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     2   Q.   Well, I put it to you that unless you were keeping a note
     3        of every letter that you took and every letter that you
     4        returned, there was no way, bearing in mind that on some
     5        occasions you took several letters at one go and there were
     6        several occasions when you took letters, there was no way
     7        that you could be sure that all of the letters that you
     8        took were returned?
     9        A.   The letters that I took were, in my eyes, of
    10        significant importance and I would have returned them for
    11        that reason so that they were not to be missed.
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    13   MR. MORRIS:  In the whole time you were present in the group,
    14        from 4th January until sometime in September, 10 months, I
    15        did not participate in a single activity regarding
    16        McDonald's, did I?
    17        A.   Unless it is mentioned in my notes, I cannot recall.
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    19   Q.   Well, I am asking you, I did not, did I?
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    MR. JUSTICE BELL:   Well, I will have to look at his evidence,
    22        will I not?  The trouble is if you ask a question like that
    23        he can only give a reliable answer by going through
    24        everything all over again.  That is something you need to
    25        put to me, pointing out where, if at all, you are mentioned
    26        in the evidence or the notes.  One would have to do an
    27        analysis of them to have a reliable answer to it, quite
    28        apart from any question of reliability of the evidence.
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    30   MR. MORRIS:  I think, as we have seen, according to your notes
    31        you attended 18 meetings and I only attended one of them,
    32        effectively I was not involved with London Greenpeace in
    33        the period when you were involved with the group?
    34        A.   If my notes say that I was there that many times and
    35        you were, then that is correct.
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    37   MS. STEEL:  Just one question.  Page 3 of your third statement,
    38        paragraph 7:  "I did not attend the picket on the 6th of
    39        January nor any other antiMcDonald's demonstrations or
    40        pickets.  I had no opportunity to distribute the leaflets
         complained of or any other antiMcDonald's literature other
    42        than on the one occasion described below."  And in the next
    43        paragraph there is reference to answering letter with Jane
    44        Lapport.  You would accept now that that paragraph in your
    45        statement is incorrect, yes?
    46        A.   I will accept that.  From recollection of looking at
    47        my notes, it would appear that I did it on more than one
    48        occasion.  That particular occasion was with Jane
    49        specifically.
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    51   MS. STEEL:  No further questions.
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    53   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Thank you.
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    55                     RE-EXAMINED BY MR. RAMPTON
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    57   Q.   Only one thing, Mr. Claire, that I would like to ask you
    58        about.  Have you got the notes of 18th January in front of
    59        you?  It starts at page 16.
    60        A.   Yes, I do, sir.