Day 274 - 04 Jul 96 - Page 38
1 generally felt that the recent statements by the company in
2 relation to their green policies would be effectively
3 countered in the new hand-out."
4
5 Is that an accurate account, if your memory will allow you
6 to give an answer?
7 A. Fairly. Paul would have issued a statement, yes, using
8 his name and using the London Greenpeace heading, yes.
9
10 Q. But with the consent and approval of the 9 or 10 members of
11 the group that were at the meeting?
12 A. Well, I think, I mean, Paul often just came to the
13 group and just stated what he was or was not going to do
14 regarding McDonald's and we just left him to get on with
15 it. I mean, everyone had different interests in the
16 group. You know, it was an anarchist/libertarian group.
17 You cannot agree on everything, so you just have to agree
18 to disagree sometimes and just let people get on with their
19 own things, as long as they were not outright fascists or
20 something.
21
22 Q. Was there anybody in the group who said we think the 16th
23 October picket, protest, demonstration, call it what you
24 like, is a bad idea, I do not think we should do it this
25 year?
26 A. Not that I remember.
27
28 Q. And that press release duly appeared at the end of August?
29 A. I cannot say so. If you say so.
30
31 Q. Would you like to have a look at it. For this purpose you
32 will need a volume with a pink back, large Roman 1A,
33 please. Please turn to tab 60B, "B" for Bishop.
34 A. 16?
35
36 Q. 60B, for Bishop. Turn to the second page of that tab
37 please?
38 A. Yes.
39
40 Q. It is a press release dated 28th August 1990, is it not, on
41 London Greenpeace paper?
42 A. Yes.
43
44 Q. And what it is doing is advertising October 16th as World
45 Day of Action against McDonald's, is it not?
46 A. That is what it says here, yes.
47
48 Q. Yes, and it says:
49
50 "Once again London Greenpeace is calling for October 16th
51 United Nations world food day to be a worldwide day of
52 action against the McDonald's Hamburger Corporation."
53 A. Yes.
54
55 Q. Then there is some stuff about the London Greenpeace
56 campaign against McDonald's having grown dramatically and
57 the reasons why McDonald's is being opposed. Then in the
58 third paragraph this:
59
60 "Recently McDonald's has started trying to --"
