Special Report Transcript Episode 16, Section 3, Time 23:19

The National Party submission was the most eagerly awaited as it formed the government during the entire period covered by the Truth Commission. Its leader FW de Klerk was also the last apartheid president. De Klerk started off well. // I stand before you today neither in shame nor in arrogance but deeply conscious of my responsibility, my responsibility to be open, frank, and helpful; my responsibility to present you with an honest document aimed at achieving a real understanding of the conflicts of the past. //

Notes: TRC submission: FW de Klerk; Posters outside: ‘NP How do you replace our loved ones?’; De Klerk

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