East Timor: a western made tragedy

A strength of the book is that it explains that Australia's shameful stance on East Timor dates right back to before the Indonesian invasion. Close relations with Indonesia were a priority of the Whitlam government's foreign policy. In September 1974 and April 1975, Whitlam met with Indonesian dictator Suharto and told him that Australia favoured the integration of East Timor into Indonesia. …