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UPHILL BATTLE

1. (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS EDMUND MCWILLIAMS,

REASON: 1.5 (D).

THREATS AGAINST IT
2. (C) SUMMARY: FOLLOWING INSINUATED
LOCAL STAFF, THE UNI
AND DIRECT THREATS AGAINST ITS
TIMOR (UNAMET) HAS PUBLICLY
ASSISTANCE MISSION FOR EAST
TO COMPLY WITHI
CALLED ON THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT
UN-BROKERED EAST
COMMITMENTS IT UNDERTOOK IN THE MAY 5
UNAMET HAS ALSO SET DOWN
TIMOR CONSULTATION ACCORD.
MILITARY AND 1
SPECIFIC MARKERS WITH THE INDONESIAN
MUST BE IN PLACE IF
GOVERNMENT REGARDING CONDITIONS WHICH
BALLOT IN EAST
THE AUGUST 8 AUTONOMY-OR-INDEPENDENCE
THESE INCLUDE DISARMING THE
TIMOR IS TO GO FORWARD.
MILITIA ROADBLOCKS,
MILITARY-BACKED MILITIAS, DISMANTLING
PRO-INDEPENDENCE
ENSURING GOI NEUTRALITY AND ALLOWING
PLANS TO COUNT ALL
EAST TIMORESE TO CAMPAIGN. UNAMET
DISTRICT-BY-DISTRICT
VOTES TOGETHER RATHER THAN ON A
PRECLUDE CALLS FOR PARTITIONING EAST
BASIS SO AS TO
THAT,
TIMOR. THIS APPROACH REFLECTS UNAMET CONCERN
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COULD SUCCEED IN SWINGING THE VOTE
MILITIA INTIMIDATION
DISTRICTS. THE CHURCH AS
IN SOME, PARTICULARLY WESTERN,
PRO-INDEPENDENCE SIDES WILL BE
WELL AS PRO-AUTONOMY AND
PROCESS TO PREVENT
INVOLVED IN THE VOTER REGISTRATION
UNAMET ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE
REGISTRATION FRAUD.
THE MILITIAS (WHICH CONTINUES) HAS
"TERROR" UNLEASHED BY
THAT A FREE ANDIFAIR
SO TRAUMATIZED MUCH OF THE SOCIETY
ON AUGUST 8. IN THAT EVENT, THE
VOTE MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE
BUT, IN ANY EVENT,
UN PLANS TO CALL FOR A POSTPONEMENT,
END SUMMARY
TO MAINTAIN ITS PRESENCE.

A GROWING CONCERN
PHYSICAL THREATS TO THE UNAMET ARE
--------------------------------------------------~-

20-22, MET WITH

4. (U) POLCOUNS, IN EAST TIMOR MAY
TO EAST TIMORI
MEMBERS OF THE UN ASSISTANCE MISSION
DISCUSSIONS WITH UNAMET
(UNAMET) AT VARIOUS POINTS.-
ORGANIZATION IS PURSING
PERSONNEL INDICATED THE FLEDGLING
IMAGINATIVELY, THOUGH IT
ITS MISSION ASSERTIVELY AND
TASK AT HAND
CLEARLY REMAINS UNDERSTAFFED FOR THE

CHIEF DAVID
5. (U) TWO OFFICIAL STATEMENTS BY UNAMET
SHARP RETORTS BY
WIMHURST DURING THE PAST WEEK-PROMPTED
AND MILITIA OFFICIALS.
LOCAL MILITARY, JAKARTA POLITICAL
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GOVERNMENTITO
UNAMET'S MAY 18 STATEMENT CALLED ON THE
WERE ORGANIZED AND
CURTAIL THE MILITIAS, WHICH IT NOTED
MILITARY. IT
ARE SUSTAINED BY THE INDONESIAN
OF CIVILIANS
SPECIFICALLY CONDEMNED THE MILITIA KILLING
CALLED FOR DEEDS AND
IN ATSABAE AREA ON MAY 16. UNAMET
ACCEPTABLE SECURITY
NOT WORDS FROM THE GOI TO CREATE AN
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REMINDING THE GOI OF ITS
ENVIRONMENT FOR THE ELECTIONS,
MAY 5 AGREEMENT COMMITMENTS.

RETORT BY EAST TIMOR

6. (U) THIS PRODUCED A SHARP PUBLIC
SURATMAN, WHO TOLD THE
MILITARY COMMANDER COLONEL TONO
ISSUE FURTHER PUBLIC
LOCAL PRESS THAT UNAMET SHOULD NOT
FIRST WITH HI S
STATEMENTS WITHOUT CHECKING ITS FACTS
STATEMENT MA Y 20
OFFICE. UNAMET ISSUED A SECOND PUBLIC
WITNESSED INDON ESIAN
IN WHICH IT SAID ITS PERSONNEL HAD
MILITIAS AT A MILITARY FACILITY IN THE
MILITARY TRAINING
TEAM
ATSABAE AREA. JOURNALISTS, INCLUDING A REUTERS FI LM
(AND RECORDED) THE
AND AN NYT REPORTER, ALSO WITNESSED
THE STATEMENT ALSO CLAIMED THAT PRO-
TRAINING.
SOLDIERS IN ONE
INDEPENDENCE GUERILLAS HAD KILLED THREE
INCIDENT, A CLAIM DOUBTED BY
(SEE SEPTEL).

TO THIS SEC OND

7. (U) GOVERNMENT AND MILITIA REACTION
WORDS OF ONE UNAMET
STATEMENT WAS MUCH SHARPER AND IN THE
"MENACING."
POLITICAL OFFICER WHO SPOKE TO EMBOFF,
QUESTIONED THE "RIGHT" OF UNAMET TO
SURATMAN PUBLICLY
ABOUT UNAMET TEAM
ISSUE STATEMENTS AND RAISED QUESTIONS
IN EAST TIMOR .
LEADER WIMHURST'S STATUS AND FUNCTION
DEWI FORTUNA ANWAR WARNED IN P.
PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN
SAID THAT IF1 UNAMET
TELEVISION COMMENT SEEN IN EAST TIMOR
CRITICAL OF THE GOVERNMENT,
CONTINUED TO ISSUE STATEMENTS
GOI WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
MILITARY AND MILITIAS, THE
SECURITY. MILITIA SPOKES MAN
ENSURE UNAMET PERSONNEL'S

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EAST TIMOR: FACING A DANGEROUS,!
SUBJECT: UNAMET IN
UPHILL BATTLE

1. (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS EDMUND MCWILLIAMS,

REASON: 1.5 (D).

THREATS AGAINST IT
2. (C) SUMMARY: FOLLOWING INSINUATED
LOCAL STAFF, THE UNI
AND DIRECT THREATS AGAINST ITS
(UNAMET) HAS PUBLICLY
ASSISTANCE MISSION FOR EAST TIMOR
TO COMPLY WITHi
CALLED ON THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT
UN-BROKERED EAST
COMMITMENTS IT UNDERTOOK IN THE MAY 5
UNAMET HAS ALSO SET DOWN
TIMOR CONSULTATION ACCORD.
SPECIFIC MARKERS WITH THE INDONESIAN
MILITARY AND
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WHICH MUST BE IN PLACE IF

GOVERNMENT REGARDING CONDITIONS
BALLOT IN EAST
THE AUGUST 8 AUTONOMY-OR-INDEPENDENCE
TIMOR IS TO GO FORWARD. THESE INCLUDE DISARMING THE
MILITIA ROADBLOCKS,
MILITARY-BACKED MILITIAS, DISMANTLING
PRO-INDEPENDENCE
ENSURING GOI NEUTRALITY AND ALLOWING
UNAMET PLANS TO COUNT ALL
EAST TIMORESE TO CAMPAIGN.
ON A DISTRICT-BY-DISTRICT
VOTES TOGETHER RATHER THAN
FOR PARTITIONING EAST
BASIS SO AS TO PRECLUDE CALLS
CONCERN THAT
TIMOR. THIS APPROACH REFLECTS UNAMET
IN SWINGING THE VOTE
MILITIA INTIMIDATION COULD SUCCEED
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DISTRICTS. THE CHURCH AS
IN SOME, PARTICULARLY WESTERN,
PRO-INDEPENDENCE SIDES WILL BE
WELL AS PRO-AUTONOMY AND
PROCESS TO PREVENT
INVOLVED IN THE VOTER REGISTRATION
UNAMET ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE it
REGISTRATION FRAUD.
(WHICH CONTINUES) HAS
"TERROR" UNLEASHED BY THE MILITIAS
SOCIETY THAT A FREE ANDIFAIR
SO TRAUMATIZED MUCH OF THE
AUGUST 8_ IN THAT EVENT, THE
VOTE MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE ON
POSTPONEMENT, BUT, IN ANY EVENT,
UN PLANS TO CALL FOR A
TO MAINTAIN ITS PRESENCE.

PHYSICAL THREATS TO THE UNAMET

END SUMMARY

ARE A GROWING CONCERN

I
--------------------------------------------------

20-22, MET WITH

4. (U) POLCOUNS, IN EAST TIMOR MAY
MISSION TO EAST TIMOR
MEMBERS OF THE UN ASSISTANCE
DISCUSSIONS WITH UNAMET
(UNAMET) AT VARIOUS POINTS.
FLEDGLING ORGANIZATION IS PURSING
PERSONNEL INDICATED THE
IMAGINATIVELY, THOUGH IT
ITS MISSION ASSERTIVELY AND
FOR THE TASK AT HAND.{
CLEARLY REMAINS UNDERSTAFFED

BY UNAMET CHIEF DAVJIID

5. (U) TWO OFFICIAL STATEMENTS
PROMPTED SHARP RETORTS BY
WIMHURST DURING THE PAST WEEK
AND MILITIA OFFICIALS.
LOCAL MILITARY, JAKARTA POLITICAL
ON THE GOVERNMENT TO
UNAMET'S MAY 18 STATEMENT CALLED I
NOTED WERE ORGANIZE AND
CURTAIL THE MILITIAS, WHICH IT
MILITARY. IT
ARE SUSTAINED BY THE INDONESIAN
KILLING OF CIVILIANS
SPECIFICALLY CONDEMNED THE MILITIA
CALLED FOR DEEDSIAND
IN ATSABAE AREA ON MAY 16. UNAMET
AN ACCEPTABLE SECURITY
NOT WORDS FROM THE GOI TO CREATE
THE GOI OF ITS
ENVIRONMENT FOR THE ELECTIONS, REMINDING
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RETORT BY EAST TIMOR

6. (U) THIS PRODUCED A SHARP PUBLIC
SURATMAN, WHO TOLDITHE
MILITARY COMMANDER COLONEL TONO
NOT ISSUE FURTHER PUBLIC
LOCAL PRESS THAT UNAMET SHOULD
FIRST WITH HIS
STATEMENTS WITHOUT CHECKING ITS FACTS
STATEMENT MAY 20
OFFICE. UNAMET ISSUED A SECOND PUBLIC
HAD WITNESSED INDONESIAN
IN WHICH IT SAID ITS PERSONNEL
MILITARY FACILITY IN THE
MILITARY TRAINING MILITIAS AT A
FILM TEAM
ATSABAE AREA. JOURNALISTS, INCLUDING A REUTERS
WITNESSED (AND RECORDED) THE
AND AN NYT REPORTER, ALSO
P RO-
TRAINING. THE STATEMENT ALSO CLAIMED THAT I
GUERILLAS HAD KILLED THREE SOLDIERS IN ONE
#I QQQGSP7ZXE?INDEPENDENCE
INCIDENT, A CLAIM DOUBTED BY
(SEE SEPTEL).

REACTION TO THIS SECOND

7. (U) GOVERNMENT AND MILITIA
THE WORDS OF ONE UNAMET
STATEMENT WAS MUCH SHARPER AND IN
"MENACING."
POLITICAL-OFFICER WHO SPOKE TO EMBOFF,
"RIGHT" OF UNAMET TO
SURATMAN PUBLICLY QUESTIONED THE
QUESTIONS ABOUT UNAMET TEAM
ISSUE STATEMENTS AND RAISED
FUNCTION IN EAST TIMOR.
LEADER WIMHURST'S STATUS AND
ANWAR WARNED IN A
PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN DEWI FORTUNA
TIMOR SAID THAT IFJUNAMET
TELEVISION COMMENT SEEN IN EAST
CRITICAL OF THE GOVERNMENT,
CONTINUED TO ISSUE STATEMENTS
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
MILITARY AND MILITIAS, THE GOI
SECURITY. MILITIA SPOKESMAN
ENSURE UNAMET PERSONNEL'S

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USMISSION USUN NEW YORK

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ASEAN COLLECTIVE
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AMEMBASSY BRASILIA
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TAGS:
EAST TIMOR: FACING A DANGEROUS?
SUBJECT: UNAMET IN
UPHILL BATTLE

BASILIO ARAUJO, ON MAY 21,

DISTRIBUTED MILITIA STATEMENTS
I
BY UNAMET AND ASSERTING
ALLEGING "BIAS AND BLACKMAIL"
THAT "BLACKMAILERS SHOULD BE

8. (C) SEPARATELY, AN UNAMET

STOPPED."

POLITICAL OFFICER TOLD

I
"RELIABLE SOURCE" HAD REPORTED
EMBOFF LATE MAY 21 THAT A
SPECIAL FORCES ("KOPASSUS") HAD
THAT INDONESIAN MILITARY ACNNIUNED ET
DIRECTED "MILITIA AGENTS" TO KIDNAP ESTEDRAHARM
MEMBER. UNAMET LEADER WIMHURST QU
THE TEAM OFFICES (AT THEIR
EXTRA POLICE PROTECTION FOR
AND CONVENED A MEETING OF ALL
MAKOTA HOTEL HEADQUARTERS)
PERSONNEL INCLUDING A VISITING UNHRC TEAM.
CREDIBLE
TOLD EMBOFF HE FOUND THE REPORT
OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR THE
AND DESCRIBED IT AS STANDARD
WORK
MILITARY TO "OUTSOURCE ITS DIRTY TONTHTHEMILITIAS."
TO E
HE SAID THAT THREATS {
WITH WHAT PERCEIVED
FOLLOWED A SIMILAR PATTERN
KOPASSUS") MU-MIANNELED
TO BE MILITARY ("USUALLY
PAKSI," PREDECESSOR OF
THROUGH SUCH GROUPS AS THE "GADA
GROUPS. IN ONE SUCH INSTANCE,
SOME OF THE CURRENT MILITIA
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OOK A WEEK'S
HE RECALLED
"VACATION" IT=

9. (C) A UNAMET POLITICAL OFFICER TOLD

.

EMBOFF THAT
1
WOULD PRODUCE A SHARP
UNAMET REALIZED CRITICAL STATEMENTS
THAT REMONSTRATIONS
REACTION BUT SAID IT HAD BECOME CLEAR
YIELDED NOTHING.
WITH THE MILITARY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
IN EAST TIMOR
MOREOVER, HE SAID, THE SECURITY SITUATION
UNAMET, HE CONTINUED,
WAS "UNACCEPTABLE AND WORSENING."
INTIMIDATION OR
COULD NOT BE SEEN TO BE YIELDING TO
SPEAK OUT
THREATS. IT NEEDED TO AND WOULD CONTINUE TO
5 AGREEMENT.
ABOUT GOI NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAY

TO HAVE SURFACED
10. (U) A MORE INDIRECT THREAT APPEARS
OF UNAMET LOCAL PERSONNEL,
WITH.MILITIA INTIMIDATION
WHO HAVE BEEN PUBLICLY
NOTABLY UNAMET INTERPRETERS,
AS "PRO-INDEPENDENCE."
DESCRIBED IN MILITIA STATEMENTS
MAY 16 MILITIA MURDERS
IN ADDITION, TWO WITNESSES OF THE
WITH DEATH BY THE
IN ATSABAE HAVE BEEN THREATENED
MILITIAS, ACCORDING TO UNAMET AND
SUMMING UP
WHO SPOKE TO EMBOFF IN EAST TIMOR.
I
THE SITUATION, TOLD JOURNALISTS AND THE AMNESTY

INTERNATIONAL TEAM THAT "WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC, ONE OF

US COULD BE KILLED." I
11 . (C)
TOLD EMBOFF MAY 21 THAT IT WAS COMMON
"WELCOME" THE FIRST
BELIEF THAT THE MILITIAS PLANNED TO
THEIR GUNS."
CONTINGENT OF UNAMET POLICE ADVISORS "WITH
PROBABLY SHOOT
ASSESSED THAT THE MILITIAS "WILL
HE NOTED,
-IN ThZ R'OR AT US BUT NOT AT THEM (UNAMET)."
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THE MAY 10 VIOLENCE
AS DID OTHER OBSERVERS IN DILI, THAT
DIED (REFTEL)IWAS
IN DILI IN WHICH SEVEN EAST TIMORESE
THAT UNAMET POLICE
SPARKED IN PART BY A FALSE REPORT
WOULD BE ARRIVING THAT DAY.

TOLD EMBOFF THAT

12. (C)
I'S IAL WELCOME" AND
HE WAS AWARE OF THESE REPORTS OF A
CONSIDERED SUCH'A RESPONSE LIKELY. HE SAID THAT SHOULD
FROM ABOVE BUT IMPLEMENTED
IT COME, IT WOULD BE "CLEARED
"PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE DECISIONS," HE
BY THE MILITIA." I
THEY DON'T FEEL THE HEAT.
CONTINUED, "ARE INVISIBLE SO
APPROACHIAS
HE DESCRIBED THE OVERALL MILITARY/MILITIA
INTIMIDATION DIRECTED AT
HAVING A "PSY-WAR FEEL," WITH
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BOTH THE LOCAL POPULATION AND THE UNAMET PERSONNEL

THE UN APPROACH TO SECURING CONDITIONS FOR THE

CONSULTATION BALLOT
----------------------------------------------

13. (C) UNAMET OFFICIALS DESCRIBED BRIEFLY THEIR GAME

PLAN FOR CREATING AN ACCEPTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE
AUGUST 8 BALLOT (SEE SEPTEL ON THE DATE DEBATE} AND THE
CONSULTATION PERIOD PRECEDING IT. UNAMET
OLD EMBOFF THAT UNAMET HAD ALREADY SET
MARKERS,, wirki COL. SURATMAN REGARDING WHAT WAS
NECESSARY FOR A FREE AND FAIR BALLOT: 1

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UPHILL BATTLE

-- MILITIAS MUST BE DISARMED AND ALL ACTS OF INTIMIDATION

STOPPED. INDONESIAN LAWS WHICH PROHIBIT CIVILIANSIFROM
CARRYING FIREARMS SHOULD BE ENFORCED.

-- MILITIA ROADBLOCKS AND CHECKPOINTS MUST BE DISMANTLED.

-- THE GOVERNMENT MUST BE NEUTRAL ON THE QUESTION OF

AUTONOMY/INDEPENDENCE, AS CALLED FOR IN THE MAY 5TH
AGREEMENT. (ON THE MORNING OF MAY 22, MILITARY PERSONNEL
WERE HANGING PRO-AUTONOMY BANNERS ON THE STREET DIRECTLY
IN FRONT OF THE MAKOTA HOTEL, WHICH SERVES AS THE
TEMPORARY UNAMET HEADQUARTERS.)

-- PRO-INDEPENDENCE EAST TIMORESE MUST BE ALLOWED TO

EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS IN THE COURSE OF THE CONSULTATION.
(MOST SENIOR PRO-INDEPENDENCE ADVOCATES HAVE FLED EAST
TIMOR OR ARE IN HIDING. EMBOFF SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE FEW
REMAINING SENIOR CNRT LEADERS,

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COMMANDER, COL. SILAEN TOLD EMBOFF THAT GROUP MEMBERS
COULD SAFELY RETURN TO THEIR HOMES AND THAT HE GUARANTEED
THEIR SAFETY. SCOFFED AT
THIS ASSURANCE. +I

14. (C) OLD EMBOFF THAT THEY

ANTICIPATED THAT THERE T BE'PLANS BY PRO-AUTONOMY
FORCES TO DEMAND PARTITION OF THE FOUR OR FIVE WESTERN
DISTRICTS AND THE CAPITAL, DILI, WHERE MILITIA 1
INTIMIDATION HAS BEEN MOST EXTENSIVE AND WHICH MIGHT
THEREFORE YIELD A PRO-AUTONOMY VOTE. IN THOSE DISTRICTS

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THE CHOICE MIGHT BE BETWEEN AUTONOMY AND CONTINUEDI

TERROR. TO COUNTER THIS POSSIBILITY, UNAMET, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE MAY 5 AGREEMENT, INTENDS TO COMPILE
ALL VOTES AND NOT COUNT OR REPORT VOTES DISTRICT BY
DISTRICT.

15. (C) UNAMET WAS AWARE OF REPORTS THAT FALSE ID'S WERE
BEING PREPARED FOR WEST TIMORESE WHO WOULD BE MOVED
ACROSS THE BORDER TO JOIN IN THE VOTING AS WELL AS FOR
SOME INDONESIANS LIVING IN-EAST TIMOR WHO WERE NOT
ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. THERE WAS ALSO CONCERN THAT THE GOI
MIGHT PROVIDE FALSE IDENTIFICATION TO INDONESIANS OUTSIDE
OF EAST TIMOR WHO WOULD SEEK TO-VOTE AS EAST TIMORESE
NATIVES AT POLLING PLACES OUTSIDE EAST TIMOR. UNAMET
PLANS TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH SIDES AT
REGISTRATION POINTS AS WELL AS A LOCAL CHURCH
REPRESENTATIVE WHO WILL BE ABLE TO POSE CHALLENGES WHERE
REGISTRANT ID'S ARE SUSPECT. IN THE CASE OF CHALLENGES,
THE CHURCH WILL BE ASKED TO AUTHENTICATE THE WOULDIBE
REGISTRANT'S IDENTITY THROUGH CHURCH RECORDS. TO THE
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EXTENT POSSIBLE, REGISTRATION WILL BE CONDUCTED AT LOCAL
(SUB-DISTRICT OR VILLAGE) LEVEL, TO INCLUDE, WHERE
NECESSARY, SEPARATE SUB-DISTRICT OR VILLAGE REGISTRATION
TABLES AT DISTRICT LEVEL REGISTRATION CENTERS. WHILE
THIS SYSTEM MIGHT NOT BE EFFECTIVE IN DEALING WITHIFRAUD
OUTSIDE EAST TIMOR, THE NUMBER OF THESE REGISTRANTS IS
NOT EXPECTED TO BE LARGE AND THEREFORE WOULD NOT HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE OUTCOME. FINALLY, REGISTRATION
LISTS WILL BE PUBLISHED PRIOR TO THE BALLOT, ALLOWING FOR
PUBLIC CHALLENGES. I

16. (C) AN UNAMET POLITICAL OFFICER, WHO HAD BEEN IN

EAST TIMOR FOR ALMOST ONE MONTH, CONCEDED THAT IT MIGHT
NOT BE POSSIBLE TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR A FREE AND FAIR
BALLOT BY AUGUST 8. HE SAID THAT THE GREATEST CHALLENGE
WAS THE FACT THAT MANY EAST TIMORESE HAD BEEN SEVERELY
TRAUMATIZED BY THE "TERROR" CREATED BY MILITIAS AND
MILITARY OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS. (EMBOFF'S TRAVEL
OUTSIDE OF DILI MAY 21 AND 22 CONFIRMED THIS ASSESSMENT,
SEE SEPTEL.) HE SAID THAT THE'UN WOULD NOT ALLOW THE
BALLOTING TO GO FORWARD ON AUGUST 8 UNLESS APPROPRIATE
CONDITIONS WERE IN PLACE. IF THEY WERE NOT, HE SAID, THE
BALLOT WOULD BE POSTPONED -- "BUT WE WILL STAY."
ROY

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