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TIMOR: GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS
Talks between Indonesia and Portugaltroop movements and militaryin Rome resulted in little moreTimor. Heavy rains and Hash floodspledge by Lisbon to do what it canit difficult to move reinforcementsa cease-fire between the localand the fighting has been confinedsnuggling for control ofexchanges of small arms andLisbon can probably do very little,concluded weeks agoortuguesefor Indonesian "assistance" inforces now control most ofand order to the colony would notarea and at least five towns insideand that the PortugueseTimor, and they are attempting tothe inclination nor ability totheir positions. Theown authority in theCommand hasobile police
brigade to help administer Indonesian-con-
The continuing diplomatic dialogueareas; local forces with somehowever, is important to thean infantry andif only to demonstrate tobeen sent into severalthat Jakarta would prefer a
military solution. Indonesia has had.,'
difficulty inow profile on Timor
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as its limited mililary intervention there hasand naval units continueRecently, Portugaloperations. Late last week, animage problem by announcing thatcargo ship left for the islandasked Jakarta to withdraw its forcesquantities of badly needed supplies;Timor border area and nearby waters.arrive by the end of this week. Thegovernment last week also addedtask force commander on Timorproblems by publicly criticizingJakarta for provisions andfirst time Indonesia's militarya forcendonesianswo- or three-monthweather last week continued toPortuguese
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