B.J. Habibie was in good spirits. "Sorry to keep you waiting, said this third Indonesian President when Tempo visited his residence, which doubles as his office, in the Kuningan neighborhood of Jakarta one afternoon in March. Walking toward the library, passing the foyer, he stopped and pointed a stick to the marble floor, which had a map of Indonesia on it. "Yeah, East Timor is no longer a part of Indonesia.

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