DEFMIN CONFIRMS OPPOSITION TO MIL-TO-POLICE

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001338 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, PM, INL OSD FOR USDP/ISA/AP P/IPSEN NSC FOR E.PHU E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/11/2018 TAGS: PREL MARR KNAR PGOV ID SUBJECT: DEFMIN CONFIRMS OPPOSITION TO MIL-TO-POLICE TRAINING REF: JAKARTA 1311 Classified By: Ambassador Cameron R. Hume, reasons 1.4 (b+d). ¶1. (C) Reftel reported Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono's undertaking to review the U.S. request to allow a future counter-narcotics exercise with Indonesian police forces to proceed, despite Sudarsono's earlier request that such training by U.S. military forces cease. ¶2. (C) DefAtt contacted Sudarsono on July 8. Sudarsono reaffirmed his earlier position that the GOI preferred that U.S. civilian forces train Indonesian police, which were regarded as a civilian force, and that U.S. military training continue with the Indonesian military only. Sudarsono said he understood that U.S. forces cross-trained police forces in other countries but said that Indonesia preferred to keep these relationships separate. Thus, no further military-to-police training events were authorized in Indonesia.. HUME