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SUBJECT BACKGROUND ON SYDNEY-BASED ORGANIZATION CAMPAIGN FOR AN INDEPENDENT EAST TIMOR {CIET)
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OFFICIALS CONSIDER THE CAMPAIGN FuR^NTNDtpTNDENT EAST TIMOR <CIET) REFERRED TO IN REF TOOMMUNIST-FRONT ORGANIZATION THE CIET HAS ONLY ABOUT
FOUR MEMBERS WORKING FULL TIME. ALL OF WHOM ARE KNOWN
(MUNIST PARTY OF AUSTRALIAUMBER OFWHO ARE NOT COMMUNISTS BUT WlINCERELY WANT TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID AND POLITICAL SUPPORT TO FRETELIN ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORGANIZATION TO SOME DEGREE
l IE CIET HASONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OFABOUT THE SITUATION IN EAST TIMOR EMPHASIZING INDONESIA'S MILITARY ROLE AND ACCUSING JAKARTA'S SECRET
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FORCES OF HAVING COMMITTED NUMEROUS ATROCITIES IN THE FORMER PORTUGUESE TERRITORY IT IS NOT SURPRISING THEREFORE THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS MAKING ALLEGATIONS ABOUT INDONESIAN MILITARY ACTIVITY ALONG THE WEST IRIAN BORDER
IMILAR STORY APPEARED IN THE6 EDITION OF THE TRIBUNE, AUSTRALIA'S COMMUNIST WEEKLY. HARGROVE
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