Day 263 - 14 Jun 96 - Page 56
1 Q. "Others drifted in later, though no further formal
2 introductions were made. Names subsequently mentioned
3 included Paul, Richard, Bob and Dave". Dave, I assume, is
4 Dave Morris; is that right?
5 A. Yes.
6
7 Q. Do you remember if Paul was Paul Gravett or not?
8 A. He could have been, but I am not sure. I cannot be
9 certain. I feel it probably was, but I must emphasise I am
10 not certain.
11
12 Q. Turn over the page, please. I would like you to look at
13 the bottom of the page. ".... International Mail Out.
14 Dave ... and who arrived at 9 p.m., spoke of the annual
15 Mail Out by London Greenpeace to other interested groups
16 involved with animal liberation, ecology and anarchism.
17 This was to be an international Mail Out. Publicity would
18 be given to such matters as International Anti-McDonald's
19 Day on 16th October 1990, the campaign against the
20 International Monetary Fund and the move to abolish state
21 orders.
22
23 "The speaker" -- that, I take it, is Dave -- "suggested
24 that members might give thought to going to Moscow on 16th
25 October 1990 to demonstrate outside the new branch of
26 McDonald's there." Then there is something about the cost
27 and something about Chernobyl, which we have already seen
28 from your statement.
29
30 Then you write this: "Finally, he said that the
31 International Mail Out would include the customary
32 McDonald's factsheet", which you have just identified.
33 Where did you get the word or the words "fact sheet" from,
34 do you remember?
35 A. Well, I would think it would not have come from me; it
36 would have come from the speaker.
37
38 Q. Then over the page we see this, "Dave, by now controlling
39 the proceedings, spoke with enthusiasm about the
40 proposals", and so on and so forth, "One of the themes
41 would be Anti-McDonald's". The last paragraph of the
42 indented part under "Fayre" says, "The meeting broke up at
43 about 10.10 p.m.. Leaflets were collected and are
44 attached. Donations were made by all present to pay for
45 the room."
46
47 You have told us in your statement, Mr. Russell, that one
48 of the documents you took away from the piles on the table
49 was the so-called fact sheet; is that right?
50 A. Yes.
51
52 Q. What did you do with it when you took it away?
53 A. Along with all the others, I took it away and attached
54 them to my written report which I gave to Hartley the next
55 day, together with the collected leaflets.
56
57 Q. Did you observe whether or not any other people present at
58 the meeting took away copies of that fact sheet?
59 A. Yes, I think they did. My recollection is that they
60 did, although I would not have stayed long after the end to
