ROBERT JOHN MCBRIDE
I would say anything between seven and ten days.
"People involved with me in the operation were Matthew Lecordier, Greta Apelgren, Thembawelile Khumalo who was from Gordon's Pietermaritzburg unit, Antonio du Preez and my father, Derrick McBride who volunteered to be part of the operation when Naziem Cassim refused to assist.  This is the second time Naziem was not available for an operation to which he had previously agreed to be involved in.   The comrades in Pietermaritzburg were contacted about the proposed operation   (I am sorry, this is not correct), the comrades in Botswana were contacted about the proposed operation and gave us the go-ahead."