- Title: U.K.: FORMER BRITISH SOLDIER DESCRIBES ALLEGED MALAYAN MASSACRE
- Date: 4th February 1970
- Summary: LONDON TELEVISION CENTRE: NEWSPAPER: ALAN TUPPEN INTERVIEWED. TRANSCRIPT: QUESTION: MR TUPPEN WHY HAVE YOU DECIDED TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THIS INCIDENT NOW AFTER 1 YEARS? TUPPEN: I'M NOT THE INSTIGATOR OF THIS STORY GUARDSMAN COOTES IS THE INSTIGATOR I'VE JUST COME FOR ARD TO CONFIRM HIS STORY AND CONSEQUENTLY BECAME INVOLVED QUESTION: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TEMPTED TO TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE NO? TUPPEN: NO NOT REALLY IT HAS BOTHERED ME IT'S BEEN BOTHERIN ME RECENTLY MORE THAN HEN IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT HAPPENED QUESTION: WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE LIVING WITH THIS FOR 21 YEARS? TUPPEN: WELL IT HASN'T BEEN COMFORTABLE IT HAS DRIFTED AT TIMES - I'VE FORGOT ABOUT IT -- AND THEN TELEVISION AND SUCH LINE AND DIFFERENT THINGS SUDDENLY BRINGS IT BACK AND THEN IT GOES AGAIN AS QUICK AND ARRIVES AGAIN AS QUICK QUESTION: ARE YOU GLAD NOW THAT IT HAS COME OUT INTO THE OPEN? TUPPEN: IN A SENSE I AM BUT I WOULD NATURALLY HAVE PREFERRED IT NOT TO HAVE DONE BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF YEARS QUESTION: YOU WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF STEPPING DOWN BUT NOBODY DID WHY DIDN'T YOU STEP DOWN? TUPPEN: WELL THERE IS ALWAYS A FEAR I SUPPOSE IT'S IN ALL OF US - WHAT OUR MATES WOULD THINK HAD WE DONE THAT WE WERE ONLY 18 AT THE TIME Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
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- Country: United Kingdom
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