Hi Bob
Interesting and informative. Can you tell me what --in the main-- was the outcome of
the
Indonesian elections. How did Megawatti fare etc.
Warm regards
George Pennefather
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Bob writes
A speculative answer to the very real weirdness of all this:
1) Habibie did want rid of East Timor - for both economic and foreign
policy reasons.
2) Habibie gave the referendum the go-ahead in May.
3) Then comes the Indonesian election - it's everything the ideal-type
Indonesian general would hate:
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