Day 245 - 07 May 96 - Page 24
1 have been produced with no immediate end to the trial in
2 sight.
3
4 Preston says: 'We went to the High Court after ten years of
5 trying to get this thing sorted out more amicably. We went
6 to do only one thing: Establish the truth. We wanted to
7 show that this leaflet is entirely baseless. The papers
8 have tried to make this into a David and Goliath thing. It
9 is not big versus small."
10
11 The quote that is attributed to you there, is that a
12 correct quote?
13 A. Yes.
14
15 Q. So you said to The times that you went to the High Court
16 after ten years of trying to get this thing sorted out more
17 amicably?
18 A. Yes.
19
20 Q. And you had absolutely no personal knowledge that that was
21 true?
22 A. I dispute that, for sure. This leaflet had been
23 distributed around the world by your own admission and you
24 in your own publications. By "we", I do not necessarily
25 me, Paul Preston, or "we", McDonald's in Britain. I mean
26 around the world when these leaflets circulated, whether it
27 be New Zealand, or Australia, or Canada, or the United
28 States. People attempted to get to the route of what they
29 were about, make contact with the organisation, were not
30 able to do so, so, for sure, over ten years this was dealt
31 with on one level or another by many people.
32
33 Q. Yes, but the implication is that you are trying to get the
34 thing sorted out amicably with London Greenpeace not with
35 various groups that are around the world printing out
36 different leaflets or similar leaflets whatever. The
37 implication is that you tried to sort it out with London
38 Greenpeace for ten years before you took any action to
39 bring this case?
40 A. Well, I do not read that into it but it is your
41 opinion.
42
43 Q. It is a lie, is it not?
44 A. No, it is not.
45
46 Q. If you turn to the second tab -- sorry, you have not got
47 tabs, but if you turn to No. 2 in the bundle.
48
49 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is this on the same point or a different
50 one?
51
52 MS. STEEL: The same point.
53
54 (To the witness): This is a leaflet which was distributed
55 in your stores, was it not?
56 A. It was printed with the intent of giving it out to
57 customers who asked questions about the court action. Some
58 stores put it in their "Did You Know Boards" for general
59 dissemination. I think each store was given about 500
60 copies, yes.
