Current Class Current Handling Document Number CONFIDENTIAL n a 1999JAKART04266 UNCLASSIFIED 1 Channel n a RELEASED IN PART 131 1 4 13 1 4 D PTQ0672 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 INFO Page LOG-00 INL-01 EB-00 I0-00 OCS-03 ACE-00 TRSE-00 G-00 JAKART 04266 040617Z 01 OF 03 CIAE-00 CA-02 ACQ-00 AID-00 NP-01 SRPP-00 WHA-01 DOEE-00 DODE-00 DINT-00 TEDE-00 H-01 FBIE-00 OIGO-01 EUR-01 NSAE-00 AC-01 ADS-00 L-01 LAB-01 PM-00 PA-00 OPIC-01 OMB-01 OIC-02 SS-00 SSO-00 SP-00 SCT-00 P-00 PRM-01 DSCC-00 PMB-00 ASDS-01 USIE-00 023W SWCI-00 SAS-00 NFAT-00 MR-00 040617Z 38 -------------- - -F4396B SMEC-00 DS-00 INR-00 NSCE-00 PRS-00 STR-00 DRL-02 0 040556Z SEP 99 FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9651 INFO ASEAN COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY CANBERRA IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY OTTAWA AMEMBASSY LISBON AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY TOKYO AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON AMCONSUL SYDNEY USMISSION GENEVA USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI FPA CG III MEF C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 JAKARTA 004266 CONFIDENTIAL JAKART PAGE'02 HANOI FOR A S ROTH 04266 040617Z 01 OF 03 E O 12958 DECL 09 05 04 TAGS PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KCRM SUBJECT EAST TIMOR CHOOSES INDEPENDENCE OBSERVATIONS REF 1 U CASC ID INITIAL UN JAKARTA 4263 AND PREVIOUS CLASSIFIED BY DCM MICHAEL OWENS Current Class CONFIDENTIAL UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY CHARLES E LAHIGUERA CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL REASON 1 4 D UN DECLASSIFY AFTER 3 SEP 2024 200300722 DATE CASE ID 16 JUL 2004 REASONS 1 5 Page 1 CLASSIFIED Current Class CONFIDENTIAL Current Handling n a Document Number 1999JAKART0426G B AND UNCLASSIFIED Page 2 Channel n a D 2 SBU SUMMARY THE STREETS OF DILI ARE REPORTEDLY DESERTED IN THE FIRST HOURS AFTER UNSYG ANAN'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT 78 5 PERCENT OF EAST TIMORESE REJECTED INDONESIA'S AUTONOMY PROPOSAL IN THE AUGUST 30 OVER 1000 STRATEGIC FORCES TROOPS WHO REFERENDUM ARRIVED OVERNIGHT ARE SETTING UP CORDONS AND CHECK POINTS IN SOME PARTS OF THE CITY MORE UNREST AFFLICTED SECTIONS OF DILI AND OTHER PARTS OF THE TERRITORY OVERNIGHT IN A SEPTEMBER 3 STATEMENT DEFENSE MINISTER AND ARMED FORCES CHIEF WIRANTO ASSERTED THAT THE CONSULTATION RESULT MUST BE BY CONTRAST JOSE SOARES THE GOVERNOR OF RESPECTED EAST TIMOR ALSO ON SEPTEMBER 3 REITERATED ALLEGATIONS OF BALLOT FRAUD AND STATED THAT HE AND OTHER PROINTEGRATION LEADERS WOULD REJECT THE RESULTS OF THE REFERENDUM WHATEVER THE OUTCOME A PROMINENT PROINTEGRATION MILITIA LEADER HAS VOWED TO PRESS FOR PARTITION CONFIDENTIAL 01 OF 03 040617Z PAGE 03 JAKART 04266 3 C SUMMARY CONTINUED INDONESIAN FORMIN ALATAS RULED OUT THE ENTRY OF PEACEKEEPERS BEFORE THE CONSULTATION RESULTS CAN BE RATIFIED BY THE PARLIAMENT IN JAKARTA U N PERSONNEL HAVE EVACUATED MALIANA FOLLOWING SEPTEMBER 2 MILITIA ATTACKS THAT LEFT AT INDONESIAN MEDIA LEAST THREE LOCAL UNAMET STAFF DEAD ARE INTERPRETING AUSTRALIAN PM HOWARD'S SEPTEMBER 3 300 PROSTATEMENT ON EAST TIMOR AS HARSHLY CRITICAL INTEGRATION SUPPORTERS DEMONSTRATED IN FRONT OF THE U N OFFICE BUILDING IN JAKARTA ON SEPTEMBER 3 - I Bl END SUMMARY DILI IN THE FIRST HOURS 4 SBU EMBOFFS IN DILI REPORT THE STREETS ARE DESERTED IN THE FIRST HOURS AFTER UNSYG KOFI ANAN'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT 78 5 PERCENT TIMORESE REJECTED INDONESIA'S AUTONOMY PROPOSAL IN THE AUGUST 30 REFERENDUM ANAN'S ANNOUNCEMENT WAS READ SIMULTANEOUSLY BY UNAMET CHIEF IAN MARTIN IN DILI AT EMBOFFS ON APPROXIMATELY 0905 LOCAL TIME SEPTEMBER 4 Current Class Page CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED 2 Current Class Current Handling Document Number UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL n a 1999JAKART04266 Page 3 Channel n a THE GROUND REPORT THAT AT LEAST 1000 STRATEGIC FORCES KOSTRAD TROOPS WHO ARRIVED IN DILI OVERNIGHT ARE ALREADY OUT IN THE CITY SETTING UP BARBED WIRE CORDONS AND CHECKPOINTS AROUND THE MAHKOTA HOTEL HOME TO MANY FOREIGNERS IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY MANY OTHER PARTS OF DILI ARE REPORTEDLY EMPTY OF BOTH SECURITY PERSONNEL AND MILITIAS EMBOFFS UNDERSTAND THAT MORE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 JAKART 04266 01 OF 03 040617Z UNREST HIT SECTIONS OF DILI AND OTHER PARTS OF THE TERRITORY OVERNIGHT BUT WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE DETAILS AS OF MID-MORNING SEPTEMBER 4 WIRANTO TO SUPPORT GOVERNOR VOWS OPPOSITION -------------------------------------------5 SBU IN A SEPTEMBER 3 STATEMENT TO JOURNALISTS DEFENSE MINISTER AND ARMED FORCES COMMANDER WIRANTO REAFFIRMED HIS COMMITMENT TO RESPECT THE RESULTS OF THE AUGUST 30 BALLOT STATING THE RESULTS MUST BE ACCEPTED AS THE BEST OPTION BY CONTRAST EAST TIMOR GOVERNOR JOSE ABILIO SOARES HIMSELF APPOINTED BY JAKARTA REITERATED ALLEGATIONS THAT THE BALLOT HAD BEEN TAINTED BY FRAUD ON THE PART OF UNAMET STAFF AND VOWED THAT HE AND OTHER PRO-INTEGRATION LEADERS WOULD REJECT THEOUTCOME OF THE BALLOT WHATEVER THE RESULT IS MILITIA LEADER DEPARTS EAST TIMOR ------------------------- ------6 SBU PRO-INTEGRATION FIGURE EURICO GUTERRES COMMANDER OF THE VIOLENT AITARAK MILITIA WAS SPOTTED AT DILI AIRPORT EARLY ON SEPTEMBER 4 DEPARTING FOR JAKARTA OR POSSIBLY BALI STATING HIS INTENTION TO RETURN HE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 JAKART INFO NP-01 DINT-00 EUR-01 LAB-01 OCS-03 LOG-00 INL-01 EB-00 I0-00 NSCE-00 Current Class 04266 02 OF 03 AID-00 DODE-00 OIGO-01 L-01 OIC-02 ACQ-00 DOEE-00 FBIE-00 ADS-00 OMB-01 PTQ0673 040617Z CA-02 WHA-01 H-01 AC-01 OPIC-01 CONFIDENTIAL CIAE-00 SRPP-00 TEDE-00 DCP-01 PA-00 SMEC-00 DS-00 INR-00 NSAE-00 PM-00 Page UNCLASSIFIED 3 Current Class UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL Page 4 Current Handling n a Document Number Channel n a 1999JAKART04266 ACE-00 SP-00 P-00 SCT-00 SSO-00 TRSE-00 ASDS-01 PMB-00 DSCC-00 USIE-00 G-00 NFAT-00 SAS-00 SWCI-00 MR-00 ------------------F4396F 040617Z 38 0 040556Z SEP 99 FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9652 INFO ASEAN COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY CANBERRA IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY OTTAWA AMEMBASSY LISBON AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY TOKYO AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON AMCONSUL SYDNEY USMISSION GENEVA USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI FPA CG III MEF PRS-00 STR-00 DRL-02 SS-00 PRM-01 024W C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 03 JAKARTA 004266 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 JAKART HANOI FOR A S ROTH 04266 02 OF 03 040617Z E O 12958 DELL 09 0-5 04 TAGS PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KCRM SUBJECT EAST TIMOR CHOOSES INDEPENDENCE OBSERVATIONS CASC ID INITIAL UN TOLD CNN THAT HE WOULD PRESS FOR PARTITION OF THE TERRITORY INTO INDEPENDENT AND AUTONOMOUS INDONESIAN SECTIONS ALATAS STATEMENT ON PEACEKEEPERS 7 SBU AT A PRESS CONFERENCE LATE ON SEPTEMBER 3 INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ALATAS STATED THAT INDONESIAN POLICE AND MILITARY WOULD CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN PRIMARY SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES AND THAT HE DID NOT ENVISION U N PEACEKEEPERS TAKING OVER THIS ROLE PRIOR TO PHASE III FOLLOWING THE MPR-S HE FURTHER RATIFICATION OF THE CONSULTATION RESULT REJECTED THE IDEA OF UNILATERAL DEPLOYMENT TO EAST TIMOR OF AMERICAN PEACEKEEPING TROOPS AND STATED THAT Current Class Page CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED 4 Current Class Current Handling Document Number NCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL n a 1995JAKART04266 Page 5 Channel n a IF THE U S DARES TO INTRODUCE PEACEKEEPERS THE SECURITY SITUATION WOULD DETERIORATE VIOLENCE IN MALIANA ------------------8 INDONESIAN MEDIA REPORTS STATE THAT UNAMET EVACUATED ALL 40 INTERNATIONAL AND 14 LOCAL UNAMET STAFF CONFIDENTIAL 040617Z 02 OF 03 04266 JAKART PAGE 03 CONVOY ON POLICE-ESCORTED MALIANA IN A PERSONNEL FROM U N ON THE ATTACKS MILITIA SEPTEMBER 3 FOLLOWING 2-3 IN SEPTEMBER NIGHT OF OFFICE IN THE TOWN ON THE AND KILLED WERE STAFF WHICH AT LEAST THREE LOCAL UNAMET AFP IS PRESS JAKARTA FIVE REMAIN MISSING ACCORDING TO UNAMET LOCAL REPORTING THAT THE THREE KILLINGS OF PERSONNEL WERE CARRIED OUT BY THE DADALUS MERAH PUTIH PRO-JAKARTA MILITIA WE UNDERSTAND THAT A LARGE CONTINGENT OF THE POLICE'S MOBILE BRIGADE BRIMOB DEPARTED THE CITY AT THE SAME TIME AS THE UNAMET CONVOY LEAVING BEHIND A SMALLER GROUP OF POLICE WHO MORE BURNING OF HOMES AND OTHER REMAINED IN GARRISON VIOLENCE REPORTEDLY CONTINUED IN MALIANA ON THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 3 HOWARD STATEMENT 9 SBU INDONESIAN MEDIA TOOK NOTE OF AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER HOWARD'S SEPTEMBER 3 STATEMENT TO PARLIAMENT IN CANBERRA IN WHICH HOWARD AMONG OTHER POINTS CALLED THE FAILURE OF INDONESIAN POLICE TO MAINTAIN ORDER UNACCEPTABLE AND REPORTEDLY STATED THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES TO ACTS OF TERRORISM INDONESIAN PAPERS ARE INTERPRETING THE STATEMENT AS HEADLINES SUMMARIZE HOWARD'S COMMENT HARSHLY CRITICAL AS A WARNING OR A THREAT ANTI-U N DEMONSTRATIONS IN JAKARTA ----------------------------------CONFIDENTIAL 040617Z 02 OF 03 04266 JAKART PAGE 04 10 SBU FOUR PRO-INTEGRATION GROUPS STAGED A'JOINT DEMONSTRATION AT THE U N OFFICE BUILDING IN JAKARTA ON SEPTEMBER 3 IN WHICH 300 DEMONSTRATORS DECLARED UNAMET Current Class Page CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED 5 Current Class CONFIDENTIAL Current Handling n a Document Number 1999JAKART04266 UNCLASSIFIED Page 6 Channel n a PERSONNEL TO BE WAR CRIMINALS AND CARRIED PLACARDS THE ALONG THE LINES OF UNAMET GO TO HELL JAKARTA AND CENTRAL DEMONSTRATIONS BACKED UP TRAFFIC IN TEMPORARILY CAUSED THE U N TO CLOSE ITS OFFICE B1 CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 INFO LOG-00 INL-01 EB-00 I0-00 NSCE-00 PRS-00 STR-00 DRL-02 JAKART 04266 03 OF 03 PTQ0674 040617Z CIAE-00 CA-02 ACQ-00 AID-00 NP-01 SRPP-00 WHA-01 DOEE-00 DODE-00 DINT-00 TEDE-00 H-01 FBIE-00 OIGO-01 EUR-01 DCP-01 AC-01 ADS-00 L-01 LAB-01 PA-00 OPIC-01 OMB-01 OIC-02 OCS-03 SSO-00 SP-00 SCT-00 P-00 ACE-00 DSCC-00 PMB-00 ASDS-01 USIE-00 TRSE 00 024W SWCI-00 SAS-00 NFAT-00 G-00 040617Z 38 ------------------F43971 SMEC-00 DS-00 INR-00 NSAE-00 PM-00 SS-00 PRM-01 O 040556Z SEP 99 FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9653 INFO ASEAN COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY CANBERRA IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY OTTAWA AMEMBASSY LISBON AMEMBASSY ROME Current Class Page CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED 6 Current Class Current Handling Document Number CONFIDENTIAL n a 1999JAKART04266 UNCLASSIFIED Page 7 Channel n a AMEMBASSY TOKYO AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON AMCONSUL SYDNEY USMISSION GENEVA USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI FPA CG III MEF 004266 C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 03 OF 03 JAKARTA CONFIDENTIAL JAKART PAGE 02 ROTH HANOI FOR A S 04266 03 OF 03 040617Z E O 12958 DELL 09 05 04 TAGS PREL PGOV PHUM PINK PREF KCRM SUBJECT EAST TIMOR CHOOSES INDEPENDENCE OBSERVATIONS CASC ID INITIAL UN B1 END TEXT ROY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 JAKART 04266 03 OF 03 040617Z CONFIDENTIAL Current Class Page CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED 7 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