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Operation Berkshire

by Michael Tacelosky

03 Dec 1976 Operation Berkshire proposed to major tobacco companies
Pre-meeting discussed, meeting proposed.
Mar 1977 Position Paper of the Cigarette Industry
Translated from German. Not sure if this was presented at Op. Berkshire.
21 Apr 1977 Helmut Wakeman Deleted from Partipipant List
25 Apr 1977 Combined BAT/PM Position Paper
Presented at Operation Berkshire (handwritten marginalia)
28 Apr 1977 PM Position Paper Circulated for discussion at Op. Berkshire Meeting
stresses need for confidentiality and security, to avoid falling into the wrong hands.
30 May 1977 Meeting Agenda Proposed
Determine areas of co-operation, research into benefits of smoking, promote social acceptability via "Smoker Reassurance"
08 Jun 1977 Brief notes on minutes of meeting
includes descriptions of people, overview of presenations.
17 Jun 1977 Working papers distributed internally at PM
17 Jun 1977 (est.) Position Paper
This is probably the position paper referred to in various memos involving Operation Berkshire.
17 Jun 1977 (est.) Working Party on the Social Acceptability of Smoking Issue
Background, Objectives, and Procedures
17 Jun 1977 (est.) Suggested Terms of Reference for Working Party on Smoking Behaviour
17 Jun 1977 (est.) Working Party on Medical Research
30 Jun 1977 Smoking Behavior Working Party Meeting Proposal: 9/1-3
Letter detailing specifics about meeting times and location. Use this to research by date (19970901-19970904) and location (Chelwood Vachery)
26 Jul 1977 Agenda of Working Party on Soc. Acceptability of Smoking, NYC
19770727/D Details, Intl. Soc. Accept. meeting(NYC), 69 pages
12 Aug 1977 Letter Detailing Smoking/Disease Differences bet. tobacco companies
Discusses the near-deadlock in the beginning of the meeting, since the British companies acknowledged that cigarette smoking was related to diseases, a position the others denied. Discussed rephrasing a key paragraph.
26 Aug 1977 Meeting Minutes, Medical Research Working Group
03 Sep 1977 (est.) Draft Report: Smoking Behavior Working Group (5-pages)
08 Sep 1977 First Report -- Working Group on Medical Research
6 pages