Day 067 - 15 Dec 94 - Page 66


     
     1        Some were at their own officers.
     2
     3   Q.   At?
     4        A.  At their own corporate offices.
     5
     6   Q.   At Coope Montecillos' offices?
     7        A.  At their facilities.  In addition to those I have also
     8        seen documents within McDonald's, internal documents.
     9
    10   Q.   What I want to know, when you talk about those documents,
    11        were you actually making a check, not just for documents
    12        which might, for instance, say:  "We have not supplied
    13        McDonald's with beef", but looking through records to see
    14        among invoices, shipment documents of any kind, showing
    15        where beef had gone, there were any which might indicate
    16        that beef had gone from Coope Montecillos to a McDonald's
    17        supplier in the States, or anywhere else for that matter?
    18        Did you make that kind of search or were you just looking
    19        for averments that they had not sent beef to McDonald's?
    20        A.  It actually started, I would say, through curiosity, by
    21        curiosity.  I wanted to see when I visit, I was well aware
    22        about some concerns, some allegations, that were made in
    23        the past; example, the video.  I was curious to know the
    24        internal process within Coope Montecillos and within our
    25        company, so that is when I started seeing those documents.
    26        I have looked at the documents from our suppliers.  I have
    27        seen written statements from our suppliers where they say
    28        they only use 100 per cent domestic beef because we
    29        claim -----
    30
    31   Q.   No, I am sorry, I would like you to answer the question
    32        I asked which was this:  When you went on your search for
    33        documents, did you actually make a search of documents
    34        which might indicate to whom they had supplied beef over a
    35        period of time, to see if there were any indicating that,
    36        whatever they had said in any certificate, they had or
    37        might have supplied beef to McDonald's suppliers in the
    38        States or anywhere else?
    39        A.  OK.  No, I do not have tendency to search for that
    40        information.
    41
    42   Q.   No, that is why I asked the question.
    43        A.  I do ask to provide me with that information.  I do ask
    44        direct questions to whether or not they import or export
    45        beef, but I do not do a research at Coope Montecillos.
    46
    47   MR. MORRIS:  I think we have gone as far as we can on this
    48        issue.
    49
    50   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, just pause a moment.  The final matter 
    51        is this:  The gentleman on the video, do you remember the 
    52        video? 
    53        A.  I remember.  I did not see -- I have not seen the
    54        video.  I have had conversation with numerous people about
    55        the issue.
    56
    57   Q.   No, I merely asked, what I want to know is whether you have
    58        ever met any of the people who appeared on the video?
    59        A.  Yes, I have, Tudor Wolfe(?).  I have met Tudor Wolfe.
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