GERRIT NICHOLAS ERASMUS
Yes, it wouldn't have been a shock to them if such an incident such as this had arisen.  I think the matter would have been dealt with in very small committees or perhaps a person to person discussion, that's probably how it would have been conveyed.  And I agree with you, I don't think it would have caused a sense of shock.  Many people died on a daily basis, so death within this war context wasn't actually a shock to anybody anymore.