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     1        interesting to some involved in the case, even to me, but
     2        does not help me on a vital issue.
     3
     4   MS. STEEL:  I think in fairness to the witness it might help if
     5        Mr. Rampton did not make provocative marks.
     6
     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL: I am not criticising.  I have done my best to
     8        make it clear.  None of this is any criticism of
     9        Mr. Secrett.  It is just trying to concentrate on what is
    10        relevance and what is not.   It is no criticism of you
    11        whatsoever, Mr. Secrett.
    12        A.  Thank you, your Honour, I entirely accept that.
    13        I wonder if I could draw your attention to something that
    14        I hope then does go to the matter in hand which is in the
    15        letter to me dated 20th November from Annette Allen
    16        following our meeting where she says in numbered paragraph
    17        1:
    18
    19        "McDonald's USA and Canada has never purchased imported
    20        beef from Central or South America for use in their
    21        hamburgers".
    22
    23   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, I have read that.
    24        A. In my opinion, that is not possible to prove.
    25
    26   MR. MORRIS:  Shall we move onto the second statement now?
    27        A.  I am sorry?
    28
    29   Q.   Shall we move on to the second statement?
    30
    31   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Would you go to your second statement.
    32
    33   MS. STEEL:  I just remembered one question:  The names given for
    34        attending that meeting that you went to were Mr. Terry
    35        Carroll and Annette Allen.  Are they the people that you
    36        remember being at the meeting or were there others as well?
    37        A.  No, those are the two who I remember being present.
    38
    39   Q.   Thank you.
    40        A.  There may have been a secretary or PA taking notes but
    41        I do not think so.
    42
    43   Q.   Right.
    44
    45   MR. MORRIS:  Did you know that Terry Carroll was Head of
    46        Security?
    47        A.  No, I did not know that at the time.
    48
    49   Q.   I am going to read the second statement.
    50 
    51   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  Do you have that? 
    52        A.  I do, yes. 
    53
    54   MR. MORRIS:  Dated 18th April 1996:
    55
    56        "1.  This second submission to the High Court has been
    57        prepared by Charles Secrett, currently Executive Director
    58        of Friends of the Earth (FOE) in England Wales and Northern
    59        Ireland.
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