''Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy'' is a 1994

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documentary, written and presented by

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, and directed and produced by David Munro, which documents the involvement of

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governments in the Indonesian invasion and occupation of East Timor. "Accusations of genocide fly in this disturbing and controversial British documentary", writes Sandra Brennan of

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, as well as, "disturbing accusations regarding the complacency of the U.S., British, and Australian governments who purportedly knew about the killing and did nothing". An updated version of the film entitled ''The Timor Conspiracy'' was released in 1999, the year in which Indonesia surrendered control of East Timor.

Participants

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- former British Defence Minister * James Dunn - former Australian consul in East Timor * Gareth Evans - Australian Foreign Affairs Minister * Abel Guterres - Timorese exile *

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- Timorese Foreign Minister, in exile * C. Philip Liechty - senior CIA officer in Indonesia * Konis Santana - Commander, Timorese resistance * Shirley Shackleton - wife of murdered reporter *

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- President of Portugal * Sir Alan Thomas - head, British Defence Sales * Nugroho Wisnumurti - Indonesian ambassador to UN *

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- former Australian ambassador to Indonesia

Awards

* 1994 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival Zapper Award: David Munro (Won)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Death Of A Nation The Timor Conspiracy 1994 television specials British documentary television films Documentary films presented by John Pilger 1994 films 1990s English-language films 1990s British films English-language documentary films