Journal "Timor Leste" no. 2, October 4, 1975 This issue contains: a letter from FRENTILIN to its members calling for union in such difficult times, mostly saying that the foreign forces would try to explore the so-called “tribalism” and arguing that the various groups involved in the revolution (Armed Forces, Militias, Civil Society and so on) should be united and resolve their problems and disagreements through discussion. The editorial discusses the ex-commander Lemos Pires and his approximation with UDT, with the Portuguese government choosing to remain in silence. An article calls on the people to leave aside all their old practices (like racism) in benefit of the revolution’s success and, therefore, allow for the rise of a new society. Other important information includes the support of 49 foreign governments for FRETILIN, as well as of organized groups of civil society (like Australian student groups).
Fretilin, Independent East Timor Revolutionary Front
Journal "Timor Leste" no. 4, October 18, 1975 This issue contains: The accusation by the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs discussing the border trespassing and gunfire by FRETILIN; FRETILIN’s accusation directed towards Portugal’s omission of the Timorese question, as well as Lemos Pires’ alleged lies about the peace process between FRETILIN and UDT, saying basically that the former never accepted the propositions made by the latter; A declaration of FRETILIN’s support made by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Cabo Verde and Mozambique; Another demonstration of support made by Australian civil society through the group called “FRETILIN’s Friends”, who again stayed outside of the Indonesian embassy in Sydney demanding justice; A report of a statement made by the Secretary-General of the United Nations speaking about the responsibility of Portugal on the Timorese matter; and the main text speaking about the labor division in a revolutionary society, and how all kinds of labor are important to the outcome of the revolution.
Fretilin, Independent East Timor Revolutionary Front
Contents: Dutch warn: free tapols or face aid cut -- An excuse to step up repression -- Pres. Suharto makes world tour -- U. S. Congress would curb aid to repressive governments -- Pentagon bares new aid hocus-pocus -- Sy Ahrir rejects all charges, defends his stand -- Two 1974 tapols die -- Indonesia: the prison state -- One repressor to another -- Health conditions on Buru -- Adam Malik faces questioning at council of Europe -- Government officials refuse to meet amnesty mission -- The situation in East Timor -- National Peace Council Lobbies foreign office -- CBI mission in Indonesia
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Journal "Timor Leste" no. 6, November 1, 1975; Supplement no. 1 This issue contains: Reports of a radio transmission in West Germany analyzing the Timorese situation and blaming Indonesia for border trespassing; Still in West Germany, reports of the creation of a Committee for the Independence of East Timor; Another report of support coming from Australia, this time by Congress members; Report of a meeting between Portuguese General Ernesto Melo Antunes, one of the most important actors in the Carnation Revolution, and Adam Malik, Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs, where they would discuss the Timorese question. FRETILIN then seized the opportunity to publish their willingness to cooperate with the Portuguese to negotiate East Timor’s independence; The main article discussing the differences between a coup and a revolution, explaining basically that the former is just a replacement of the bourgeois in power and that it delays the latter, and how the people should stay alert with their enemies; The Supplement is a special issue with the main objective of teaching the native language for those who only know Portuguese.
Fretilin, Independent East Timor Revolutionary Front
Journal "Timor Leste" no. 8, November 15, 1975; Supplement no. 3 This issue contains: A report of the Angolan independence declared by MPLA, expressing that is was another win for those who believe in the fall of imperialism; Reports of a FRETILIN official travelling throughout Europe where he received support for the Timorese cause, especially from the Dutch governmental and non-governmental organizations like X-Y and MOZIB (including financial support), English members of parliament and Swedish members of their country’s UN mission; The main article speaking about Liberalism as a failed economic system, and accusing it of having an essence predominantly counterrevolutionary and being an enemy of the people.
Fretilin, Independent East Timor Revolutionary Front
Indonesian Intervention in East Timor: a Chronology was published by the East Timor Information and Research Project. It details the chronology of invasion of East Timor and some background information on East Timor from before the invasion.
Official title: Linhas de orientacao para os contactos com a delegacao da ONU Contents: Guidelines for Dili’s provisory administrators regarding the United Nations' visit to the capital. The document contains explicit restrictions on certain behaviors and symbols, and also certain places (those that were still under military activities) where they could not take the UN to visit. It also established a pattern of conversation that party leaders (APODETI, UDT, KOTA and LABOR) should follow with the UN delegation, mostly incriminating FRETILIN as communists. Provides answers to the possible questions the UN may have asked about the provisory administration in general.
Peace is Possible in Timor Leste Association (Portugal)
Contents: Tapol goes to U.S. Congress -- E. Timor ... and Pertamina -- Some signs of progress? -- Congressional hearing on Indonesia -- Rep. Bonker opposes Ford's visit -- U.K. aid to Indonesia: former minister speaks out -- Trials: two death and two life sentences -- Papuans shot trying to cross frontier -- Suharto ready for the 'final solution' -- Admiral Sudomo on releases -- Comments on the Sudomo statement -- Second Buru camp -- "They're not tapols" -- 500 new tapols a year -- New York Times gets news from ex-tapols -- The Pertamina disaster -- Abolished? yes ... and no! -- The British Campaign for an independent East Timor reports: Indonesian invasion resisted -- Book Reviews: Black Armada by Rupert Lockwood ; The Papuans of Irian Jaya by Justus M. van der Kroef
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A photograph entitled “Australia” with the description, “1976 Stanislau da Silva and an Australian supporter operating the clandestine radio link between Australia and Fretilin forces in East Timor” Courtesy of the da Silva family.
Two photographs. The first entitled “Moluccan hunger strike (Amsterdam, Netherlands)” with the description, “12 August 1976 Moluccans in The Netherlands on hunger strike in front of the church Westerkerk in Amsterdam to draw attention to the situation in East Timor. The activists are organized under the name Vrje Zuid-Molukse Jongeren (Free South Moluccan Youths) in Lunteren-Ede, The Netherlands. Photographer: Croes. The second is entitled “Moluccan hunger strike (Amsterdam, Netherlands)” with the description, “the activists had posted pictures of Mari Alkadiri, Nicolau Lobarto and Rosa Muki Bonaparte.
Newspaper article entitled “Four men facing firearms export charges” published in The News. September 17, 1976.
A page of six photographs taken in Australia in 1976. Two are graffiti on walls that say ‘Viva FRETILIN’ & ‘Independence for East Timor’. The other four are of various people photographed. The photos are a little blurry.
Another page of six photographs taken in Australia in 1976. The photos are all taken on the streets in some kind of protest or stand off.
Document entitled, “The Timor Story” by Helen Hill with the header, ‘Demand a public inquiry into the deaths of the six Australian Newsmen!’ 1976 | 2 pages.
A photograph taken in 1977 Darwin, Australia: Laurentino Pices & Rob Wesley-Smith, Radio Maubere. The photo is taken by Brian Manning.
A document entitled, “Offensive Fails” East Timor News, No. 3, March 24, 1977.
A document entitled, “Inside Occupied Dili” East Timor News, No. 3, March 24, 1977. | 2 pages.
A document written by William J. Armstrong, National Coordinator of the action for world development. The report gives a detailed account of the attempts made to reunite East Timorese families separated by a civil war in, and an Indonesian Government invasion of East Timor in 1975. (1977) | 2 pages.
A document entitled, “East timor: Refugees and Family Reunion.” The contents are The Current situation in East Timor, The origins of East Timorese refugees, Family Reunification (the context, first attempts at reunification, Australian/Indonesian negotiations on reunions, May 1977 - May 1978: no progress, recent developments), Sources and Footnotes. | 16 pages.
Report on talks with Timorese refugees in Portugal - The East Timorese Situation | 17 pages
Support the Cornell-Ithaca East Timor Defense Committee was a newsletter published by Cornell and Ithaca to bring awareness to what was happening in East Timor in 1976.
This a publication of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, Trusteeship and Decolonization. It was published in August 1976 with a focus on the Issue of East Timor.
It is broken down in two parts:
Part one: The Political Evolution of Portuguese Timor
Part Two: The Question of Portuguese Timor in the International Arena
A photograph entitled “Australia” with the description, “1976 Stanislau da Silva and an Australian supporter operating the clandestine radio link between Australia and Fretilin forces in East Timor” Courtesy of the da Silva family.
Two photographs. The first entitled “Moluccan hunger strike (Amsterdam, Netherlands)” with the description, “12 August 1976 Moluccans in The Netherlands on hunger strike in front of the church Westerkerk in Amsterdam to draw attention to the situation in East Timor. The activists are organized under the name Vrje Zuid-Molukse Jongeren (Free South Moluccan Youths) in Lunteren-Ede, The Netherlands. Photographer: Croes. The second is entitled “Moluccan hunger strike (Amsterdam, Netherlands)” with the description, “the activists had posted pictures of Mari Alkadiri, Nicolau Lobarto and Rosa Muki Bonaparte.
Newspaper article entitled “Four men facing firearms export charges” published in The News. September 17, 1976.
A page of six photographs taken in Australia in 1976. Two are graffiti on walls that say ‘Viva FRETILIN’ & ‘Independence for East Timor’. The other four are of various people photographed. The photos are a little blurry.
Another page of six photographs taken in Australia in 1976. The photos are all taken on the streets in some kind of protest or stand off.
Document entitled, “The Timor Story” by Helen Hill with the header, ‘Demand a public inquiry into the deaths of the six Australian Newsmen!’ 1976 | 2 pages.
Contents: Spotlight on the massacres -- Human rights cover-up at UN -- Lawyer urges release of '74 tapols -- Massacres in East Java -- The great Indonesian massacre -- U.S. Congress discusses aid cut -- Film on Tapols -- Ex-minister on trial -- Editor forced to eat his words
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