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1 Some were at their own officers.
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3 Q. At?
4 A. At their own corporate offices.
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6 Q. At Coope Montecillos' offices?
7 A. At their facilities. In addition to those I have also
8 seen documents within McDonald's, internal documents.
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10 Q. What I want to know, when you talk about those documents,
11 were you actually making a check, not just for documents
12 which might, for instance, say: "We have not supplied
13 McDonald's with beef", but looking through records to see
14 among invoices, shipment documents of any kind, showing
15 where beef had gone, there were any which might indicate
16 that beef had gone from Coope Montecillos to a McDonald's
17 supplier in the States, or anywhere else for that matter?
18 Did you make that kind of search or were you just looking
19 for averments that they had not sent beef to McDonald's?
20 A. It actually started, I would say, through curiosity, by
21 curiosity. I wanted to see when I visit, I was well aware
22 about some concerns, some allegations, that were made in
23 the past; example, the video. I was curious to know the
24 internal process within Coope Montecillos and within our
25 company, so that is when I started seeing those documents.
26 I have looked at the documents from our suppliers. I have
27 seen written statements from our suppliers where they say
28 they only use 100 per cent domestic beef because we
29 claim -----
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31 Q. No, I am sorry, I would like you to answer the question
32 I asked which was this: When you went on your search for
33 documents, did you actually make a search of documents
34 which might indicate to whom they had supplied beef over a
35 period of time, to see if there were any indicating that,
36 whatever they had said in any certificate, they had or
37 might have supplied beef to McDonald's suppliers in the
38 States or anywhere else?
39 A. OK. No, I do not have tendency to search for that
40 information.
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42 Q. No, that is why I asked the question.
43 A. I do ask to provide me with that information. I do ask
44 direct questions to whether or not they import or export
45 beef, but I do not do a research at Coope Montecillos.
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47 MR. MORRIS: I think we have gone as far as we can on this
48 issue.
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50 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, just pause a moment. The final matter
51 is this: The gentleman on the video, do you remember the
52 video?
53 A. I remember. I did not see -- I have not seen the
54 video. I have had conversation with numerous people about
55 the issue.
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57 Q. No, I merely asked, what I want to know is whether you have
58 ever met any of the people who appeared on the video?
59 A. Yes, I have, Tudor Wolfe(?). I have met Tudor Wolfe.
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