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Ambassador Roy and the Price of 1975 Silence

A high-level meeting kept secret for decades shows the U.S. urging an Indonesian military that had just devastated East Timor to maintain 'sensitivities' while ignoring its own complicity in a decades-long occupation.

By Harlan Pryce ·

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 ·