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1 purpose they put them out for, and there is an argument
2 about what "lies" means, and there is an argument about
3 whether by one route or another, I will just use layman's
4 terms rather than legal terms, they were justified in
5 saying that it was lies.
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7 MR. MORRIS: All right then, so do you accept that you would
8 have been kept informed of some of what was going on at
9 those meetings as well as actually ----
10 A. If I am on the distribution list, I clearly was kept
11 informed as to what had happened at that meeting.
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13 Q. OK then. If we go to tab 3 in that bundle, we have here
14 the press statement 12th April 1994?
15 A. Tab 3?
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17 Q. Tab?
18 A. Is that a background briefing?
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20 Q. Yes, that is the one. This is actually part of the press
21 release. Now, you said you gave the background information
22 about the history of the action, if you like, yes?
23 A. Yes.
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25 Q. Upon which they wrote leaflets and presumably press
26 statements as well or background briefing?
27 A. Yes, the background to the case.
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29 Q. You gave the briefing. Know the third bullet point down
30 says:
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32 "The leaflet in question, which was first published by the
33 group in 1984, contains many lies about McDonald's"?
34 A. Well, I think what they are saying there is the first
35 leaflet that we had in our possession produced by
36 London Greenpeace was in 1984.
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38 Q. We know that that is inaccurate?
39 A. It is not the leaflet complained of, we know it is not
40 the leaflet complained of. I knew all along it was not the
41 leaflet complained of, but it contained the same kind of
42 allegations against us that were contained in the leaflet
43 of what I call ----
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45 Q. You knew this information was inaccurate while it was being
46 distributed?
47 A. No, I do not think that is accurate.
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49 Q. Over the following year or whatever?
50 A. I do not think it is inaccurate.
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52 Q. The leaflet in question that was first published by the
53 group in 1994?
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55 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What he says, and it is the same as
56 Mr. Preston, and I suggest you leave it there for me to
57 judge, if it is important, is it was not the same leaflet
58 but it contained much the same information so he does not
59 think that sentence is inaccurate.
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