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     1        which letters which were written to Head Office were as a
     2        result of people seeing material produced by
     3        London Greenpeace or the McLibel support campaign and which
     4        were as a result of you putting out leaflets in your
     5        stores?
     6        A.  Without seeing the material I could not comment.
     7
     8   Q.   In tab 26.
     9
    10   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Let us take our 5-minute break there.
    11
    12                          (Short adjournment)
    13
    14   MS. STEEL:   If we just have a look at the leaflet that appears
    15        in tab 26.  If you compare it with the one in tab 28, which
    16        is the one, I think -- finally that was produced, sorry.
    17        The one in 26 says, "To our customers, McDonald's goes to
    18        court to stop lies." and the final paragraph in the leaflet
    19        says, "We believe that the truth is worth defending, and
    20        that you should know the facts".  The one in tab 28 says,
    21        "To our customers, why McDonald's is going to court",
    22        which is different, and the final paragraph, "This is not
    23        about freedom of speech, it is about the right to stop
    24        people telling lies".  Do you know why those changes were
    25        made?
    26        A.  No.
    27
    28   Q.   You do not know.  Is it basically because it was us who
    29        were saying that we believed the truth was worth defending
    30        and that the reality is that you do not want people to know
    31        the facts?
    32        A.  I do want people to know the facts.  I could speculate
    33        on why it was changed.  I do not know that I should
    34        necessarily do that.  I would guess, again, it was
    35        something we did in our stores after you yourselves had
    36        done press releases and issued statements.  This was in
    37        response to that, and the defence of freedom of speech and
    38        the 'why we are going to court' issue was a question we
    39        were certainly being asked and we dealt with it.  This was
    40        a way to respond to that which you yourselves had said
    41        first, nothing more than that.  It was after you, not
    42        before you.  But, again, I am speculating.  I was not part
    43        of the draft -- first draft, second draft, third, final.
    44        I gave it the final blessing, but that is all.
    45
    46   Q.   Right.  You were here for Mr. Rampton's opening speech were
    47        you not?
    48        A.  Yes
    49   Q.   Do you remember a video being shown?
    50        A.  Yes. 
    51 
    52   Q.   It was made by some school children? 
    53        A.  I remember a video.
    54
    55   Q.   Your company participated in the production of that video
    56        did you not?
    57        A.  I do not remember if we did or not.
    58
    59   Q.   Or supported it.  When I say 'participated' I do not mean
    60        you filmed it, I mean you made facilities available?

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