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ARTICLES ON EAST TIMOR MASSACRE FROM PEACENET AND ASSOCIATED NETWORKS Volume 9: January 25 - February 7, 1992 For more information or additional copies (please enclose US$5. per volume to cover costs): Charles Scheiner, Box 1182, White Plains, NY 10602 USA Tel: 914-428-7299. Fax: 914-428-7383. e-mail IGC:CSCHEINER or [email protected] This material is in approximately chronological order, although articles on the same topic may be grouped together. Reprinting and distribution without permission is welcomed. This material is also available on IBM-compatible diskette, in either WinWord or ASCII format. Much of this material is supplied by Task Force Indonesia or TAPOL. Table of Contents THE SECRET LIFE OF HENRY KISSINGER (DURING THE INVASION).......................................................................................... 3 SECRET/SENSITIVE MEM ORANDUM OF CONVERSATION............................................................................................................ 3 A MESSAGE TO ALL EAST TIMOR SOLIDARITY GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. (XANANA GUSM AO)................... 4 CORRECTION ON DJAELANI ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5 UPDATED U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR INDONESIA................................................................................. 5 INDONESIA - CAUTION JANUARY 14, 1992........................................................................................................................................ 5 SENATOR WALLOP REACTS TO INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT REPORT ......................................................................................... 6 ‘BETRAYAL’ BY THE SOUTH PACIFIC (DAVID ROBIE)......................................................................................................................... 6 LETTER FROM EAST TIMOR (PRIVATE EYE) .......................................................................................................................................... 6 PRIVATE EYE HEARS FROM ARMY FRIEND ..................................................................................................................................... 6 WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT EAST TIMOR (LOREN RYTER) .................................................................................................. 7 NO MEMBER OF PRAMUKA WAS INVOLVED IN THE DILI INCIDENT (SUARA KARYA) ............................................................ 8 NO PRAMUKAS JOINED 12 NOVEMBER DEMONSTRATION........................................................................................................ 8 COURT ALLOWS CROSSES REMOVAL IN CANBERRA PROTEST (AFP)............................................................................................. 8 REMOVAL OF EAST TIMORESE CROSSES “DISGRACEFUL” (CIET)............................................................................................. 8 EAST TIMORESE WILL NOT RECLAIM “DESECRATED” CROSSES ............................................................................................... 8 PORTUGAL PROPOSES TIMOR TALKS (REUTER) .................................................................................................................................. 9 JAKARTA REJECTS PORTUGUESE TALKS......................................................................................................................................... 9 ALATAS: WE WILL TALK ........................................................................................................................................................................ 9 SOARES DENOUNCES INDONESIA ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 SOARES CALLS FOR TALKS................................................................................................................................................................... 9 TIMOR REBEL LEADER CAPTURED (REUTER) ....................................................................................................................................... 9 TIMOR REBEL CAPTURE DENIED ........................................................................................................................................................ 9 FALANTIL LEADER CAPTURED (TAPOL) ........................................................................................................................................ 10 DA COSTA CAPTURE A BLOW TO TIMOR RESISTANCE (REUTER) .......................................................................................... 10 GUERRILLA COMMANDER CAPTURED BY INDONESIAN ARMY (IPS).................................................................................... 10 U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (UNHCR) TO MEET (REUTER).............................................................................................. 10 UNHCR POLITICS (AFP) ........................................................................................................................................................................ 10 UNHCR CENSURE FOR INDONESIA?.................................................................................................................................................. 10 UN CONDEMNATION THREATENS INDONESIA (NRC HANDELSBALD) ................................................................................. 11 CANADA ASIA WORKING GROUP SUBMISSION TO UNHCR...................................................................................................... 11 BACKGROUND TO THE CURRENT HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION ............................................................................................ 11 ARBITRARY ARREST AND DETENTION, TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT.......................................................................... 11 EXTRA-JUDICIAL EXECUTIONS AND DISAPPEARANCES........................................................................................................... 12 MASSACRES OF CIVILIANS.................................................................................................................................................................. 12 RESTRICTIONS ON FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT, SPEECH AND ASSOCIATION....................................................................... 13 VIOLATIONS OF RELIGIOUS, CULTURAL AND COLLECTIVE RIGHTS..................................................................................... 13 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................................................... 13 NOTES........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 14 TIMOR POLICY BASED ON FALSE PREMISES, SAYS HORTA (GREEN LEFT) ................................................................................. 14 EAST TIMORESE FEARFUL (REUTER) ..................................................................................................................................................... 15 ‘STOP DELAYING THE INEVITABLE’ - FRETILIN (GREEN LEFT)..................................................................................................... 15 UK STANDS UP FOR EAST TIMOR (REUTER)........................................................................................................................................ 16 BELO: SHIP PROJTEST LEADERS HAVE ‘HEADS IN CLOUDS’ (REUTER) ........................................................................................ 16 MADDENING SILENCE (F.E.E.R.)............................................................................................................................................................... 16 Page 2. East Timor Documents, Volume 9. January 25 - February 7, 1992. LISBON BLAMED FOR MUTED EC RESPONSE ON EAST TIMOR................................................................................................ 16 CANADIAN SOUL- SEARCHING ON TIMOR (ETAN)............................................................................................................................ 17 SUMMARY REPORT FROM ETAN/CANADA, JANUARY 28:........................................................................................................ 17 CARRASCALAO BLAMES APODETI (REUTER)..................................................................................................................................... 17 KOOIJMANS TORTURE REPORT .............................................................................................................................................................. 17 U.N. REPORT TELLS OF TORTURE PRACTICES IN INDONESIA (IPS)........................................................................................ 17 KOOJIMANS KEPT IN DARK (REUTER)............................................................................................................................................ 18 NEW WAVE OF TIMORESE ARRESTS (AFP)............................................................................................................................................ 18 PROPOSAL FOR A CONVENTION ON EAST TIMOR (CDPM)............................................................................................................. 18 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................................