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When Indonesian troops launched a full-scale invasion of East Timor--a small island north of Australia--in 1975, the Indonesians knew they could count on tacit United States support. They felt confident that not only would the U.S. play a role in suppressing discussion at the United Nations for this bistant breach of international law, but also continue its military aid to Indonesia. At the time, the stated purpose of the Indonesian invasion of this Portuguese colony was to "stabilize" it and prevent the allegedly leftist liberation front FRETILIN (a Portuguese acronym) from taking over power after the Portuguese...
...former President Gerald R. Ford visited the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta. Since then the U.S. has openly backed the Indonesian position. Every year, the U.S. has voted against U.N. General Assembly resolutions condemning Indonesia. (The reolutions were passed anyway.) Since mid-1976, the U.S. State Department has recognized East Timor as the 27th province of Indonesia contrary to international law and to the U.N. resolutions asserting the island's right to self-determination. Furthermore, at the time of the attack, the U.S. not only continued but actually increased substantially its military aid to Indonesia. Even during an official six months...
...Having spoken to Indonesians on this 'sensitive' subject. I now believe that the Indonesian army would have invaded Timor no matter what we or anyone else said about it, even if each Indonesian soldier had at his disposal no weapon other than his sacred dagger, the 'kris.'" (Atlantic Monthly, June...
Perkins asserts that the problem in East Timor has no direct bearing on HIID's project or vice versa. If anything he adds. "We are doing quite a bit of good there...
...Gordon believes Indonesia is a perfect ample of a pluralistic government where "really positive developments can go along with the bad." It would be very difficult, says Gordon, "to show in any way that HIID contributes to the repression in East Timor...