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     1        messages on it, but, although I heard what Mr. Nicholson
     2        said, it does appear to me to be, in any terms, a different
     3        leaflet.
     4
     5   MS. STEEL:   Thank you.  OK.  Paragraph 14 on page 19, I have
     6        dealt with the fact that we did not ignore the letters;
     7        that the first one, there is no evidence that we saw it.
     8
     9        Also, I just wanted to make a point on this, that in terms
    10        of my knowledge about that letter the only thing that
    11        I read about that letter or heard about that letter was
    12        what was stated in the Peace News article; and I think
    13        I did say this when I was giving evidence, that in the
    14        Peace News article about Veggies it stated London
    15        Greenpeace had replied to that letter and that, you know,
    16        McDonald's had then not done anything about it -- the
    17        indication being that it was all sort of an attempt by
    18        McDonald's to scare London Greenpeace into apologising, but
    19        when London Greenpeace stood up to them they then backed
    20        down.  That is the inference of the article in Peace News,
         and that was my only knowledge about that letter in 1984.
    22        If I did not say this in evidence, then you have to ignore
    23        that, but .....
    24
    25   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Well .....
    26
    27   MS. STEEL:   I cannot actually remember.  I know that I missed
    28        some things out when I was going through the evidence,
    29        basically because it was an extremely difficult task to say
    30        everything that I felt was important.
    31
    32   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It appears to be about two years before you
    33        got involved.
    34
    35   MS. STEEL:   Three years, yes; four years, in fact -- sorry.
    36
    37   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Maybe I am confusing you with Mr. Gravett,
    38        but I thought it was -- was it not 1987 that you
    39        started -----
    40
    MS. STEEL:   In 1987, I went to a few meetings, but I did not
    42        get -----
    43
    44   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  1988.  Well, it was about three years before
    45        then ---
    46
    47   MS. STEEL:   Yes, I suppose it is December.
    48
    49   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  -- according to the evidence I have heard.
    50 
    51   MS. STEEL:  I suppose the letter was (inaudible).  Then, 
    52        obviously, the second letter we replied by filing a 
    53        defence; and I have said that already.
    54
    55   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    56
    57   MS. STEEL:   On page 20 -- now, I just wanted to point out this
    58        contradiction on this page, that at paragraph 20 McDonald's
    59        say -- we are asking them to state all the facts and
    60        matters that they are relying upon in support of the