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L.~.F. Black.. Esq.
7 Millbank
London SWIP ME, England
Dear Lionel:
Imperial Tobacco Limited /LilylitCe
January 12, 1982
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Regarding your inquiry about BAT involvement in
CORESTA, we are
not too well informed. The last time this subject
was discussed, at a
Group R&D Conference some years ago,
thetadvic;ffromtthe "Centre" was
that the Centre would represent BAT and hat a ilia
es ought not to
become members. The Centre would represent and
communicate. We do not
attend CORESTA conferences (unless held in North
America), so we have
nothing much to go on, other than reports by
people such as
Henry Horsewell.
Perhaps if we knew more detail about the working
activities of
CORESTA and the extent of GR&DC involvement and
working effort, we could
better answer your letter, but in principle we
share your concern over
the expense and diversion of GROC effort implied
by representation on
the Scientific Commission.
Regarding the value of CORESTA, its role as an
industry voice in
the establishment of analytical methods and
physical test procedures does
appear to be worthy of support. For example, we
are currently finding
our newly established line of communication with
Wintermans to be of
value, due to Wintermans' involvement in cigar
testing methodology. A
current Canadian issue is whether the Canadian
cigarette smoke testing
regime or an "international" cigar testing regime
will be adopted for
small cigars.
I notice your letter was addressed to me but
starts "Dear Siqueira,"
and I assume yours is a round robin letter, and
Siqueira has in fact
received a copy.
With kind regards.
Yours sincerely,
Gibb
CO
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BATCo document for Province of BritiSh Columbia 10
November 1999