Habibie and the 1999 Scheme to Carve Up East Timor
A February telegram shows the Indonesian military and diplomats fighting to keep a slice of East Timor, a plan kept from the public while the region burned.
By Desmond Okafor ·
East Timor
40 US Officials and the 1999 Plan for an East Timor Exodus
Kept secret for years, an interagency summary shows the U.S. preparing for the collapse of East Timor two days before its independence vote, mapping the route for refugees fleeing to West Timor.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Jean Stapleton Roy and the 1999 Purge in Dili
Village leaders were being killed to break a sovereignty movement while the UN maintained a diplomatic facade, a reality hidden in a cable sent to the State Department on April 29, 1999.
By Harlan Pryce ·
West Timor and the 1999 Sanctuary for Indonesian Militias
The president and his senior staff were warned in September 1999 that the Indonesian military would keep its ties to violent militias, a fact kept from the public while killers retreated to West Timor
By Harlan Pryce ·
General Wiranto and the 1999 Deal to Ignore Militia Massacres
The Clinton administration chose to ignore "overwhelming" evidence of military-led atrocities in East Timor to secure a security pact with General Wiranto.
By Desmond Okafor ·