MR DE ROSSA was asked if he had any contact with the embassy in Dublin and he replied that he did not, other than thj the ambassador.

Mr Patrick MacEntee SC, for the defence, asked if there was a KGB man there. Mr De Rossa said if there was he did not identify himself to him.

Counsel asked if iinyone in the WP had any contacts there. Mr De Rossa said no, he would have regarded that as outlandish and a nonsense. They were a political party. Why would they have contact with the KGB? It was the stuff of comic books.

Counsel said after the publication of the "Moscow letter" in

The Irish Times in October, 1992, there was a great deal of controversy and comment about it in all the Irish newspapers and other media. He asked if Mr De Rossa gave any interviews about it, apart from his denial that he knew nothing about it.

Mr De Rossa said he was sure he must have given a number of interviews.

Mr MacEntee asked if he ever, in any of the interviews, revealed that Mr Garland made the disclosure in January, 1992.

Mr De Rossa said no, as it was, if he remembered correctly, reported at the time, so it was not necessary for him to reveal it. It was not a secret.

Mr MacEntee asked when it was reported. Mr De Rossa said he could not recall. There was a lot of turmoil in the party in January, 1992, as they were preparing for the special conference. Many statements and comments were being made.