Day 270 - 28 Jun 96 - Page 06
1 made notes after the meetings. I was asked to particularly
2 listen out for anything said about McDonald's, but to
3 generally report about everything that went on at meetings.
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5 "10. I was told to look out for certain individuals who
6 were considered to be the core members of the group. This
7 included Paul, Helen, Dave and I think maybe Jonathan and
8 Jane as well. I recall mentioning Paul Gravett in reports
9 that he was present at meetings, et cetera. I was asked to
10 note anything they said or did about McDonald's.
11 McDonald's was not on the agenda much to be discussed. In
12 fact, I think I was disappointed it was not discussed
13 more. I do not remember seeing a six page leaflet about
14 McDonald's. I can recall A5 pale green and yellow
15 anti-McDonald's leaflets. I helped myself to the group's
16 leaflets and handed any McDonald's leaflets into the
17 Managing Director with my report. I never took any letters
18 about the McDonald's campaign."
19 A. In fact, I handed any leaflets that I picked up,
20 whether they were McDonald's or other attached to my
21 reports.
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23 Q. Right. You would have handed in any leaflets that you had
24 picked up at the meetings?
25 A. Yes.
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27 Q. Okay. If you can try and keep your voice up as well,
28 sorry. This is a copy of -- well, I will not say.
29 (Handed). If you just have a look at that leaflet. Do you
30 remember seeing this leaflet at the meetings that you
31 attended?
32 A. Not specifically, no; I do not remember this one.
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34 Q. Right. That is a copy of the fact sheet that we are being
35 sued over. Paragraph 12:
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37 "I did not feel the anti-McDonald's campaign was a major
38 issue. It was one of the issues but not the central one.
39 It certainly was not No. 1 on the agenda. The agency
40 painted a picture that London Greenpeace was set up to
41 campaign against McDonald's, but having attended the
42 meetings it was obvious to me that that was not the case."
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44 Paragraph 13:
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46 "It did not seem as if Helen and Dave were particularly
47 involved in the anti-McDonald's campaign, although there
48 was not really enough discussion to give me a complete
49 picture. I do not remember any anti-McDonald's activities
50 being planned while I was there. I cannot remember
51 specifically anything Helen and Dave said. I remember
52 Helen coming in late on a couple of occasions. The
53 meetings started at 8 p.m. and Helen came in around
54 9.15 p.m. I never took the minutes of the meetings which I
55 attended. I recall that it was thrown open to volunteers
56 to take the minutes in a red book. I recall that the
57 agenda was passed around and everyone wrote down what they
58 wanted to discuss. There was no chair and no serious
59 control. They were not formally controlled meetings. They
60 were open discussions amongst all members. It was often