Day 077 - 25 Jan 95 - Page 76


     
     1        A.  Because Bob Rhea told me to go out there and check
     2        everything.
     3
     4   Q.   Did you show Bob Rhea or send Bob Rhea a copy of the Vesty
     5        letter?
     6        A.  I am sure I did.
     7
     8   Q.   Can you turn, please, to the last five documents in this
     9        tab the first of which should be a handwritten undated
    10        note?  It looks like some kind of itinerary.
    11
    12   MS. STEEL:  Still in tab 4?
    13
    14   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, still in tab 4.  Is it handwritten and does
    15        it have San Paulo, San Jose Rio Preto at the top of it?
    16        A.  Yes, it does.
    17
    18   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is our page 22.
    19
    20   MR. RAMPTON:  I am grateful to your Lordship.  You said that Bob
    21        Rhea asked you to go?
    22        A.  Yes.
    23
    24   Q.   You said you thought he almost certainly had a copy of the
    25        Vesty letter from you?
    26        A.  Yes.
    27
    28   Q.   Did he say why he wanted you to go to Brazil?
    29        A.  Yes, to check all the facts and make sure everything
    30        was correct with regard to the rainforest beef or the fact
    31        it was not rainforest beef.
    32
    33   Q.   I understand what you mean.  You were expected to go out
    34        and satisfy yourself that was in the Vesty letter was true?
    35        A.  Absolutely.
    36
    37   Q.   If you turn over the page -- I should ask you, whose
    38        writing is that, do you remember or do you know?
    39        A.  I am not awfully sure, but I think it was my secretary
    40        Rhona at that time, but it is a long time ago and I do not
    41        really recognise it.
    42
    43   Q.   The next document on page 23 it looks as though it is telex
    44        dated 3rd November 1983, does it not?
    45        A.  Yes.
    46
    47   Q.   From Weddel?
    48        A.  Yes.
    49
    50   Q.   To you? 
    51        A.  Yes. 
    52 
    53   Q.   It says:  "Your contact Brazil, James Cruden, Frigorifico
    54        Anglo S/A", what do they do?
    55        A.  Well, that is the Vesty Company in Brazil.
    56
    57   Q.   Is James Cruden Brazilian or English?
    58        A.  English.
    59
    60   Q.   Its office is in Sao Paulo, apparently.  The telephone

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