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Date: 20 Aug 92 16:54 PDT
Subject: East Timor Newsbriefs Aug 20
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From: Indonesia Publications/Task Force <apakabar>
Subject: East Timor Newsbriefs Aug 20



Source: Protected.  Source has first hand knowledge of the events
 leading up to the November 12 massacre and of the parties concerned.
Original language: English.
Date: 20 Aug 92.
Dateline: N/A.
Byline: N/A.
Story type: News analysis.
Scope: Unabridged.
Remark: The source does not make perfectly clear whether Pinto is
  _now_ dead or alive.

The army did not encourage or direct the demonstration, and Constancio
Pinto is not an army agent.  He had, in fact, become, in the time leading
up to the massacre, a prime army target, second only to Xanana Gusmao.
In an attempt to aid their hunt and sow confusion in the underground,
Col. Gatot Purwanto began to pass the word that Pinto and others were
working for him.  He continued these statements after the massacre.
Some Timorese heard and believed these stories, but, as Gatot knew and
said to others: they were disinformation, they were not true.

The army was indeed aware in advance of the November 12 demonstration,
as were many in Dili. It was an open secret in political circles at
the time.

The army did decide to let the demonstrations go forward.  They had made
advance preparations as to how they would respond.

There is nothing curious about the army's failure to produce Pinto at
the trials, because he was not available for them to produce.  The
Intel began an intensive search for Pinto two weeks before November 12.
They have experienced deep frustration due to the failure of their efforts.

The circulation of these false stories is most unfortunate.

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Source: Pelita.
Original language: Indonesian.
Date: 31 July 92.
Dateline: Denpasar.
Byline: Antara.
Story type: News.
Scope: Brief excerpts.
Remark: An earlier posting had reported a putative request from
  Xanana Gusmao for 'additional Portuguese aid.'  Mantiri seems
  to dispute this.  His breakdown of the number of territorial and 
  combat battalions in East Timor seems to indicate combat battalions 
  have yet to decrease as promised, while territorial battalions have 
  markedly increased.  In November 1991, Indonesian military sources
  reported 6 territorial and 4 combat battalions in East Timor.
  Mantiri's current figures are now 8 and 4, respectively.
  A 'kontak' probably means a 'minor clash' rather than a 'battle.'
  This bears on the nature of a reported major 'offensive' in East
  Timor.

Military Area IX/Udayana Commander Maj. Gen. HBL Mantiri said armed
contacts (kontak) between ABRI and the security disrupters in East
Timor were still occurring, although only occasionally and because 
ABRI was active.

"They use various means to get assistance," said Maj. Gen. Mantiri,
while adding, "As for supplies from abroad, I don't think so."

Regarding the dissolution of the East Timor Operations Execution Command 
(Kolakops) in association with his being replaced as Udayana Commander,
Maj. Gen. Mantiri said the plan would still be carried out, but the
decision rested with ABRI Headquarters.

"We will do it in stages.  For example, now there are more territorial
than combat battalions," said Maj. Gen. Mantiri.  The proportion is
8 territorial battalions to 4 combat battalions.

Replying to a question on strategies, particularly the approach in East
Timor, Maj. Gen. Mantiri said, "I continued the line of Pak Sintong"
[Major General Sintong Pandjaitan, removed by Soeharto after the 
November 12 massacre and now studying in the US].



Source: Jakarta Post.
Original language: English.
Date: 27 July 92.
Dateline: Dili.
Byline: None.
Story type: News.
Scope: Brief excerpt.
Remark: Translating the English, this seems to mean that Carrascalao's
  favorite(s) for replacement are not on the DPRD shortlist.

Governor Mario Viegas Carrascalao says the nomination of the next
East Timor governor must be free of political intrigue.  He said
a conspiracy to assure a particular choice as new governor would
destroy the future of the East Timor people.

He said there were signs of a conspiracy where names of candidates who
did not understand the aspirations of the East Timor people were being
circulated.  "If that happens, I am going to report to the minister of
home affairs and the president," he said.

He could continued that DPRD [Regional People's Representative
Council, i.e., the East Timor DPR] members must not succumb to
pressures from anyone who wanted to nominate candidates who were
incompatible with the East Timorese.

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Forwarded from GreenNet reg.easttimor conference:
Topic 351    Indon companies to invest in Timor
gn:tapol     reg.easttimor11:39 pm  Aug 16, 1992

Four Indonesian companies in Timor venture

Source: Jakarta Post
Date: 11 August 1992
Dateline: Jakarta
Abridged

FOUR BIG COMPANIES UNITE IN EAST TIMOR VENTURE

Four private enterprises have set up PT Timorsemesta
Bangunraya (PT Timorbang) to develop business activities in
East Timor, an executive of the Matahari chain of department
stores has announced.

"PT Timorbang will help the armed forces with its territorial
operation, which has switched from a military to an economic
and development approach to East Timor since 1989," said
Hidayat.

Hidayat would act as president, Tanri Abeng of PT Bakrie and
Brothers as chief commissioner, Hari Dharmawan of Matahari and
Palangunadi T. Setiawan of PT Astra as commissioners and
Philip Yusahana of PT Great River and Aminuddin of PT Astra
would be the venture's directors.

A Memorandum of Understanding signed by 10 companies on 30
December 1990, pledging assistance to promote economic
activities in East Timor bound the companies to initially
invest Rp3bn (US$1.5m).

Hidayat said the four companies, PT Astra Mitra Ventura, PT
Bakrie & Brothers, PT Great River Industries and PT Puncak
Matahari set up PT Timorbang in Jakarta on 27 July 1992, with
an initial capital of Rp10bn (US$4.9m). The other companies
which signed the MOU still have to work out the legal aspects
before they can participate, Hidayat said.

He declared that the company which would have its headquarters
in Dili, with branches in Jakarta, Denpasar and Kupang, would
function as a business incubator to work out ways to create
job opportunities and promote economic activities. It will
also train young people to become entrepreneurs.

"The company will, for example, establish a recreation park
and retail center at Mercado Park in Dili, where local
handicraft makers can sell their products."



Forwarded from GreenNet reg.easttimor conference:
Topic 350       Stat. at Sub-HRC/Geneve-Pascoela B
gn:cdpm reg.easttimor    2:17 pm  Aug 20, 1992

Statement by Mrs Pascoela Barreto [an East Timorese 
living in Portugal] on behalf of Defence
for Children International, at the Sub-Commission on
Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities
Geneve, August the 14th, 1992


Mr. President,
Distinguished members of the Sub-Commission

Allow me, first of all, to thank the Defence for Children
International for the opportunity given to me to address
this august body regarding the tragedy prevailing in East
Timor and to appeal for justice and protection of human
rights which have been trampled upon since 7 December 1975.

As a woman and mother I would like to draw your attention
to the violation of the rights of the child in my country.
Throughout the world the society places its hopes on the
youth for they represent the future and the continuing
renewal of the nation. However, in East Timor, the youth
has become the primary target of the occupation forces.
Through killing and disappearances of the Timorese children
and youth, the Indonesian regime practices extermination of
our people. We lose our youth and the students who should
become educated and conscious citizens and the foundation
of our hope on the reconstruction of East Timor.

Today Timorese youth are the second generation of victims
of the colonial Indonesian regime. We think that during the
first decade of the invasion the deaths were about 200,000
people (about one third of the population). But the
violation of the human rights in East Timor is not an
experience of the past. Hundreds of children and youth have
been arrested, tortured and executed. About a year ago we
received a letter dated 29 December 1990, which said:

"On Sunday at 10 pm, the students Eurosia da Silva Alves,
aged 15, and Domingas, aged 16 were attacked by the
Indonesian military. However they escaped. A month later
they were attacked again by the military. They took Eurosia.
Domingas was behind because she had fractured a leg.
Eurosia was killed after cutting her vagina and breasts.
They put the vagina in her mouth and placed one breast in
each hand.".

We know that this isn't the only known case. It represents
the systematic violation of human rights in East Timor.
Meanwhile because the tight control and isolation of the
half island, only a small part of this reality filters out.

On 12 November 1991, an international community that had
been indifferent for too long, was jolted into reality. We
now have precise information (names, ages, addresses and
occupations) which enable us to declare that nearly nine
hundred (900) Timorese were killed, arrested, wounded and
disappeared that day. 24% of them were children.

In Dili alone,
        - 64 children were killed;
        - 38 disappeared;
        - 62 were wounded and hospitalised;
        - 20 were arrested;
in that dramatic day of 12 November 1991.

The results of an inquiry ordered by President Suharto did
not contribute to a clarification of the facts. Nine
months later after the massacre of Santa Cruz, there isn't
an indication of any name of the victims, the bodies have
not been given back to their families, the burial-places
were not identified and there are no news of the
disappeared. The official inquiry having first admitted
only 19 dead, decided later that "about" 50 deaths actually
occurred. However, the most detailed survey carried out so
far confirms that 64 children were murdered by the
occupation forces. President Suharto nominated a special
Committee to clarify the whereabouts of the 90 disappeared
but until now no information has been officially given on
these cases.

Mr. President,

The human rights violations in East Timor cover also the
enforced disappearance of children who are taken away from
their parents to remote places where they never have any
contact with their families. The case I am going to relate
to you is a sample of what has happened in the last
seventeen years to Timorese children.

"Olinda Morais was captured in March 1990 with her youngest
son. She was interrogated, tortured and raped by agents of
the secret police. When she was freed later on learned that
her son Benvindo had been taken away by a Major who was
later promoted to Lt-colonel called Suryadi. She tried in
vain to have her child return to her.".

Children like Benvindo are educated in a country without
contacts with their relatives, culture and homeland. It
must be noted also that Timorese children without exception
are forced to accept a culture that has nothing to do with
their historical routes, alienating them from their own
country.

Mr. President,

The Convention on the Rights of the Child demands for each
child happiness, love and understanding. It forbids
torture, physical and mental violence, mistreatment and
negligence. It encourages the preparation of the child for
a responsible life, in a free society, in a spirit of
piece, of tolerance and of respect of human rights.

Mr. President,

The colonial repression against children and youth has
produced a spiral of violence with no end in sight. The
more their rights are violated, the more young people fight
back. For their lives, for the lives of their kind, for
their occupied homeland.

We all, the East Timorese, more than ever, we want peace
restored to our homeland. Therefore we reiterate our
commitment to cooperate with all the parties concerned,
under UN auspices, to put an end to the human rights
violations against our people.



Forwarded from GreenNet reg.easttimor conference:
Topic 349       Falintil Anniversary
nicole  reg.easttimor   10:01 am  Aug 20, 1992
(at f207.n900.z90.pegasus.oz.au)        (From News system)
Written on 19/8/92 in PEG.REG.EAST TIMOR by NOSCA.

IN SALUTE TO FALINTIL

Sydney, 18/8/92 - on 15/8/92, the celebration of the 17th 
anniversary of FALINTIL (ARMED FORCES FOR NATIONAL 
LIBERATION OF EAST TIMOR), organized by the Fretilin 
Committee in NSW was held in Sydney. Included among the 
attendance of an estimated 500 people, were those who 
travelled from Melbourne and Brisbane for this special 
occasion.

The performances organized by the East Timor Cultural Centre 
in Sydney were received with great enthusiasm by the 
audience, especially the children's items and the finale 
"The Marches of FALINTIL". Many agreed that it was a 
successful evening - certainly one to remember.

The celebration not only showed great performances but also 
marked a time of inspiration and pride to the FALINTIL 
fighters back home in East Timor. This memorable evening was 
in salute to FALINTIL. It is in their hopes that brings our 
efforts together to call upon everyone's attention their 
courageous determination in seeking independence for our 
homeland.

By Lia de Almeida
Sydney.

EMILIA GUSMAO'S SPEECH at FALINTIL'S 17th ANNIVERSARY 
CELEBRATION on 15/8/92 in SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

Speech translated and made available by Fretilin Committee of NSW

First of all I would like to thank the Fretilin Committee of 
NSW, Australia for inviting me to speak in this celebration 
of FALINTIL's DAY.

The armed forces for the liberation of East Timor - FALINTIL 
- were created in East Timor during a period of conflicts.

The acronym of FALINTIL are still being associated to the 
painful period of August 1975 by many of us. Many of us, 
under the influence of this or that party, or resented by 
the isolated atrocities committed by some members of the political 
parties in the period after the 11 Aug 1975, insist on 
remaining passive instead of being active in this 
circumstances, they not only fail to liberate their 
intellectual capabilities but also contribute to prolong the 
suffering of our people under the domination of Indonesia.
We should free ourselves of the painful remains of the past 
which only serve to restrain the process of unity. As 
Timorese living abroad, we have to act in a way that will 
not restrain the process of independence for the Maubere 
people. In East Timor, unity is an unquestionable matter. 
There are conditions, created by the resistance for every 
timorese to be involved in the struggle. In East Timor we 
have the National Council for the Maubere Resistance - CNRM 
- an umbrella structure which is a synthesis of every 
Timorese interest regardless of their political 
affiliations.

Fretilin no longer is the only representative of the people 
of East Timor since the proclamation of the policy of 
national unity. Therefore, Fretilin took a decision to 
transform FALINTIL into a nationalistic force.

We have shown the capacity to secure a stable society in 
East Timor by the way in which our resistance is being 
reorganized. We ought to unite our effort in order to 
convince the international community that we can lead the 
destine of our country.

I would like to quote an extract from the message of our 
heroic commander-in-chief Xanana Gusmao, written on May 1 
1992, to all Timorese living abroad.

"Today, everyone is aware of the fact that FALINTIL were 
deposed of any political party affiliation. Therefore, I 
don't think there is any reasonable ground for those who 
repulse the name FALINTIL. I would like to ask those people 
to ponder their feelings. They have to respect, at least, 
the blood of those who felt in the confrontation with the 
occupation forces. Whoever they are we will persist, as 
the rocks of Mount Matebian, to maintain the name 
FALINTIL."

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