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person. If an evacuation were to become necessary, the Ambassador planned to use this
system to convey the Embassy’s instructions and assemble personnel.
The DCM immediately contacted Pamela Smith, who relayed the Ambassador’s message
by radio and telephone, telling the members of the American community to hold fast
and wait for further word at 0700 the next morning.
Colonel Kalinowski returned to his nearby hotel. Throughout the night, Pamela and
Jack could hear the sound of mortars and both light and heavy machinegun fire. A number
of wardens called in, reporting that the road to the airport, which ran past the Parliament
building where the RPF battalion was headquartered, was under heavy fire.
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