Day 276 - 09 Jul 96 - Page 12
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2 Q. But the cattle would come from all over Brazil in terms of
3 before they are being fattened?
4 A. No, it would be very unlikely that they would, no.
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just pause a moment.
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8 MS. STEEL: Yes, if we turn to, I think it is in tab, you want
9 tab 5 for David Walker's statement.
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11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, if you go to divider 5, which is in
12 about the middle of the bundle, and then behind that there
13 is another divider which is 4?
14 A. Yes.
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16 Q. And?
17 A. I have found my letter.
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19 Q. 13A it has got at the bottom has it? Anyway, you have
20 found it which is what matters?
21 A. I have found my letter.
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23 Q. Let me just make a note. Yes, thank you.
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25 MS. STEEL: This letter was written in response to a request
26 from David Walker?
27 A. Yes.
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29 Q. Request for confirmation about -- well, I will tell you
30 what, actually if you go two pages before -- no, sorry, not
31 two pages before -- yes, it is actually one page before?
32 A. Right.
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34 Q. In the second to last paragraph: "If Lord Sam would be
35 kind enough to write to me confirming these facts and the
36 fact that cattle come from estates established up to 100
37 years..."
38 A. No, I have not got that, that is the letter to Peter
39 Bartrum is it?
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41 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, it is.
42 A. It is not in here. My Lord, it might help, in my
43 briefcase I have got all the letters and I can probably
44 find them quicker than she can.
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46 Q. We do not necessarily have to refer to documents at all
47 save, obviously, Lord Vestey's letter, you may want to. If
48 you put to him what you suggest the background was and he
49 may agree or explain what his recollection is.
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51 MS. STEEL: Yes. But that would be correct, yes, you received
52 this letter -- well, that was sent to Mr. Bartrum and you
53 then wrote a letter to David Walker?
54 A. I saw the letter that had been written and then I then
55 wrote this letter to David Walker.
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57 Q. Can I just ask you about the first sentence in the second
58 paragraph, "The plant which supplies meat to the UK has
59 done so since 1912". Was it a Vestey company in 1912?
60 A. Yes.
