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2 Q. I am asking if that statement is true.
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Put it this way: Is there anything about
5 what appears on that page 684, published in June 1990,
6 which you would wish to modify in the light of the US 1991
7 report or any other information received since?
8 A. Well, yes, we made that point earlier. A lot of the
9 information that came out in the US report (which I said
10 I never saw a detailed copy of) would have changed that
11 statement, there is no question, had it came out before
12 that statement was issued.
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14 MR. MORRIS: Did you have any information in this country to
15 back up your claim that foam packaging is more energy and
16 resource efficient to produce than paper or cardboard when
17 this leaflet was written?
18 A. I was not involved with this department when this
19 leaflet was written, so I cannot honestly answer you.
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21 Q. But this is about packaging which is your area, is it not?
22 A. Yes, but I do not know where this particular statement
23 came from.
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25 Q. I would put it to you that there is not any information as
26 to that effect because, in fact, it is not true?
27 A. You can put it to me, but there is no fact. I do not
28 know where the statement came from. There may well be
29 information. I think you should ask Perseco when you have
30 them here.
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32 Q. I would have thought the Corporation, when it prints its
33 own leaflets, would check out its facts?
34 A. I am sure they did, but I do not know where the
35 information came from, who was responsible for that
36 statement. I was not involved with these publications at
37 that time.
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39 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is a PR department production, it says?
40 A. Yes, but I was not involved with it until a year later.
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42 MR. MORRIS: Who would have been involved then at that time in
43 the PR department producing these kinds of leaflets?
44 A. The department Head who at that time was Corinne Reed
45 Comfort who is mentioned in the earlier draft report you
46 referred to and no longer works for McDonald's.
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48 Q. If we move on to the next sentence which is what you were
49 saying about before about contrast, "The manufacture of
50 paper requires the destruction of trees and can pollute
51 water", What they are saying there is that, in their
52 opinion, because of their concern with the destruction of
53 trees and the possible pollution of water, the situation
54 would be even worse if they stuck to paper products, is
55 that correct, and that is why they are using, polystyrene?
56 A. No, I think they are simply giving good and bad points
57 of both kinds of package.
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59 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is a bit of a plug for polystyrene
60 packaging, is it not, that page? It may be, it may not,
