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- From: cls@truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer)
- Subject: Dear Senator, consider East Timor
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.213803.6671@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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- **From: cls@truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer)
- **To: hbar@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
- **Subject: Dear Senator, consider East Timor
- **Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 20:21:22 PST
-
- Please don't just print and mail this letter. Please change it
- around or add stuff. Mass produced identical letters don't count
- as much as original compositions. Neat handwriting is better than
- daisy wheel is better than laser print.
-
- "every little thing that you do..." cls
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- January 22, 1993
-
-
- The Honorable Barbara Boxer
- US Senate
- Washington, DC 20510
-
- Dear Senator Boxer,
-
- I am glad I supported you, glad I voted for you, and absolutely
- delighted that you won! Congratulations! I wish you stamina and
- wisdom, and every possible lucky break!
-
- Last year the Senate showed unusual courage and cut off military aid to
- Indonesia, a nation which invaded its peaceful, democratic neighbor
- East Timor in 1975 and continues today to illegally occupy East Timor
- and torture, kidnap, rape, maim, and murder great numbers of East
- Timorese. We can say "they have human rights problems" but that
- euphemism does not convey the true sense of the situation. Human
- rights observers estimate a third of the Timorese population has been
- killed since 1975. This is an intentional genocide and US taxpayers
- provide the means.
-
- The United States should cut off ALL aid to Indonesia until it
- withdraws all its forces from East Timor. We cannot afford to be
- propping up Indonesia's murderous dictatorship with "development aid"
- which simply frees funds for the Indonesian military. Indonesia can
- be seen as a test of whether the United States truly opposes "naked
- aggression" and supports democracy and self-determination, or not.
- Please tell me what you intend to do about US aid to Indonesia.
- Thank you.
-
- Sincerely,
-
-
-
- Cameron Spitzer
- San Jose, Ca. 95131
-
- ps. All of the fiber in this sheet is postconsumer recycled. It was made
- without any bleach and works well in office machines. Most people don't
- know this paper is available.
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