Bertil
On the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's "7:30 Report" tonight, Major
General Peter Cosgrove, the Australian commander of the INTERFET force
operating in East Timor under the provisions of the UN mandate, was
interviewed "live" in Dili. During that interview he made specific
reference to "the enclave", which inferred that Operation Stabilise would be
extended to include Ocussi Ambeno. No time frame or other detail was given.
Brian Murphy
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From: Bertil Häggman <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 1:44 PM
Subject: Ocussi Ambeno
> Thanks to Brendan for sending his article
> on "Boundaries between Indonesia and
> Portuguese Timor". Not much, I understand,
> has been written on the enclave of Ocussi-Ambeno
> to the west of the main area of East Timor.
> An article in N.Z. Herald of 28-29 August 1999,
> enclosed by Brendan, described the enclave thus
> "Portugal hung on to this small and largely
> unproductive enclave when it divided up the
> island with the Dutch in the second half
> of the last century, long after moving its
> capital to Dili in 1769 for better security
> and berthing for its ships."
>
> >From the article it also seems that the
> pro-Indonesia group got 80 percent
> of the votes in the enclave and only
> 20 percent voted for independence,
> which makes it likely, it seems, that
> this enclave will remain Indonesian.
>
> Further info on the enclave and its
> history and future would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> In my info it says that the name of the
> main city is Pante Makassar and that
> in Portuguese times it was the capital
> of Timor and named Lifau until the
> seat of government was moved to Dili.
>
> Bertil Haggman
>
>
>
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