BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, MAY 20, 1989) BERNARD SHAW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Unbelievable -- we all came here to cover a summit and we walked into a revolution.</s>SHAW: We were staying at a hotel. We had our broadcast location, and we knew that at some point the government would move on us. They did. (</s>BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, MAY 20, 1989) SHAW: A representative from the Chinese government is standing next to our man, Charlie Hoff. And the gentleman from the government is standing by for orders to pull the plug.</s>SHAW: The order to shut us down was written on a legal pad, so they retired from the room to get this chop, this official mark, which, of course, enabled us to stay on the air longer.</s>CHARLES HOFF, DEPUTY NATIONAL MANAGING EDITOR: It was an extraordinary time. And they finally gave us an order signed by the government to cease transmitting. And at that time we did. We obeyed their request. But we waited. We insisted upon an official notification. (</s>BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, MAY 20, 1989) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The government has ordered us to shut down our facility, Alec. We'll have to shut it down.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Our policy is the government has ordered us to shut down our facility. We are shutting down our facility.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Can we sign off? May we sign off?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes -- to you, Bernie.</s>SHAW: In my 26 years in this business, I've never seen anything like this. The situation in Tiananmen Square is that it is a standoff. For all of the hard-working men and women of CNN, goodbye from Beijing.
CNN 20: Beijing Orders CNN Off the Air, May 20, 1989