Guillermo Guesse

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Guillermo Guesse was enlisted by the law firm Covington & Burling as part of the second wave of recruitments when they were getting desperate. He was added to a small group of Latin American academics and medical specialist who were willing to act under cover for the tobacco industry in their own countries. They were called "ETS Consultants" but they were actually enlisted as lobbyists -- they had no consulting role with the tobacco companies whatsoever. The report on him reveals this propaganda emphasis:

Guillermo Guesse
Mr Guesse (Chile) is an architect and urban planner with an interest in the healthy buildings issue. He is a good friend of Dr Croxatto. He told me that Dr Croxatto agreed with the McGill conclusions, and that what was good enough for Dr Croxatto was good enough for him. (His name was also spelled 'Geisse' in some documents. He was President of Planning and Environmental Investigation Center in Santiago. [2])

Like Mr Katz, Mr Guesse runs a consulting firm; the difference is that his is connected with the government in some way, so I am not sure if the same confidentiality rules would apply. For example, he asked me "what would happen if [we] didn't like [his] conclusions." I told him that, if we elected to work with him, we would have to take the risk.

Nevertheless, he is highly recommended by the local BAT company (they suggested that we organize a healthy buildings symposium in Santiago presided over by Mr Guesse and Gray Robertson). We should keep him in mind. [3]

Or, to put it another way, if he worked with tobacco, Guesse would know NOT to make findings that were disagreeable to his masters, and if he was willing to work with a shonk like Gray Robertson (of HBI) he would certainly know who was pulling the strings and making the payments.

LATIN AMERICAN CONSULTANTS
Latin American ETS Consultants Program
Latin American ETS (Doc Index)
Bariloche Conference

Documents & Timeline

A few dozen of these "ETS Consultants were recruited in the 1991-1995 period. The details are in the Latin American ETS (Doc Index) entry.