W RIAAN BELLINGAN
Methods were taken over from the Rhodesian Bush War and the South West African Bush War and was decided that the combatting of terrorism in South Africa would be centralised in one place and that was Operation Vlakplaas, which was a covert operation and it was established by General Johan Coetzee and General Fikter, they were all involved, and the idea was to adopt those methods used in Rhodesia.  For instance, that you turn the terrorists and that the terrorists would then give then co-operation and work with the system and against their former colleagues and all information would be centralised there in the, at the Information Desk, the database would be there.  So, the idea was to co-ordinate the action against terrorism, that it would be one central point from where it would be launched.
	I also believe that when we started there we were given forms and on this form, I think it was a S8, 68 form, whatever, which said that you were now a member of a unit combatting terrorism and that wherever you go throughout the country at a police station that you should be given assistance.  In other words, being a member of Vlakplaas opened doors for you.  In other words, the idea was to establish an elite unit to combat terrorism and with that also went covert actions against the liberation movements.