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JANUARY 18, 1995

CARTEL MEETING IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA

CARTEL MEMBERS SHOW DISDAIN FOR CUSTOMERS AND ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT

Segment 1 - January 18, 1995, Atlanta, Georgia - Video Tape


 YAMAMOTO:           Oh, no, no, no.  (Unintelligible "ui")  KANJI MIMOTO:       Nice to see you.  J.E. KIM:           Mr. Mimoto, nice to see you again.       (Group talks - ui).  WHITACRE:           And nice to see you Mr. Shinohara.  How are you doing?  Good seein'                     you again.  Jacques, how are you?  JACQUES CHAUDRET:   Good.  How are you?  MIMOTO:             Jacques, morning to you.  CHAUDRET:           Morning.    MIMOTO:             How are you?  WHITACRE:           Long time no see.  UNKNOWN MALE:       How are you (ui)?  MIMOTO:             Uh, how are you?  WHITACRE:           It's been too long.  MIMOTO:             Nice to see you again.  HISAO SHINOHARA:    I think I met you before.  J.E. KIM:           I think (ui).  WHITACRE:           Good seeing you (ui).  MIMOTO:             (ui), Mr. Tany.  UNKNOWN MALE:       I think (ui) good time.  UNKNOWN MALE:       Oh, nice to see you again.  YAMAMOTO:           Okay.  WHITACRE:           There's a, a little place to hang your coat if you like.  UNKNOWN MALE:       Uh.  WHITACRE:           Right around the corner.  Plenty of juices.  Coffee.  Mr. Shinohara?  SHINOHARA:          Thank you.  [9:02:47]  WHITACRE:           Please feel free to help yourself.  SHINOHARA:          Thanks.  TV here?  WHITACRE:           What's that?  SHINOHARA:          TV.  TV.  WHITACRE:           No, no, just a blackboard.  SHINOHARA:          Oh, just a blackboard.  (Laughs).  UNKNOWN MALE:       (ui).                          * * * * * * * * * *  YAMAMOTO:           (Laughs).  CHAUDRET:           (Laughs).  WHITACRE:           Uhhh.  See, we have a couple of other people joinin' us, I think, don't                     we?  MIMOTO:             At, uh, 10:30.  YAMAMOTO:           At 10:30.  WHITACRE:           Oh yeah, at 10:30.  MIMOTO:             Two people from...  WHITACRE:           Yeah.  MIMOTO:             Sewon.  So, uh, where are they going to sit?  Well anyway...  YAMAMOTO:           Uhm.      MIMOTO:             At 10:30, we will have a meeting, yeah?  WHITACRE:           And then, then come two more, right?  Two more at that point?  MIMOTO:             Two more...  WHITACRE:           Two more.  MIMOTO:             after...  WHITACRE:           Well, we got plenty of space.  MIMOTO:             Yeah.  WHITACRE:           Yeah.  J.E. KIM:           Need two more from, uh, Miwon and Se-Sewon.  CHAUDRET:           No, no, two more from Sewon.  Uh, one from Tyson, one from Con                     Agra, one from...  Huh.       (Group laughs).  YAMAMOTO:           Sales meeting, huh?  (Laughs).  CHAUDRET:           Well, it's easy to know the price, so everything's clear.    MIMOTO:             And one from FBI.  (Laughs).       (Group laughs).  YAMAMOTO:           (ui) joke.       (Group laughs).  WHITACRE:           And seven from the FTC.  MIMOTO:             Yeah.  FTC.  (Laughs).  UNKNOWN MALE:       (ui).  WHITACRE:           FBI.  MIMOTO:             Seven from FTC.  (Laughs).  SHINOHARA:          Well, I also feel cautious in the way I came into this, uh, hotel.  I                     actually...  (Laughs).  (ui).  CHAUDRET:           In Europe, we...  SHINOHARA:          You know and, uh, (ui).  UNKNOWN MALE:       (ui).  CHAUDRET:           Even in Europe now, they're cracking down.  UNKNOWN MALE:       Well, uh...  WHITACRE:           Everyone has to be careful.  SHINOHARA:          Oh, yes.  WHITACRE:           When we leave, we're better off to leave separately.  CHAUDRET:           Yeah.  SHINOHARA:          Yeah.  CHAUDRET:           Of course.  YAMAMOTO:           Wear glasses, sunglasses.  CHAUDRET:           Uh, sunglasses.  You know that's my favorite!  (Laughs).  YAMAMOTO:           (Laughs).    CHAUDRET:           (Laughs).  YAMAMOTO:           Yeah.  (Laughs).  CHAUDRET:           No, but (ui) look.  WHITACRE:           Wel-welcome to, to Atlanta, U.S.A.    UNKNOWN MALE:       Yeah.  WHITACRE:           I'm glad you could come here.  We've been often, so often to Asia, so                     often to Europe, it's, uh, good that everyone could come here at some                     point.  MIMOTO:             Uhm.    UNKNOWN MALE:       (ui).  MIMOTO:             (ui).  WHITACRE:           I think Kanji, I think Kanji's gonna pretty much lead the meeting and                     obviously the topic here at the beginning would be I think more                     volume...  MIMOTO:             Yeah.  WHITACRE:           related because prices gonna start at 10:30.       (Knocking on door).  MIMOTO:             Yes?  FTC?  (Laughs).  SHINOHARA:          Who?  (Laughs).  
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