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You are using Drupal, so I would not recommend making any changes to the CiviCRM code at all.  There is a much easier way, using CSS and Drupal .tpl files in your Drupal theme.

Hide the menu by using the id selector of the menu and the display: none; CSS.

For instance:

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#civicrm-menu { display: none; }

To show/hide the menu conditionally, add some code to your page.tpl file in your Drupal theme.

The Drupal code will need to get, as an array, the User's roles.  I think this is $user->roles but check that at the Drupal website.

Then set up a conditional using if/else statements that will print the CSS code (shown above) if they are a role that should NOT see the menu.  You will want to place this code on the BOTTOM of your .tpl file.   Check in various browsers to make sure the behavior is consistent.

Conceptually this is how you do it, and how I have done it.  But I don't have the exact syntax handy.  If you can't figure it out, repost and I will give you the exact code Monday.