HENDRIK JOHANNES PETRUS BOTHA
Chairperson as I've already said, the onslaught was multi-dimensional and from the propaganda struggle which led, the intimidation was one of that.  The experience we had as police officers was that when we investigated a case your witnesses were intimidated and consequently the evidence in court became more and more vague and we had less and less success as a result.  The masses and those who supported the government of the day was intimidated and they had to become part of the liberation struggle in some or other form.  Stay away actions were propagated, protest actions and people were forced by means of violence to form part thereof.