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DATE=9/27/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=SENATE-INDONESIA (S-ONLY)
NUMBER=2-254388
BYLINE=DAVID SWAN
DATELINE=CAPITOL HILL
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO: The U-S Senate Foreign Relations Committee has 
voted to cut off nearly all aid to Indonesia in 
reaction to the violence in East Timor.  V-O-A's David 
Swan reports.
TEXT: The Clinton administration has already halted 
some military assistance.  But Democratic Senator Russ 
Feingold, who sponsored the Senate proposal, says the 
United States must turn up pressure on Jakarta.
            /// FEINGOLD ACT ///
      The bill is still very important to make it 
      clear to the Indonesian government and the 
      military that we have not lost interest in this 
      and are not going to lose interest in it.
            /// END ACT ///
The measure would stop all military and economic aid, 
except food and medicine, for East Timor.  It would 
also require U-S officials to fight any loans or 
credits by the International Monetary Fund or other 
institutions.
The bill must still clear the full Senate and House of 
Representatives, then be signed by the president.  Mr. 
Feingold predicts if Congress approves the cutoff, the 
White House will go along.(Signed)
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27-Sep-1999 19:01 PM EDT (27-Sep-1999 2301 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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