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Bill Clinton: “Well, I know there was a statement yesterday by an Indonesian official, but we do not understand that to be the official…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 1999
Well, I know there was a statement yesterday by an Indonesian official, but we do not understand that to be the official position. So, so far, no trouble has been made. I hope that there won't be any. I think that we have tried to make it clear that we would welcome the cooperation with the Indonesian forces if they would work with us; they would be in a position to do some things there to help facilitate this mission. But I do not believe they should be able to dictate the composition of it once having acknowledged that the United Nations should come in. Australian Leadership in East Timor
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Bill Clinton
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