The South African Defence Force (SADF) Contact Bureau was an organisation of members of the former SADF. The panel of the Contact Bureau included four retired generals: MA Malan, CL Viljoen, JJ Geldenhuys, AJ Liebenberg. In 1997 the four generals convened a symposium with the intention "to counteract the one-sided, negative image of the former SADF that had arisen as a result of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) proceedings in South Africa." A letter of criticism was written at the symposium and sent to the TRC.