Day 276 - 09 Jul 96 - Page 46
1 actually -- that was later on, when Switchboard were
2 upstairs and the group had moved from the back office, that
3 the photographs were taken in, to the front office.
4 Switchboard moved upstairs and they then got a photocopier
5 and people would go out and photocopy things on that from
6 time to time.
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8 Q. But it was not something that was frowned upon or seen as
9 rude, if somebody walked out of the room and came back 20
10 minutes later?
11 A. No.
12
13 Q. Right. So, when we looked through the notes for example of
14 the inquiry agents, and it mentions may be 7 or 8 people
15 that had been noted to be at a meeting, would you accept
16 that that does not mean that those people were necessarily
17 in the room during each of the discussions that were taking
18 place?
19 A. Well.
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21 Q. Unless they were specifically noted that they were there
22 present?
23 A. Well, obviously they might have gone home or they might
24 have been out of the room. But I mean, I can't remember
25 each individual occasion.
26
27 Q. I am doing this in a sort of haphazard order to get to the
28 flavour of the London Greenpeace meeting. Do you have with
29 you the statement I made about Mrs Brinley-Codd giving out
30 a copy of the fact sheet to members of the public which you
31 mentioned? Can you read it to yourself?
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. She has said she has read it already, so
34 she does not -- if you do need to read it again do, but I
35 cannot believe you have to.
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37 MR. MORRIS: You were present throughout the whole period; yes?
38 A. Yes.
39
40 Q. Would you agree with what it says in that statement?
41 A. Yes.
42
43 Q. In its entirety?
44 A. Yes.
45
46 Q. Moving on from that then, you talked about the agents who
47 infiltrated London Greenpeace, how they were interested and
48 involved in general activities and anti-McDonald's
49 activities. How did that affect you, as somebody involved
50 in the group at the time?
51 A. Well, there were very few people coming to meetings at
52 the time and, in fact, the meeting about the future of the
53 group in January was actually because attendance had tailed
54 off to such an extent that people were concerned that the
55 group might not carry on. So, obviously, when the private
56 investigators were coming we did not know they were private
57 investigators, they expressed interest in the group and in
58 the anti-McDonald's campaign and, you know, or they
59 basically kept the numbers up and kept the group going.
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