UNKNOWN
Apart from the necklace murders, petrolbombing, attacks of houses and buildings, riots, disturbance,unrest, group murders and other actions committed in the nameof the so-called struggle.  In the light of the above it happenedthat from time-to-time general orders were given by commandingofficers to their subordinates to take steps to combat certainsituations. Such orders were general orders which didn't necessarilyinclude a specific authorisation for each and every operationto be undertaken.
 The authority to issue orders was delegated further down thestructure of command and a Brigadier in the position which I foundmyself and other officers were increasingly confronted with generalorders in terms of which action had to be taken on a broader basisthan what would normally be the case.  
 Powers were extended and commanding officers were 
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allowed a greater degree of discretion before authority had tobe obtained.  This was necessitated by virtue of the situationand this was exacerbated during the state of emergency.  Obviouslyauthority could not be specifically granted for each and everyaction of the subordinates.  Sometimes authority was granted beforehand,in other cases commanding officers were only informed of certainactions after they had already taken place.  In such cases thiswas normally caused as a result of a need to act immediately andthe practical impossibility of obtaining authorisation for eachand every instance from commanding officers.