Day 261 - 12 Jun 96 - Page 03

     
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     2   MS. STEEL:   OK.  (To the witness)  You have made a note in your
     3        notes that:
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     5        "This last part illustrates what I firmly believed to be
     6        the present anti-McDonald's movement.  While
     7        London Greenpeace certainly initiated the idea...."
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     9        Incidentally, did you get any impression about when the
    10        campaign had been initiated?
    11        A.  No, I did not know that.
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    13   Q.   You were aware that it was some years before, though?
    14        A.  It was before my involvement, yes.
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    16   Q.   "....and supplied the original drive for the
    17        anti-McDonald's concept, now it has been taken over by
    18        other groups such as the Hackney Solidarity Group, the
    19        Haringey and Islington Direct Action movements, and most
    20        certainly by the various Animal Rights groups throughout
         the country.  For example, the demonstration organised for
    22        Dalston Junction, as related in my last report, has nothing
    23        to do with London Greenpeace; neither are any of its
    24        members expected to attend."
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    26        That is all correct, is it?
    27        A.  That was my impression at the time, yes.
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    29   Q.   In actual fact, were you aware of Michelle Hooker attending
    30        the pickets of the Dalston Junction McDonald's?
    31        A.  No, I was not.
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    33   Q.   Then you go on to say that there were various groups
    34        organising their own anti-McDonald's events?
    35        A.  Yes.
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    37   Q.   That would be correct, would it?
    38        A.  That was my impression at the time, yes.
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    40   MR. MORRIS:  The only reference to McDonald's in the above
         paragraph, apart from the thing about Helen that has been
    42        dealt with -- no, that was not about McDonald's, that was
    43        about the Greenpeace fair -- the only mention about
    44        McDonald's is about four lines from the bottom of the first
    45        paragraph.  It says:
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    47        "Paul Gravett stated that Hackney Solidarity Group had
    48        printed 10,000 anti-McDonald's leaflets using last year's
    49        artwork from London Greenpeace."
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    51   MR. RAMPTON:  There are two references to McDonald's at the end 
    52        of the first paragraph. 
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    54   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.  Right, OK.  The 10,000 anti-McDonald's
    55        leaflets, they were the usual versions, were they?
    56        A.  I do not know.  It was commented that 10,000
    57        anti-McDonald's leaflets had been incorrectly printed.
    58        Which leaflet, I was unable to say.
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    60   Q.   We are talking about the short version, the two-sided?