CP MTIAiIJS SIFIED Indonesia Timor Positioning U RELEASED IN PART B19 1 4 $ 1 4 D Imprisoned independence activist Xanana Gusmao and other moderate East Timorese leaders both pro- and anti-integrationist are finally beginning to reach out to each other to promote stability on the ground so that an agreement can be worked out U-N Special Envoy TnmrMt CMmiY -l ein F Phlllar4 7d in r i1i witnaccPcI k v nresenta i1'eS from rPr both factions sign a declaration calling for peace Xanana on February 23 met with the two military ABRI commanders responsible for East Timor the three agreed to work together to create a climate of tolerance and tranquility C ABRI is nonetheless arming small roving bands of East Timorese paramilitary groups to create unrest and portray the security situation as incipient civil war according to Embassy Jakarta In the latest development two East Timorese youths were killed on February 24 in Dili after a pro-integrationist paramilitary group opened fire Some reports allege those paramilitary members were ABRI personnel in plain clothes the local commander yesterday confirmed ABRI plainclothesmen are involved with the paramilitary group in an anti-crime effort according to press reports C CONFIDENTIAL UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY MURRAY D ZINOMAN DATE CASE ID 31 MAR 2006 200300722 CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED February 26 1999 BI 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