Day 001 - 28 Jun 94 - Page 16


     
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              "McDollars, McDeath, McCancer, McWaste, McHunger".  Then
     2        we see Miss Steel again, my Lord, in photograph 15 on page
              8.  She is at the left-hand side of the picture.  She is
     3        still holding up the "London Greenpeace" banner, still
              wearing the same clothes, of course, because it is the
     4        same day.
 
     5        Her next appearance is on page 9, photograph 17, still in
              the same position.  Slightly to the right of the picture
     6        one notices the banner:  "Save the rainforest, boycott a
              burger" with a crude map of South America with "Brazil"
     7        written on it.
 
     8        Then, my Lord, photograph 25, on page 13, this time --
              there may be some uncertainty about it, but this time it
     9        looks as though it is a back view of Miss Steel.  She is
              cut in half by the crude map of Brazil on the banner.
    10        Then, finally, photograph 26: At the top of page 14 she is
              standing next to the young man in the red anorak in the
    11        middle of the picture, or nearly in the middle of the
              picture, to the left of the tree; again it is a half back
    12        view.
 
    13        My Lord, Mr. Morris was not present on that occasion.  In
              addition to what your Lordship's sees there, Miss Steel
    14        was actually observed by McDonald's personnel (who will be
              giving evidence) handing out copies of this leaflet to
    15        passers-by.  Interestingly enough for the purpose of this
              case, on oath in answer to interrogatories she says she
    16        cannot remember whether she did or not.
 
    17        My Lord, in the light of what had happened on that
              occasion and, in particular, of the widespread publicity
    18        which had -- I use the word "coincided" as being neutral
               -- coincided with this event and presuming it coincided
    19        with it and followed it, the plaintiffs resolved they must
              try to put a stop to it, and to that end to find out for
    20        sure precisely who was responsible for the activities of
              London Greenpeace.
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              In consequence, the English McDonald's -- UK McDonald's
    22        I should call them -- with the approval of the American
              McDonald's, the parent corporation, did the only thing
    23        they could to try to stop the rot, stem the flow of
              poison, which was to instruct two separate firms of
    24        enquiry agents to investigate the matter.  May I tell your
              Lordship shortly what happened next, what the enquiry
    25        agent discovered?
  
    26        During late 1989, after this demonstration, and during 
              1990, employees of the two firms of enquiry agents 
    27        attended meetings of the London Greenpeace group.  Those
              meetings appeared to have been open to anyone who wished
    28        to attend.  The addresses at which those meetings were
              held were in London were, 5 Caledonian Road (which is the
    29        address on the leaflet), and another address, I think it
              is in Soho, 6 Endsleigh Street, WC1.
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              My Lord, what the investigators found was as follows:

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