Documents on East Timor from PeaceNet and Connected Computer Networks Volume 39: June 28 — August 31, 1995 Published by: East Timor Action Network / U.S. P.O. Box 1182, White Plains, NY 10602 USA Tel: 914-428-7299 Fax: 914-428-7383 E-mail PeaceNet:CSCHEINER or [email protected] These documents are produced approximately every two months and mailed to subscribers. For additional or back copies, send US$30 per volume; add $5 for international air mail. Discount rates: $15 for educational and non-profit institutions; $8 for U.S. activists; $11 international. Subscription rates: $180 ($90 educational, $48 activist) for the next six issues. Add $30 ($18 activist) for international air mail. Further subsidies are available for groups in Third World countries working on East Timor. Checks should be made out to “ETAN.” The material is grouped by subject, with articles under each category in approximately chronological order. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS HISTORICAL REVIEW .................................................................................................................................. 7 INDONESIA’S DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO REVISE EAST TIMOR HISTORY (1959 PERMESTA SURVIVORS)..........7 INDONESIAN MILITARY CHIEFS KNEW (OF DILI MASSACRE IN ADVANCE) ...................................................7 CHRONICLE OF AN UNEXPECTED INVASION (OF US EMBASSY) ..................................................................10 EAST TIMOR’S ILLEGAL INTEGRATION.........................................................................................................11 EAST TIMORESE SIGNATORY REJECTS INTEGRATION PACT......................................................................15 FROM ‘GANYANG MALAYSIA’ TO ‘GANYANG FRETILIN’................................................................................16 TIMOR: INVASION “BEGAN” 20 YEARS AGO .................................................................................................18 EVENTS IN EAST TIMOR............................................................................................................................ 19 HORS LIGNE: ISLAND OF FEAR ..................................................................................................................19 ABRI DENIES KILLING OFFICIAL ................................................................................................................22 ICRC WARNS OF TENSION IN EAST TIMOR ................................................................................................22 BLOOD OATH (ET STUDENTS RESISTANCE) .................................................................................................22 ‘RESISTANCE IS STRONG’............................................................................................................................23 ETCHRIET REPORT ON RECENT EVENTS .....................................................................................................23 INDONESIA PLANS TWO-BATTALION CUT IN EAST TIMOR.........................................................................23 AI UA: SABALAE FEARED ARRESTED AND TORTURED ..................................................................................24 EAST TIMORESE SAY FEAR RETURNS TO DILI.............................................................................................24 INDONESIA ARMY SAYS IT WILL NOT LEAVE ..............................................................................................25 BROCHURE ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST TIMOR .................................................................................25 COFFEE FARMERS PROTEST FOR HIGHER PRICES ......................................................................................26 Page 2 East Timor Documents, Volume 39. 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LATEST INDONESIAN ARMY ATTACKS, AND GROUND SETTING FOR FUTURE EAST TIMORESE CIVIL WAR..26 FOREIGN JOURNALISTS IN TIMOR..............................................................................................................27 ICRC EXPRESSES CONCERN TO FOREIGN JOURNALISTS ...........................................................................27 PEACE RETURNS TO TIMOR TOWN, BUT TRADERS STAY AWAY....................................................................27 INDONESIA CELEBRATES EAST TIMOR INTEGRATION .................................................................................27 INDONESIA PARADES CAPTURED REBEL.....................................................................................................28 RIOT TENSIONS LINGER IN EAST TIMOR ....................................................................................................28 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED........................................................................................................................29 YEARS ON INDONESIA’S SIDE, COLONEL SAYS ..........................................................................................29 RENEGING ON BALIBO PACT MARS TIMOR ANNEXATION CELEBRATIONS..................................................29 INDONESIA MILITARY SAYS EAST TIMOR STABLE........................................................................................30 MEPS AND CONGRESS MEMBERS TO VISIT.................................................................................................30 JAKARTA’S CELEBRATIONS RING HOLLOW FOR EAST TIMORESE................................................................30 EAST TIMORESE YOUTHS ARRESTED AND TORTURED.................................................................................31 BISHOP OF DILI CELEBRATES TIMOR LEADER’S MARRIAGE........................................................................31 INDONESIAN PARLIAMEN TARIAN ASKS SPECIAL STATUS FOR ET ...............................................................32 SUHARTO MAY VISIT EAST TIMOR NEXT YEAR.............................................................................................32 REPORTED INJURIES / KILLINGS IN BAUCAU.............................................................................................32 BAUCAU STILL TENSE AFTER RIOTING........................................................................................................33 FOUR KILLED IN TIMOR SHOOTINGS.........................................................................................................33 INCREASED NAVAL PATROLS OFF TIMOR ....................................................................................................33 ETCHRIET REPORTS RECENT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS........................................................................33 INDONESIA MILITARY CHIEF SHOT IN EAST TIMOR....................................................................................34 TIMOR TO RECEIVE UNCENSORED RTP (PORTUGUESE TV) .........................................................................34 TIMORESE TOWN HIT BY COFFEE PROTEST.................................................................................................34 PAPER SHORTAGE.......................................................................................................................................34 SOLDIERS SHOOT DEAD TWO EAST TIMORESE...........................................................................................34 INDONESIA TO RELEASE 276 TIMOR PRISONERS........................................................................................35 TIMORESE INTEGRATION CEREMONIES MARRED BY CONTROVERSY.........................................................35 ETCHRIET HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON ERMERA VIOLENCE.......................................................................37 CNRM: AT LEAST 8 TIMORESE KILLED .........................................................................................................37 AI ALERT ON BAUCAU AND ERMERA ARRESTS.............................................................................................37 NINE TIMORESE ARRESTED IN VEMASSE....................................................................................................38 INTERVIEW OF KONIS SANTANA ................................................................................................................38 INDONESIAN MILITARY EAST TIMOR OPERATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS..............................38 US CONGRESSMEN END VISIT TO TIMOR ...................................................................................................39 AMNESTY PROMISED FOR REBELS .............................................................................................................39 TIMORESE CLAIM RESISTANCE LEADER CAPTURED....................................................................................39 SEVEN ARRESTS IN DILI..............................................................................................................................40 NEW WAVE OF REPRESSION .......................................................................................................................40 ETCHRIET: EAST TIMOR HUMAN RIGHTS