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As ftsoth«r Indleatloe of hov ••rious tht probl«a li, th« erflclals 

 (ttted that lalesaca la th« industry u-« fruiticsJIy idu-Md and that th« 

 dtelln* in tobacco stocks oo tht stock txchan^s larkat has csus«d grave 

 cooccra, especially siace tobacco •amlAgs vlll be auch hifher next ytr 

 because of the ter*inatioa of excess profits taxes. 



Are «e primarily concerned vlth ci|arette» 

 rather than all tobacco? 



There can be no doubt but that the problea Is cifarettes and the 

 task is to get out iufomatlon concerning cigarettes. The attacks have 

 all been agalDSt cigarettes. Of course, it is true that the attacks nov 

 ■tde on cigarettes vlll eventually be nade against all tobacco if not 

 stopped, and it is also true th*t anything done la favor of cigarettes 

 vill be favorable to all tobacco. 



Another reason vhy the emphaais should be on cigarettes is that 

 there are existing trade associations in the cigar and tobacco field. 

 They are all jealous of their prerogatives and if ve stick to cigarettes 

 ve vill avoid all such ccspllcatlons . 



n. Other Inforaatlon 



The current plans are for Rill and Knowltoe to serve u the 



operating agtncy of the coapanJes, hiring all the staff and disbursing 

 all funds. The chairaan vlll probably be Mr, Ba^Ji or the head of one 

 of the other coapanlcs resident In Kev Tork. There vlll be a strong 

 subccBimittee of chief executives, all resident in Kev Tork. 



Tony loss, counsel for Axerlcan Tobacco Coapaayi hu tlaost 

 coapleted a "vhite paper* on the scientific facts Involved in the health 

 issue which he vlll sake available to us for use or Indnsloa in soBethlag 

 we will want to distribute to all the press, asgaslaas, etc. 



It waj arranged for Bill and Koovlton to interview the scientific 

 directors of all the leading coapaaies. Three interviews are being held 

 today, Ceceeber 15, st 12i30, 2:30 and 4 p. a. respectively. Another vlU 

 be held oo VedMSday. 



Following coapletion of the scientific interviews we vlll inter* 

 view Tonay Boss, Ben Sonenberg (counsel for Philip Morris), and Sidney 

 J. Vayne Associates (counsel for Lorillard), 



It vas also suggested that ve night vant to interview the adver» 

 tlsing people, although the coapany presidents indicated that the adver- 

 tising agencies did not have a great deal of naterial bearing upon the 

 controversy. They thought it eost important for us to see the scientific 

 directors and the public relations people nentioned. 



