424 CDS use use 30240 HEADER 3 10 USC 0401022 MAY 99 I I USC 424 Page 1 of 5 T0 #3333334 INFO HI 403-10 WASHDCI use 403 10 WASHDCI 21 40 MSW 333 33 50 use 403- 40 50 USC 40373111 USC 403 1 AFB FL 4% Nam b 3 50 USC 403- 6033330 use 4031 1 AW USC 30240 use 403-10 WASHDC um 333133333303 1 WASH DC USC USC 403-10 BT CONTROLS b 10 USC 424 SEGTION 01 OF 03 I 09433-19 use 424 SERIAL THIS IS A COMBINED MESSAGE BODY COUNTRY- U INDONESIA ID 442440 use 424 $322354 33-3-33 SUBJECTI 33-33-331COMMENTS BY WARNING U THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE REPORT - CLASSIFIED I use 424 - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE I301 U 990427 U30 423 REQS 333 SOURCEQ hm 424 14 6 swgb Diqplay USC 424 MILITARY MEMBERS FEEL A SENSE OF BETRAYAL OVER THE NEW POLICY 4 -eg WM 4 THE RECENT MILITARY TRAILS OF KOPASSUS SOLDIERS CHARGED WITH OF POLITICAL ACTIVISTS AND POLICE PERSONNEL CONVICTED m SHOOT NG SEVERAL STUDENTS AT TRISAKTI LAST YEAR 00 -4 ADMITTED IN FRONT OF HIS STAFF THAT HIGH LEVEL OFFICER COVER-UPS WERE POSSIBLEY IN THESE CASES BUT IF SO IT WAS FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF THE NATION HE SAID IF YOU PURSUE THE MORE SENIOR PEOPLE INVOLVED IT WOULD BE COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE TO THE WELFARE OF THE NATION T0 OUTSIDE OBSERVERS IT MAY LOOK LIKE THE MILITARY IS PROTECTING ITS OWN HE SAID BUT NO ONE WILL EVER BE 100 PERCENT SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS OF SUCH TRIALS ANYWAY WHAT WAS DONE AT THE JUNIOR LEVEL IS GOOD ENOUGH HE SAID BESARIMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE CIVILIAN LEGAL SYSTEM IS CORRUPT AND CAN BE EASILY MANIPULATED BASED ON PERSONAL INTERESTS - RATHER THAN NATIONAL INTERESTS ANY COVER-UPS THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED IN THE MILITARY COURTS WERE DUE TO NATIONAL NOT PERSONAL INTERESTS HE SAID EAST TIMOR W1 11 -4 0 SAID THE I-E CHOICE BETWEEN AUT NOMY OR SEPARATION WILL BE BASED ON A SAMPLING OF THE POPULATION AND NOT ON A ONE-PERSON FORMULA HE SAID THE PRO- INTEGRATION SUPPORTERS ARE TO OF INDEPENDENCE BECAUSE OF PROBABLE RETALIATION AGAINST THEM AND LOSS OF THEIR PROPERTY IF INDEPENDEN CE BECOMES MORE LIKELY THE MILITIAS WILL BECOME MORE DESPERATE AND BRUTAI IN THEIR TACTICS HE PREDICTED DESCRIBED THE CURRENT POLITICAL CONDITIONS IN INDONESIA -IE SAID A BASIC PROBLEM IS THAT THE AVERAGE MUSLIM IS POORLY EDUCATED EXTREMELY POOR AND HAS BEEN LEFT BEHIND IN MANY AREAS As A RESULT POOR MUSLIM COMMUNITIES ARE EASILY PROVOKED AND INFLUENCED BY DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTIES INTERESTED IN CREATING UNREST NO SINGLE GROUP IS INVOLVED IN A GRAND CONSPIRACY RATHER THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GROUPS MAKING TROUBLE HE SAID 7 SAID THAT WHILE SOEHARTO AND ES IN THE THERE HAS BEEN NO REAL COMMITMENT BY THE HABIBIE GOVERNMENT TO REFORM OR CHANGE HABIBIE AND HIS CABINET ARE ALL PART OF THE SOEHARTO GOVERNMENT AND IT WOULD BE COUNTER TO THEIR PERSONAL INTERESTS TO SUPPORT TRUE REFORM HE SAID Page 3 of 5 424 USC 424 COMMENTS 19 A POKE DECISION ON EAST TIMOR WAS A MISTAKE -MADE 424 WITHOUT PROPER CONSULTATION POORLY THOUGHT OUT - AND WITHOUT NECESSARY PREPARATION OR ADEQUATE TIME TO THE AUTONOMY GENERALLY AGREED THAT IN A FREE AND FAIR CONSUL ATION PROCESS MOST EAST TIMORESE RESIDENTS FARMERS BLUE COLLAR WORKERS ETC WOULD CHOOSE AUTONOMY RATHER THAN INDEPENDENCE THE WEST IS MISLED BY THEIR DEPENDENCE ON A SMALL GROUP OF ELITIST EDUCATED TIMORESE FOR THEIR VIEW ON THE POPULARITY 0F INDEPENDENCE 23 6 POL COM MENTS POL OFF 12 TRIPS INTO EAST TIMOR OVER PAST 30 MONTHS HAS ENABLED HIM TO SPEAK WITH A BROAD CROSS SECTION OF THE EAST TIMORESE PUBLIC HE SPEAKS INDONESIAN AND PORTUGUISE HIS CONCLUSION IS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF EAST TIMORESE IN A FREE VOTE WOULD CHOOSE INDPENDENCE OVER AUTONOMY 3 SEEM STO BE A GOOD BIT OF RATIONALIZATION IN COMENTS IF GO ON 9192 -4 C MILITARY POLICY BEFORE GENERAL WIRAL TRIP TO PREVIOUS WEEK THERE SHOULD DURING A MIQEASHIMURTTHIS WEEK MM OLD EMBASSY VISITORS THAT WIRANTO 4 9101 1 4 DIRECTED HIM TO FIRM ACTION AGAINST ANYONE USING b FORCE TO INTIMIDATE OR mm It CONSULTATION BOTH W1 41 -4 ARE CONSIDERED TO BE PRO-REFORM OFFICERS THEIR DEFENSIVE ATTITUDES SHOW HOW DIFFICULT IT WILL BE To TRULY CHANGE THE PERVASIVE MILITARY CULTURE THAT HAS DEVELO PED OVER THE PAST 32 YEARS 4 U 12 MAY IS THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRISAKTI UNIVERSITY SHOOTINGS THERE ARE CONTNUED CALLS TO REOPEN THE INVESTIGATION INTO THIS INCIDENT ON 990502 THE RECTOR OF TRISAKTI UNIVERSITY CLAIMED THE GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY HAD TRIED TO BURY THE CASE AND SAID HE HOPES A WW WIT I RRING REAL SHOOTERS T0 TRIAL - ADMIN COLL U INSTR PREP U ACQ U use 424 Search DiSplay Page 4 of 5 USC 424 BT #2210 wk 424 use 424 Page 5 of 5 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu