Day 095 - 02 Mar 95 - Page 64
1 Q. Some of those are in your own handwriting, filled in by
2 you?
3 A. Yes.
4
5 Q. Turn please to tab N, sub-tab N of 16?
6 A. Yes.
7
8 Q. You will see, as you will recall, the answer you got on the
9 enquiry was that Coope Montecillos in Costa Rica exported
10 chicken to Nicaragua. Yes, do you see that, the right-hand
11 column under "chicken", it is the second page?
12 A. Yes.
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14 Q. These enquiries were made in I think December 1992?
15 A. That is correct.
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17 Q. You were asked by Mr. Morris whether you had a restaurant
18 in Costa Rica and you said, "Well, not now, we might once
19 have had done"?
20 A. Nicaragua?
21
22 Q. Sorry, Nicaragua. McDonald's annual reports tell us that
23 there has not been a McDonald's restaurant in Nicaragua
24 since 1986?
25 A. That is correct.
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27 Q. What then does this entry convey to you in 1992, that Coope
28 Montecillos is exporting chicken to Nicaragua?
29 A. Nothing for me. Coope Montecillos is not the
30 McDonald's side, that part. That is their business.
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32 Q. It is nothing to do with McDonald's?
33 A. Absolutely not.
34
35 Q. So if it says in the left-hand column that Coope
36 Montecillos is exporting beef to the USA, one should not,
37 I take it, conclude that is anything to do with McDonald's?
38 A. That is correct.
39
40 Q. Just one more document in this file and then I will sit
41 down. Can you turn back to tab D in this file? Now we have
42 moved to Malaysia. It is the first sheet in the Malaysian
43 section which deals only with chicken. Do you have that?
44 A. Yes, I do.
45
46 Q. We notice that it says that the McDonald's supplier in
47 Malaysia it seems do say that they export chicken products
48 to Singapore and Japan. McDonald's does have outlets in
49 Singapore and Japan?
50 A. That is correct.
51
52 Q. Also Jordan. Does McDonald's have any restaurants in
53 Jordan?
54 A. No, we do not, not that I can remember.
55
56 Q. I have searched the McDonald's annual reports up until the
57 last one and I certainly find no reference to Jordan in
58 those. So, do we then conclude that what that means is, as
59 you told us in relation to Costa Rica -----
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