['-4-', 'Machines.', 'As', 'yet', 'he', 'had', 'not', 'received', 'the', 'order,', 'and', 'I', 'have', 'confirméd', 'in', 'writing', 'to', 'him.', 'The', 'cost,', 'provided', 'the', 'order', 'comes', 'in', 'before', 'the', 'year', 'end,', 'will', 'be', 'unchanged.', 'It', 'is', 'anticipated', 'that', 'delivery', 'will', 'take', 'five', 'months', '(end', 'of', 'April', '1974).', 'My', 'most', 'interesting', 'meeting', 'was', 'that', 'at', 'ITG', 'Limited', 'in', 'Bristol.', 'I', 'had', 'a', 'discussion', 'with', 'Dr.', 'Bentley', 'and', 'he', 'assured', 'me', 'that', 'he', 'was', 'very', 'pleased', 'with', 'the', 'results', 'of', 'our', 'Bermuda', 'meeting.', 'He', 'hoped', 'that', 'we', 'should', 'have', 'another', 'meeting', 'and', 'he', 'stated', 'that', 'he', 'was', 'preparing', 'his', 'board', 'for', 'this.', 'He', 'said', 'he', 'would', 'be', 'in', 'touch', 'with', 'Dr.', 'Wakeham', 'in', 'the', 'near', 'future,', 'and', 'stated', 'that', 'he', 'would', 'be', 'in', 'favor', 'of', 'some', 'co-operation.', 'Tuesday,', 'December', '4,', 'was', 'spent', 'entirely', 'in', 'the', 'Research', 'Department', 'with', 'Dr.', 'Glyn', 'Burgan', 'and', 'his', 'associates.', 'I', 'was', 'amazed', 'to', 'see', 'how', 'free,', 'frank,', 'and', 'open', 'they', 'were', 'with', 'me.', 'They', 'gave', 'me', 'a', 'copy', 'of', 'their', 'organization', 'chart', 'for', 'the', 'Research', 'Department;', 'a', 'copy', 'of', 'which', 'is', 'attached.', 'The', 'organization,', 'as', 'seen', 'from', 'the', 'chart,', 'contains', 'many', 'vf', 'the', 'same', 'divisiomus', 'as', 'we', 'have', 'here', 'but', 'relatively', 'iittle', 'product.', 'development', 'work', 'is', 'carried', 'out', 'in', 'the', 'R&D', 'Department;', 'this', 'is', 'largely', 'done', 'in', 'the', 'plant', 'facilities', 'on', 'location.', 'There', 'are', 'some', '300', 'people', 'in', 'the', 'Department,', 'divided', 'as', 'follows:', 'Leaf', 'Division,', '69', 'people;', 'Smoking', 'and', 'Health', 'Division,', 'approximately', '90', 'people;', 'and', 'Statistical', 'Division,', '25', 'people.', 'I', 'did', 'not', 'get', 'any', 'other', 'breakdown', 'of', 'the', 'Department..', 'The', 'Claverham', 'Plant', 'is', 'some', '9', 'miles', '.', 'out', 'of', 'Bristol', 'and', 'its', 'function', 'is', 'to', 'make', 'sheet', 'material.', 'The', 'Smoking', 'and', 'Health', 'Division', 'prepares', 'condensate', 'for', 'Huntingdon', 'Laboratories.', 'I', 'saw', 'approximately', '100', 'condensate', 'machines', 'and', 'these', 'were', 'arranged', 'in', 'bays', 'of', 'four', 'and', 'were', 'operated', 'by', 'part-time', 'women', 'from', 'the', 'community.', 'Essentially', 'the', 'labs,', 'although', 'somewhat', 'old,', 'were', 'well', 'equipped', 'and', 'I', 'saw', 'for', 'instance', 'one', 'LKB', 'Model', '9000', 'mass', 'spec.', 'One', 'of', 'the', 'interesting', 'things', 'I', 'saw', 'was', 'a', 'teaching', 'school', 'where', 'new', 'people', 'for', 'the', 'analytical', 'lab', 'were', 'taught', 'basic', 'techniques.', 'It', 'may', 'be', 'noted', 'that', 'the', 'Department', 'is,', 'at', 'this', 'time,', 'trying', 'flexible', 'working', 'hours.', 'Some', '60', 'people', 'in', 'the', 'Department', 'are', 'unionized.', 'There', 'were', 'two', 'Phipps', '§&', 'Bird', 'FTC', 'machines', 'which', 'were', 'used', 'for', 'routine', 'analysis.', 'I', 'would', 'estimate', 'that', 'something', 'like', '80,000', 'sq.', 'ft.', 'of', 'floor', 'space', 'is', 'available', 'for', 'the', 'R&D', 'Department.', 'This', 'is', 'organized', 'in', 'two', 'blocks,', '|', 'G9LVITZ202']