Day 246 - 09 May 96 - Page 05
1 Q. Right. If you then turn over to page 2, can you just tell
2 us who Scope Communications Management are and what they
3 have to do with McDonald's?
4 A. They are a company we retain for public relations
5 purposes, for advice and consultation on public relations
6 exercises or programmes we want to put together.
7
8 Q. So that is separate, is it, to Welbeck Golan Harris?
9 A. They are two separate organisations, yes.
10
11 Q. They are basically the same thing but you have just got two
12 of them there, or are they different?
13 A. Well, I think one is quite a bit bigger than the
14 other: one is multi-national, covers the world in terms of
15 their offices. Scope International are really quite small
16 and located here.
17
18 Q. Right, so it is Welbeck that covers the world?
19 A. They are the bigger one, yes. They would be the one
20 involved on a global basis.
21
22 Q. OK. Were Scope somebody you have been employing for quite
23 some time or were they brought in specifically to deal with
24 this case?
25 A. Scope have been employed by us for, let us say, 3 or 4
26 years, but not for this case specifically, no.
27
28 Q. Right. OK. On the second page, this is dated 31st January
29 1994?
30 A. Yes.
31
32 Q. The subject is London Greenpeace. We do not know who this
33 is to or from, but the message is: "For your comments and
34 discussions at tomorrow's meeting". Did you attend the
35 meeting on what would have been 1st February, 1994?
36 A. I do not think so.
37
38 Q. You do not think so. Do you know whether the page that is
39 following is part of the same document or is something
40 separate? It does not appear to have a date on it so...
41 A. No, I do not know. It would be sort of -- it looks
42 like it follows on, but I do not know if it is the same one
43 or not.
44
45 Q. Right. No 1 is about an internal briefing document for
46 senior management to answer employees' questions: "Why are
47 we bringing this case?" Do you know whether that was
48 prepared?
49 A. I do not know for sure. I would guess there was one
50 prepared, but I am not sure.
51
52 Q. Right. The No. 2, simple briefing sheet for every
53 employee; do you know whether that was done?
54 A. I do not know.
55
56 Q. No 4 is a detailed briefing paper covering each of the
57 points covered by the libel action for use in response to
58 detailed media enquiries. We have seen the media press
59 releases that you sent out to various media organisations
60 when we were looking at them on Tuesday. They did not
