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National Security Archive Update, January 24, 2006
East Timor truth commission finds U.S. "political and military support
were fundamental to the Indonesian invasion and occupation"
Report estimates 100-180,000 Timorese killed or starved 1975-1999
"Responsibility" chapter published on Web by National Security Archive
For more information contact:
Brad Simpson
Director, Indonesia-East Timor Documentation Project
Phone: 443-845-4462
simpson [at] umbc.edu
http://www.nsarchive.org
Washington D.C., January 24, 2006 - The final report of East Timor's
landmark Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR) has
found that U.S. "political and military support were fundamental to the
Indonesian invasion and occupation" of East Timor from 1975 to 1999,
according to the "Responsibility" chapter of the report posted today on
the Web by the National Security Archive, which assisted the Commission
with extensive documentation.
The Commission report, entitled "Chega!" ("Enough" in Portuguese),
estimates that up to 180,000 East Timorese were killed by Indonesian
troops or died of enforced starvation and other causes resulting from the
occupation between 1975 and 1999. The "Responsibility" chapter details
the primary role of the Indonesian military and security forces, as well
as the supporting roles played by Australia, Portugal, the United States,
the United Nations, the United Kingdom, and France.
The report (p. 92) finds that "U.S. supplied weaponry was crucial to
Indonesia's capacity to intensify military operations from 1977 in its
massive campaigns to destroy the Resistance in which aircraft supplied by
the United States played a crucial role." Moreover, "U.S. Administration
officials refused to admit that the primary reason that East Timorese
were dying in their thousands was the security policies of the Indonesian
military."
The CAVR used more than 1,000 formerly secret U.S. documents provided by
the National Security Archive's Indonesia and East Timor Documentation
Project, which published on the Web in November 2005 several of the key
documents detailing U.S. support for the invasion and occupation of East
Timor across five U.S. administrations.
The report (p. 92) notes that "In response to the massive violations that
occurred in Timor-Leste in September 1999 President Clinton threw the
considerable influence of the United States behind efforts to press the
Indonesian Government to accept the deployment of an international force
in the territory, demonstrating the considerable leverage that it could
have exerted earlier had the will been there."
The National Security Archive obtained a copy of the chapter of the CAVR
report titled "Responsibility and Accountability" from copies circulating
in the international press, and posted the chapter today because East
Timor's government has not yet put the full text of the truth commission
report in the public domain or published its contents online, despite
having delivered the report to the Timorese parliament in November and to
the United Nations on January 20.
The CAVR's final report strongly criticizes the role of the international
community in supporting Indonesia's invasion and occupation of East
Timor, and recommends reparations from the governments of Indonesia, the
U.S. and United Kingdom and from Western arms manufacturers who played
crucial roles in supporting Indonesia's actions.
http://www.nsarchive.org
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