BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED
    Millbank
    TO DR. D. G. FELTON, FROM W. B. FORDYCE.
    R. & D.E.,
    SOUTHAMPTON.
    REF WBF/BGM DATE 9th May 4 28yelOpment~
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    ~ ~ MY 1966
    ANNUAL EXAMINATION OF U. K
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    Thank you for your letter of the 2 5th April  have
    informed Mr. Wickes that R. & D.E. will be repre'sM.6d-'by....'
    Mr. N. Foster.
    To clarify the situation a little, I should mention that
    there are a number of notes on this subject which you have not
    seen, and which, because they were merely circulated round
    the Product Development Team, I was unable to send on to you.
    Mr. Wickes, in fact, circulated a short note asking for people's
    views on the proposed project and it was in reply to this note
    that my reference to Mr. Day's comment arose. Mr. Day had
    made the point that the original objective of the examination
    was to take a "consumer's eye-view" of currect packs and
    packagings, and he was anxious lest the working party become
    so technical that they might examine the packs from a manufacturing
    rather than from a consumer's point of view. Mr. Gilliam had
    suggested Leaf Department be represented so that due regard
    would be paid to technical aspects of the packs and I thought
    it wise to have R. & D.E. represented as well. In doing so
    I considered that there might be some possibility that the panel
    would indeed become too technical in its approach, and for this
    reason I agreed with Mr. Day's remark.
    With regard to your second query, the minute to which
    you refer is not incomplete, but very probably appeared to be
    since it merely referred to Mr. Wickes' circular on this subject.
    I hope this makes the matter a little more comprehensible.
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    BATC.o document for Legal Services : Health Canada 20 October 1999