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...NOVEMBER 12 massacre of 100 men, women and children in East Timor by the Indonesian army was unusual only because there were American witnesses to the crime. Since Indonesia's 1976 occupation of the island, 200,000 people, or roughly a third of East Timor's population, have been killed by the army or starved by the Indonesian occupiers...
GOODMAN AND Nairn's report has provoked an international outcry against the Indonesian government. The Netherlands, the former colonial rulers of Indonesia, suspended all aid--totalling some $100 million--pending the outcome of an Indonesian investigation into the massacre. Representative Ronald Machtley (R-R.I.) has sponsored a bill to cut off US military aid to Indonesia. A letter to President bush signed by 50 congressmen urged him to reconsider Indonesian sovereignty over East Timor. Current U.S. aid to Indonesia totals $50 million. But the support of the U.S. government for the Indonesian regime is far more valuable than that...
...United States bears a particular responsibility to the people of East Timor because it sanctioned and encouraged their 16-year occupation by Indonesia. Our government even supported Indonesia's occupation of East Timor even before it happened. The invasion of East Timor occurred on December 7, 1975, the day after President Ford and Secretary of State Kissinger visited Jakarta and were informed of the planned invasion. Despite the fact that 90 percent of Indonesia's arms came from the U.S., they raised no objection to the plan...
...invasion, and the Ford administration's tacit approval, violated the terms of a 1958 U.S.-Indonesian accord which stated that U.S. arms could not be used for external agression. After the annexation of East Timor, Kissinger said that "we understand Indonesia's position...
...INTERNATIONAL awareness prompted by last November's massacre has not brought an end to the strife in East Timor. Clashes between groups at odds over Indonesia's presence persist. As of February 26 this year, Indonesia instituted a ban on any foreign journalists entering East Timor...