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W:
I met him some considerable time before that.
D:
Such as?
W:
About eighteen months, I presume. Eighteen months prior to that time.
D:
What kind of relation did you have to him then?
W:
It was purely on a casual friendship. Friendship is not the right word.
S:
Acquaintance.
W:
Acquaintance level. The affinity was serviceman to serviceman. That was basically the affinity.
D:
Did you say that the company Longreach was founded in April '86? Is that correct?
W:
That was when it was incorporated:
D:
Incorporated
W:
Yes.
D:
And before that? Had you had anything to do with Longreach before April '86?
W:
We had obviously had discussions in the formation of the company, but the company started to operate on or about the time of incorporation.
D:
There has been said that Longreach in fact was a cover-up for the security police in South Africa. What is your comment on that?
W:
Certainly in my involvement it was strictly commercial and it was overtly commercial. What happened to Longreach post my departure I cannot answer, because I had left South Africa. But during the period of time that I