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1 morning. At some stage before you do go away, whether
2 that is this afternoon or tomorrow morning, I do not know,
3 we will have to ask you how we can best get hold of
4 copies. You have obviously brought your own. You
5 obviously need those for your every day work, presumably?
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7 THE WITNESS: Yes.
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9 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You are referring to them all the time in
10 various contexts?
11 A. Indeed, but besides I think the best course when the
12 whole documents are needed is the relevant number of
13 copies to produce rather than ------
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, let us see.
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17 MR. MORRIS: Is there anything else in those extracts you would
18 like us like to tell the court?
19 A. No, particularly bearing in mind Mr. Rampton's point,
20 which I think is right, but I would say that in
21 considering documents, particularly rather vast documents
22 like this, my own opinion is that what is salient to this
23 case is not the general text of the documents but their
24 general conclusions. That is where the judgments are to
25 be found. Sometimes these are conveniently called
26 "Executive Summary" or some such; in other cases, they
27 are clearly labelled "Recommendations".
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29 Q. Is there anything on the page which you asked us to copy
30 for the court? Everybody has copies of the pages that you
31 have there extracted, 2, 3, then the final -- I cannot
32 read the number, the tables at the back?
33 A. You are still talking about the Surgeon General's
34 Report? Yes, again, pages 192 to 3.
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36 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I am afraid this will not do. We have
37 only been supplied with the front page which has, I take
38 it, Mr. Cannon's handwriting "guidelines 1988", it is
39 The Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health, and
40 then the forward by Otis Bowen MD who is the Secretary.
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42 MR. MORRIS: Four pages?
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44 MR. RAMPTON: No, two pages.
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46 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can someone help Mr. Rampton? Do you have
47 the original there?
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49 THE WITNESS: Yes, indeed. (Handed) Can you stick to the
50 photocopy for the moment because you are only being asked
51 if there is anything in you left hand which you want to
52 refer to.
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54 THE WITNESS: But the other thing to refer to, as I have
55 already mentioned, is also included in a different form in
56 the WHO Report in 1990, is simply a statement. This is
57 table 4, 5 on page 192 of what the National Cancer
58 Institute Dietary Guidelines are, as issued in 1988;
59 dietary guidelines to reduce the risk of cancer.
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