RAYNER MARIA MORINGER
My attitude then and today is that if, in those days at least, if a peaceful transition takes place, then we are going to find a political solution for the country where everybody can live and prosper.  If a transition does not take place in a peaceful way, then we might land up in a situation as you find nowadays that the Democratic Republic of Congo, to my opinion, the situation at the time, was definitely in a status where the chance of a civil war in the country, was not to be ruled out.  That would have been detrimental to all the people here and as far as my personal interest was concerned, was that I wanted to stay in the country, all my adult life I have been here, so therefore I have a vested interest that the political transition goes as smoothly as possible.