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     1        McDonald's campaign during this time during the time I was
     2        in the group, nor did he organise the antiMcDonald's fayre
     3        although he was involved on the day.  Helen Steel attended
     4        meetings fairly regularly throughout the 1989 to 1990
     5        period, but was also never heavily involved with the
     6        McDonald's campaign, though by this time the McDonald's
     7        campaign consisted of not much more than calling for an
     8        antiMcDonald's day and organising the antiMcDonald's fayre
     9        with even the fayre being renamed the London Greenpeace
    10        fayre by 1990 because we wanted to widen the range of
    11        issues the fayre covered".
    12
    13        Can I just ask you a couple of things about, you have got
    14        "heavily involved" in quotes, and you have also got a
    15        comment in the third paragraph about "there weren't any
    16        lead persons", and that is in quotes?
    17        A.  Yes.
    18
    19   Q.   Is there a reason for that?
    20        A.  Yes, they are quotes from the witness's statement, the
    21        infiltrator's statement, A, B, C and D as it was at the
    22        time.  So I think "heavily involved" is from Alan Claire's
    23        statement.  That is why it is in inverted commas.
    24
    25   Q.   So, you saw those statements before you made your
    26        statement?
    27        A.  Yes.
    28
    29   Q.  "I never heard Helen or Dave say that they helped write the
    30        McDonald's fact sheet.  I remember it being said at
    31        meetings on several occasions that the person who wrote the
    32        fact sheet had ceased to be involved with the group,
    33        certainly at least a year or two before I became involved.
    34        McDonald's inquiries were kept in a separate mail drawer.
    35        They would usually be dealt with by a few people who were
    36        more involved with the antiMcDonald's campaign.  This was
    37        not Helen or Dave.  The fact sheet would not normally be
    38        used for general inquiries and the group.  I remember the
    39        subject being discussed at meetings of whether to enclose
    40        McDonald's fact sheets or an A5 leaflet in enquiries not
    41        specific to McDonald's and also which types should be
    42        handed out on pickets.  The fact sheet was more expensive
    43        to print and there were not many copies left, and it was
    44        generally felt that it was better to use the A5 leaflets
    45        except when people were asking for more information.  The
    46        filing cabinet in the office was not packed with leaflets,
    47        it contained old letters and magazines.  There were boxes
    48        of various leaflets in the office, including A5 McDonald's
    49        leaflets, but, as I have said, there were not many copies
    50        of the fact sheet left.  I was at the picket of McDonald's
    51        head office on 16th October 1989 and I did not see Helen
    52        handing out any leaflets."
    53
    54        That is dated 27th July 1993.  Is that your signature
    55        there?
    56        A.  Yes, it is.
    57
    58   Q.   Are you happy for that to stand as your evidence in this
    59        case?
    60        A.  Yes.

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