Day 077 - 25 Jan 95 - Page 76
1 A. Because Bob Rhea told me to go out there and check
2 everything.
3
4 Q. Did you show Bob Rhea or send Bob Rhea a copy of the Vesty
5 letter?
6 A. I am sure I did.
7
8 Q. Can you turn, please, to the last five documents in this
9 tab the first of which should be a handwritten undated
10 note? It looks like some kind of itinerary.
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12 MS. STEEL: Still in tab 4?
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14 MR. RAMPTON: Yes, still in tab 4. Is it handwritten and does
15 it have San Paulo, San Jose Rio Preto at the top of it?
16 A. Yes, it does.
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18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is our page 22.
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20 MR. RAMPTON: I am grateful to your Lordship. You said that Bob
21 Rhea asked you to go?
22 A. Yes.
23
24 Q. You said you thought he almost certainly had a copy of the
25 Vesty letter from you?
26 A. Yes.
27
28 Q. Did he say why he wanted you to go to Brazil?
29 A. Yes, to check all the facts and make sure everything
30 was correct with regard to the rainforest beef or the fact
31 it was not rainforest beef.
32
33 Q. I understand what you mean. You were expected to go out
34 and satisfy yourself that was in the Vesty letter was true?
35 A. Absolutely.
36
37 Q. If you turn over the page -- I should ask you, whose
38 writing is that, do you remember or do you know?
39 A. I am not awfully sure, but I think it was my secretary
40 Rhona at that time, but it is a long time ago and I do not
41 really recognise it.
42
43 Q. The next document on page 23 it looks as though it is telex
44 dated 3rd November 1983, does it not?
45 A. Yes.
46
47 Q. From Weddel?
48 A. Yes.
49
50 Q. To you?
51 A. Yes.
52
53 Q. It says: "Your contact Brazil, James Cruden, Frigorifico
54 Anglo S/A", what do they do?
55 A. Well, that is the Vesty Company in Brazil.
56
57 Q. Is James Cruden Brazilian or English?
58 A. English.
59
60 Q. Its office is in Sao Paulo, apparently. The telephone
