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 CIS NO: 77-H461-46
 TITLE: Human Rights in East Timor and the Question of the Use of U.S.
     Equipment by the Indonesian Armed Forces.
 SOURCE: Committee on International Relations. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: vi+84 p. il.
 DATE: Mar. 23, 1977
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 95-1              SUDOC: Y4.In8/16:H88/18
 ITEM NO: 1017
 LC CARD NO: 77-602873               MC ENTRY NO: 77-16808

 Hearing before the Subcom on International Organizations and the Subcom on
 Asian and Pacific Affairs to examine circumstances surrounding the Dec. 1975
 armed intervention by Indonesia in East Timor following the premature
 withdrawal of Portuguese colonial forces and subsequent outbreak of
 hostilities between Fretilin pro-independence forces and elements favoring
 integration with Indonesia.
   Considers implications for continued U.S. aid of Indonesia's use of
 U.S.-supplied military equipment and possible extensive civilian casualties.
   Includes excerpt (p. 4-9) from Subcom on Asian and Pacific Affairs
 discussion on the East Timor situation, from transcript of Mar. 1977
 hearings on foreign assistance legislation.
   Appendix (p. 59-84) includes tables showing U.S. military aid to
 Indonesia, FY74-76 (p. 64-75), and texts of pertinent assistance agreements,
 1958-70 (p. 76-80).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Indonesian annexation of East Timor, US aid implications
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND
     INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. HOUSE; SUBCOM ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC
     AFFAIRS. HOUSE; MILITARY.ASSISTANCE; STATISTICAL DATA: GOVERNMENT
     (Military aid to Indonesia, FY74-76); PORTUGAL (Withdrawal from East
     Timor); INDONESIA (East Timor conflict, US aid implications); WAR
     CRIMES (Indonesian suppression of conflict in East Timor, civilian
     casualties); EAST TIMOR

 77-H461-46 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Mar. 23, 1977 p. 9-25
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     OAKLEY, ROBERT B. (Dep Asst Sec, East Asian and Pacific Aff, State
        Dept)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Overview of East Timor situation; status of U.S.
     aid to Indonesia following temporary suspension; unreliability of
     information relating to civilian casualties.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Indonesian annexation of East Timor, US aid implications
 DESCRIPTORS: DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE

 77-H461-46 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Mar. 23, 1977 p. 26-47
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     DUNN, JAMES S. (dir, foreign aff group, legis reference service,
        Australian Parliament)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Background of East Timor conflict; charged
     Indonesian covert military actions against Fretilin and associated
     atrocities against civilians; response to subcom queries regarding
     motiviations for charges.
 INSERTION: "East Timor Situation: Report on Talks with Timorese Refugees
     in Portugal," J. S. Dunn (p. 31-38).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Indonesian annexation of East Timor, human rights
     abridgments and civilian casualties
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): POLITICAL REFUGEES ("East
     Timor Situation: Report on Talks with Timorese Refugees in Portugal");
     CIVIL LIBERTIES

 77-H461-46 TESTIMONY NO: 3         Mar. 23, 1977 p. 47-58
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     CARASCALAO, MARIO (leader, Timorese Democratic Union (UDT), East
        Timor)
     GONCALZES, JOSE (member, East Timor Provincial Govt)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Background and nature of UDT goals;
     denunciation of Dunn allegations; countercharges of atrocities against
     civilians committed by Fretilin; optimism about future of East Timor as
     an Indonesian province as determined by July 1976 referendum.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Indonesian armed intervention in East Timor
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): CIVIL LIBERTIES (Indonesian
     annexation of East Timor, human rights abridgments and civilian
     casualties)