Event
Plaza Hotel meetings of December 1953
Meetings in New York where the heads of the cigarette makers settled on a joint response to the lung cancer studies of the early 1950s, with Hill & Knowlton.
- Dates
- 14–28 Dec 1953
- Place
- New York City
Connections 9
interventions
- Hill & Knowlton Dec 1953 public relations counsel Primary record 1
involved
- American Tobacco Company Primary record 1
- Philip Morris USA Primary record 1
- R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Primary record 1
- Brown & Williamson Primary record 1
- Lorillard Tobacco Company Primary record 1
- Paul M. Hahn sent the invitations Primary record 1
led to
- Tobacco Industry Research Committee Primary record 1
located in
- The Plaza Hotel Primary record 1
Timeline 2 dates
- Dec 1953 Hill & Knowlton intervened in Plaza Hotel meetings of December 1953
- 14–28 Dec 1953 Plaza Hotel meetings of December 1953
Proof 1 source
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United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc., 449 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2006), Final Opinion (Judge Gladys Kessler), U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (text via govinfo.gov), 17 Aug 2006.
Primary record
Hill & Knowlton played a major role in creating, refining, and implementing the strategies adopted by the participants at the December meetings.
Executives from every tobacco company listed above, with the exception of Liggett, met in New York City at the Plaza Hotel on December 14, 1953.
another meeting was held at the Plaza Hotel and was attended by Paul Hahn of American; Edward Darr of Reynolds; Herbert A. Kent, Chairman of Lorillard; Timothy Hartnett of B&W; O. Parker McComas of Philip Morris;
In December 1953, Paul M. Hahn, President of Defendant American, sent telegrams
The attendees agreed on Tobacco Industry Research Committee (“TIRC”) as the official name of the research committee;
met in New York City at the Plaza Hotel on December 14, 1953.
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