Day 249 - 14 May 96 - Page 52
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.
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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.
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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
