It took two years of talk to set up a bus service between the main bit of East Timor and its exclave of Oecussi.

ECONOMIST: Asia's imminent addition elects its president

About a fortnight ago, Interfet soldiers entered the deserted border town of Bilbao and came upon a boy carrying a written plea from people in Oecussi belonging to Falintil's political wing.

CNN: 'This Was Systematic'

Interfet is also only now beginning to get an idea of what might be transpiring in Oecussi, the East Timor enclave of some 91, 000 people which is actually within West Timor.

CNN: 'This Was Systematic'