Chapter 12 - Secretaria de Estado da Cultura - Timor-Leste

itï t;on thc nhnd. The r8j9 Tre.rtr of Lisbon senled the c.'lonirL contol over thc
ishrLl ofTinor giring t|e Dut h the \Veltern pdt rnd the Pormgucsc the Ëest.Ihc
qcoqr.rfhical posirjon oirl)e rcdton Ias nant that conceh! olcr intcrnrtioliàl secn
ri$ in the r€gior l^rt Ud a drcct iorprct or thc tcriÍ'nr DuiDg thc Sc.lid \\'"íLl
\\i.. the reritorvrv.6 as stfÀrcgiullv i.nportant due i(, iti proxmitl to -{uitrilir,
"eÈn
mi(irlg it a pimc lo.ation {or stopping rnl Japrnese adr-mce. Aftcr the lprnesc
rttaek on Pe!Í1 llafbouÍ, Dutch xn.l AuÍÍrliàn hoops occufied Erst Timo. a! p.rrt of
fr. fmptive movc agxirst theJxpancse. DL,nngWoÍld War lJ Portugal hrd dechÍed
nextrili$ $'hich e\rcrdd to rnl' colonirl ÍerÍitorics undcr its control'Ihc ncutÍirl
stÀnr. olPoixqll ,nexrt rhàr its ternofl Nis Dot to be xscd b1 rhe heillg.r.nt\ rr tl)(
.onii.t, somcthing $hich rvr! ignóred b! th€ Allies srdr dre .trfnrtoithe Dur.h and
Austrxlirn tioops. ln responsc thc lrtan.se uscd thc tÍesen.e oithc ÀlLied iorr. rs
a prctext for aD invashn in Fcbrulrr r9ar.lhc Jrprnese o.c(picd the ie.riroi.r lrnti1
Scptc'nber ig+i and tl'e occlpation tegine rvas brutal rs tlrr: pcoplc of East Trmor
pàiJ the fÍicc for whri i|c Japancse conrlJcrcd to bc aci. iD slrpport of the -Ules.
Apnin),rtel) io - óo,ooo Tímorese hid lost drcir live' is i 'ennt ofthe Jilpoer
o..upari,rn.md dr.r. $a5 widÈsfrctrJ.lcÍru.tian ol1-ilhg.s'-lhe corrribuídr oi the
E,L\rTmorcse to the {]licd w elïort1us onh recei!€d cursorr ackno$4edgme[t.
,{r rhe conclusnrn of \\\\u Il the European colonirt powers assuncd thcy
lv.n,ld Íegxin control of thcir o\-erseas teritorics, $'hile the tcrritories i. qucstion,
cmboldened bl thc rlrenric of sclf-deterrrination emrnaÍir{ from the reell .rc-
!rcd trN. fuJsued indcpeDdence.In rhe crse ollndoÍc\ià, the Devl].indcpetd.Dl
strre consisted oirhc Èrmer teÍiro.ies !atire Dutch Eisr Indies xnd d ooi ntrlude
Erst Timor $.hich ..naincd under P.rnLg!6e control. ln 1960 the governmcnt oi
In.Lon€sia sratcd i! th. LN Gcreral Assembly (GÀ)
We arc dcclaring thc right olthe Indoncsian people to be sovcrcign ,rnd indc
pcn dent withni r1lt|É r€rrltorr. forneÍlr .ovcrcd bv the tr-etherlands Ilasthdies.Wc
do not mlke afl. clàin) Lr ar1} otheÍ pàrt ni tlic Indonesià. rr.hipciago. IndóDesia
.\irL.itll .loes ii,r nrle rnr.lam xt xll t.r reÍnon s!.h 15 rhrt in DoDfo or'fiDor
d\rt Lics ivjthin dr€ Indonesian archLpchgo, but rvas nor Frft of fic Nerhlrlands
For EastTimor the continuàtion oiPortugrc\e nennt rh. continued exflonetio'r
oltheland forcrlh crops and the use ofcompulsorr LrboLu írom the indigeDous
pofuhtjon, no rcal c|rrge from the t),ree hundrcd )'er. oi.oloni.l rule rhlr pre
ccdeJ t|t rvar Pormi.rl was not wcll bo\LD lirr its cllr,ni.l !\rli.ics rnd ther. rv.s
tinic r1Írrn at dcvrL.'pirg rnr ofits !ï.'sens territo.ics rnd throughout rhc eoLonirL
fc.nd theÍe vis $il-!(ale bur sustanr.d resistmcc to thc Po.tugucsc. CljltrL the
rcnrotcrcss olÈast Tnnor dre ieritofl \ras certainlv loiv orr the ]ií oftrioÍitics foÍ
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