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 CIS NO: 92-S381-32
 TITLE: Crisis in East Timor and U.S. Policy Toward Indonesia.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+112 p.
 DATE: Feb. 27, Mar. 6, 1992
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 102-2             SUDOC: Y4.F76/2:S.hrg.102-634
 ITEM NO: 1039-A; 1039-B             PUB NO: S.Hrg.102-634
 MC ENTRY NO: 92-22531

 Hearings to review concerns about human rights conditions in and U.S.
 policy regarding Indonesian-annexed East Timor, in light of the Nov. 12,
 1991 Indonesian military suppression of East Timorese citizens engaged in a
 peaceful demonstration.
   Supplementary material (p. 101-112) includes a witness's replies to press
 questions and correspondence.
 CONTENT NOTATION: East Timor human rights conditions and US policy issues
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): EAST TIMOR (Human rights
     conditions in East Timor, concerns and US policy issues); INDONESIA
     (Human rights conditions in East Timor, concerns and US policy issues);
     FOREIGN.RELATIONS; PUBLIC.DEMONSTRATIONS; CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS;
     DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE; HUMAN RIGHTS

 92-S381-32 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Feb. 27, 1992 p. 2-71
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     MOORE, PAUL, JR. (Rev.) (former Episcopal Bishop of New York)
     ROBINSON, GEOFFREY (Researcher, Indonesia and the Philippines, Amnesty
        International, U.S.A)
     JONES, SIDNEY R. (Executive Director, Asia Watch)
     NAIRN, ALLAN (Writer, New Yorker Magazine)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Review and condemnation of human rights
     violations by Indonesian military forces in East Timor, with
     recommendations for U.S. policy; details of the Nov. 12 incident and
     other Indonesian military repressive actions against East Timorese
     citizens (related rpt, p. 64-68); experiences as a witness of the Nov.
     12 incident.
 INSERTIONS: 
     a. Asia Watch, "Indonesia: Commission of Inquiry Needed for Aceh"
        report excerpt, Feb. 19, 1992 (p. 30-36).
     b. Department of State, human rights in Indonesia, 1992 report (p.
        51-62).
 CONTENT NOTATION: East Timor human rights conditions and US policy issues
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): ACEH, INDONESIA ("Indonesia:
     Commission of Inquiry Needed for Aceh"); AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, U.S.A.;
     ASIA WATCH

 92-S381-32 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Mar. 6, 1992 p. 74-99
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     QUINN, KENNETH M. (Acting Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific
        Affairs, Department of State)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Review of human rights conditions in and U.S.
     policy regarding East Timor, including response to the Nov. 12 incident;
     issues involved in U.S.-Indonesian relations, focusing on concerns about
     Indonesian repressive actions in East Timor.
 CONTENT NOTATION: East Timor human rights conditions and US policy issues