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TO: C If STEWART LOCKHART ESQ 1
E A A BRUELL ESO (for Marketing Dept 2
R i PRITCHARD ESQ [for Production Depf-) 3
P J N ROBERTS ESO p.H.G. 25
I B D BLUETT ESQ/R F GILDERDALE ESQ 2 5FEB 1981 4
M W MARJORAM ESQ/H G VERKERK ESQ
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REPORT 110 RD 1780-C RESTRIC7 ED
INDEPENDENT FILTER TECIINOLOC~
REQUIRED FOR "TRUE"
BAT's rights to the non-US cigarette business
interests of
Lorillard included access to the brand name and
patents of
"TRUE" but not to the manufacture technology.
Appropriate technology for the manufacture of the
extru(led
zoiyethylene filter mouthpiece has now been
developed arid is
a-.railable to Associates who may wish to develop
and subsequently
market a "TRUE" cigarette.
Prior to the issue of this Report, extruded
mouth[Acce ro-ds,
and the basic technical infornation have been
passe,1 to R&W,
,irgentina and Mexico.
GF&DC took on this work at the direct request ol
111illbank
Product Development Committee, and its comm,~rcial
L,~:e now
rests with the Territorial Directors and
Co-ordinators.
S "-, IV 4~-
2 L C F BLACKMAN
23 February 1981
C C A L Heard Esq
N E Willis Esq
D E Conway Esq
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November 1999