Day 078 - 26 Jan 95 - Page 34
1 A. No, not to my memory.
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3 Q. So you did not really get involved in the political side of
4 this ----
5 A. No.
6
7 Q. -- whole affair?
8 A. No, all I made sure was it was not from rainforest area
9 which I did.
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11 Q. So sometime after, was it after the third consignment, you
12 actually went to Brazil in December 1983?
13 A. Yes.
14
15 Q. Correct?
16 A. Yes.
17
18 Q. You said yesterday that you discussed all kinds of business
19 matters. I cannot remember what the actual list was. You
20 said a number of the things you discussed with the people
21 there to do with quality, cost and everything, yes?
22 A. Yes.
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24 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Rightly or wrongly, I got the picture that
25 you went out because of the rainforest but took the
26 opportunity, having gone all that way, to get the most out
27 of your trip; is that correct?
28 A. Absolutely correct, sir.
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30 MR. MORRIS: When you got there, you were met by an old friend,
31 is that correct, you said?
32 A. Yes, oh, yes, I am with you now. It is all right. You
33 have gone past San Paulo, you are now up at Barretos.
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35 Q. I am in Barretos.
36 A. I am with you now.
37
38 Q. So the person that you knew -- was it more than one person
39 that you knew there?
40 A. No, it was only the one person I knew there.
41
42 Q. That person's name was again?
43 A. Peter Day.
44
45 Q. Peter Day, and his position was?
46 A. In the plant?
47
48 Q. Yes.
49 A. He was Production Manager.
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51 Q. Was that quite an important position?
52 A. Yes, important enough to move him from Rockhampton
53 Queensland to Barretos, Brazil.
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55 Q. You had known him from Queensland when you were involved
56 with the Vesty Organisation?
57 A. Yes, I knew him in Queensland in Rockhampton.
58
59 Q. So you trusted him because you knew him, yes?
60 A. Yes.
