Daily Telegraph (UK): City diary: A word in their Shell-like. . .: “I phone to check whether Marcus Samuel Jr, son of the founder, was chief executive in the 1890s. "Well, on background. . ." begins the clueless PR, before concluding with an admission of ignorance. At Shell, even history lessons are off the record.” (ShellNews.net)

Edited by Helena Keers (Filed: 02/11/2004)

Shell has got work to do on its PR. I phone to check whether Marcus Samuel Jr, son of the founder, was chief executive in the 1890s. "Well, on background. . ." begins the clueless PR, before concluding with an admission of ignorance. At Shell, even history lessons are off the record.

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