DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division JOEL I. KLEIN Acting Assistant Attorney General
CONGRESSIONAL RESPONSE e-mail Legis. Unit TEA (3) (original +2) CASE, Frito-Lay, 60-2096-00021 Hale Chron Hold for signed copy 3/4/97 mek	Main Justice Building 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 (202) 514-2401 / (202) 616-2645 (f)         antitrust@justice.usdoj.gov (internet)         http://www.usdoj.gov (World Wide Web)

The Honorable Louis Stokes
United Stated House of Representatives
3645 Warrensville Center Road, Suite 204
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122

Dear Congressman Stokes:

Thank you for your letter of February 12, 1997, requesting that we contact [REDACTED TEXT (b7D)] who had written to you complaining that Frito-Lay is attempting to put him out of business by paying local companies not to carry his products.

The Department is aware of the concerns expressed by [REDACTED TEXT (b7D)] Since receiving your letter, lawyers in the Antitrust Division have spoken to [REDACTED TEXT (b7D)] regarding the allegations contained in his letter to you.

Thank you for your interest in this matter and in the enforcement of the antitrust laws.

Sincerely, Joel I. Klein

CONGRESSIONAL RESPONSE
e-mail Legis. Unit
TEA (3) (original +2)
CASE
Frito-Lay, 60-2096-0002
HALE
CHRON
HOLD FOR SIGNED COPY
2/28/97
mek

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