ON BEHALF OF ALL MY COLLEAGUES IN THE
GOVERNMENT I SHOULD LIKE TO UNDERLINE THE
SHOCK AND SADNESS WHICH COMES THROUGH IN THAT
MESSAGE.
OF ALL THE HORRIBLE IMAGES OF THAT NIGHT
OF VIOLENCE AND WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE SINCE,
PERHAPS THAT WHICH CHILLED THE PEOPLE OF THIS
COUNTRY MOST WAS THE PICTURE OF THAT BRAVE
LONE STUDENT BLOCKING THE WAY OF A COLUMN OF
TANKS, DEFYING FOR A BRIEF MOMENT AT LEAST
THE MILITARY MIGHT UNLEASHED AGAINST THE
DEMONSTRATORS. HOW GRIM THEN TO READ THIS
EVENING'S NEWSPAPER WITH ITS HEADLINE "TANKS
HERO IS EXECUTED".
/AS WELL AS REMEMBERING
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