GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001024 SIPDIS SIPDIS FOR ISN/WMDT AND FOR T/KATSAPIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/11/2017 TAGS: PTER KNNP MCAP PARM PREL ID SUBJECT: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: FOLLOW UP AND MIAMI CONFERENCE REF: A. STATE 26678 ¶B. JAKARTA 735 ¶C. STATE 115378 Classified By: Political Counselor Marc Desjardins, for reasons 1.4 (b, d). ¶1. (C) We followed up on ref c demarche (reported ref b) in a meeting with Carolina Tinangon in the Department of Foreign Affair's Directorate for International Security and Disarmament on April 11. Noting preparations were underway for a conference on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism for law enforcement experts, hosted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on June 11-15 in Miami (ref a),we asked whether the GOI had decided to endorse the GI Statement of Principles, a condition for participation in the conference. ¶2. (C) Tinangon replied that the GOI had not reached such a decision and said the decision-making process would take at least several months, meaning that a decision would not occur in time for Indonesia to attend the conference. It was not at all certain, she added, that GOI would decide to endorse the initiative, as its objectives and membership seemed very similar to that of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). We responded that, despite the similarities and U.S. support for both, the initiatives were separate and should be considered on their own merits. We encouraged the GOI to identify specific questions regarding either program so that we could address GOI concerns. HEFFERN