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FILE NAME: Kent (KNT) DATE: 1952 June 6 DOC#: KNT004 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from P. Lorilland Co. to Federal Trade Commission Barry Castleman's Kent File CD-ROM Document # Kent L Type of Document DATE Undated=0 published report from peer-reviewed journal published article from trade publication published article from newspaper proceedings from annual meeting published abstract from conference unpublished report unpublished presentation meeting agenda minutes report ^ letter memo government report standard government warning information industry warning information legal___________________________ C A 81_r A U O R E S S "L O R IL .L A A D " 'NC0O'|0 '-- Toba cco-Cicarettes-Cigars 4 0 -9 ^ . iQs Q/<^./<$,3V<3/. fane 6, 1952 lolf 1. Kielland, Attorney In Charge lev York yield Offloe federal Trade Caaelaelao lew York 6, Sew York Your file go. SA-I258 Deer Nr. Kielland: This is to acknowledge your letter of April 30th requesting certain information about o w SBfT Curettes. 1. Our KBIT Cigarette is a now brand of filter-tip cigarette, the narketlag of which was begun early in March, 1952. As a new brand, the voltaae of sales is quite mall and less then % of our total sales are attributable to KBR Cl^ptmttes. Practically all of these aalea were in interstate ouasaarce . ttern are attached ooyles of ten Invoices of out-of-tats shlpasnts. 2. B O K Clarettas are sold to wholesalers and .Jobbers who in turn sail to retellers. The territories In which they were originally sold were Bew York, 5. Y., Chicago, 111., end Los Anguine, Calif. Neoently, sales have been aade in other sections of the country. 3. EKWT Cigarettes nr* Manufactured at our factory In Jarsoy City, ff.J. A. Staples of recent EHfP advertising a m attached hereto. The madia used m m newspapers and point-of-sale. 5 . Vs a m sanding to you under separate cover a carton of ES3TT Cla rettea. 6. and 7. These questions ask for "full information, including what ever scientific Material is available, an the devolopnant of the 'Micronite' filter and filter notarial," and also for "copies of patent applications. ' This Information is of a hlf$ily confidential nature and constltutea  . Rolf I. El*Hud -2 JUa 6, 1952 rnlotbl tanto morete. 1b> furnishing of this isfcnmtioi crai! greatly tendleap the tomlopwat of the trend and night tern aoat *t *"b efftots on ths pending patent eppUoatlaas. Under these olumastanee, v respeotfttlly aufanlt that this vittadrero. Infornatimi rfnralrt be regarded as secret and ocufltontlal Infornatine of the Coapeny, end that the questions should be 3. tb lnforaetlon requested la question 3 Is being assaabled end vili be supplied later. 9. A oleen, ehite sheet of paper should be used. Regretting that the clrouastanoes oospel us to decline to answer questions 6 end 7, end trusting that tbs other lnforaetlon Is satisfactory, Tours very truly, Tloe President