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J^cfjln Chen told hla if he pu^lishod he veuld "never get 4noth«r 

 pcjvny froB CTR". Xft«r micb wrunqlip^ thay finally consented to 

 publication providing Ch« word "c<LncHr" «&« cliainated aivd 

 r«pluc«U with *p»«u4o eDithelial hypcrplA«is" (pr^-c^nceroos 

 cello). Hoaburger initially acc<»pted tftis distortion but cftangtd 

 th« t«rt bacJc just before piiblication. 



CTR was norrlfl«d wltJi his report and despatched their chief 

 presti officer, Leonard 2a}iB, to undermine Honbiir^er ' s 

 prccentation. Panorana ha« obtained iahn'S confidential 

 nemorandua on the ev«nt5 of that day. 



2ahn Eaya 'X had expressed fp^rs several veeXs a^ as to what 

 Honbur^r ai^ht try to do with his sch«duled paper... He wa« to 

 have a r>«w8 release with hia and wac to tell tJia press that thP 

 tobacco industry was attempting to suppress iaportant scientific 

 inlorBation about U>e hax-«ful effeot^ of sacking. He wa3 to point 

 specifically to CTR*. 



zahn explained how tut intended to rubbish uombuxgcr and defalk 

 CTR at the preos oonfereACd but, in the evsnt, it wa«Q't 

 necessary. Zain san^ged to get the conferenc« c^nwelled without 

 UoAburger Icnoviog. He end^ his aeao by saying "I doubt if you or 

 Tea will w<int to retain thi« note". 



The story, however, doesn't end there. Hcaburgor, having failed 

 to get any publicity for hi» discovery, contacted frofessor 

 Dontenwm and arranged for hia to rej^at his allegedly 

 "naveriw:)^" testa using the acre cucoeptible Golden Syrian 

 b^astera. Unfortunately Oontenwin never got th« chance. The 

 tobacco industry cancelled hi« funding, cloead down hio 

 laboratory in Haaburg and paid hia tSO,000 for hie silence. 



P*rhap« tAd Bost revealing docuoent of all about CTR was written 

 as late as 1980. The vice -Preci dent of R&D at Philip Morris 

 wrote to hia countarp«rC »t. Lorlllard dlscussinq possible 

 projert* tor joint industry resterch. He also lasted the 

 subjects to be avoided. Incredibly thay included developing »nev 

 teat9 for carcinogenity* and atteepting to "relate husan diwwase 

 to »jtioking". 



CTR, as the industry never tired of r&aln<llng the public, had 

 spent over $100 Billion supposedly inveatigating the linke 

 b«tw««n snoXing and health. The reality was tbe industry had 

 deliberately wasted $100 eiiiion creating the illusion it was 

 doing soaetMng. No CTR funded research was goiivg to be allowed 

 to underaine the industry's legal position. 



