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Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy is a 1994 Central Independent Television documentary, written and presented by John Pilger, and directed and produced by David Munro, which uncovers the complicity of the US and Great Britain governments in the East Timor genocide in the context of the 1990-91 Gulf War. "Accusations of genocide fly in this disturbing and controversial British documentary," writes Sandra Brennan of Allmovie, 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.
Original Release
03/18/1994
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| John Pilger | Host / Interviewer |
| Alan Clark | Self (former British Defence Minister) |
| James Dunn | Self (former Australian consul in East Timor) |
| Gareth Evans | Self (Australian Foreign Affairs Minister) |
| Abel Guterres | Self (Timorese exile) |
| José Ramos Horta | Self (Timorese Foreign Minister, in exile) |
| C. Philip Liechty | Self (senior CIA officer in Indonesia) |
| Konis Santana | Self (Commander, Timorese resistance) |
| Shirley Shackleton | Self (wife of murdered reporter) |
| Mário Soares | Self (President of Portugal) |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| John Pilger | Host / Interviewer |
| Alan Clark | Self (former British Defence Minister) |
| James Dunn | Self (former Australian consul in East Timor) |
| Gareth Evans | Self (Australian Foreign Affairs Minister) |
| Abel Guterres | Self (Timorese exile) |
| José Ramos Horta | Self (Timorese Foreign Minister, in exile) |
| C. Philip Liechty | Self (senior CIA officer in Indonesia) |
| Konis Santana | Self (Commander, Timorese resistance) |
| Shirley Shackleton | Self (wife of murdered reporter) |
| Mário Soares | Self (President of Portugal) |
| Sir Alan Thomas | Self (head, British Defence Sales) |
| Nugroho Wisnumurti | Self (Indonesian ambassador to UN) |
| Richard Woolcott | Self (former Australian ambassador to Indonesia) |
| King Charles III | Self (stands with Suharto) / Self (archive footage) |
| Betty Ford | Self (arrives in Indonesia) / Self (archive footage) |
| Gerald Ford | Self (toasts Suharto just before Timor invasion) / Self (archive footage) |
| B.J. Habibie | Self (Indonesian weapons chief) |
| John Major | Self (handshake with Habibie) / Self (archive footage) |
| Daniel Patrick Moynihan | Self (US ambassador to UN) |
| Prince Philip | Self (handshake with Suharto) / Self (archive footage) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| David Munro | Producer |
