SATHYANDRANATH RAGUNANAN MAC MAHARAJ
I was saying that when the National Executive mandated Pres Tambo to mount such operations, the resolution of the National Executive entrusted it to Pres Tambo and that he would be assisted by Joe Slovo.  In pursuance of that resolution that very day, Pres Tambo approached me and three of us sat down and I was asked to drop the strategy position as to how we would execute such operations.  That was finally thrashed out as a framework and Pres Tambo then informed me that he was selecting me to be the first of the groups to go inside the country.  My role then in Vula was under the President's guidance, to develop the strategy, develop the plans and carry out the infrastructure work that would enable such an operation to succeed and I then became the person who entered the country together with Gen Siphiwe Nyanda who was my Deputy commander in charge of that operation.
	We entered the country on a semi-permanent basis together in July 1988.