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PTAPPTL-DOCS-07
Title
Letter Bishop M da Silva Martins-Unidentified 07-17
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- July 17, [1989-1994?] (Creation)
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Textual record; 4 pp.
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Letter from Bishop Silva Martins to an unidentified bishop regarding religious issues involved in the East Timor conflict.
Main topics: the inequality between the dioceses; his personal plea to the United Nations to defend Timorese rights against Indonesia; his plea for Bishops all over the world to write letters addressed to the UN in an effort to create pressure; his nomination by the Portuguese people as a Commissary to East Timor issues; etc.
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- Portuguese
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- Latin