Documents on East Timor from PeaceNet and Connected Computer Networks Volume 15: July 12 - August 9, 1992 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] For additional copies, please enclose US$6. per volume to cover costs; add an extra dollar for interna- tional air mail. These documents are produced monthly and mailed to subscribers. If you would like to subscribe, send $24 for the next four months (US), or $30 for international air mail. Subsidized rates are avail- able for groups in developing countries working on East Timor. Checks should be made out to “Foreign Bases Project / ETAN.” Tax-deductible contributions can be made out to “WESPAC Foundation /ETAN.” The material is grouped by subject, with articles under each category in approximately chronological order. It is also available on IBM-compatible diskette, in either WinWord 2 or ASCII format. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS CGI MEETS IN PARIS; AID LINKAGES REJECTED ...................................................................................... 4 ACTU ON LINKED AID....................................................................................................................................4 WORLD BANK PROJECTIONS ........................................................................................................................4 JAPAN COALITION TO CGI.............................................................................................................................4 ASIA WATCH CAUTIONS DONORS ON HUMAN RIGHTS .................................................................................5 PRESSING INDONESIA..................................................................................................................................5 CANADIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS STATEMENT FOR CGI..................................................................................6 CGI CONVENES .............................................................................................................................................7 FRANCE LECTURES INDONESIA ....................................................................................................................7 INDONESIA LASHES WEST, JAPAN ................................................................................................................8 REPORT ON THE CGI DEMONSTRATIONS......................................................................................................8 INDONESIA TRIUMPHS AT CGI ......................................................................................................................9 BILLIONS IN AID FOR JAKARTA DESPITE HUMAN RIGHTS ROW .................................................................11 HUMAN RIGHTS HYPOCRISY.......................................................................................................................11 WATANABE PROBED ON THREATS TO INDONESIA ......................................................................................12 URGE LINKING OF HUMAN RIGHTS, INDONESIAN AID...............................................................................12 SUHARTO: NO POLITICAL STRINGS ON FOREIGN AID ................................................................................13 DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS JAKARTA .......................................................................................... 13 VAN DEN BROEK ARRIVES IN JAKARTA.......................................................................................................13 DUTCH FIRM ON HUMAN RIGHTS ..............................................................................................................13 DUTCH OPPOSE PORTUGAL’S POSITION .....................................................................................................14 ASEAN MEETS IN MANILA......................................................................................................................... 14 S.E. ASIA ARMS RACE..................................................................................................................................14 SPRATLYS RESTRAINT.................................................................................................................................15 Page 2 East Timor Documents, Volume 15. July 12 - August 9, 1992. ASEAN BECOMES ‘SECURITY FORUM’ .........................................................................................................15 ASEAN OPPOSING LINKED AID?.................................................................................................................16 U.S. GIVES NOTICE TO TYRANTS AT ASEAN ................................................................................................16 ASEAN-EC RIGHTS CLASH ...........................................................................................................................18 EC/ASEAN TALKS HIT BY ROW ON EAST TIMOR ..........................................................................................20 SOUTHEAST ASIANS, WEST AT ODDS OVER RIGHTS ...................................................................................20 ASEAN CLASHES WITH EC ...........................................................................................................................21 ASEAN: ‘SEE NO EVIL’ ..................................................................................................................................21 HUMAN RIGHTS-AID LINK DEBATED AT ASEAN ..........................................................................................22 HUMAN RIGHTS SCUTTLE ASEAN DISCUSSION ...........................................................................................23 STUMBLING BLOCK; INDONESIA-EC AGREEMENT DITCHED BY TIMOR ISSUE............................................23 ASIA SECURITY TALKS THIS FALL ...............................................................................................................24 EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LIMITS AID TO ASEAN ...................................................................................... 24 RAMOS-HORTA CRITICIZES PORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY OF EC .................................................................24 EC TALKS UP DEMOCRACY ..........................................................................................................................25 PORTUGAL BUCKS E.C. ON TIMOR .............................................................................................................25 PORTUGAL BLOCKS EC-ASEAN DEAL OVER EAST TIMOR...........................................................................25 PORTUGAL’S CONDITIONS ON EC/ASEAN ACCORD....................................................................................26 PORTUGAL WILL BLOCK FURTHER AID........................................................................................................27 ALATAS REGRETS EC DELAY OF ASEAN TALKS.............................................................................................27 EC ‘SALVAGING’ ASEAN PACT?....................................................................................................................28 MORE ‘CONDITIONALITY’ COMING?............................................................................................................28 UN DECOLONIZATION HEARING IN NEW YORK ........................................................................................ 29 INDONESIAN OCCUPATION OF EAST TIMOR CONDEMNED BEFORE UN COMMITTEE .................................29 TAPOL STATEMENT TO DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE...............................................................................30 ETAN/US STATEMENT TO DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE...........................................................................32 XANANA GUSMAO STATEMENT TO DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE............................................................33 ASIA WATCH STATEMENT TO DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE .....................................................................35 REPORT ON UN DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE HEARING.........................................................................37 INDONESIAN MILITARY RESTRUCTURED.................................................................................................. 38 MILITARY PROMOTIONS LINKED TO FUTURE CHANGES .............................................................................38 SUHARTO ON MILITARY AS ‘SOCIO-POLITICAL FORCE’ ...............................................................................38 INDONESIAN MILITARY TO SET UP TV STATION ..........................................................................................39 WISMOYO PROMOTED TO DEPUTY CHIEF-OF-STAFF...................................................................................39 SPOKESMAN ON UPCOMING MILITARY LEADERSHIP CHANGES .................................................................39 YOUNGER COMMANDERS STRENGTHEN MILITARY’S POWER GRIP ............................................................39 PROBLEMS IN THE INDONESIAN EMPIRE................................................................................................. 40 SEPARATISM IS DAMAGING NATIONAL PROSPERITY ..................................................................................40 MOLUCCANS’ FIELDS OF DREAMS..............................................................................................................40