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December 20, 1982
Dr. L. C. F. Blackman
Westminster House
7 Millbank
London SWlP ME
Dear Lionel:
Your recent letter describing the organizational changes taking
place in GR & DC has prompted Pat Dunn and me to think about the
consequences of Geoff Felton's forthcoming retirement. We have found
his round robin letters very useful over the past years and certainly
hope that they can be continued in a similar style. The short critiques
of each article are most useful and we frequently use them to keep
certain members of our Senior Management informed.
We agree completely with you that it will be impossible to find
a direct replacement for Geoff. We were, therefore, very pleased to
learn that he will continue as a part-time consultant, thus ensuring
that his years of experience and his encyclopedic memory will not be
lost to BAT.
In the past, we have found Geoff's visits to Canada very useful
in giving us firsthand information about Smoking and Health activities
in other countries and also his critiques of the research projects
supported in Canada by the CTKC. It is a few years since Geoff has
been to Canada and we are wondering if it would be possible for him
to visit us sometime before his retirement in June. In addition to
updating us on Smoking and Health activities we think he should visit
*11 the CTMC grantees. Our system of selecting projects in undergoing
change and will in future be handled by an independent committee of
external scientists rather than by the Technical Committee of the -CTMC.
Consequently, to allow the new system to come into effect, all present
recipients are having their grants automatically extended until June$,
1983. They will be invited to -submit new applications to the new
independent committee during the early part of next year. 'It is very
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possible that this committee will not see fit to renew all present
grants and nay give grants to now applicants. If they can keep to
schedule, the comittee plans to advise all applicants by May 15th.
of decisions regarding their proposals. The ideal timing for Geoff's
visit therefore night be between May 15 th. and June 30th., but we
appreciate there could be other commitments and this suggestion may
not be practical.
We hope you will agree to our proposal that Geoff visit us and
we will look forward to hearing from you.
With best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Yours sincerely
R. S. Wad*
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