Day 255 - 23 May 96 - Page 21

     
     1        A.  I am not sure how far it got, or whether it went to
     2        court, or whether they just published an apology, or
     3        whatever.
     4
     5   Q.   I think it might be one of the statements in open court?
     6        A.  This is all a long time ago, I cannot remember.
     7
     8   Q.   The next one is in tab 15 from The Nuneaton and Bedford
     9        Trader of 1989.  Do you remember this one?
    10        A.  I am sorry, I cannot remember this one either.
    11
    12   Q.   Do you see at the bottom it says:
    13
    14        "A spokesman for McDonald's said:  'It saddens us when they
    15        do things like this.  Their criticisms that we are involved
    16        in deforestation is totally unfounded.  We periodically get
    17        those protests but they do not disrupt business'."
    18
    19        Would you agree with that statement?
    20        A.  I do not know that they do not disrupt business.  I do
         not know who the spokesman was.  Some of these protests
    22        have in fact disrupted business.
    23
    24   Q.   Tab 16, do you remember that one?
    25        A.  No, well, hold on, I said "no" too quickly.  No, I do
    26        not think so.  It is obviously a lift from your document
    27        but no, I do not remember it.
    28
    29   Q.   Right.  Tab 17, do you remember that one?
    30        A.  No.  It would very difficult for me to remember
    31        individual polys.  There was an awful lot of leafleting at
    32        polytechnics and universities and colleges.  I could never
    33        say, "Yes, I remember this one" and "No, I remember that
    34        one".
    35
    36   Q.   Was it generally the policy at that time that everyone you
    37        heard of you would write a letter to asking them to
    38        retract?
    39        A.  If it contained material which we considered offensive
    40        to us we would write to the college authorities.
    41
    42   Q.   Generally speaking, it would be to advise them that if they
    43        did not retract and apologise ----
    44        A. -- Not necessarily.
    45
    46   Q.   You might take it further?
    47        A.  No, not necessarily.  We would just point out that we
    48        felt it was offensive and that we would like our position
    49        known to the college authorities.
    50 
    51   Q.   Tab 18, Chiltern Radio.  Do you remember that one? 
    52        A.  Not in itself.  I mean, there were lots of these. 
    53
    54   Q.   You do not remember that one?
    55        A.  No.
    56
    57   Q.   Tab 19 is The Bournemouth Advertiser.  You were here for
    58        the various evidence on that; were you not?
    59        A.  Yes.
    60