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     1        purpose they put them out for, and there is an argument
     2        about what "lies" means, and there is an argument about
     3        whether by one route or another, I will just use layman's
     4        terms rather than legal terms, they were justified in
     5        saying that it was lies.
     6
     7   MR. MORRIS:  All right then, so do you accept that you would
     8        have been kept informed of some of what was going on at
     9        those meetings as well as actually ----
    10        A.  If I am on the distribution list, I clearly was kept
    11        informed as to what had happened at that meeting.
    12
    13   Q.   OK then.  If we go to tab 3 in that bundle, we have here
    14        the press statement 12th April 1994?
    15        A.  Tab 3?
    16
    17   Q.   Tab?
    18        A.  Is that a background briefing?
    19
    20   Q.   Yes, that is the one.  This is actually part of the press
    21        release.  Now, you said you gave the background information
    22        about the history of the action, if you like, yes?
    23        A.  Yes.
    24
    25   Q.   Upon which they wrote leaflets and presumably press
    26        statements as well or background briefing?
    27        A.  Yes, the background to the case.
    28
    29   Q.   You gave the briefing.  Know the third bullet point down
    30        says:
    31
    32        "The leaflet in question, which was first published by the
    33        group in 1984, contains many lies about McDonald's"?
    34        A.  Well, I think what they are saying there is the first
    35        leaflet that we had in our possession produced by
    36        London Greenpeace was in 1984.
    37
    38   Q.   We know that that is inaccurate?
    39        A.  It is not the leaflet complained of, we know it is not
    40        the leaflet complained of.  I knew all along it was not the
    41        leaflet complained of, but it contained the same kind of
    42        allegations against us that were contained in the leaflet
    43        of what I call ----
    44
    45   Q.   You knew this information was inaccurate while it was being
    46        distributed?
    47        A.  No, I do not think that is accurate.
    48
    49   Q.   Over the following year or whatever?
    50        A.  I do not think it is inaccurate. 
    51 
    52   Q.   The leaflet in question that was first published by the 
    53        group in 1994?
    54
    55   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What he says, and it is the same as
    56        Mr. Preston, and I suggest you leave it there for me to
    57        judge, if it is important, is it was not the same leaflet
    58        but it contained much the same information so he does not
    59        think that sentence is inaccurate.
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