MR VAN STRAATEN
Yes, they asked me.   The one investigating officer, whom I knew quite well, told me that he was sorry to have heard of the incident.   I then said to him, "Yes, it did not turn out in the way which we had intended."   He then asked me what our intention was with the truck.   When I told him what our purpose had been... (END OF TAPE 2A - WORDS LOST - START OF TAPE 2B)  ...arms.  Since I did not go there with arms, it was our intention only to tie them up.   On the way to Meyerton Police Station where I would have been kept under arrest, the one detective asked me, as we were driving along, and I'm not trying to say anything particularly nasty about them, but we all know that such a person being brought under arrest, that they threaten people, that they sometimes beat you up, he then asked me if this was one of my tall tales and whether I would attempt to make my case political and that I can forget about this, and his straight words were the following:  that I would have to live the rest of my life with Mandela at Robben Island, that we should play the game and tell them what exactly happened and then that we would not have a long imprisonment.   I was confused and did not know what exactly to do at that moment.   The next day, if I remember correctly, we went to the Vereeniging Police
2/	Station/...
248	W VAN STRAATEN
Station where we made statements.