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1 long time before I made any of these telephone calls, and
2 I think I had seen a leaflet at some early stage before
3 that. I certainly saw a copy on the day that I made the
4 telephone calls. It was among the papers I had in front of
5 me when I did so.
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7 Q. It is accepted you said earlier when you were answering
8 Ms. Steel's questions something to the effect that it was
9 your impression that McDonald's had only formulated their
10 rainforest policy in response to that leaflet and other
11 similar publications; is that right?
12 A. That was my understanding.
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14 Q. I wondered how you gained that impression?
15 A. It was an inference I drew, because I was being told
16 that there had been a policy of not using deforested land
17 before 1988, and yet in response to insistent questioning
18 from myself no, if I may use the phrase, further and better
19 particulars could be supplied.
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21 Q. I would rather you did not. Mr. Rose then is it right that
22 is an inference you drew in the course of your conversation
23 with Miss Bensilum?
24 A. It was an inference, yes.
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26 Q. Thank you very much. Can I have that back? We have
27 preserved as many of these as we can. (Same handed)
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29 MS. STEEL: No questions.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Rose. Leave the
32 folder there. There is no need for you to stay unless you
33 wish to do so.
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35 (The witness withdrew)
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37 MR. MORRIS: Can we have a couple of minutes with the witness
38 before we move on?
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40 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. You can say goodbye to him and thank
41 him, but I am not going to rise.
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43 MR. MORRIS: Right.
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45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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47 MS. STEEL: Can I just bring up something which we forgot to
48 bring up on Wednesday, which was that after Mr. Secrett
49 left the witness box he was looking through a pile of
50 papers which he had with him to do with Costa Rica and
51 deforestation. When he was looking at a list of names of
52 people who had written on it, he saw, I think it is, Mr.
53 Tosi's name. In the witness box he said he knew Mr. Tosi
54 senior. When he saw the list, he said he had made a
55 mistake; he actually knew Mr. Tosi junior, and he asked us
56 to bring it up in court that he had made an error when he
57 was giving his evidence on that.
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59 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Very well.
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