EDWARD WEBB
No, I don't think you should think in terms of us trying to discuss something, the General was higher in rank than myself, so we weren't on an equal level and he directed an enquiry at me "Were you involved or not?"  And I don't know whether he as the Head of the Detective Branch perhaps had any knowledge of Ribeiro or not.  He just asked me "Are your people involved, yes or no?"  And that's when I made the enquiry.  It wasn't a discussion between people of equal rank, he was of a higher rank than myself.