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     1        A.  No, the only officer from the Corporation.  I think he
     2        had two or three of his people with him.
     3
     4   Q.   Was Paul Preston there?
     5        A.  No.
     6
     7   Q.   Was Terry Carroll there?
     8        A.  I think he was.
     9
    10   Q.   What about Eddie Bensilum?
    11        A.  I cannot remember who was there from the PR
    12        Department.  I think at that time the head of PR was
    13        Corrine Reid-Comfort.
    14
    15   Q.   She would have been there, would she?
    16        A.  Yes.
    17
    18   MR. MORRIS:  While I think of it, Terry Carroll was your junior
    19        in terms of your immediate junior, yes, and, for example,
    20        when you had the meeting with ARNI was he present at that
    21        meeting as well?
    22        A.  No, no; I kept him out of it.
    23
    24   Q.   Pardon?
    25        A.  I kept him away from it.
    26
    27   Q.   You kept him away from it?
    28        A.  I kept everyone away from it.  I did not want anyone to
    29        know I was talking to ARNI.
    30
    31   Q.   But he found out afterwards?
    32        A.  A long time afterwards.
    33
    34   Q.   A long time afterwards.
    35        A.  I did not bring Terry Carroll into this operation until
    36        July/August '90; something like that.
    37
    38   Q.   Yes, thank you.
    39
    40   MS. STEEL:  1990?
    41        A.  Yes.
    42
    43   Q.   When you say you did not want anyone to know you were
    44        talking to ARNI, how did they end up talking to you in the
    45        first place?
    46        A.  They phoned me.
    47
    48   Q.   But, presumably, they got the switch board; did they know
    49        who they wanted?
    50        A.  They knew who they were coming to. 
    51 
    52   Q.   They wanted to come to you specifically? 
    53        A.  Yes.
    54
    55   Q.   Was that because of previous contact?
    56        A.  Possibly.  I mean, I do not know, but I should imagine
    57        someone had said, "Oh, you want to get in touch with Sid
    58        Nicholson".
    59
    60   Q.   Why did you not want anyone to know you were talking to

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