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                         THE COURT:  Mr. Johnson, could you speak up just a           
               little bit.                                                            
                         THE WITNESS:  I'm sorry, sir.                                
                         BY MR. KLETNICK:                                             
                    Q.   Was one of the aspects of your concern that UPS              
               employees were selling excess value units in 1983?                     
                    A.   That was one of my -- my concerns were that it was           
               offered to our customers and they were accepting it in                 
               1983.                                                                  
                    Q.   And who was it offered by?                                   
                    A.   It was in -- I guess, in our explanation of                  
               service, and I assume the customer service people were                 
               talking to our customers about it.                                     
                    Q.   So they would, in effect, be selling excess value            
               units, wouldn't they?                                                  
                    A.   I think it would certainly look like that.  Yes.             
                    Q.   And so was that part of your concern?                        
                    A.   Yes, it was.                                                 
                    Q.   And they're not licensed as brokers.                         
                    A.   No, they're not.                                             
                    Q.   They're not licensed as agents.                              
                    A.   No, they're not.                                             
                    Q.   And then if there's a claim, UPS customer service            
               personnel would on occasion settle the claim.                          
                    A.   We had a claims department --                                
                    Q.   Right.                                                       
                    A.   -- yes, in the company that would settle claims.             
               Yes.                                                                   






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