Bill Clinton: “Well, first, the whole issue of East Timor has been of a concern to the United States at least since I've been…”

“Well, first, the whole issue of East Timor has been of a concern to the United States at least since I've been President. I talked about it in the campaign of 1992, and we have raised it in our conversations with Indonesian leaders. We will continue to do so. The contacts they've had, insofar as I know them, have occurred in an appropriate way through our Embassy there. But this is an issue which is a part of our dialog with the Indonesians, and it should be. Cooperation With Republican Leaders”