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DATE=4/20/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-248338
TITLE=EAST TIMOR SECURITY (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=JENNY GRANT
DATELINE=JAKARTA
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:  
INTRO: INDONESIA'S MILITARY CHIEF ARRIVED IN THE TROUBLED 
TERRITORY OF EAST TIMOR TUESDAY.  FROM JAKARTA JENNY GRANT 
REPORTS GENERAL WIRANTO SAYS HE WILL DISARM THE MILITIAS WHICH 
ARE CREATING HAVOC IN EAST TIMOR.
TEXT:  GENERAL WIRANTO TOLD AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER EDITORS HE PLANS
TO DISARM ALL THE ILLEGAL MILITIAS AND THE PRO-INDEPENDENCE 
REBELS IN EAST TIMOR.  BUT HE SAYS MILITIAS ARMED AND TRAINED BY 
THE INDONESIAN MILITARY WILL  NOT  BE DISARMED.
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD QUOTED GENERAL WIRANTO AS SAYING THOSE 
LOCAL SECURITY GROUPS WERE ESSENTIAL FOR NATIONAL SECURITY.
INDONESIA'S PRESIDENT B-J HABIBIE HAS AGREED TO MEET AUSTRALIAN 
PRIME MINISTER JOHN HOWARD TO DISCUSS HOW TO END THE ESCALATING 
VIOLENCE IN EAST TIMOR.  THE LEADERS OF THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES
WILL MEET ON THE HOLIDAY ISLAND OF BALI NEXT WEEK.
GENERAL WIRANTO ARRIVED IN EAST TIMOR ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND 
PLANS TO MEET WITH DILI'S BISHOP, THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER, 
CARLOS BELO.
DILI WAS QUIET TUESDAY, AS GOVERNMENT SPONSORED GROUPS OF YOUTHS 
CLEANED UP THE STREETS TO PREPARE FOR GENERAL WIRANTO'S ARRIVAL. 
THEY SWEPT UP GLASS FROM THE HOUSES THAT WERE ATTACKED OVER THE 
WEEKEND. UP TO 30 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY THE PRO-JAKARTA MILITIAS 
IN THOSE ATTACKS.
GENERAL WIRANTO TOLD NEWSPAPER EDITORS HE IS RULING OUT THE 
POSSIBILITY OF A UNITED NATIONS PEACE KEEPING FORCE TO WORK IN 
EAST TIMOR.  THE POWERFUL ARMY CHIEF ALSO SAYS HE WILL  NOT 
WITHDRAW THE 15-THOUSAND INDONESIAN TROOPS STATIONED IN THE 
TERRITORY.
THE FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM INDONESIA AND PORTUGAL WILL MEET IN 
NEW YORK ON THURSDAY TO FINALIZE A SPECIAL AUTONOMY PACKAGE FOR 
EAST TIMOR.
SECURITY ISSUES AND THE DISARMING OF THE MILITIAS ARE EXPECTED TO
DOMINATE THE TALKS.
ANALYSTS SAY THAT WITH THE GROWING LEVELS OF VIOLENCE IN EAST 
TIMOR, THE CHANCES OF EAST TIMORESE VOTING FOR THEIR FUTURE IN A 
BALLOT COULD BE SLIM.  (SIGNED)
NEB/JG/FC/KL
20-Apr-99 6:54 AM EDT (1054 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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