RPD/P,
PPTVATP & CUTTULTIAT.
T'.C.Wood Esq*t
P.O.Box 95001
MONTRFAL 309
Canada.
My dear Up
5 th Uctcber, 1959.
I am writing to you personally on this matter
of tobacco filters, which as you know is still
under
maximum security protection.
As you also ki,ows Brown & Williamson will
probably come out with their version in Januarye
We think it would be a very good idea if ~ou
could produce your basically Virginia version at
about
the same time*
One or other of the ruropean Companies cay
possibly come out with an aromatic version before
the end
of this year, but if this does happen it will not
be far
enough in advance of your date to enable any
competitor
to start from scratch and get in ahead of )ouo We
vill
see that you are kept informed of any proeress of
ary
brand of this sortg and the public reaction
theretoo
You are of course free to apply any rame )nu
choose to the cigarette; it now appears that
14ASCUT,
which did not commend itself to your peoples, will
probably
not be adopted widely elsewhere so you can forget
about
that* You are quite free to experiment with
manufacture
when you feel it necessaryl bearing in mind the
security
angloo
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r.C.Wood. Lam.
5 th October. lc45c),
I am arrar-Cing to have you sent a selection
of samples to which the key is attached hereto,
The
sampl'es rovide a variation of tip on two
varieties of
No.9
whil. which Is a fairly cheap Virginia t and
Nro!932. KM,
o ch is somewhat more expensive. We t 7ou
Vill be partLoularly interes ted in NoeSr tip or
NO*832 rod,
N0.839 being composed of heavy Eastern types of
Virginia
tobaccos.
Desmond Robson will of course fill In an the
details when he sees you.
We have not yet come up with a enerall
accepted code name for the type of Up* T99 word
Ywebil
is being registered for this purposel either
"altofil"
or "autofil" find favour with some o us as more
descriptive andp as regards altofill
comprehensible in
'Europe even thoiigh "high filtration" might
beunderstood
rather than nall-tobacco filter"* Any further
bright
ideas will be gratefully received here*
We will keep you informed of any progress in
our thinking.
With kindest regards,
lours sincerely,
(Sed:) R.P.Dobson.
c.c. Mr. Boddee
Mr. Hobsonip" (11.oooo)
Mro Wilkie* I
C~
CIO
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