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      "id": 102677,
      "date": "1999-11-05",
      "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:41:09.474941",
      "title": "East Timor Crisis: U.S. Policy and Options",
      "summary": "East Timorese voters rejected an Indonesian plan for autonomy in a referendum of August 30,\n1999,\nthus expressing a preference for independence. Since the announcement of the results of the\nreferendum, East Timorese para-military groups, backed by the Indonesian military, have instituted\nwidespread violence and terror. A United Nations-sponsored international peace-keeping force\nentered East Timor in late September 1999 led by Australian forces. The United States, including\nthe Congress, has been involved in the issue of East Timor for many years. The Clinton\nAdministration has acted in the present crisis to pressure Indonesia to accept international\npeacekeepers, suspend U.S. military-related programs in Indonesia, support the suspension of aid\nprograms to Indonesia from international financial institutions, assist the international peacekeeping\nforce with transportation and communications, and warn Indonesia of negative consequences if\nIndonesia does not cooperate with peacekeepers and does not allow an estimated 200,000 East\nTimorese refugees in the Indonesian province of West Timor to return home.",
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    "Foreign Affairs"
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