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Letter CDPM - Jose Manuel 1992-02-25

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.

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Letter CDPM - Mario Soares (President of the Republic of Portugal) 1986-10-14

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.

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Letter CDPM - Mario Soares (President of the Republic of Portugal) 1986-10-29

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.

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Letter CDPM - Ministers of Business 1986-06-16

Official title: Ah atencao da Lusa/Servico Africa Timor-Leste
Contents: Letter by CDPM to the five Ministers of Business who were visiting Lisbon from Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe, appealing to their solidarity and support for East Timor issues and asking that they bring up the theme as much as possible with their bilateral contacts and in the international organizations they are a part of.

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Letter CDPM - Portuguese candidates to European Parliament 1989-04-14

Official title: Carta enviada aos deputados
Contents: Letter by CDPM to the Portuguese candidates to European Parliament regarding their possibility of occupying a chair in the European Parliament and reminding them of their responsibility to present East Timor issues to the Parliament.
Main claims: immediate cessation of all kinds of human rights violation by the Indonesian regime towards the population and the resistance movement; requiring East Timor's right to self-determination be upheld; and requiring the participation of Timorese representatives in the negotiation process. The letter calls on the Portuguese to pressure or persuade Indonesia to accept negotiation with the other forces in the conflict, also calling on Portugal to position East Timor as a central demand of their diplomatic strategy.

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Letter CDPM - Radio Station 1987-11-23

Letter by CDPM to a radio station asking for solidarity and an active collaboration in exposing the suffering and the struggle of the Timorese people. CDPM attached a cassette tape with recordings rescuing culture and the resistance movement.
Main topics of the cassette tape: Indonesia's strategy of annexation; refugee testimonies; message from Xanana Gusmao; poems; Portugal's responsibility; solidarity.

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Letter CDPM - Readers of Boletim Timor-Leste 1995-12-20

Official title: Caros Amigos
Contents: Letter by CDPM with a personal relation from a Commandant of the resistance movement, where he states the difficulties of the struggle related to medications, the lack of food, the lack of means for communication, the deaths of people from the guerrillas and other problems. At the end, he appeals to the solidarity of those readers that can contribute to the continuity of the struggle.

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Letter CDPM - Secretary General of United Nations 1994-11-15

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.

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Letter CDPM - Unidentified 1991

Official title: Estimados amigos
Contents: Letter by CDPM comparing the different treatment given to the Iraq invasion of Kuwait and the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. In both cases some resolutions were approved by the UN, condemning the aggressor and demanding reparations, but in the first case, more dramatic measures were taken (such as a naval blockade and economic retaliations) to stop the invasion. The letter asks that due attention be paid to the East Timor situation.

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Letter CDPM – Megawati Sukarnoputri 1996-09-04

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.

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Letter CDPM – President and Members of Eventual Commission of Republic Assembly to East Timor 1984-06-18

Letter to the members of the eventual Commission of Republic Assembly to East Timor providing the demanded information about the UN system and its operation regarding East Timor issues. The document contains: briefing organogram of the UN and a background on facts treated there regarding East Timor issues.

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Letter CDPM – Prime-Minister of Portugal 1986-09-10

Letter by CDPM to the Prime-Minister of Portugal regarding the imprisonment of Antônio Gonçalves and the collection of 1539 signatures from the population, expressing their wishes to see specific measures being taken in the case. CDPM appeals to the Prime-Minister for support and for political and humanitarian solidarity in the situation.

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Letter CDPM – Wolfgan Schussel (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria) 1997-11-07

Letter by CDPM to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria regarding the Timorese who were asking for refugee status, such as those who are refugees in Austria’s embassy, and appealing that “any State that is guided by the principles of International Law and respect for human rights would consider the Indonesian Government’s demand that refugees be handed over to Indonesia authorities to be totally unacceptable.” The letter invites the Austrian government to be prepared and to stand up to the blackmail of a dictatorial regime such as that of Indonesia.

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Letter CDPM and APPTL - Sousa Lara 1991-07-24

Letter by the APPTL and CDPM offering to the Portuguese congressmen the updated information about several aspects of the Timorese reality before they traveled to the country on an attempt to understand the real situation there. Suggestions of topics to be provided by APPTL and CDPM to Portuguese Congressmen: geography, demography, sociology, religion, economy, language, culture, health, education, human rights, military situation, Indonesian administration, guerrilla forces, etc. The information would be relayed through a course with 3 or 4 sessions, to be given by professors, researchers, Timorese refugees and to be paid by the Assembly of Republic.

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Letter CDPM/APPL - Madeline Albright (Secretary of State of United States of America) 1999-03-03

Letter from CDPM and APPL to the US Secretary of State, Madeline Albright, appealing to the US Administration to exercise its influence on the Indonesian Government in order that it immediately halt its policy of arming civilians in the territory, and that it proceed to disarm them without delay, under international supervision. It also exposes the wish of the Timorese resistance movement to build a climate of reconciliation among all parties involved in the conflict.

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Letter Comissão para os Direitos do Povo Maubere (CDPM) – Portuguese Parliamentarians 1983-03-03

Letter by CDPM to the Portuguese members of Parliament informing them of a dossier composed of documents, including documents related to the role of the Church and the international organizations in defense of human rights.

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Letter CPDM - Monsenhor Sante Portalupi 1983-02-22

Letter in thanks by CDPM to Reverendum Sante Portalupi for all the support that the Catholic Church has lent during the East Timor situation through its solidarity actions. One of the results of this effort was the recent approval of a UN Resolution that consecrates the right to self-determination and independence.

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Letter CPDM - Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Business 1986-09-10

Letter by CDPM to the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Business concerning the imprisonment of the student (and combatant of the Portuguese Army against Indonesian invasion in East Timor) Antônio Gonçalves. CDPM asks for the appropriate commitment to the case and reminds Portugal that the crisis deserves humanitarian and political support and attention.

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