Day 260 - 11 Jun 96 - Page 17

     
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     2   Q.   Then you go on to say: "It was pointed out that the views
     3        expressed by him were his own and not those of the group in
     4        general."
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     6        In a similar way to the point we have just covered, where
     7        you say that not everybody in the group is interested in
     8        the same things, would you agree that, generally, in that
     9        line, that was the way the group operated, that people
    10        expressed their own views and they were not necessarily the
    11        views of the whole group and not necessarily the whole
    12        group was interested in them?
    13        A.  Yes, I would agree with that.
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    15   Q.   It goes on to say: "This fact seemed to be important to
    16        several of those present."
    17        A.  Yes.
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    19   Q.   It was something that people felt strongly about?
    20        A.  Yes, indeed.
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    22   MR. MORRIS:  Just a couple of things on 17th May.  You said at
    23        the bottom: "Everyone seemed to be friendly enough"?
    24        A.  This is -----
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    26   Q.   The very last line that has not been blanked out.
    27        A.  Yes.
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    29   Q.   That accords with your general view, does it, of
    30        London Greenpeace meetings -- people generally friendly?
    31        A.  Yes, yes.
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    33   MS. STEEL:   On that point, they were pretty informal meetings?
    34        A.  They were very informal meetings.
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    36   MR. MORRIS:  The last thing I was going to bring up was that you
    37        pointed out -- I think it comes up a bit later on, but we
    38        might as well point it out here -- you suggested a title --
    39        this is top of page 5 -- you suggested a title for the next
    40        meeting.  This is your first meeting you had been to?
         A.  Yes.
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    43   Q.   Next public meeting, yes?  So you suggested the title
    44        "Anarchism versus Socialism: Is there a difference?"
    45        A.  Yes.
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    47   Q.  "To my surprise, this idea was accepted.  It was of interest
    48        to discover that this is the actual title used."
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    50        That comes up a bit later, when there is some dispute about 
    51        whether that should be the meeting.  But people were happy 
    52        to accept that? 
    53        A.  As a suggestion, yes.
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    55   Q.   As a suggestion.  You said you were surprised.  Is that
    56        because it was your first meeting, nobody knew you, but
    57        people seemed to accept you straightaway?
    58        A.  It was my first meeting.  I did not know really what
    59        was expected of me, considering the brief that I had been
    60        given; and I thought I must make some form of contribution,