National Affairs: East Timor: Whitlam was the culprit*

The release of some 484 previously secret Foreign Affairs Department documents relating to East Timor, dating from 1974 to 1976, just days before the Olympic Games began in Sydney, may have been mere coincidence. In any event, it had the effect of disguising the events which led to the Indonesian occupation of East Timor and the responsibility of then Australian Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, for the developing Timor tragedy.The documents were released under the title, Australia and the Indonesi…

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