ABOOBAKER ISMAIL
Mr Chairperson, Honourable Member, yes.  The President was at great pains to ask us questions about the planning, about the getaway of cadres, about the facts of it.  Comrade Slovo largely reported to him but there were times when comrade Slovo was not in town, he may have been in another country and whenever the President visited Mozambique he would call me in if comrade Slovo was not there and he would then ask us to go through the planning with him.
	He was also extremely security conscious so we would not then, in the process of having a discussion, mention the target because he felt that there may have been listening devices etc., so we would then say a few words and scribble a few words on a piece of paper and then continue and in that way explain to him exactly what was happening and he would be at pains to ensure that all of the aspects had been taken care of.  
	And if he felt unhappy about anything he would raise it and direct us to say: "Go and pay attention to this, come back and report to me on aspects" etc.   He paid very close attention to this especially in the light of the mandate that the NEC had given him and the particular responsibility he carried in this regard.  He was at pains to ensure that things did not go wrong.