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Somehow they couldn't catch me, so I had a while to add to the general chaos, shouting, running and charging about.

There weren't enough of us, though, so under threat of being thrown back over the fence we chose to make our own way out - only to start on a section further down.

General All along the fence similar actions were happening. The fence at many points was weak and didn't need cutting - we just pulled it down.

At one point near Orange gate soldiers looked on despairingly, unable to repair the fence as 300 women pulled on it, singing, 'There's a hole in your fence, dear major, dear major' Several times policemen's helmets flew in the air. 'Why don't you bloody shoot them?' said one officer as we got through the fence.

By 5 o'clock the scene was one of general chaos as the anxious soldiers and police defended the base.

'Surrender, you're surrounded' ', shouted one woman. Indeed they were surrounded, but surrender they didn't.

Despite the arrival of Cruise, Sunday's action indicates that Greenham will not fade away.

The women can still effectively hinder the work of the base. However, the sort of action we took on Sunday has its limitations.

There has been no major trade union campaign in support of Greenham.

The boycott of suppliers got no effective support either from CND or the trade union leaders who were approached.

Yet when the campaign to have Cruise declared illegal in the US courts was first brought about, CND gave it significant help.

'Symbolic

This indicates how CND are only prepared to act on the merely 'symbolic' publicity stunts coming from Greenham - and not the proposals and ideas which could organise effective action to stop the base.

Greenham's actions will remain confined to token protests as long as no-onè is prepared to organise trade union support for Greenham.

It is up to those of us active in the labour movement to organise this. Stopping the base at Greenham would be a major blow to NATO's and the Tories' plans for Cruise missiles. Any effective action against Cruise must be organised with Greenham as the starting point.

He was back the actions at Greethat is demanding the son of action the Fire Brigades Union have demanded of the GMBU at Faslane base in Scotland: that trade unionists withdraw their labour at the bases, and that major suppliers like Tarmac are boycotted.