Day 249 - 14 May 96 - Page 46

     
     1        you subscribed to an organisation called the Economic
     2        League?
     3        A.  That is right, my Lord.
     4
     5   Q.   In return for that they regularly sent you information of
     6        various kinds?
     7        A.  Yes.
     8
     9   Q.   Was that personalised, as it were, to McDonald's or was
    10        that information they would send to all their subscribers?
    11        A.  That is right.  It is a newsletter kind of thing.
    12
    13   Q.   What sort of topics did it cover?
    14        A.  It kept an eye on politics to a certain degree; it kept
    15        an eye on left wing organisations.  That kind of thing.  It
    16        was there to defend, as I understand it -- and I never
    17        really looked into it very deeply -- they were there to
    18        defend multi-nationals and the interest of multi-nationals.
    19
    20   MS. STEEL:   That included reports on workers and other
         individuals who multi-nationals might want to have
    22        information about, people who organised strikes or people
    23        who are involved in protests?
    24        A.  I do not think it was so much people; it was not
    25        individuals.  It was organisations.
    26
    27   Q.   What was it that the Economic League told you about the
    28        nature of the London Greenpeace organisation?
    29        A.  Well, they were at this meeting organised by
    30        Transnational Information Exchange, and these leaflets were
    31        put out and we were discussed.
    32
    33   Q.   At the meeting?
    34        A.  At the meeting, and the report was that we seemed to be
    35        coming pretty top of the league for some disruptive action.
    36
    37   Q.   When was this?
    38        A.  That would be around 1987; perhaps 1988.
    39
    40   Q.   This was after you had already seen the London Greenpeace
         fact sheet that is the subject of this action?
    42        A.  Yes.
    43
    44   MR. MORRIS:  When you started off in your cross-examination you
    45        were asked about where you first saw the Aims and
    46        Objectives of London Greenpeace and you said you were not
    47        sure but you had a good reason to believe where it came
    48        from?
    49        A.  I thought it might have been the Economic League; I
    50        thought it might be the Economic League. 
    51 
    52   Q.   You said your concern began to stem from that time, that is 
    53        what you actually said; "there was concern in my mind"?
    54        A.  Well, there was concern in my mind.
    55
    56   Q.   About the Aims and Objectives?
    57        A.  Yes, building up in 1987/1988, and at some point in
    58        time I got a hold of this thing which said that you had a
    59        great affiliation or a support for them.
    60