Day 255 - 23 May 96 - Page 40
1 was nothing in there, which was factually incorrect, but
2 I took no part in the framing of the press releases.
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4 MS. STEEL: Right. OK. On page 5 where it talks about
5 "meeting with Greenpeace", were you involved with that?
6 A. Sorry?
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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?
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12 Q. No, it is a bit different. It is talking about meetings.
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14 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. Take Mr. Nicholson to the actual
15 paragraph.
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17 MS. STEEL: Page 5, number 7.
18 A. Number 7? No, I had already met with Greenpeace myself
19 much earlier.
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21 Q. When?
22 A. I cannot remember now.
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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.
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30 Q. Right.
31 A. I had no idea they were even contemplating meeting with
32 Greenpeace.
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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.
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38 Q. If you turn to page 8?
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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?
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45 Q. I am asking through the court.
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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.
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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.
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56 MR. RAMPTON: That is right.
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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
