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DATE=9/10/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=TIMOR WRAP FRIDAY (L)
NUMBER=2-253709
BYLINE=NICK SIMEONE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO:  Hundreds of United Nations staffers have been 
evacuated from East Timor, leaving only a token 
presence to care for refugees fleeing violence in the 
capital Dili.  All forms of international pressure on 
the Indonesian government have failed to stop the 
widespread killing of supporters of last month's 
referendum on independence from Indonesia.  
Corespondent Nick Simeone reports the crisis in East 
Timor is beginning to raise questions over whether 
President Habibie or the Indonesian military is 
calling the shots in Jakarta. 
TEXT:  The powerful leader of the Indonesian military, 
General Wiranto, refuses to drop his opposition to an 
international peacekeeping force in East Timor -- 
despite adamant calls by President Clinton, the U-N 
secretary-general and other world leaders to bring 
order to the remote province. 
            // WIRANTO ACT //
      We do not object to the idea of United Nations 
      peace keeping troops, but it is not really the 
      appropriate time for a foreign security force to 
      enter East Timor.
            // END ACT  //
Refugees fleeing the violence now say thousands may 
have been killed over the past two weeks by gangs of 
anti-independence militiamen who roam East Timor with 
the backing of the military.   
Much of the capital Dili is reported destroyed.  
Nearly all foreigners have left and even the United 
Nations compound - which had been a haven for people 
fleeing attack - is no longer safe.  With martial law 
failing to restore order, it fell to U-N Secretary 
General Kofi Annan to express the international 
community's mounting demands that Indonesia allow an 
outside peacekeeping force to enter.
            // ANNAN ACT //
      Time has clearly come for Indonesia to seek help 
      from the international community in fulfilling 
      its responsibility to bring order and security 
      to the people of East Timor.
            // END ACT //
As the East Timor crisis drags on, it appears to be 
taking a political toll on President Habibie - the man 
who pledged to grant East Timor independence if the 
people voted for it. On Friday, a faction of his 
ruling Golkar party called on him not to seek another 
term as president. A special assembly is to meet in 
November to choose the country's next leader. 
Aides to the Indonesian leader say he has no plans to 
resign.  But observers and even a deputy leader of 
President Habibie's own party are now questioning 
whether power may increasingly rest in the hands of 
General Wiranto. (SIGNED) 
NEB/NJS/JO 
10-Sep-1999 16:38 PM EDT (10-Sep-1999 2038 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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