ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE - INDONESIA RESPONSE

UNCLAS JAKARTA 012829

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR EB/CIP/MA (SHIPMAN)
DEPT FOR IO/T (NAMDE)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC ECPS ITU
SUBJECT: ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE - INDONESIA RESPONSE
TO DEMARCHE

REF: STATE 168693


1. We delivered reftel demarches on October 19 to Ikhsan
Baidirus, Deputy Director General for International Affairs,
and Inda Mekawati Perdanaputra, Assistant Director for
International Affairs, in the Ministry of Communications and
Information Technology, Directorate General of Post and
Telecommuncations.


2. Baidirus and Mekawati said that Minister of
Communication and Information Technology Sofjan Djalil will
head the Indonesian Delegation to the International
Telecommunication (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference on
November 6, and that the delegation will number
approximately 40 persons. Baidirus and Mekawati also
advised us that the GOI will give full consideration to the
two requests set forth in the demarches, regarding the U.S.
candidacy for election to the ITU council, and the candidacy
of Julie Zoller for election to the Radio Regulations Board.
However, they did not commit to supporting the candidacies.

PASCOE