Identity area
Reference code
BU SCNL-ETNMM-ETNMMP11
Title
East Timor News Monthly Memo, Portugal
Date(s)
- January 1991 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Printed newsletter; 12 pp.
Context area
Name of creator
(1975-c. 2000)
Administrative history
The CDPM was the leading secular solidarity group in Portugal and a leading node for solidarity activism globally. Its collections are digitized through the Amilcar Cabral Centre, catalogue developed by J-P Catry. English summaries of documents available up to (date).
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Scope and content
Title: Monthly Memo
East Timor:
- Xanana radio interview
- “Press for UN investigation” by Xanana solidarity groups
- More shootings
- Repression in rural areas
- Interview with Fr Ricardo
- Student prisoners transferred to Jakarta
- Documents received
Administrating Power: Portugal
- Three-point government strategy rules out direct aid to armed resistance
- “Lusitania Express” to sail to Dili
- “Peace is possible” booklet on massacre
International Issues:
- Initial reactions to Commissions report
- Vanuatu in UNGA: “Murder!”
- Canada cuts aid
- “East Timor embassy” opened in Canberra
Indonesia:
- Preliminary report of Investigation Commission
- Yogyakarta students outspoken statement
Appendix: A Message to all East Timor Solidarity Groups Throughout the World, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao (commander of FALINTIL)
Appendix II: Preliminary report: National Commission of Enquiry Incident of 12 November 1991, Dili – Extracts (Jakarta, Dec 26, 91)
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Originals at Bishop’s University (Private Collection) & McMaster University