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Mr. DeNoble. This paper was reviewed by my immediate man- 

 agement. I think it was Jim Charles at the time, although it might 

 have been Dr. Dunn. I don't remember exactly when we changed. 

 It was reviewed by them, then sent to the director of research, Dr. 

 Osdene. From there it gets kind of fuzzy, I don't know where it 

 goes. But it comes back about 2 weeks later with a yes or a no. 



Mr. Wyden. Approval was given to submit it to this 

 Psychopharmacology Journal? 



Mr. DeNoble. To Psychopharmacology, as well as to the Amer- 

 ican Psychological Association meeting in Anaheim, coming up in 

 1983. 



Mr. Wyden. All right. Let me ask you, if I might, about some 

 later events at Philip Morris. You were promoted in 1983? 



Mr. DeNoble. Yes, I was. 



Mr. Wyden. And your supervisors evaluated your performance 

 and gave you favorable marks over all? 



Mr. DeNoble. Yes. We were given evaluations each year that we 

 were there. 



Mr. Wyden. Did you get raises? 



Mr. DeNoble. Yes, we did, every year that we were there. 



Mr. Wyden. How about your associate. Dr. Mele? 



Mr. Mele. Yes, the same thing. 



Mr. Wyden. All right. Now, we're also interested in some devel- 

 opments in mid- 1983, where you and some researchers flew from 

 Richmond, Va. to New York City, to brief the senior management 

 on your work. Can you walk us through what happened in some 

 of those key events that started back in Richmond? 



Mr. DeNoble. Sure. We were notified by our senior management 

 that we were going to be going to New York corporate headquarters 

 to give a presentation on the activities of the behavioral pharmacol- 

 ogy laboratory. We were taken to the airport, put on a company jet, 

 flown up to New York, and one of the PM-1 limousines met us and 

 took us over to the corporate headquarters. 



At that point, we gave a presentation to several members of New 

 York corporate staff, entertained questions, had lunch in corporate 

 executive dining room, and then were flown back that evening on 

 the company jet. 



Mr. Wyden. What kind of questions were you asked at the New 

 York briefing? 



Mr. DeNoble. I was only asked one question. 



Mr. Wyden. What was that? 



Mr. DeNoble. I can't quote it but I'll paraphrase it. It's basically, 

 "Why should I risk a billion dollar industry on rats pressing a lever 

 to get nicotine?" 



Mr. Wyden. And this was a Philip Morris executive that asked 

 you that question? 



Mr. DeNoble. Yes. 



Mr. Waxman. Could the gentleman yield to me? 



Mr. Wyden. I'd be happy to. 



Mr. Waxman. Could you tell us who was at this meeting? 



Mr. DeNoble. I've been wracking my brain and I can't. There is 

 only one individual that I can remember who was there and that 

 was a lady named Carolyn Levy, Dr. Levy. 



Mr. Waxman. Were these top management people? 



