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C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 005642 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR S/S-O, EAP, AND EAP/MTS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/04/2006 
TAGS: PREL PGOV AS SN TT ID
SUBJECT: JAKARTA WATCHING EAST TIMOR UNREST 
 
REF: A. DILI 203 
 
     ¶B. DILI 200 
 
Classified By: W. Lewis Amselem, Deputy Chief of Mission.  Reason 1.4 ( 
b, d) 
 
¶1. (C) On May 4, DCM was called by his Australian and 
Singaporean counterparts who expressed concern about ongoing 
unrest in East Timor (reftels).  The Australians' analysis of 
the situation seemed to track with the information Embasy 
Dili has provided.  Australian DCM said that the GOA had 
already advised its citizens to depart the country, but said 
because of the proximity of East Timor to Australia, it was 
unlikely that the GOA would close its Embassy in Dili almost 
regardless of developments. She volunteered that Australia 
would be "extremely reluctant" to initiate any military 
contingency in ET unless it had a very clear international 
mandate and formed part of a multinational effort.  We 
advised both the Australian and Singaporaen DCM that we had 
authorized the departure of some dependents and that we were 
tracking developments closely. 
 
¶2. (C) Separately, we met on May 4 with Zaenal Arifin, 
Director for Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and 
East Timor at Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs. 
Arifin did not have a detailed overview of developments on 
the ground in East Timor, but said that his mission in Dili 
reported that the situation was calm for the time being.  He 
said that during the April 27 - 28 unrest, some Indonesians 
had sought refuge in the Indonesian Embassy in Dili, and that 
he had reports of some Indonesians crossing the border into 
West Timor.  Arifin said that the Indonesian military 
presence on the border was unchanged.  Foreign Minister 
Wirajuda, he said, was traveling in the Middle East with 
President Yudhoyono, and no senior DFA official had requested 
a briefing on developments in East Timor.  We told Arifin 
that we were watching the situation in East Timor closely, 
and would stay in close touch with the GOI in the event that 
the situation there deteriorated. 
PASCOE