"In Germany, the Nazis first came for the communists, and I
     didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist.  Then they
     came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't
     a Jew.  Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't
     speak up because I wasn't a trade  unionist.  Then they
     came for then Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I
     was a Protestant.  Then they came for me, and there was no
     one left to speak for me."

     --- Reverend Martin Niemoeller, a German Lutheran pastor
         who was arrested by the Gestapo in 1938 and remained in
         Dachau concentration camp until 1945.

     The following is an excerpt from communication intercepted on Tuesday December 30, 1986 at The Cape Station. The participants include: Herr Schmidt of Universidad De Barcelona, Spain; Mister Cannes of Hudson-on-Avon Research, New York; Madame Rafale of Dnari Institute, Los Angeles; Chang Bao Hao of XinHua State News Agency, Beijing.
     The discussion began with the topic of Khmer Rouge action during the period following United States troop withdrawal from Vietnam. Herr Schmidt speaks:
     "Concerning the general principle thing. The one about not speaking up till there's no one left to speak up when 'they' come after me. Well, to ramble on and try to cover all the things I want to talk about... like the Chile and CIA thing under Nixon I think, the Argentian disappearances, the drug kings in Columbia, the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, the Idi Amin atrocities, Kadafia in Libya, the conflict in northeast Africa conflicting with drought victims, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, et al. Like with all these for instances, along with Korea, Vietnam, Mideast, et al, how can man not have learnt from the mistakes? Ignore them and they will go away? Like Hitler went away? Everyone references to Hitler and the holocaust, but when the Khmer Rouge do the same thing, it's an internal affair. And just where does this sovereignty thing fit in? Like how far can individuals, leaders, go before the rest of mankind, pardon Madame, humankind objects? It's just like the Americans to get burnt once in Vietnam and then not wanting to get involved with another world problem. It's gotten so bad that when one does speak up in defense of others, no one listens and that's damn scary."