Currently there are three Swiss relief personnel in East Timor. The Congress should encourage the Government of Indonesia to allow more ICRC personnel. as well as representatives from the United Nations and other organiza. tions into the area to monitor ongoing military operations there. I am particularly concerned about the problems of the East Timorese who want to leave the island. A March 8 report filed in the Portugese newspaper Expresso based on interviews with dozens of refugees from East Timor describes the bribes that must be paid to Indonesian military officials in order to leave East Timor. It is clear
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