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A.
That’s right.
First thing I did was, I sent Ben Shaw and

Glen Steilo down, and I followed five days later or so.

Q.
And that was in December of ‘96?
A.
Yes. Around the 20th.
Q.
Okay. I sent this subpoena here February 4th of
‘97.

A.
Uh-huh.
Q.
And pursuant to our agreement with the lawyers
that represent the Church, I sent it to them. How does this
work? I mean, how did this —— I mean, I assume the lawyers
would contact you, or who was the person
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A.
Well, in this instance they contacted me.
Normally the way it works is the person in the local Church

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who’s dealing with the case works with the lawyers, provides
them what they need.

Q.
Right. ‘
But this one was somewhat unusual in that I had come to

Florida in December and really made myself part of the team

that was working on it, so I was the one dealing both with

General Counsel’s Office in L.A. andwith the lawyers here.

Q.
Okay.
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A. And they ,gave that’ subpoena to me to ‘answer your
question.
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Q.
Okay. So that must have been kind of complicated

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