GEN VAN DER MERWE
Apart from our duties in termsof the Police Act and Regulations our instructions normally camefrom the State Security Council.  What I would like to emphasisethat in respect of all instructions coming from the State SecurityCouncil all these instructions fell within the ambit of the law. Instructions from the State Security Council, as far as I amaware, were never extra-legal by nature.  But if you go and lookat the system this is a bit difficult to explain.  At the timethere were a lot of statements made and speeches made.  Peoplebecame emotionally excited about circumstances prevailing at the
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time and views and statements were aired and we actually can'tremember them all that clearly today, but if you look at the generalperception at the time the impression was created that the enemyhad to be halted at all costs.