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Mr. Synar. What option did you take? 



Mr. DeNoble. Well, originally we took the option of staying with 

 the company. We figured times were tough in the 1980's, and jobs 

 were very difficult to come by, so we said, we'll stay with the com- 

 pany. And we were then informed that if we did do that, that sig- 

 nificant reductions in salary, as well as positions — there was even 

 discussions of, well, you may in fact have to go sweep the floor 

 somewhere, if we stayed with the company. 



So it was clear that they didn't want us to be there. So the sec- 

 ond option we both elected was to continue on salary until we lo- 

 cated new positions. 



Mr. Synar. So, ultimately, what happened? 



Mr. DeNoble. Ultimately, we both found new jobs. 



Mr. Synar. OK. When you left Philip Morris, were you free to 

 talk about your work, or were you covered by a secrecy agreement? 



Mr. DeNoble. I think we were — we were still covered by that 

 agreement, so we kept it pretty low profile at the time. At least we 

 thought it was low profile. We were pretty upset about this, so we 

 didn't talk about it very freely. 



Mr. Synar. Let's move this story on beyond that. It didn't end 

 after you left Philip Morris. In 1985 and 1986, you both made var- 

 ious efforts to publish and present some of your work. And I'm told, 

 for instance, and we have a letter and an article to this effect, you 

 sent the Journal in December of 1985. That letter, I think, is Ex- 

 hibit 13. I'd ask unanimous consent that it be made part of the 

 record. 



Mr. Waxman. Without objection, that will be 



Mr. Synar. And the article is Exhibit Number 14. 



Mr. Waxman. And the same for that. 



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[Exhibits 13 and 14 follow:] 



