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8825 BATMAN BN
BAHRAIN
13 TH NOV 86
SNP 5951
VERY URGENT - FOP MARTIN VANIT ZELFDE,
iF' CC MAC ATTWELL.
CC GORDON ~ANKINS
BARCLAY KUWAIT
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I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT WHITE STORES HAVE JUST
RECEIVED A LETTER
FROM THE MINISTPY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
CONFIPMING THAT THE
RESULTS OF THE LABOPATOPY TEST CARRIED OUT FOP
CONSUMER PPOTECTION
INDICATES THAT THE TAR CONTENT OF BARCLAY 15
HIGHEP THAN STATED ON
THE PACK AND THAT THEY ARE MISLEADING CONSUMERS.
THEY ADVISE THE
NECESSITY OF ABIDING BY THE LAW BY STATING CORRECT
TAR AND NICOTINE
FIGURES WHETHEP THE PERFORATIONS ON THE FILTER ARE
OPENED OR CLOSED.
THEY REQUEST WHITE STORES TO ADVISE CUSTOMS ON THE
ARRIVAL OF THE
NEXT CONSIGNMENT AND THEY WILL SEND A DELEGATE TO
TAKE SAMPLES.
PMI COULD BE BEHIND THIS AND WITH THEIR POWER IN
THE KUWAIT MEDIA
AN ARTICLE COLq-:) WELL BE PUBLISHED.
NATURALLY WHITE STORES WISH TO PESPCND TO THIS
LETTER AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE AND OBTAIN A GRACE PERIOD TO ALLOW
SHIPMENTS IN TRANSIT
INTO KUWAIT. THEY ALSO REQUEST URGENTLY BWIT TO
RESPOND WITH
TECH~IICAL ADVICE AND PREFERABLY A BwIT TECHNICAL
ADVISOR TO MEET
THE MINISTRY IN KUWAIT.
I WILL FAX THE TRANSLATION OF THE ACTUAL LETTER
SHORTLY.
REGARDS
NIGEL WARD-.-.+
8825 BATMAN BN
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BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 2
November 1999