Letter by CDPM to the President of Portugal with a collection of 1539 signatures appealing for an appropriate commitment from Portugal regarding the imprisonment of Antonio Goncalves in Jakarta.

Letter by CDPM to the President of Portugal asking for a meeting where they can present their main requests and opinions on the situation in East Timor. The letter shows a clear dissatisfaction with Portuguese foreign policy regarding East Timor and asks for an open dialogue where the Government can hear the position of Portuguese civil society.

Letter by CDPM to the President of Portugal harshly criticizing the silence and immobility that the Portuguese Government was giving to the cause of the four student refugees at the Netherlands' embassy in Jakarta, asking to leave the country with Portuguese passports and under Portugal’s protection. CDPM, after an exhaustive attempt at dialogue with all the institutions involved, took the liberty of addressing a letter to the maximum authority of Portugal, appealing for him to exercise his solidarity and do something to preserve the lives of these four young students.

Official title: Comunicado
Contents: Invitation to the cultural session developed by the solidarity group regarding the International Solidarity Day for East Timor.

Letter by CDPM addressed to the Portuguese deputies expressing their concern for the possible modification in the wording of a constitutional article regarding East Timor from “recognize the right of Independence” to “recognize the right of self-determination”, and stating that Indonesia always wanted this change in the Portuguese Constitution because it would be easier to prove that East Timor was already self-determined and easier to kill the Timorese discourse of the struggle for independence. The letter also informs that the Pope, on his visit to East Timor, is planning to celebrate a service in Indonesian, and despite the protest of the Apostolic Administrator of Dili, it has been considered normal by the Vatican, since he argues that he will talk to the Indonesian people there. The letter also shows its worries on the UN Secretary General desire to “have everything settled up” between Indonesia and Portugal before presenting his final report to the General Assembly. Finally, the letter connects these events and affirms that it is not a “small juridical correction” (as it has been argued) of the Constitution, but instead, a political choice that should concern all the deputies; in light of this, the letter asks for the deputies' solidarity and support regarding this situation.

Official title: East Timor List of Persons Strictly Confidential 05.07.1989
Contents: List of Timorese people who were submitted to the following treatments: arrested; disappeared; death in custody; extrajudicial execution; ill treatment; political asylum; prisoner of conscience; political prisoner; torture. The list also contains the complete name, occupation, the date of the act, the sentence, the place, and the authority.

Letter to the recently-elected European Deputies, in private, congratulating them on their election and asking for total support in placing importance on the cause of East Timor in the Parliament. CDPM suggests some specific actions that the deputies can take in order to give more international visibility to East Timor: i. Using all possible means available through the Parliament to organize a hearing with Timorese people who could testify to the situation in East Timor; ii. Contacting Parliamentary Groups from East Timor constituted in Lisbon because this group could help on the conduct of effective lobbying efforts; iii. To sensitize the whole of European Parliament through a strong position and information about what is going on East Timor.

Official title: Carta a Perez de Cuelar – Secretario Geral da ONU
Contents: Letter with a collection of signatures from several countries addressed to the UN Secretary General appealing for the application of UN resolutions from the Security Council and General Assembly about East Timor issues. Countries that signed: Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Portugal, Mocambique.

Official title: Mulheres de Timor
Contents: Newspaper publicizing the occasion of the visit of Emilia Gusmao (Xanana Gusmao’s wife) to Portugal, containing testimonies, interviews and communications focused on the active presence of Timorese women in the struggle for self-determination in East Timor.

Letter addressed to Xanana Gusmao by Carlos Felipe telling about how he (CF) requested a meeting with some Indonesian Commandants, and the Commandants' opposition to writing Xanana back, even when they seemed to agree to having a private meeting with him.

Official title: Conselho Nacional de Resistencia Mauberre – Frente Clandestina.
Contents: Letter reporting the difficulties that the guerrillas were facing in certain zones where the opposition was preparing common people to act as spies; information on the population threatened by the civil and military authorities of the Counsels and the Occupation Forces, and on the zones controlled by the guerrilla forces.

Official title: Conselho Nacional de Resistencia Mauberre – Frente Clandestina.
Contents: Handwritten letter informing that the guerrillas were surrounded by the opposition in the zones of Ossu and Baguea; information on other areas occupied by the guerrillas and the opposition, and a report on the armament situation pointing out exactly how many arms they still had remaining.

Letter with information regarding the Timorese prisoners and the other actors involved in the process.
Main topics: Indonesian lawyers, Portuguese lawyers, entities that have followed the case (TAPOL, Amnesty International), organizations that have taken a position and/or planned actions, etc.
Annexes: report of updates on East Timorese political prisoners in Jakarta and requests that the Australian diplomats in Jakarta visit the detainees in prison and encourage diplomats from other missions to do the same in an act of solidarity. Also requesting that Australian diplomats urge the Dutch and the Japanese to take interest in some other cases of political prisoners.

Handwritten letter continuing from the previous one and informing about the situation of the zones controlled by the resistance movement in the month of August, detailing the most peaceful and active zones and the challenges of the region in general.

Official title: CNRM – FC
Contents: Handwritten letter answering a previous letter, informing about the demonstration actions that they should take and other aspects such as medicine, money, etc.

Letter by APPTL and CDPM to the Director of the Center of Information of the UN, with a copy of a letter to the UN Secretary General, asking for a UN intervention with regards to the immediate freedom of Xanana Gusmao, so he could participate in the construction of peace through the exercise of his rights.

List of speakers in the Special Committee on Decolonization on East Timor of the United Nations in 1993. Between the speakers, there were the major names of those who lent support to the East Timor resistance movement. Speakers were from Canada, France, Portugal, UK, Japan, US, etc. The document details each of the twenty-one speeches in solidarity with East Timor

Official title: Comunicacao por fax – Apelo Urgente
Contents: Draft of a message to be sent to the UN Secretary General with a space for a collection of signatures appealing to the UN Secretary General to take some specific measures regarding the situation on East Timor: i. Send a special representative to East Timor and provide for the establishment of a permanent representative in the country; ii. Develop all possible efforts for the unconditional liberation of all Timorese political prisoners; iii. Integrate all the Timorese representatives, especially Xanana Gusmao, in the negotiation process at the UN.

Letter by CDPM to Megawati Sukarnoputri thanking her for her courage and determination and expressing support and recognition, given the extreme difficulties and physical violence she had been subjected to by the Indonesian Government and military authorities. The letter expresses sympathy with her cause and asks her to keep fighting for what she believes in.

Open letter by CDPM to the US Ambassador of Human Rights thanking him for the support he had been giving to East Timor issues, specially concerning refugees, and reminding him that, 12 weeks after his declaration, "things need to change in the refugee camps or it would be obvious that the wrong people were still in power.” CDPM asks the ambassador to take all the steps possible, in partnership with the international community, to ensure that the dividing line between justice and impunity was made absolutely clear. CDPM welcomed the pressure to bring about Indonesian military reform that the US was applying to the Indonesian Army. Finally, CDPM appealed to the US to use its influence with the UN and international financial system to speed up the process of releasing funds and getting reconstruction underway.