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1 A. Well, you have Operations Development Manager written
2 down there.
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4 Q. Could you keep your voice up, please?
5 A. Sorry, Operations Development Manager is stated here.
6 I had that position that year but not for the whole of that
7 year and I would guess it was Paul Connan who was my
8 predecessor who took part in this.
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10 MR. MORRIS: I think we have already questioned Mr. Preston
11 about it. I cannot remember the extent of the
12 questioning. But he was interviewed. So, this Paul
13 Connan, was he the -----
14 A. Paul C-O-N-N-A-N, the Operations Development Manager.
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16 Q. Was he your predecessor in that job?
17 A. Yes.
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19 Q. So you would have taken up his work-load when he left?
20 A. I would have taken up the projects that he had.
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22 Q. Right. So in 1992 -- this is dated August 1992.
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24 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It says: "The interviews and site visits
25 were carried out between December 1991 and April 1992",
26 that is page 808.
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28 MR. MORRIS: Yes. (To the witness): Paul Connan would have
29 been the person at that time?
30 A. Yes, I believe it was April that I took that position.
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32 Q. Just have a quick look through. You may notice as you
33 flick through it is a very substantial report, is it not?
34 I suppose for convenience you could go to the Conclusions
35 at page 862.
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I have just read through the summary at the
38 beginning and then 862?
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40 MR. MORRIS: Is Conclusions, then Recommendations at 5.11 which
41 is two pages later?
42 A. Sorry, you require me to read the summary?
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44 Q. I do not want you to read it at the moment. I am just
45 saying just to notice the kind of sweep of the report. You
46 will notice the Recommendations, if you look at the total
47 23 Recommendations. If you have a quick look at them, they
48 seem to be quite ----
49 A. I have got Conclusions on 862. It says Conclusions and
50 Recommendations.
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52 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Recommendations, 864.
53 A. 864 are Recommendations, yes.
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55 MR. MORRIS: Do you want to take a couple of minutes to have a
56 look at the Conclusions and the Recommendations?
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Why do you not ask your next question, what
59 you are going to put to him, and then I suggest he has an
60 opportunity to read the summary at pages 800 and 801 and
