æz ðə hˈɛd ʌv sˈaʊθ ˈæfɹɪkəz nˈæʃənəl ɪntˈɛlɪdʒəns sˈɜːvɪs ˌɛnˌaɪˈɛs, hiː ɹˈɛkəɡnˌaɪzd ðæt hɪz kˈʌntɹi wʊdhˌævtə fˈaɪnd ɐ pəlˈɪɾɪkəl sˈɛɾəlmənt tʊ ᵻlˈɪmᵻnˌeɪt ɐpˈɑːɹθeɪd ænd ðæt nˈɛlsən mændˈɛlə wʊdhˌævtə plˈeɪ ɐ fˌʌndəmˈɛntəl ɹˈoʊl ɪnðə pɹˈɑːsɛs.
As the head of South Africa's National Intelligence Service (NIS), he recognized that his country would have to find a political settlement to eliminate apartheid and that Nelson Mandela would have to play a fundamental role in the process.