Current Class CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL Page Current Handling n a Document Number 1 Channel n a 1999JAKART01923 RELEASED IN PART Bl 1 4 B 1 4 D PTQ7025 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 INFO LOG-00 CIAE-00 EUR-01 LAB-01 OMB-01 SP-00 DSCC-00 021W JAKART ACDA-01 SMEC-00 FBIE-00 L-01 OPIC-01 SSO-00 PRM-01 01923 01 OF 02 ACDE-00 DINT-00 H-01 ADS-00 PA-00 SS-00 DRL-02 AID-00 DOES-00 IM-01 NSAE-00 PM-00 STR-00 G-00 170939Z AMAD-01 SRPP-00 TEDE-00 NSCE-00 PRS-00 TRSE-00 MR-00 -------BD2FE1 CA-02 ACQ-01 EB-00 DS-00 I0-00 INR-00 OIC-02 OCS-03 SCT-00 P-00 JUPMB-00 SAS-00 NFAT-00 170939Z 38 O 170913Z APR 99 FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA 7297 TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE IMMEDIATE LISBON AMEMBASSY INFO AMEMBASSY DUBLIN IMMEDIATE USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY CANBERRA IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY ROME IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY BONN IMMEDIATE USMISSION GENEVA IMMEDIATE ASEAN COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE SECDEF WASHDC IMMEDIATE 01 OF 02 JAKARTA 001923 C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION USCINCPAC FOR FPA AMB TWINING ROME FOR THE VATICAN SINGAPORE FOR A S ROTH CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 JAKART 01923 01 OF 02 170939Z DECL 04 17 04 E O 12958 PREL CASC PHUM MOPS PGOV PINR PINS TAGS TIMOR EAST DILI IN MILITIAS RAMPAGE SUBJECT REF 1 1 5 119 JAKARTA 1908 EDMUND MCWILLIAMS U CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS D UNITED STATES DEPARTMEN Current Class CONFIDENTIAL REASON I OF STATE Page IA D IA B REASON II CONFIDEN IAL CLASSIFICATION DECLASSIFY AFTER 17 APR 2 14 DATE CASE ID 14 JUL 2004 20 300722 CONFIDENTIAL I 1 Current Class CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL Current Handling n a Document Number Page 2 Channel n a 1999JAKART01923 PRO-INTEGRATION MILITIAS RALLIEDIIN C SUMMARY 2 FOLLOWING THEIRALLY THE HUNDREDS DILI APRIL 17 AS EAST TIMOR CAPITAL MILITIA WENT ON A RAMPAGE IN THE HOUSE THE CLAIM 24 DEAD OF MID-DAY UNCONFIRMED REPORTS PROPROMINENT MOST THE OF MANUEL CARRASCALAO ONE OF HEAVILY WAS CAPITAL INDEPENDENCE FIGURES IN THE THAT HIS SON THERE IS A WELL-SOURCED REPORT ATTACKED A KILLED WERE THERE AND DISPLACED PEOPLE SHELTERING THREATENED AND BEATEN WAS WESTERN JOURNALIST AT THE HOUSE ARE FIRING ON OTHER MILITIAMEN WITH MOCK EXECUTION SOME HOUSES TIMORESE HOUSES OF PRO-INDEPENDENCE EAST THE MILITIA BURNED BY THE CARS AND KIOSKS HAVE BEEN REFUGE SOUGHT IN DILI HAS IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER WHO WAS THE MILITARY AND THE BELO IN THE RESIDENCE OF BISHOP TO STEM THE VIOLENCE AND POLICE HAVE TAKEN NO NO STEPS TONG REPORTEDLY HAS TAKEN SECURITY FORCE COMMANDER COL SPEAKERS AT IS NEUTRAL THE POSITION THAT THE MILITARY FOR CLEANSING THE CIVIL THE MAIN MORNING RALLY CALLED PERSONNEL AND PROPOSED A SERVICE OF PRO-INDEPENDENCE THEY ALSO DECLARED WAR ON ANY DIVISION OF EAST TIMOR ESPECIALLY INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE IN EAST TIMOR CONFIDENTIAL 1709392 01 OF 02 01923 JAKART PAGE 03 WHO WAS A OFFICER MILITARY A SEPARATELY JOURNALISTS TIMORESE FAMILY WAS KILLED IN MEMBER OF A'PROMINENT EAST AND THE CHURCH DESCRIBE AN INCIDENT WHICH THE RESISTANCE EMBASSY HAS REACHED THE AS A RESISTANCE COUNTER-ATTACK RIGHTS COMMISSION WHO HAS CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL HUMAN OFFICIALS IN AN UNDERTAKEN TO REACH SENIOR MILITARY SUMMARY END ATTEMPT TO HALT THE VIOLENCE THE SITUATION IN DILI --------------------PRO-INTEGRATION MILITARY C FOLLOWING A RALLY OF 3 TIMOR THE ARMED MILITIAMEN BACKED MILITIAS IN DILI EAST SOME HOUSES AND BURNING WENT ON A RAMPAGE SHOOTING INTO USUALLY RELIABLE AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT FROM A OTHERS A MID-AFTERNOON AS OF SOURCE CLAIMS 13 DEAD IN DILI BELO'S BISHOP OURCED TO REPORT FROM F_DEAD IN THE HOUSE AND GARDEN 24 LEAST AT RESIDENCE REPORT PROMINENT PRO-INDEPENDENCE OF MANUEL CARRASCALAO A EAST TIMORESE DISPLACED BY FIGURE WHO HAS BEEN SHELTERING THEIDEAD OF DILI MILITIA ACTIVITIES IN AREAS OUTSIDE DISPLACED SOME OF THE INCLUDE HIS 16-YEAR-OLD SON AND JOURNALIST WHO WAS AT WESTERN A STAYING AT HIS HOUSE BEATEN AND THREATENED WITH THE HOUSE HAS TOLD US HE WAS I Current Class Page CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTI 2 CONFIDENTIAL Current Class Current Handling Document Number 3 Channel n a THE POLICE AND MILITARY MOCK EXECUTION Page CONFIDENTIAL n a 1999JAKART01923 ACCORDING TO TAKING NO ACTION TO STOP EYEWITNESSES ON THE SCENE ARE TONG COL THE MILITARY COMMANDER THE MAYHEM FIGHTING WAS NONE THE THAT REPORTEDLY TOLD CARRASCALALO POLICE WERE THAT THE MILITARY AND OF HIS CONCERN AND AND HANDING OUT CIGARETTES THEY HAVE BEEN SEEN NEUTRAL WATER TO THE MILITIASCONFIDENTIAL JAKART PAGE 04 01 OF 02 01923 170939Z DILI MINISTER WHO ARRIVED IN U THE IRISH FOREIGN BISHOP OF HOUSE REFUGE AT THE ON APRIL 17 HAS SOUGHT BEEN AND HIS PARTY HAVE NOT HE IT APPEARS THAT BELO HARMED NOW IN DILI TOLD POLCOUNS 5 C A RELIABLE JOURNALIST MILITIAMEN FROM VARIOUS THAT APPROXIMATELY 1 500 WEAPONS MOST PART WITH PRIMITIVE MILITIAS ARMED FOR THE OF MORNING RALLIED AND PARADED IN LAWNPOFL ROOK THE CENTRAL RALLY 17 DID A AS THE GOVERNOR ATTENDED THE GOVERNOR'S PALACE OFFICIALS THERE WERE NO CHCH FEW MILITARY OFFICIALS LEADER JOAO TAVERESGAVE IN ATTENDANCE AS CLAN THE MILITIAS HAD I THAT HE CLAIMED KEYNOTE SPEECH GUSMAO ON CALL TO ARMS BY XANANA MOBILIZED BECAUSE OF A THE OFC1998GAENDONOTE ING NOTE APRIL 5 IDJLTHEAFALL SUPPORT WITH MILITARY 4 THE RALLY EURICO GUTEREZI U IN HIS SPEECH AT 6 TIMOR MILITIA PROPOSED THAT EAST LEADER OF THE AITARAK PARTS WITH BE DIVIDED INTO TWO EASTERN WITH INDONESIA WHILE THE INTEGRATED REMAINING HE IF IT IWISHED PART LEFT TO SEPARATE EARLIER WARNINGS CONTAINED IN CONFIDENTIAL PTQ702 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 IN FO LOG-00 CIAE-00 EUR-01 LAB-01 OMB-01 JAKART ACDA-01 SMEC-00 FBIE-00 L-01 OPIC-01 01923 02 OF 02 ACDE-00 DINT-00 H-01 ADS-00 PA-00 170939Z AID-00 DOSE-00 IM-01 NSAE-00 PM-00 AMAD-01 SRPP-00 TEDE-00 NSCE-00 PRS-00 ACQ-01 DS-00 INR-00 OCS-03 P-00 CA- 02 EB-00 I O - 00 O IC-02 S CT-00 Page Current Class CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 3 CONFIDENTIAL Current Class Page CONFIDENTIAL Current Handling n a Document Number SP-00 DSCC-00 Channel 1999JAKART01923 TRSE-00 JUSIE-00 STR-00 SS-00 SSO-00 SAS-00 NFAT-00 G-00 DRL-02 PRM-01 170939Z 38 ------------------BD2FE5 4 n a PMB-00 021W O 170913Z APR 99 FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA 7298 TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE IMMEDIATE INFO AMEMBASSY LISBON AMEMBASSY DUBLIN IMMEDIATE USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY CANBERRA IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY ROME IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY BONN IMMEDIATE USMISSION GENEVA IMMEDIATE ASEAN COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE SECDEF WASHDC IMMEDIATE 001923 SECTION 02 OF 02 JAKARTA C O N F I D E N T I A L USCINCPAC FOR FPA AMB TWINING ROME FOR THE VATICAN SINGAPORE FOR A S ROTH 1 CONFIDENTIAL 1709392 02 OF 02 01923 JAKART PAGE 02 o DELL 04 17 04 E O 12958 PREL CASC PHUM MOPS PGOV PINK PINS TAGS EAST TIMOR MILITIAS RAMPAGE IN DILI SUBJECT 1 ID THE EAST TIMORESE CIVIL THE MILITIAS WOULD CLEANSE SUPPORTED INDEPENDENCE SERVICE OF ALL PEOPLE WHO PRO-INTEGRATION ACTIVIST WORKING BASILIO ARAUJO ANOTHER AND ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT IT WOULD BE EASY TO MILITIAS TOLD OUR SOURCE WHO WERE PRO-INDEPENDENCE IDENTIFY THOSE PUBLIC SERVANTS PERIOD MANY CIVIL SERVANTS BECAUSE DURING THE REFORM INDEPENDENCE -- AND PRO-1 HAD EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR GUTEREZ IN HIS RALLY INTEGRATIONISTS HAD MADE LISTS AGAINST ANY INTERNATIONAL SPEECH ALSO CALLED FOR WAR OUT FOREIGN JOURNALISTS SINGLED PRESENCE AND SPECIFICALLY ARE CONCERNED OVER U CHURCH OFFICIALS REPORTEDLY 7 MILITIA TO ATTEND A LARGE MASS INTENTIONS OF THE AITARAK AT AN OUTDOOR SITE SEVEN KMS WHICH WILL BE CELEBRATED FROM DILI ON APRIL 18 1 INCIDENT IN MANATUTO -------------------Page Current Class CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 4 CONFIDENTI Current Class CONFIDENTIAL Current Handling n a Document Number 1999JAKART01923 Page Channel 5 n a HAVE OFFICIALS PRO-INDEPENDENCE U CHURCH AND CNRT 8 OF LOPEZ DA CRUZ BROTHER REPORTED THAT BERNADINO KILLED LARGE LOPEZ DA CRUZ WAS INDONESIAN AMBASSADOR AT ON A CONVOY OF SIX MILITARY IN A FALINTIL COUNTER-ATTACK ACCORDING TO THIS APRIL 16 VEHICLES NEAR MANATUTO WAS KILLED IN AN OFFICER MILITARY VERSION THE VICTIM A ATTACK TNI INDONESIAN-MILITARY ATTACK WHICH FOLLOWED A CONFIDENTIAL I JAKART PAGE 03 ELEMENT FALINTIL A ON OF THE INCIDENT BY 1709392 02 OF 02 01923 WERE INFORMED WE LATE APRIL 16 B1 HE EXPRESSED CO NCERN I MEMBER OF A PROMINENT PROTHAT THE KILLING OF A SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE TENSIONS INTEGRATION FAMILY COULD OF MARZUKI DARUSMAN CHAIRPERSON C THE DCM REACHED 9 DEEP COMMISSION TO EXPRESS THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS BE TAKEN TO HALT THE CONCERN AND URGE THAT STEPS SENIOR MILITARY MARZUKI UNDERTOOK TO CONTACT VIOLENCE SIMILAR THE DATT CONVEYED A AND GOI CIVILIAN OFFICIALS MILITARY SIHOMBING THE ONLY MESSAGE TO MAJOR GENERAL ON THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON OFFICER TRHUS FAR REACHABLE FOREIGN IS ATTEMPTING TO REACH THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR EMBASSIES CANADIAN AND AUSTRALIAN MINISTER ALATAS AND THE PORTUGUESE THE CONTACT OFFICIALS ARE ALSO ATTEMPTING TO OFFICIALS CONTACT TO SEEKING INTEREST SECTION IS ALSO AMCIT RESIDENTS IN EASTITIMOR U THERE ARE 5 TO 10 10 AT LEAST SOME OF THE AMCITS MOST 'IN THE DILI AREA THE USAID-FUNDED COFFEE INCLUDING TWO EMPLOYED BY ROY EARLIER PROJECT HAD 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