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01HANOI1882
2001-08-07 02:04:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Hanoi
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ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM: EAP A/S KELLY BILATERAL WITH INDONESIAN SPECIAL ENVOY

Tags:  PREL ID ASEAN 
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FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
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INFO ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
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C O N F I D E N T I A L HANOI 001882 

SIPDIS

S/S FOR THE SECRETARIAT
STATE FOR EAP/KELLY, BOYCE
STATE ALSO FOR EAP/RSP, INR
NSC FOR TORKEL PATTERSON

E.O. 12958: DECL: 7/27/2011
TAGS: PREL ID ASEAN
SUBJECT: ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM: EAP A/S KELLY BILATERAL WITH INDONESIAN SPECIAL ENVOY

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C O N F I D E N T I A L HANOI 001882

SIPDIS

S/S FOR THE SECRETARIAT
STATE FOR EAP/KELLY, BOYCE
STATE ALSO FOR EAP/RSP, INR
NSC FOR TORKEL PATTERSON

E.O. 12958: DECL: 7/27/2011
TAGS: PREL ID ASEAN
SUBJECT: ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM: EAP A/S KELLY BILATERAL WITH INDONESIAN SPECIAL ENVOY

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1. CLASSIFIED BY DENNIS HARTER, CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, FOR
REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D).


2. CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT.


3. ON JULY 26, ON THE MARGINS OF THE ASEAN REGIONAL
FORUM, EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY JAMES KELLY MET WITH
DR. N. HASSAN WIRAJUDA, SPECIAL ENVOY OF THE
INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER. WIRAJUDA WAS FUNCTIONING
AS THE HEAD OF THE INDONESIAN DELEGATION IN VIETNAM
FOLLOWING THE DECISION BY THE INDONESIAN FOREIGN
MINISTER NOT TO TRAVEL TO HANOI DUE TO THE SITUATION
IN JAKARTA.


4. WIRAJUDA BEGAN BY EXPRESSING HIS HOPE FOR A
PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO THE CURRENT POLITICAL CRISIS IN
JAKARTA, NOTING THAT INSTABILITY IN JAKARTA HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO LEAD TO CLASHES IN THE ISLANDS. HE SAID
HE HOPED THAT THE NEW GOVERNMENT WOULD RESOLVE THE
CRISIS PEACEFULLY. WIRAJUDA ALSO INDICATED HIS
INTENTION TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON DC IN THE NEAR
FUTURE.


5. KELLY BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF ACEH, DECLARING USG
INTEREST IN A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION AND INQUIRING ABOUT
JAKARTA'S PLANS FOR AUTONOMY FOR THE PROVINCE. KELLY
NOTED THAT, WHILE THE INSURGENCY MAY NECESSITATE SOME
MILITARY RESPONSE, MAINTAINING INDONESIAN UNITY COULD
BEST BE DONE BY CALMING DOWN THE SITUATION AND NOT
"FEEDING REVOLUTIONARIES." KELLY REMINDED WIRAJUDA
THAT INDONESIA-U.S. RELATIONS COULD NOT STAND "ANOTHER
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TIMOR," AND ASSERTED USG READINESS TO HELP.


6. WIRAJUDA RESPONDED THAT HE MUST SEE HOW THE NEW
GOVERNMENT MOVED FORWARD ON THIS ISSUE, BUT THAT THEN-
VICE PRESIDENT MEGAWATI SUKARNOPUTRI HAD APPEARED
"IMPATIENT" WITH THE SLOW PEACE PROCESS IN ACEH.
WIRAJUDA SAID JAKARTA AGREED ON "SPECIAL AUTONOMY" FOR
ACEH IN CONCEPT BUT THE IMPLEMENTATION HAD NOT YET
BEEN RESOLVED. BOTH SIDES HAD TAKEN A "WAIT AND SEE"
STANCE FOLLOWING THEIR LAST MEETING, IN JULY, BUT
WIRAJUDA ANTICIPATED FORWARD MOVEMENT IN THEIR NEXT
MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.


7. KELLY RESPONDED THAT AGREEMENT WOULD BE WONDERFUL
NEWS, NOTING THE NEED FOR INDONESIA TO RETURN TO
STRENGTH SO IT COULD RESUME PLAYING ITS LEADERSHIP
ROLE IN ASEAN. WIRAJUDA REMARKED THAT THE CURRENT
POLITICAL CRISIS MEANT THAT INDONESIA COULD CONTRIBUTE
LESS TO ASEAN THAN IN THE PAST. KELLY COMMENTED ON
THE ECONOMIC SIDE OF THE POLITICAL TURMOIL, NOTING
THAT PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE DIFFICULTIES FACING
JAKARTA WOULD HAVE AN IMPORTANT PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT
ON U.S. BUSINESSES AND THUS ON THE OVERALL INDONESIAN
ECONOMY.


8. IN PARTING, A/S KELLY HANDED WIRAJUDA A NON-PAPER
ON M. DEBORAH WYNES, THE USG CANDIDATE FOR THE UN'S
JOINT INSPECTION UNIT.

HARTER

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