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.
While General Kiki Syanakri surrendered the capital to avoid a clash, TNI soldiers and proxies murdered civilians on the road to Los Palos—a cost kept secret for decades.
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.