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     1             longer.  I also want to make a statement in
     2             relation to something that I discovered within
     3             the last few days relating to something
     4             Mr. Clare has said, where he says...."
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     6        and that actually should not be in quotes, but that I, as
     7        in Helen Steel,
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     9             attended a meeting, and I know for a fact that
    10             I did not."
    11
    12        So, as I said there, I want to make a statement about that,
    13        but not just about that.  About other matters which are in
    14        the Plaintiffs' publication witnesses, which was your
    15        suggestion.
    16
    17        Then on page 50, line 15, I just said:
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    19             "All this things are going to take some time.
    20             That is all.  So it is very helpful that the
    21             publication witnesses come after the official
    22             vacation because that gives time for doing those
    23             things, but if they are brought forwards, then
    24             we may need some time for preparation in any
    25             event..."
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    27        and you then said you understand that and that we should do
    28        our best to schedule the rainforest witnesses, or you might
    29        be in a position where Mr. Rampton is asked to get on with
    30        the publication witnesses.
    31
    32        Now, as Mr. Morris has pointed out, what Mr. Rampton said
    33        this morning was not entirely correct about how there was
    34        no witnesses scheduled for Thursday and Friday and that
    35        they were thinking of calling their publication witnesses
    36        then anyway to fill the gap because I thought that everyone
    37        was well aware that the plan was that Mr. Monroe was going
    38        to -- whilst originally he was coming on the Tuesday and
    39        continuing on the Wednesday, because of Mr. Morris' case,
    40        he was going to start on the Wednesday and might continue
    41        to the Thursday, which just left Friday as a blank, because
    42        we had not actually managed to find anybody for the
    43        Friday.  But I think considering that the job that has been
    44        done with the rest of scheduling, I do not personally feel
    45        that that should be used against us.
    46
    47        Now, as Mr. Morris said this morning, we had originally
    48        scheduled Mr. Brett for the 18th, but when Mr. Monroe got
    49        moved, we told him not to come because obviously there was
    50        no point in getting him here if Mr. Monroe was going to 
    51        last all Thursday. 
    52 
    53        The Plaintiffs must have had an idea for quite some time
    54        now that they were having problems getting hold of
    55        Mr. Monroe and that they had doubts about whether or not he
    56        was going to attend, but that has not been communicated to
    57        us.  I am not saying it is their fault Mr. Monroe has not
    58        turned up, but I do not think that we should be put in a
    59        difficult situation, through the failure of one of their
    60        witnesses to attend.
 
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