DATE=9/9/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=CONGRESS-INDONESIA (S ONLY)
NUMBER=2-253673
BYLINE=PAULA WOLFSON
DATELINE=CAPITOL HILL
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
///editors: may be used as a companion piece with Jim
Randall's c-r U-S Indonesia////
INTRO: The United States is suspending military ties
with Indonesia. The aim is to pressure Jakarta to
bring an end to the crisis in East Timor. V-O-A's
Paula Wolfson reports from Capitol Hill.
TEXT: The American Military Commander in the Pacific
passed the news to Indonesia's top general.
Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering informed the
U-S Congress.
///Pickering act///
I would like to announce that the United States
is suspending its military-to-military
relationship with Indonesia.
///end act///
He said other sanctions are under consideration.
California Democrat Tom Lantos urged the
administration to chose carefully.
///Lantos act///
Terminating aid that helps the most needy, the
poorest, the destitute who have suffered so much
in Indonesia would be a mistake.
///end act///
Congressman Lantos said he holds the Indonesian
government solely responsible for the crisis.(signed)
NEB/PT
09-Sep-1999 17:34 PM LOC (09-Sep-1999 2134 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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