MR DORFLING
Thank you Mr Chairman, as it would appear from the index of the list of witnesses to possibly give evidence on behalf of the objectors, on whose behalf I appear, I would like at this point in time to indicate as far witnesses no 3, 5 and 6 are concerned, that we do not intend calling these witnesses.  Mr Chairman may I just with regard to the motivation thereof, on the 24th of June we were requested to motivate the reason for witnesses being subpoenaed by the Committee, and in response thereto on the 25th of June we replied inter alia in paragraph 7 of the letter
"Although we requested a number of witnesses to be subpoenaed, we must stress that they all give a specific interpretation of what transpired.  They furthermore give a perspective from different vantage points and different stages of the incident.  We do not intend to duplicate any of the evidence and therefore anticipate that we would only call as many witnesses as would contribute to a considered decision by the Amnesty Committee."
	That is the position with regard to those three witnesses, hence us having decided not to call witnesses no 3, 5 and 6.  That leaves only two witnesses remaining on the list Mr Chair.  As far as Mr Ralph von Eggedy is concerned, we've been trying desperately to locate him, we've even asked Ms Patel to assist us, we've asked the Attorney-General's staff, the Investigating Officer of the Shell House inquest matter to assist us.  Up to this stage we are not able to locate Mr von Eggedy.  As you would no doubt see from the judgment of Mr Justice Nugent, it is an important witness.  We were trying to get hold of him, we tried all avenues but without success at this point in time.  He's therefore at this point in time not available as yet.  The last ...(intervention)