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     1        was nothing in there, which was factually incorrect, but
     2        I took no part in the framing of the press releases.
     3
     4   MS. STEEL:   Right.  OK.  On page 5 where it talks about
     5        "meeting with Greenpeace", were you involved with that?
     6        A.  Sorry?
     7
     8   Q.   Were you involved with that meeting with Greenpeace?  Do
     9        you remember it?
    10        A.  That seems to be the same one, is it not?
    11
    12   Q.   No, it is a bit different.  It is talking about meetings.
    13
    14   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  Take Mr. Nicholson to the actual
    15        paragraph.
    16
    17   MS. STEEL:   Page 5, number 7.
    18        A.  Number 7?  No, I had already met with Greenpeace myself
    19        much earlier.
    20
    21   Q.   When?
    22        A.  I cannot remember now.
    23
    24   Q.   Are you talking about a month earlier, or are you talking
    25        about a year earlier?
    26        A.  No, no, no.  A year earlier?  Yes, a good bit earlier
    27        than this I had already met with Greenpeace, just simply to
    28        establish there was no link between you and them.
    29
    30   Q.   Right.
    31        A.  I had no idea they were even contemplating meeting with
    32        Greenpeace.
    33
    34   Q.   Before you met with Greenpeace, you did not know whether or
    35        not there was a link between Greenpeace International?
    36        A.  Yes, I know that you had distanced yourself from them.
    37
    38   Q.   If you turn to page 8?
    39
    40   MR. MORRIS:  Can I say because of the blanking out, do the
    41        Plaintiffs know which one is the meeting that Mr. Nicholson
    42        attended?
    43        A.  Sorry?
    44
    45   Q.   I am asking through the court.
    46
    47   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I was asked to reveal, as best I was
    48        able, who was at which meetings.  I have done that.  There
    49        is no list of what the Americans call "attendees" of the
    50        meeting. 
    51 
    52   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  At the moment, I cannot help looking at the 
    53        sheet I have got between pages 12 and 13 which is where
    54        I was told to insert it.
    55
    56   MR. RAMPTON:  That is right.
    57
    58   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If Mr. Nicholson's recollection is right, and
    59        that he attended a first meeting in order to give the
    60        background and then a later meeting, although he cannot

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