MBULELO RAYMOND FIHLA
This decision was taken in 1994and I was part of the decision, the reason why the decision was taken firstand foremost is because at that time, if I may give you the background of thePAC, there was some divisions in terms of whether the PAC should become partand parcel of the process that was taking place at the time.  After a lengthydebate a decision eventually was taken in January that the armed struggle hasgot to be stopped and therefore both the PAC and APLA had to be part and parcelof the process that was taking place.  Instructions were issued by the HighCommand, unfortunately we had a long structure in terms of the chain of command,so the instructions from the High Command were directed first and foremost tothe Director of Operations, and the Director of Operations in turn had to giveinstructions to the Regional Commanders and the Regional Commanders in turnhad to give instructions to the District Commanders, down until it reached thelowest levels, and this took a long time.  Not necessarily because it was along chain, but secondly we had to convince our cadres, like I am indicatingthat we had serious divisions in this regard.  Even ourselves before we couldtake that decision as the High Command, we were seriously divided, we had todebate over the issue until finally we had the majority that was for the decision,and amongst the cadres as well, there were those initially who opposed it andthis opposition was also reflected later on when we integrated into the DefenceForce.  Some of the members refused to integrate and we had to persuade themand the last group was only integrated last year, we are still continuing tomake an effort to make sure that even those who have not yet integrated, mustbecome part and parcel of the process.  I can assure you that we have made aneffort since 1994, even to date, if we can get an indication possibly that thereare some APLA members that are thinking differently from what the High Commandthought and the PAC thought initially, we will take it upon ourselves to makesure that they tow the line.