HENDRIK JOHANNES PETRUS BOTHA
Yes, we took a mutual decision.  I did it as part of the opposition to the struggle and my actions were aimed at support of the liberation movement.  What I had done, I did in order to protect the National Party and the Government's interests and to combat the revolutionary onslaught.  As such I bona fide believed that what I had done fell within the scope of my explicit or tacit authorisation and I request humbly that amnesty be granted to me for my actions and omissions in this regard.