GEORGE BIZOS
Very briefly Mr Chairperson, the issue is not when the applicants sent the papers but when we got them, and the Committee knows.
	The other is that, I am not being original, it has been said before, but I just want to say to the attorney for the applicants that flattery will not get them very far, because I actually believe that counsel should really have a basis in order to conduct a, a factual basis, a full factual basis, before he can conduct any meaningful cross-examination.  
	It is correct Mr Chairperson that we asked an investigator to look into the accounts of the applicants and Mrs Derby-Lewis, it's a legitimate enquiry.  I am perplexed how a copy of the letter came to be in their possession, a letter written to our agent to make enquiries about their accounts finds itself in their possession, but that's by the way.
	Finally I want to make this broad submission.  If this application for a postponement cannot be properly argued because of the state of the documents, can you imagine where we are going to go to if we have to struggle to find the relevant document whilst cross-examination is taking place?  I invited counsel for the other side to have a pre-hearing conference where we could possibly iron these out, my invitation was not accepted.  One hopes that if the matter is in fact postponed in the discretion of the Committee that we can do what is usually done in order that we should be on the same wavelength with members of the Committee when we are arguing the case.  
	Even on questions such as, whose case are we going to hear first, Mr Walus or Mr Derby-Lewis?  I would like to make submissions in relation to that having regard to their respective positions, but these are matters which shouldn't have to be argued, we should talk about it and come to an arrangement so that when we come here the documents are ready, witnesses are available, we can have the order in which witnesses are going to be called, we will want subpoenas to be issued on a number of people whom we will want to examine.  This is an inquiry and they will not be our witnesses, in fact we expect them to be hostile to our interests.  So that all these matters will have to be arranged for a proper hearing to take place.  Thank you Mr Chairman.