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BRITISH-ALMERIC-AN TOBACCO COMP_A_N7Y LIMITED
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To L.O. Ely FRO, .J. mos~yn
'JJM/G7 -rz -30th April 1982
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Pef'er~ Tzylor
1'.1 eter'Taylor
me at-approx 3.00 pm-today Friday_ 30th
a:d-,Ty name had-been givtp to h "
2 s I I'm by I 'hab~ me~:- som,~_ -two
man
._:~yeArs ago-at -,he screen'inc of one Of
'Falkman's industrial Ms.
This man. is PT's, and Beriard Falk's agent..
3. P.7~s.zatdd -tAa% he ;had ta,<en I-e-ave of
-atiL-nce from"Panorame~ i-h Drb&
-to ~wr.-.'-t.e -z, on ~thv tobaccc i ndiistry
concentrati n~ on the dilenna
fac_~q_q-the irdL:stry (he mentionet the legal
probl(inis and lo- tar
C,~garettes,' anc - governments. (exci se and
elp.1 oym-ent vs heel t~)
4. He wanted ttite -book ~tc,.- be 'fair and
balanced' and thus wan-,e,-' to hear
and state the Industry's views.
5. He stated that he was th,erefore cortacting BA7
and other to~adco
companies tc see if- they would be interested in
talking to ~im -
~'told PT tha-: a~s far.~as SAT was concerned that
wo .uld haVE ZO be
decided at a h gner level
6. 2T stated "tha-, he was le:,vi.no7for the USA
on Tuesday, 4th May in
order.to.fix up the arrangements wtt~`his US
putI*i shi6r.. 7hi- publisher
.in the UK will be The Bodley Head. He will be
returniwnc on Nth
May.
7. 1 .~t6ld.hjm thaT'l hoped we-woold' have ~a
deci.si6h 6~ that t,;me and
-that he should telephone me upor:~vi`s return. He
gave me hi s hiome
telepbone.numner which is 049,166.562.
He.t-hep.asked if.we had i c;m'pahy-- borninic! e~
u_ ~ I -,'c_.~ 'I" said
8 d. in e an.*
..we'did'not_ He then`-&sked~if Philip Korris had
interests there and
Z. ..I-stated that_T thought I:hey:.h
.d
s secr_~ tar y
9.. t your request I cadvi seb Adrew Whi~'t (he
was away
today) of all the above at approx 3.30 pm today.
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BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 11
November 1999