Day 249 - 14 May 96 - Page 59
1 private investigators?
2 A. Well, I think I advised him that that would be
3 necessary, but that I thought it could be done.
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5 Q. Then how long did it take you to take any action to get
6 that kind of process in motion?
7 A. Very quickly. You know, I made arrangements to go and
8 see Ian Jenkins. I told him the instructions I had been
9 given by Paul, and I said to him that I wanted at least 2
10 teams to work independently of one another, and unknown to
11 one another, with a view to obtaining our objective, which
12 was to stop the distribution of the leaflet.
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14 Q. So this meeting would have been in June 1989 would it?
15 A. Well, yes, June-July, something like that.
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17 Q. Right. Then when was the first time... Sorry -- yes, when
18 was the first time you actually met with anybody from the
19 Company of inquiry agents?
20 A. The first one was Kings.
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22 Q. When did you meet them?
23 A. I think that was 29th September. I met with the
24 managing director.
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26 Q. Was this the person that you knew?
27 A. No, this was the team recommended by Barlows. They had
28 used this team before.
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30 Q. What was the name of the managing director?
31 A. Hartley.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Hartley?
34 A. Hartley. As in the jam, my Lord.
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36 MS. STEEL: Mr. Hartley presumably?
37 A. Yes.
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39 Q. Do you know what his first name is?
40 A. I might have heard it, but I do not know.
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Does it matter particularly?
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44 MS. STEEL: I think, actually, I have. I went to Companies
45 House and I think there are two Hartleys, so the father and
46 the son?
47 A. This one was, I would say, well into his 70s. He was
48 an incredibly old man for doing the job he was doing. I
49 was quite surprised.
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The witness statement which Ms. Steel served
52 the other day, the lady there said that he was 76 and he
53 had come back in because the previous managing director had
54 got ill?
55 A. Yes, that was the person I met.
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57 Q. But still very active, she said he was?
58 A. He was still very bright, but he looked his age.
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60 MS. STEEL: OK. Was he the only person that you met from that
