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The purpose of interrogations was in two
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parts, (a) intimidation, (b) to obtain information.  When activistswere interrogated they were intimidated to desist from their actionsand also to inform other activists that they will be combattedwith every means and interrogated with every means.  They hadto understand the message that we were serious in our actionsagainst them.  These are activists who were not eliminated bylater released.  During interrogations and when certain informationhad been obtained there was an effort to convince activists andterrorists to become informants for the security police.  Theseactivists and terrorists who turned were the most effective wayto combat the purposes of the liberation movements.  A strikingexample is Joe Mamasela, as is clear from these applications.
 Askaris.  These are terrorists who became informants ...(tapeends)
of warfare by agents, insurgents, activists and terrorists.  Informationwith regard to structures of command, lines of command, intelligencechannels were of the greatest importance.  Without effective interrogationtechniques no network of information would have been obtained.
 To combat the total onslaught interrogation had to be effectivewith regard to the obtaining of information.  Information wasobtained with regard to potential acts of terror, their planningand their execution.  Successful counter-strategies and preventativemeasures were then possible with the help of this information. Information with regard to activists were obtained also by meansof interrogation.  The interrogative methods was a means to anend.  Any effective method was acceptable in the context of warand the total onslaught.
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 The purpose of these actions was to destabilise the liberationmovements.