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4 Larch 1980
Note for Panorama File
I a telephone conversation be-ween Yr 7 Long and
1 :r Ste-;art Lockhart at 5.00 pm on Mondav 3
March he
repo-1-ted on the interview with PancramZ as
follows:
1. Peter Taylor's questioning vras sharp and to
the
poi=-., but not aggressive.
2. The interview sess4on lasted about an hour with
half
am to--- of filraing. The BBC imd4cated that onlr
a
s=?-!! part of the film materiz! (five minutes)
-s-ould eventually be screened.
3. The =aiz thrust of the questic-~-ng I-as on:
i The WHO approach to re-z-zriction in tobacco
growing in the third Torld.
~'ic The basic questions on =oking hazards.
Uii) Advertising and Market----,-.
TT_ ha-~ stuck to t~,e standard answers on (ii)
and felt
h a va sable to deal with the c-::her questions in
a
satisfactory =anner. He had been well briefed.
_'Iezre were severa' supplementar4es. -'-,-,B had
interrupted
cm---r once.
=c;-_-zd tape of the interview has been made and
!,-. is
bri--g-ing a Copy with him.
t-
i7 said that he felt that we had done the right
thing
by offering facilities and an inter-iew to
Panor2ma. It
!:ad - "e nhasise that there is
.,-. = us the opportunit7 tc e=_
another side to the tobacco story. Indeed Taylor
himself
said tl-,-a-- he could not ignore thee_-onomic
impact of the
tobacco --;=dustry in Brazil and tha-. this would
be dereloped
ia -zhe prcgramme.
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Finally, Mr Long said that the Pancrama team had
restated the main points they %vant to
4.:Yestigate in an
interview with BAT in London. These were:
(i) BAT's investment policy in third vorld
countries.
(ii) The T.710 approach on restrictioas to tobacco
growing in the third vorld.
(iii) Sponsorships.
(,-;v) The scientific evidence on Smok-~=,-- and
Health.
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November 1999