Mr. Joe Christle:

The board of directors was happy to set that aside and follow the proposal or the urging of the Minister.

The Sports Council and the IABA, at the meeting on 14 October, were happy to set it aside and fully concentrate on getting the contract and getting the deal that had been agreed on 14 September signed and sealed. That was the week in which the world championship finals took place on the Wednesday and Thursday and Billy Walsh was back on the Friday and coming up for a meeting on the following Tuesday. The IABA expected contracts to come back from the solicitors because it was at the exchange of contract stage and we had given our word to the Minister that we would finish this by the following Friday. It did not matter what was coming back from the solicitors, it was going to be done. The Minister indicated in the strongest possible terms that he wanted it done and we said that we would get it done.