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(22 Nov 1999) English/Nat U-S Envoy Richard Holbrooke met with Indonesian officials on Monday to try to persuade them to crack down on militia intimidation in camps in West Timor. During a tour of a refugee camp in West Timor, Holbrooke said it was impossible for East Timorese refugees to express a wish to return home while under intimidation by pro-Jakarta militias. Although 70-thousand refugees who fled to East Timor during the militia rampage have been repatriated, an estimated 150-thousand still remain in the camps. Later he chaired a meeting with U-N representatives, International peace keepers and Indonesian officials in which an accord was signed to clearly establish the borders between independent East Timor and Indonesian controlled West Timor. Demanding the urgent repatriation of East Timorese refugees from Indonesia, U-S envoy Richard Holbrooke toured squalid border camps on Monday and chaired the first meeting between Indonesian officials and East Timor's U-N administrators. On a tour of a refugee camp in West Timorese Atambua, Holbrooke spoke to the refugees through a translator. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Are you a member of the militias?" SUPER CAPTION: Richard Holbrooke, US Envoy SOUNDBITE: (English) "Are you a militia too? Do you want to go back? Do you want to go back to East Timor?" SUPER CAPTION: Richard Holbrooke, US Envoy He said pro-Jakarta militias were making it difficult for refugees to be open about wishing to return home. SOUNDBITE: (English) "They've got a very clear line, they are scared to go back and they are scared to say that they want to go back. I think their answers are meaningless in this context. The whole camp is being terrorised by the people standing right at the back of us. Let's go." SUPER CAPTION: Richard Holbrooke, US Envoy Later Holbrooke chaired a meeting held at a seaside frontier post where Indonesian and international troops clashed last month. The meeting was called to get the Indonesian side to sign a memorandum of understanding regarding border security. All sides were at the meeting, although East Timor's new leader Xanana Gusmao, kept away by illness, was represented by his second in command, Taur Matan Ruak. After a brief meeting, all sides signed the accord. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to say an agreement has been reached." SUPER CAPTION: Maj. Gen. Peter Cosgrove, Commander of International Peacekeeping Force SOUNDBITE: (English) "And I now have much pleasure on the behalf of the international forces in East Timor, in being the first to sign the document. And I would then ask if it could be circulated for the signature of all the other important parties." SUPER CAPTION: Maj. Gen. Peter Cosgrove, Commander of International Peacekeeping Force Indonesia has ignored numerous requests from Maj. Gen. Peter Cosgrove, the Australian commander of the peacekeeping force, for a meeting with West Timor commander Gen. Adam Damiri since an Oct. 10 border clash in which Indonesian troops opened fire on an international patrol. An Indonesian policeman was killed and two were injured in the shootout. The international force blamed the clash on faulty maps of the border region. At Monday's meeting they provided the Indonesians with detailed maps to avoid further disputes over where the border between East Timor and the Indonesian-ruled western half of the island lies. Holbrooke told all the parties that actions speak louder than words. SOUNDBITE: (English with intermittent Indonesian Translation) SUPER CAPTION: Richard Holbrooke, US Envoy Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...