Day 267 - 21 Jun 96 - Page 13


     
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     2   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I will have the five minute break.  You can
     3        say your farewells to Mr. Olive and get yourself ready to
     4        carry on with Mr. Claire's cross-examination, but we will
     5        not have a break during the rest of the morning, unless the
     6        stenographer asks me for one, in which case I will readily
     7        grant it.
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     9                         (Short adjournment)
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    11   MR. RAMPTON:  Mr. Claire is here, my Lord.
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    13                        ALLAN CLAIRE, recalled
    14             CROSS-EXAMINED BY THE DEFENDANTS, Continued
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    16   MS. STEEL:  Mr. Claire, you attended quite a lot of meetings.  I
    17        have not actually counted them all up.  The group was a
    18        pretty friendly group and it was fairly open; yes?
    19        A.   It was friendly, yes.
    20
    21   Q.   Right.  You used to chat to people?
    22        A.   I would have chatted to members of the group.
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    24   Q.   You probably would have talked to them about McDonald's
    25        stuff, asked questions about the antiMcDonald's campaign,
    26        and so on?
    27        A.   I may have done, yes.
    28
    29   Q.   Yes.  Well, in fact, it did happen, did it not?
    30        A.  I cannot recall specifically, but I probably did, yes.
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    32   Q.   Right.  It would have been a natural thing to do, bearing
    33        in mind that that was exactly what you were investigating?
    34        A.  Not necessarily, no.
    35
    36   Q.   Well, you were investigating?
    37        A.  Yes, that is correct, I was.
    38
    39   Q.   And investigating about McDonald's, and you said you knew
    40        it was about the fact sheet which we are being sued over
    41        now?
    42        A.   That is correct, yes.
    43
    44   Q.   So, it would have been only natural to talk to people about
    45        the antiMcDonald's campaign?
    46        A.   No, I disagree.
    47
    48   Q.   You disagree?
    49        A.   Yes.
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    51   Q.   Why? 
    52        A.   Because I was meant to join the group and learn what I 
    53        could, or glean what I could, about the organisation.  To
    54        go in there and specifically ask some questions about the
    55        organisation may have raised alarms.
    56
    57   Q.   Right, but when you have been there for a couple of
    58        meetings and, you know, basically been accepted it would
    59        have been only natural for you to turn to people and say,
    60        "What is going on on the McDonald's front this day, these

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