Tab 1: Cartel Members Show Disdain For Customers And Antitrust Enforcement

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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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