Day 067 - 15 Dec 94 - Page 62
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2 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Are you aware of that, in fact?
3 A. Yes, I am.
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5 Q. Have you actually seen the bit of video film?
6 A. No, I have not seen it.
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8 MR. MORRIS: You have said that you have seen records?
9 A. Yes, I have seen records.
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11 Q. But what records have you seen that give you the confidence
12 to say -- that was in 1983, yes, when that film was made -
13 that was not the case?
14 A. I have seen signed records from our suppliers, from
15 Coope Montecillos, which indicate that they have not
16 exported any product from Costa Rica to the US.
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18 Q. Is that a letter?
19 A. It is a letter. It is a signed letter.
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21 Q. One letter you have seen?
22 A. No, I did not say that, sir. I have mentioned --
23 I have stated several times that there were more than one
24 letter throughout the years up until this year. You can
25 see that on the transcripts ---
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27 Q. But in terms of early 1980?
28 A. -- please do not interrupt me, sir, again and give me
29 the courtesy of finishing your questions without
30 interruptions. It would be fair.
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32 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You have made your point the moment you asked
33 not to be interrupted and want to continue, Dr.
34 Gonzalez. It is quite right -- in fact I put it in my note
35 -- "I also saw letters to McDonald's saying they do not
36 export to McDonald's. They are up to 10 years old. There
37 was more than just one letter". That is what you said just
38 a little while ago.
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40 MR. MORRIS: But, I mean, in terms of around the time of that
41 film being made in 1983, the early 80s, what evidence have
42 you seen, apart from maybe one letter going back that long,
43 around the time that gives you the confidence to say it did
44 not happen?
45 A. You keep saying one letter. I have stated that I have
46 seen more than that.
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48 Q. From around that time?
49 A. Throughout that time I said -----
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: But can you remember what date the letters
52 were?
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54 MR. MORRIS: Just give us some idea. Have you seen 10 letters
55 or 20?
56 A. I do not know. I have probably seen more. I have seen
57 more documents.
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59 Q. From that time?
60 A. I did not say from that time. I said from the latest
