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     2   Q.   What did the actual local councils do in Switzerland?
     3        A.  I could not tell you because that was before my time.
     4        It started before my time.
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     6   Q.   I believe at one time -----
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     8   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Is my recollection correct that it was in
     9        Switzerland that the study was made?
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    11   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.
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    13   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, I think it was in Schaffhausen which, I
    14        think, is on the border of Switzerland.
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    16   MR. MORRIS:  Is it true that in one canton there was even a
    17        referendum on the use of disposables?
    18        A.  It could have been.
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    20   Q.   In Switzerland?
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    22   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Was it a Swiss National Referendum?
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    24   MR. MORRIS:  It was a Regional Referendum, as far as I know.  It
    25        may be useful to McDonald's Environmental Newsletters, if
    26        I can find where they are, volume 47.
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    28   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you know the answer already because you
    29        could just put it without looking at a document, if you
    30        did; if you know it is a referendum of 1,000,000 people or
    31        100,000 or 150.
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    33   MR. MORRIS:  The Canton of Schaffhausen:  Public Referendum on
    34        in the canton of Schaffhausen on 2nd January 1991.
    35        Thinking about it, is that -- it is in tab 47, page 710.
    36        A.  OK.
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    38   Q.   This is the McDonald's Environmental Newsletter for Europe,
    39        May 1991?
    40        A.  Yes.
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    42   Q.   Over the page it has got McDonald's Response to this
    43        Referendum.  Do you recall this situation now, having
    44        looked at it?
    45        A.  No, because I was not in the company at that time.
    46        I recall having read about it afterwards but I was not
    47        involved in that.
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    49   Q.   What do you remember "when you read it afterwards", what
    50        did you remember was the outcome of the referendum and the 
    51        issue, from what you recall? 
    52        A.  I thought it was defeated. 
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    54   Q.   It then goes on over the page on 711, McDonald's response
    55        to counter the move, they say, and it is a whole range of
    56        things; stepping up environment/index.html">litter patrols/sponsoring of public
    57        trash bins.
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    59   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Wait a minute "stepping up environment/index.html">litter patrols",
    60        yes.  Why do you not ask if the witness knows whether