I engaged upon those activities because I believed that, in the dangerous circumstances which have been created in South Africa, it was my duty to do so. (Bram Fischer)

I engaged upon those activities because I believed that, in the dangerous circumstances which have been created in South Africa, it was my duty to do so.

Bram Fischer

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