Various documents that include memorandums, letters and documents written in 1988.
This file includes:
Letter to Columbia Journalism Review, Columbia University from Joseph Lelyveld, The New York Times, (27.09.1988)
Letter to Professor Edward Herman from Steven Gold (1988)
Letters to the editor: How about a little down-home glasnost? By Ralph Nader and Steven Gold (1988) The Issue | 5 pp.
Letter to Arnold Kohen from Jean de Courten, Delegate General for Asia and the Pacific (01.12.1988) | 2 pp.
Letter to Raymond T. Bonner from Arnold Kohen (08.01.1988) | 2 pp.
Letter to Mr. Keith B. Richburg, Southeast Asia Correspondent (The Washington Post) from Arnold Kohen (17.02.1988) | 5 pp.
Letter to Mark Raper, Jesuit Refugee Service, from Arnold Kohen (22.12.1988) | 2 pp.
Tony Hall News: 182 House Members tell Shultz concern over East Timor Conflict (30.10.1988) | 4 pp.
Letter to Senator Levin from J. Edward Fox, Assistant Secretary Legislative Affairs, (1988) | 3 pp.
Letter to the Hon. Tony Hall from Abdul Rachman Ramly, Ambassador, (14.11.1988) | 3 pp.
Department of State - Incoming Telegram from the Embassy of Jakarta to Washington, DC (1986) | 9 pp.
Tragedy in East Timor from the Congress of the United States (19.09.1988) | 2 pp.
Letter to Randy Scheunemann from Arnold Kohen with an enclosed draft (1988) | 5 pp.
Tourism in East Timor? It’s News to Governor (25.03.1988) The Asian Wall Street Journal
Letter to Tony Hall from J. Edward Fox, Assistant Secretary Legislative Affairs, (1988) | 2 pp.
“Draft Hall Dear Colleague” (1988)
Letter to Mr. Frank Sieverts, Senate Foreign Relations Committee from Arnold Kohen (05.10.1988)
“Nearly Half of Congress Signs East Timor Letters” (30.10.1988)
Departure Statement United States Congressional Delegation led by Republican Leader Senator Robert J. Dole (21.11.1988) | 3 pp.
Letter to a colleague from Dave Durenberger & Carl Levin (15.09.1988)
Congressional Record - February 23rd, 1988 | 2 pp.
Congressional Record - March 1st, 1988 | 2 pp.
Congressional Record - February 3rd, 1988 | 2 pp.
Congressional Record - February 4th, 1988 | 3 pp.
Letter to the Hon. George P. Shultz, Secretary of State from Tony Hall and Dave Durenberger (01.07.1988) | 2 pp.
Letter to Ambassador Robert T. Hennemeyer from Richard L. Wilson (09.12.1988) attached are lists of Co-signers of Hall East Timor Letter as of Oct. 7, 1988, and as of Oct. 14, 1988
Draft Senate Letter to Secretary of State Shultz (1988)
“Durenberger leads 47 Senators in call on U.S. to address HUman Rights problems, help end conflict in East Timor” (Embargoed for Sunday, October 30, 1988) | 2 pp.
Letter to Adele Liskov from Arnold Kohen (late 1988) Subj.: The East Timor Problem - An Overview
Letter to Arnold Kohen from Tony Hall (15.11.1988)
Handwritten note from Robert L. Bernstein to Arnold Kohen (1988-89)
A statement that was written by Arnold Kohen (late 1988) Subj.: East Timor | 2 pp.
Letter to Arnold Kohen from Robert McClean, Director: Department of Peace and World Order (United Methodist Office for the United Nations) (11.11.1988)
Memorandum to Eric Schwartz from Arnold Kohen (1988) Subj.: Problems arising from the Nov. 21, 1988 New York Times report on Asia Watch Indonesia-East Timor Report. | 2 pp.
“Draft Hall letter to Shultz” written by Hall (1988) | 2 pp.
Letter to the Hon. George Shultz, Secretary of State, from forty-seven Members of Congress (28.10.1988) | 5 pp.
Letter to Arnold Kohen from Jack Panozzo, Development and Peace, (10.03.1988)
Letter to George P. Shultz, Secretary of State, from 182 Members of Congress (31.10.1988) | 11 pp.
Dave Durenberger news: “Durenberger leads effort on Human Rights in East Timor - 47 Senators sign letter to Secretary of State Shultz” (20.10.1988) | 2 pp.
Letter to Msgr. Martinho Lopes from Xanana Gusmao (10.03.1988) | 9 pp. Completely in Portuguese
This item contains press releases, letters, newspaper articles published between 1974 to 1994.
It contains:
Letter to the editor of The Sun Terra from Robert Wesley-Smith, Darwin/World, (01/05/1984)
Notes by Robert Wesley Smith on organisation of Timor rally Darwin (12/11/1993)
Handwritten letter to Robert Wesley-Smith from Bruno Kahn
Article written by Robert Wesley-Smith (spokesperson for AFFET) about the series of public demonstrations held by the Liberal Party (11/1991)
“Why Target Paul Keating? East Timor Week” A flyer published by the East Timor Action Group in Darwin. (August 15th-21st 1994)
Press release: “Darwin Supporters for a Free East Timor” written by Robert Wesley-Smith (24/12/1992) | 2 pp.
“Statement by Bill Hayden, MP” Leader of the Opposition, (20/01/1978)
Letter to the Editor of the New Idea from Robert Wesley-Smith, Darwin (28/03/1994)
“The integrity of Ramos Horta needs to be doubted” by Wendy Holland (06/06/1995) | 5 p.
Fax with the attention for the Editors from Georgie Brown and Barbara Jamen (04.06.1993)
“I killed more than 10 people” Confessions of a Spy in New Idea (26/03/1994) | 4 p.
Letter to Mr. Robert Wesley-Smith, East Timor action Committee, from Grant Tambling, Senator for the Northern Territory (11/11/1992) | 2 pp.
Extract from the Weekly Senate Hansard, Parliamentary Database, “Matter of Urgency, East Timor”, (26/11/1991) | 4 p.
“Repressive regime in East Timor” in reply to Peter Hastings’ article, (27/04/1987)
Email from Charles Soheiner about “The Keating visit to Jakarta, October 1993”
Press Release: “More Indonesian Blackmail in. Darwin, like in Manila” written by Robert Wesley-Smith, Australians for a Free East Timor, (13/06/1994)
“Don’t undersell the extent of the East Timor Tragedy” (15/02/1994)
Press Release: “What a week it is in Darwin” written by Robert Wesley-Smith, Australians for a Free East timor (27/10/1993)
Press Release: “Timor causing Wooly thinking and Secret Government Deals” written by Robert Wesley-Smith, Australians for a Free East Timor (01/11/1993)
Press Release: “Is the NT becoming a Police State” written by the Australians for a Free Eat Timor (27/06/1993)
Public Statement: “Release of Political Prisoners in East Timor” written by Peter Wesley-Smith, Professor of Law and Dean at the University of Hong Kong (08/08/1993)
Press release: “NT Govt could really help East Timor medical needs now” written by Robert Wesley-Smith, Australians for a Free East Timor (04/07/1994) | 2 p.
Speech at Darwin rally 2nd anniversary of Dili Massacre by Rob Wesley-Smith (12/11/1993) | 2 p.
Letter to President Suharto, President of Indonesia from East Timor Supporters, Darwin (06/1994) | 2 p.
Press Release: “Rally to Free Pro-Democracy Political Prisoners in Indonesia, East Timor and West Papua” written by Darwin Supporters for Democracy in Indonesia, East Timor and West Papua (1994)
“One year of the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights” (1994) | 2 p.
Letter to the Senior Presidente da Comissão Eventuel de Assembleia da republica para accepandanento da situação en Timor Leste from Jose Xanana Gusmão (no date) | in Portuguese
Speech given by Reza Muharam an Indonesian student who was a part of the Peace Mission to East Timor (no date)
Letter to Mr. Jose Manuel Ramos Horta from Adam Malik (17/06/1974)
A pamphlet of Xanana Gusmao, “Free Xanana - Free East Timor Campaign” (1992) | 3 p.
A drawing of two men: one holding a sign that says protesting and the sentence of 12 years and the other man is a soldier with the writing killing with the sentence of 17 months. The tag line says ‘Free East Timor’. On the back of the drawing, it has Xanana Gusmao’s biography. | 2 p.
‘Free Xanana! Free East Timor! Boycott Bali!’ written by East Timor Action Group in Darwin (1992) | 2 pp.
Press Release: “Welcome to visitors from nearby” written by Jose Gusmao, Goncalo Pinto & Rob Wesley-Smith (22/06/1993)
Press Release: ‘Labor moves Timor motion in Assembly’ written by John Bailey, Deputy Opposition Leader (14/11/1991)
‘Free Xanana Free East Timor’ written by East Timor Action Committee (05/1993) | 2 pp.
Minutes of ETRA meeting on the 5th of January 1994
Press Release: “Evidence Accumulates against Indonesian brutality East Timor” written by Australians for a Free East Timor (05/02/1994) | 3 p.
Press Release: “Demonstrations” written by Rob Wesley-Smith, Australians for a Free East Timor (11/03/1993)
Letter to Senator the Hon. Gareth Evans, Minister for Foreign Affairs from Warren Snowdon, Member for the Northern Territory. (26/11/1992) | 2 pp.
This document includes various newspaper articles published by Australian newspaper companies between 1975 to 2000.
It contains:
“Parents at home plea” (1980) The Sun Terra
Cartoon from The West Australian about the massacre of the Timorese people (14/11/1991)
“Repressive regime in East Timor” in reply to Peter Hastings’ article, (27/04/1987)
“Tale behind East Timor fall” Sunday Territorian (3/05/1994)
A Cartoon by Wicking’s View with the setting: Garuda introducing more flights and a boarding passenger says to the flight attendant ’No, I don’t need a return ticket… I’m on the blacklist…’ (no date)
“Consulate open protest”by Frank Alcorta, Northern Territory News (16/06/1993)
“Indon call over rights” Northern Territory News, (14/06/1993)
"Presiden sampaikan penghargaan untuk ABN” (The President expressed his appreciation for ABN) Surya, (22.11.1992) | newspaper article in Indonesian
Drawing of two men, one from Australia and the one from Indonesia, about to shake hand over a text bubble with the money sign in it. The text below says “cultural understanding”.
“East Timorese want their conquerors out” The New York Times. (07/03/1993)
A cartoon with the title, ’Tombstone Territory’ by Wicking published in the Sunday Territorian, (27/06/1993)
“Fretilin back on air”, Northern Territory News, (27/05/1985) | 2 pp.
“Timor concern widens”, The Age (Melbourne), (25/11/1991)
A cartoon by Wicking’s View of the Indonesian Patrol Boats to visit with the Captain saying “Okay, same speech as usual… Don't shoot the locals”. (04/11/1992)
A cartoon by Wicking’s View of a Timor protester saying “I’ve been doing this [protesting] fro 19 years!” and an employee of the Australian government with their fingers in their ears replying “me too”. (no date)
A cartoon called “Tombstone Territory” by Wicking which depicts various countries with someone who is dead, East Timor is included. Sunday Territorian (17/11/1993)
A cartoon by Wicking’s View of an Australia-Indonesia Business Conference with East Timor on the outside of it. Northern Territory News, (29/10/1993)
“CM blasts Keating’s Asian approach”, Northern Territory News (21/06/1993)
The Hague: “21 to face war crimes tribunal” (15/04/1995)
“UN slams Dili killers’ jail terms” The Canberra Times (13/03/1993)
A cartoon by Wicking’s View of Perron: Asian Armies Can train Here with a soldier who shot a protester with the text bubble saying “Sorry… force of habit…” (14/03/1995)
A cartoon by Wicking’s View of a man tied to a pole saying ‘what about human rights’ and he is addressing three guns with the text bubble saying “we’re not human…” (28/02/1995) Northern Territory News
“Family sent home: Bali holiday bungle” Northern Territory News (05/01/1993)
“Timor trial now a slanging match” Northern Territory News (08/02/1995)
“Evans: We told Indons” Northern Territory News (08/02/1995)
“Democrats move to repeal Timor treaty” Democrats Newsletter (no date)
“Timor Gap treaty attacked” Northern Territory News (25/01/1995)
“Timor and pragmatism” Northern Territory News (19/06/1984)
“Peacemaker Evans does nothing for East Timorese” Vanguard (06/11/1991)
A cartoon by Wicking’s View entitled Australia, Indonesia to produce weapons? with a woman asking her husband, a soldier, ‘Hey! who’s been kissing your butt?’ (no date)
“$4950 costs awarded to three men” (09/09/1997)
“Farmer wins appeal on conviction” (13/05/1977)
“Timor medicine for Aboriginals” (16/04/1977)
“No recognition but we accept reality” The Age (Melbourne) (21/10/1976)
“Damage after boat seized, claims owner” Northern Territory News (25/11/1976)
“No regrets - Timor backer” The Advertiser (13/05/1977)
“Mission to Timor by Bernard Boucher” The Canberra Time (04/06/1977)
Llyod Axworthy was the Minister of Foreign affairs for Canada during the 90s. In 1997, he visited Jakarta, Indonesia and held discussions with President Soharto about the importance of human rights. This item contains:
Authorization of multinational force for East Timor
Letter by Worthy regarding Canada's role in Timor following the elections
Canada, Indonesia and Human rights
Press release: Axworthy in the Footsteps of Mandela?
News release: Axworthy urged to stop military sales to Indonesia and to meet with jailed East Timorese resistance leader in Jakarta
Item consists of correspondence and reports regarding the Darwin East Timorese Tetun School project from about 1989 to 1995. Many of the documents focus on support offered by Japanese allies for this project.
This item contains various documents from the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Canada's position with regard to developments in East Timor (bilingual copy).
This file contains correspondence between various companies and Canadian Prime Minister, Jean Chrétien regarding putting a trade embargo on Indonesia on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Indonesian invasion. Includes newspaper clippings regarding ending the trade. Correspondence from:
Canadian Union of Public Employees
National Union of Public and General Employment
Canadian Auto Workers Union
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
Public Service Alliance of Canada
United Steelworkers of America in Canada
Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Det Grymma Spelet (The Cruel Game) by Björn Larsson (Red.) "Sweden's role in Indonesia's genocide in East Timor, 1975-1985" (Svergies roll i Indonesiens folkmord i östtimor 1975-1985)