Day 245 - 07 May 96 - Page 42


     
     1        A.  Yes?
     2
     3   Q.   When you say that in your statement there, you are
     4        referring to pickets within the last year, year and a half?
     5        A.  Yes.
     6
     7   Q.   Right.
     8        A.  Those I am sure of.
     9
    10   Q.   When did the leaflet that is the subject of this action
    11        first come to your attention?
    12        A.  Nineteen eighty something, I do not know, 6, 7, I am
    13        not sure the exact date.  I think I was given one by a
    14        visiting franchisee from the United States, or sent one by
    15        one of those people.  I do not remember the exact date.
    16
    17   Q.   Actually I do remember now what year.  You were part of
    18        discussions on what steps to take in order to stop
    19        publication of the leaflet that is the subject of this
    20        action?
    21        A.  Was I part of discussions?  Yes, I was part of
    22        discussions.
    23
    24   Q.   Yes.  Was it your initiative?
    25        A.  Yes, I think it probably was.
    26
    27   Q.   Right.  Who did you meet with to discuss what steps to
    28        take?
    29        A.  Well, I talked about it internally with members of the
    30        Company.
    31
    32   Q.   With who?
    33        A.  My Communications Department, Sid Nicholson, other
    34        security people, the operating people of the Company, what
    35        was happening in the stores, what questions they were
    36        getting when these leaflets were handed out.  I certainly
    37        spoke with my North American colleagues about it and had
    38        been approached about the leaflet by numerous Managing
    39        Directors from the various McDonald's companies around the
    40        world.
    41
    42   Q.   When you were actually sitting down discussing what you
    43        were going to do to stop the leaflet, who was present at
    44        those discussions?
    45        A.  Primarily internal British people, I believe, from my
    46        company here in the UK, me, Sid, possibly Terry Carroll, or
    47        one of his staff, certainly someone from Communications.
    48        I do not think Mike Love was part of the company back
    49        then.  I think that was before his time.
    50 
    51   Q.   Do you remember when he joined the Company? 
    52        A.  Mike has been with us 2, 2 and a half years, I think, 2 
    53        and a quarter years.
    54
    55   Q.   Right.  What were the steps that you decided to take then
    56        to stop the publication of the leaflet?
    57        A.  To try and find out first and foremost who was behind
    58        it.  When we found out that it was emanating from an
    59        address on Caledonian Road, made contact, as I recall, and
    60        we were ignored.  Certainly the decision to go forward was

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