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Thanks to the recent disclosure of previously classified documents, made possible by the new British Freedom of Information Act, a new light has been cast over the role played by the UK in the events which led to the invasion of East Timor by Indonesia in December 1975. The British diplomatic papers offer us a clearer picture of the international background of what become one the most dramatic episodes of Portugal's decolonisation. The purpose of this article is to describe & comment the conduct followed by the Wilson government vis-a-vis the East Timor crisis of 1975/76, placing it in the context of Britain's historical, strategic, political, & economical involvement in South East Asia. Adapted from the source document.

Argues that British and US foreign policies differ significantly; view that Tony Blair remains an internationalist, multilateralist, and voluntarist and George W. Bush is a unilateralist whose main priority is the US national interest. Summaries in Spanish, English, and French p. 269-74.