LL:DDV: Urgent notice Xanana Gusmao in Melbourne

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Free Timor Campaign
Urgent Announcement

Xanana Gusmao visits Melbourne ­ Only Public Appearance in Australia
before returning to Dili

East Timorese Resistance leader Xanana Gusmao will arrive in Melbourne
on Monday, 11 October 1999, for his only public appearance in Australia
before he returns to East Timor.

Xanana will spend the day in Melbourne, meeting with church leaders,
NGOs, Parliamentary leaders and Union leaders. He will be guest of
honour at a lunch with Melbourne's East Timorese community in the
Melbourne Town Hall, where he will also be welcomed by the Lord Mayor.

The people of Melbourne are invited to welcome Xanana at
   Melbourne Park (Melbourne Tennis Center)
at 5 pm on Monday, October 11
Xanana will give a key note address on the future of East Timor
Doors open at 4.30 pm, and entry is by $10 donation
   (all proceeds go to reconstruction in East Timor)
Organised by Free Timor Campaign
For more info. 03 9639 7688 www.freetimor.com

Expected to be the first President of an independent East Timor, Mr.
Gusmao has been hailed as the "Mandela of South East Asia" because of
his resilience and moral authority as the leader of the East Timorese
liberation movement. Mr. Gusmao was captured by the Indonesian military
in 1992, and sentenced to twenty years in prison for his role in
combatting the illegal Indonesian occupation . Mr.Gusmao was released in

mid-September, and has since met with world leaders to discuss the
reconstruction of East Timor in the wake of the destruction wrought by
Indonesian military forces.

For more information, contact:

Damien Lawson : 0418-140-387
Nehal Bhuta : 0409-836-155

LL.VJ

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