CHAIRPERSON
Mr Smuts, we all know that the African National Congress at some time during it's history embarked on the armed struggle.  There's a dispute as to whether that was necessary or not from certain quarters in this country.  But would you agree that the introduction of the armed struggle on the part of the African National Congress was the decision that was taken to be positive in arresting the control of this country from the apartheid regime and when eventually it was negotiated that the armed struggle would be abandoned, it did not include the right to defend oneself by violent means.