Balibo Page #3

Yes. He will take you up there.

- Alright. We'll see you soon.

- Okay. Okay.

Okay, have fun.

We're away!

Bye bye!

You didn't tell me...

that you took the first group

of journalists up to Balibo.

I didn't?

No.

Oh.

Well yes, yes, I arranged for the

first group to travel to Balibo,

- Ah!

- But only if it was safe.

So who drove them?

A man named Ximines.

Anything else you've

forgotten to tell me?

No.

Obrigado.

Look, Roger.

Look. Mango.

Our nation's most famous aphrodisiac.

Hmm?

- I think I'm a bit past that, mate.

- Are you?

- This Ximines chap.

- Mm?

Was he with the journalists

in Balibo?

He's in Maubara,

half a day's journey.

How do I get there?

Roger, please.

It's very dangerous.

There's very important work

to do in Dili.

How do I get there?

Okay.

We make a deal.

I will take you to Maubara, okay?

I will show you.

And then we go back to Dili

and you run our news agency.

Deal?

Okay, Maubara it is.

Now it's quiet.

Very quiet.

Some say deceptively so.

But just 50 kilometres away,

on the border between Indonesia,

guerilla fighting continues.

Maubara.

Maubara. 2-1-2. Two.

- Great, Greg.

- Keep going.

Maubara, 1-2, 1-2.

Alright.

Just watch the radio there.

They are returning

from the frontlines.

Long before a war officially begins,

there are frontlines to defend.

We stay here the night.

Tomorrow we find Ximines.

Roger, this way.

Okay, come on, come on, let's go.

Okay, okay.

Camera's rolling. And...

There's marshal music in

between his words.

Is his speech very warlike?

Does he talk a lot about fighting?

Yeah, he has talked long

time for fighting.

Only fighting.

And hoping that people

will listen to the radio.

And when Fretilin broadcasts,

what does Fretilin say?

The Fretilin say we are

not Communists.

Great. Gary?

Yeah, good-oh. Happy.

STEWART:
Happy.

Okay, fantastic.

Thank you very much, everybody.

Obrigado. Obrigado.

Say thank you to these people?

What is this?

Indonesian propaganda.

What are they saying?

They say they know an Australian

journalist has arrived in Dili.

They look forward to slitting

his throat when they find him.

Okay goodnight, Roger.

Very funny.

Okay, what were they really saying?

Horta?

Roger!

Good morning.

What's going on, mate?

The Indonesians are advancing.

Everyone is retreating to Dili.

I found Ximines.

Let me talk to him.

I found him, huh?

Ten minutes.

- Ok.

- No, five minutes.

- Alright, alright.

- Five minutes,

- because we have to go.

- As much as I can have.

Are you right to go now?

- Pronto.

- Alright, jump in.

You speak English?

Yes, he speaks English.

But I will translate for him.

I'm looking for five

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