er to the U.K. for
discussiors i-Ath curselves
and Bob L---wa. The two exercises descrih,--u in
R0.1561 gavo us
practical experience of matters such as specifying
the quality of
the blend and achieving target smoke deliveries
which are bect
conveyed !:,r personal discussion. "..'a could
also oxchr-n5e r',.cught3
on various alternative ways in which tl-,Le
procedure can. be ~Scc-:
in a corcex-cial operation.
The second step which we proposed irould be a
visit to Montreal
by someone from here (who might be Geoff Hook-)
tcaether with
someone irom M.S.D. (possibly Terry Servant).
Alongside the
ap-rcpriat-a personnel chosen by yourselves they
rculC. sat up the
nccessary data on your computer; run some trial
hlenas "by -vcw,, of
illustration of the technique, and agree a
prograzm-e of -'Ln--conrany
testing. The duration of this visit would
prc-bably be betweea
one and t-jo weeks.
Fur-6---er visits night well be necessary,
depending on the
Lr
progrnos c-'r the in-company tests. 1.1c, feel
that the tranuftr oz
the tociln-'atia- should not be regarded as
ccrplete until it ha.;
rasulted la a potentially mar'.-etabla prc~juct.
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I would very much appreciate your reaction to
Ciese proposals.
Just in ca5e the subject comes up for discussion
at the R. a D.
Conforence, I am addressing a copy of this letter
to you in Sydney.
With best wisbes,
Yours sincerely,
D.J. WOOD
C.C. R. & D. Department, Millbank
Dr. C.1. Ayres, Sydney
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