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09JAKARTA1442
2009-08-31 09:30:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
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NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE 2010 -- INDONESIAN

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DEPT FOR ISM/MNSA, EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP
DEPT PLEASE PASS TO ISN FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE BURK AND
SPECIAL ADVISOR EINHORN

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/31/2019
TAGS: PREL KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV NPT ID
SUBJECT: NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE 2010 -- INDONESIAN
PERSPECTIVES ON KEY ISSUES

REF: STATE 83600

Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 JAKARTA 001442

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DEPT FOR ISM/MNSA, EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP
DEPT PLEASE PASS TO ISN FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE BURK AND
SPECIAL ADVISOR EINHORN

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/31/2019
TAGS: PREL KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV NPT ID
SUBJECT: NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE 2010 -- INDONESIAN
PERSPECTIVES ON KEY ISSUES

REF: STATE 83600

Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).


1. (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia, in general, is positively
disposed toward the U.S. nonproliferation agenda, not least
because of what the GOI views as the Administration's
balanced perspective on nonproliferation and disarmament
issues. The GOI supports U.S.-Russia arms control efforts
and is prepared to move forward with ratification of the CTBT
(Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty) following U.S. ratification.
Mission suggests that the Department consider targeted
high-level visits to Jakarta to maximize momentum in the
run-up to the May 2010 Review Conference. END SUMMARY.

GENERAL SUPPORT FROM THE GOI


2. (C) Mission has picked up positive soundings from the GOI
re our non-proliferation objectives. Poloff recently met
with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director of the Department of
Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Directorate for International
Security and Disarmament, to discuss questions raised in ref
a. Throughout the discussion, Rachmianto stressed that the
GOI welcomes and supports President Obama's initiative in
prioritizing non-proliferation and arms control and
reinvigorating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty process.


3. (C) Rachmianto further noted that the Administration's
balanced position stressing both nonproliferation and
disarmament is key to Indonesia's support and vital to
ensuring Indonesia's active and constructive role on a host
of related issues. From the DEPLU perspective, a "one-sided"
U.S. policy focusing on non-proliferation at the expense of
disarmament would be much more difficult for Indonesia to
support.

CTBT


4. (C) The GOI is upbeat about moving forward with CTBT
ratification. Although Indonesia is one of the few countries
yet to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

(CTBT),Foreign Minister Wirajuda has already indicated that
Indonesia intends to act quickly on the CTBT once the U.S.
ratifies. Rachmianto explained that while the treaty would
need to go through Parliament (DPR),DEPLU has already begun
discussions on this with the DPR and internal parliamentary
discussions have begun as well. According to Rachmianto, the
CTBT has political momentum, and there do not appear to be
significant substantive issues that would have a negative
impact on passage in the DPR. Depending on developments in
the U.S., China, and other countries, he said, Indonesia
could conceivably ratify the CTBT in advance of the NPT
Review Conference.

FMCT AND U.S.-RUSSIA


5. (C) With regard to the FMCT (Fissile Material Cut-off
Treaty),Rachmianto said the GOI is prepared to start
negotiations without preconditions, so long as the Conference
on Disarmament is ready to move forward. However, it
appeared to Rachmianto that some procedural issues may slow
things up. For its part, Indonesia is prepared to chair the
Working Group on Nuclear Disarmament. On U.S.-Russian arms
control efforts, Indonesia appreciates the leadership shown
by the two countries in pursuing a START successor.

MULTILATERAL CONTEXT


6. (C) Indonesia takes its role as a leader of the
Non-Aligned Movement and ASEAN seriously and views
nonproliferation issues through that prism, according to our
GOI contacts. The protocol to the Southeast Asia Nuclear
Weapons Free Zone (SEANWFZ) remains a priority for the GOI.
Rachmianto acknowledged that although informal consultations
between ASEAN and the P-5 have begun in New York, there
remains internal work to be done within ASEAN before the
organization responds fully to the nuclear weapons states'

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concerns about the language of the protocol.

DEALING WITH NONPROLIFERATION ISSUES IN THE GOI


7. (C) Within the GOI, DEPLU has the lead on
nonproliferation issues, and within DEPLU, the Directorate
for International Security and Disarmament, led by Desra
Percaya, plays the lead role. Percaya is slated to leave his
position in September and is headed to Geneva to serve as
Indonesia's Deputy Permrep. His successor has not yet been
named. The Directorate is responsible for chairing GOI
inter-agency working groups on disarmament and related
issues. Other key players include the Ministries of Defense,
Trade, and Industry, and Customs.

NEXT STEPS


8. (C) A potential visit to Indonesia by President Obama in
mid-November offers an opportunity to give a major boost to
bilateral cooperation on nonproliferation issues. Mission
recommends that the Department consider sending key
interlocutors to Jakarta timed to get maximum impact both
before and after a presidential visit. (Note: Because of
the intensive preparations involved in a POTUS visit, any
nonproliferation-focused visit would need to take place 4-6
weeks in advance of the President's visit.) If possible, we
would welcome a visit by Special Advisor Einhorn around the
first week of October to discuss nonproliferation as part of
the broader U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership.
Mission believes a visit by Special Representative Burk in
the December time-frame or after may also potentially be
productive in using the momentum gained by a presidential
visit to move the issues further forward in the run-up to the
2010 RevCon.
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