Special Report Transcript Episode 16, Section 3, Time 27:15

Vlakplaas was also at a certain stage then disbanded, when allegations became substantially, almost … you couldn’t prove, you could no longer say that it was just rumours and we then took steps as information came to the fore. The people who were involved in the assassination are before the courts. I can only act and a government can only act on the best information it gets. And it can only use its normal channels to gather information. It is a problem, it was a problem, we didn’t do nothing about it. We went about it in a way to reach a solution, to find the true facts at all times. We never covered up.

Notes: De Klerk at press conference

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