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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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