Day 249 - 14 May 96 - Page 62
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2 Q. -- how things were progressing?
3 A. Yes.
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5 Q. They gave you details of what they discovered?
6 A. Yes, they used to send in a report of what their agent
7 had observed about once a week -- maybe not as regularly as
8 that, but about once a week. That was sent in to Barlows,
9 never to me, and then I would have a meeting with
10 Mrs. Brinley-Codd and she would give me a copy of the
11 agency's report.
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13 Q. That was when you were meeting her once a week?
14 A. Yes, roughly once a week. Yes.
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16 Q. Right. Attached to that report would there be copies of
17 any literature that the investigators had obtained at the
18 group, the leaflets and so on?
19 A. I can only remember on one occasion, I am sure, where
20 there was a copy of a letter -- not a copy of a letter, the
21 actual letter, I think.
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23 Q. What letter was that?
24 A. It was... I cannot remember now, but it was a letter
25 from someone writing to London Greenpeace asking for a copy
26 of the leaflet, I believe.
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28 Q. What did you do when you got a copy of that letter?
29 A. I asked Mrs Brinley-Codd to phone up Mr. Hartley and
30 tell him that this was contrary to my instructions. It was
31 not to happen again.
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33 Q. As far as you were aware Mrs. Brinley-Codd was not keeping
34 you in the dark about what was going on with these private
35 investigators and what they were obtaining was she?
36 A. No.
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38 Q. That was from Mr. Hartley, so that would have been the
39 Kings company not the Bishops company?
40 A. Yes, Kings company.
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42 Q. Right. How long were the private investigators employed
43 for?
44 A. Bishops ended, I think, round about July. I think
45 round about July.
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47 Q. July when?
48 A. '90.
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50 Q. July 1990?
51 A. Yes.
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53 Q. Right. What about Kings?
54 A. They pulled out their last operative in January '91.
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56 Q. Why do you say January '91?
57 A. Because that is when the last operative was pulled
58 out. Our contract with Kings finished then.
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60 Q. How are you sure that was when your contract with Kings
