DATE=6/29/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251235
TITLE=EAST TIMOR / U-S (L ONLY)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE UNITED STATES IS ACCUSING INDONESIA'S GOVERNMENT OF
FAILING TO DISARM ANTI-INDEPENDENCE MILITIAS BLAMED FOR AN ATTACK
ON A U-N OFFICE IN EAST TIMOR. FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT,
V-O-A'S KYLE KING REPORTS.
TEXT: THE UNITED STATES HAS CONDEMNED TUESDAY'S ATTACK ON THE
U-N OFFICE IN EAST TIMOR, WHERE VIOLENCE INVOLVING
ANTI-INDEPENDENCE GROUPS HAS THREATENED TO DISRUPT A PLANNED
REFERENDUM ON EAST TIMOR'S FUTURE.
STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JAMES RUBIN BLAMED PRO-JAKARTA
CIVILIAN MILITIAS FOR THE LATEST ATTACK, AND HE CALLED ON THE
GOVERNMENT TO TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT FURTHER VIOLENCE.
/// RUBIN ACT ///
PRO-JAKARTA MILITIAS, WHICH HAVE OPERATED WITH THE
ACQUIESCENCE AND SUPPORT OF ELEMENTS OF THE INDONESIAN
MILITARY, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE RECENT
VIOLENCE AND KILLINGS IN EAST TIMOR. WE CALL ON THE
GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA AND [ITS] MILITARY AUTHORITIES
TO CONTROL AND DISARM THESE MILITIAS AND TO PREVENT
FURTHER VIOLENT ATTACKS ON INNOCENT CIVILIANS AND U-N
PERSONNEL DURING THEIR DUTY IN EAST TIMOR.
/// END ACT ///
MR. RUBIN SAYS THE UNITED STATES IS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE
STEPS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN SO FAR TO CONTROL THE VIOLENCE. U-N
SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN DEPLORED THE ATTACK ON THE U-N
OFFICE, WHICH LEFT SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED.
INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES DENY THE U-N OFFICE WAS TARGETED IN THE
ATTACK. THEY SAY THE INCIDENT WAS A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN PRO-
AND ANTI-INDEPENDENCE FORCES.
THE ATTACK IN EAST TIMOR WAS THE FIRST INVOLVING U-N OFFICIALS
WORKING ON THE TERRITORY'S REFERENDUM. (SIGNED)
NEB/KBK/WTW
29-Jun-99 2:15 PM EDT (1815 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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