On the recordSeptember 29, 1999
I write this letter as a plea, an agonized cry from across the Pacific, to ask that you pressure our representatives in Washington to act.
I write this letter as a plea, an agonized cry from across the Pacific, to ask that you pressure our representatives in Washington to act.
Making a personal appeal for action regarding the situation in East Timor.
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