Day 278 - 11 Jul 96 - Page 29


     
     1   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think you are in the wrong bundle,
     2        Mr. Morris.
     3
     4   MR. MORRIS:  1B.
     5
     6   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, 99.  Very near the top?
     7        A.  I think it was written by New Zealand John.
     8
     9   MR. RAMPTON:  It says, "Enclosed are a number of leaflets".  It
    10        says, "Dear friends, enclosed are a number of leaflets,
    11        including one about Mclibel's support campaign set out to
    12        support the two people who are being taken to court by
    13        McDonald's for alleged libel."
    14        A.  Yes.
    15
    16   Q.   So, whatever its date it comes after January 1991 when the
    17        other three settled does it not?
    18        A.  Yes.
    19
    20   MR. MORRIS:  Can I just ask which bit was meant to be my
    21        handwriting?
    22
    23   MR. RAMPTON:  The date.  I don't know that it is--
    24
    25   MR. MORRIS:  No, is it not my handwriting.
    26
    27   MR. RAMPTON:  You can give evidence about that in due course,
    28        Mr. Morris.
    29        A.  As I said, I think this was done by New Zealand John.
    30
    31   Q.  "Enclosed are a number of leaflets including one about the
    32        Mclibel support group campaign set up to support the two
    33        people who are being taken to court by McDonald's for
    34        alleged libel."  That is you and Mr. Morris is it not?  You
    35        see in the next paragraph there is a reference to the
    36        Mclibel two?
    37        A.  Yes.
    38
    39   Q.   You will have seen this, no doubt, before it went out would
    40        you not?
    41        A.  Probably.
    42
    43   Q.   And then the fourth paragraph says, "Also enclosed is a
    44        leaflet about McDonald's which we will be handing out
    45        outside their head office on October 16th.  Feel free to
    46        use it to make your own leaflet for your local picket.
    47        Everything in the leaflet is true and is based on books,
    48        articles and research.  However, it does contain statements
    49        similar to those McDonald's are suing us over, such as..."
    50        and it gives a list.  And then it says at the beginning of
    51        the next paragraph, "We stand by everything said in the
    52        leaflet and we urge others to do the same and to refuse to
    53        bow to intimidation."
    54
    55             The "we" in those paragraphs or -- sorry, in that
    56        sentence, must be you and Mr. Morris must it not?
    57        A.  Where are "we"?  No, it is talking about Greenpeace
    58        London.
    59
    60   Q.   You do not stand by what was in the leaflet?

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