JEAN DU PLESSIS
Well, we arrived there.  We reconnoitred the area very briefly and we moved into the area round about midnight.  We moved into the area and across the road there was a small field, and that's where we took up position initially.  We then realised that a caravan was parked on that field, which hadn't been there before.  I was also aware of the fact that the Army had become aware of people tampering with the locks during the previous weekend. I felt that they had possibly established certain precautionary measures and that the caravan could be connected to the police in some way, and I felt that it was dangerous to enter the area.  At that stage, as it was we were in our infancy, I wanted to avoid confrontation as far as possible. We simply couldn't afford it.
	White was very upset about this, he was very familiar with the place, far more so than I, and he felt that despite the caravan, we should still enter the area and I however said no, it was far too dangerous.