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LI at standing in the truck end trailor. He could not see these people with the exce;tion of shoulders and heads %/ another truck then drove right to the airplene. This truck had the Guyana police. One of the officers got out ofthe truck and stood near the airplane with a shotgun. The map stood to the side with this shotgun. —_—_—_—_—E—A—_— observed that the people began to applaud whet the poliee appeared. There was degree of anticipation that sonething bad was going to happen. He believed this was the reason for the peoples reactio p e impossible to return that day » The return flight vould have to te delayed until the next day because of darkness. While they were discussing this return, he heard two shots from behind him. He turned around and saw that the left front tire of the twin-engine Otter had been shot out. At that nenent the little Single-engine plane was at a ninety- degree angle w the mnvway, approximately one hundred fifty yards towarés the md of the runway. Seconds after shots, there w2s5 a barra tne People emple truck walking across the sir- field firing handguns and rifles at the news media nenders He witnessed these people walking close to the wounded and at point blank range firing into the bodies of the wounded. He remzined in that location for a moment and then got to his feet. He remenbered the Guyanese aircraft that had been parked at the end of the runway when they arrived the d a before, The (alrer aft had a cdernared nose nd had b i nose wheel an na en asked the Guyanese soldier to 7er protection to the news people who were being fired upon by these assailants. The Guyanese soldier refused to give him any assistance. GaP :=:<< the Guyanese soldier to give him a gun so that he may protect himself. The sOldier denied this request als uy} y e puarde Pi oie a of wl wane Te === During the shooting he witnessed the gunman waving the Guyanese citizens out of the way in an effort to Suu