JACOBUS JOHANNES DE RU
Chairperson, if I think back today, I really, really do regret it.  I'm very sorry about the fact that those people died that morning.  I realise completely that it was my shot that led to all these people being killed, my first shot and today it's easy because you can think back about it and say it's easy to say you acted wrongly and I'm asking you to see it in the light of what happened that morning and that's also why I came to you and ask you for amnesty.  I regret about those people who got killed and as I explained to Mr Malan, in my heart I believe that if those three people were not killed, if they were only arrested, I could have stopped a lot or murders.
	I stopped the murders at Kroonstad once I started that investigation once I started that investigation and I arrested the people there.  One hundred and two people died there for nothing and today, honestly, I would like to say to the family of the deceased that I regret it and the fact that I gave the opening shot.  I also want to say to Elsa de Lange that I'm really sorry.  The person who died was her friend and at that stage she was a very good friend to her.  I would also like to tell her today that according to information I got from Fouche, she also had to be in the car that morning and then today she would also have been dead with regards to this.