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The lawy«r» tak«cv«r of CTR was rtlativcly strai^htforv^rd but 

 it wasn't Zh% only i^wtential sourca of treublo. Tba cigarcttA 

 uutipAniea own reocarch laboratories vara aiso capacl9 of saXin^ 

 daanin? diacovArlas. 



The induotry knov th««o l«b« could VUldemin* thair position that 

 fttokirvg wasn't a Health bastard and aada • gentleaan's a^oeaant 



to resUfict internal biological rassarch. However tftls vus 

 incrcaeingly ignored by conpAnies terrified vC being left behind 

 in A conpetitlve »ar)(etplacc . 



Tb« Xnarican Tobacco Con^^ny nad tTuilt a new facility at Berauda 

 Hundred which had several aniaol rooss (including one for dogs) 

 as w«il ao an autop«y x^soB- Tiggett i Ayers bad sApdnded their 

 work with Artbur Little's life sciences division and BAT had 

 5U£;stantIally upgraded it:} facilities Ln England and oeritany. 



But the Bost laportant internal worX was being done in Wirv^ton, 

 Salfcffl where RJR had built a state of the art laboratory nicXjiamed 

 "the ]BOuse house". They bad also developed a pioneering machine 

 that forced anioals to breathe ssoke ei^ht hours a day. 



Dr Antony CoTucci was one of the uroject aanagera at the time and 

 be recalls om; particularly cxdting projoct that was startinq 

 to ahow judt how cao)u-ng cAu^ad eaphyteaa. Cvlucci's colleague 

 was Jo« Buagamar v&o say» "wc weren't guita there but it «faa 

 potentially great work". 



Tbft lawyers didn't »w« it that way. To thaa the labs were tlM 

 Ijoabs ticking away at the very heart or the Industry ajid they 

 decided to defu^A thea. 



panorasa has obtained a 1970 letter froa Oavid Soidy of Shook, 

 Hardy and B^con to dAT't US subsidiary which explains in detai] 

 why Che lawyers bad becoac co concerned about toe consaqviencas 

 of thio typa of r^a^arr-.h. 



he soya "In our opinion the affect of testiaony by enployeas or 

 docuaentary evidenra (roi tht tiles of either BAT or E4H which 

 fteea to acXnowled^w or tacitly adait that cigarett^A cause cancar 

 VI other disaaec would likely to be fatal to the defence of 

 either or both coopanias in a bnoking and health ctse". 



He goes on to say "It could «ven b« the Lm^Is for an aaaassaant 

 of punitive daaages If it were d«ened a rackless disregard for 

 the bealth of a aaokar". 



This is one of the nv«t inportant docuaants ever extracted froa 

 the tobacco industry. It apells out thalr real agenda. The 

 lawyers w<^ra more worried ^bvuc prot«ct-i.nf t.h« iDdustry than 



