INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT ASKS FOR RESPONSES TO

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 000418 FOR EAP/MTS, E AND EEB/IFD NSC FOR AMB. BADER AND E. PHU TREASURY FOR IA M. NUGENT AND T. RAND SINGAPORE FOR S. BAKER E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/09/2019 TAGS: EFIN ECON ID SUBJECT: INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT ASKS FOR RESPONSES TO REQUESTS FOR ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE REF: (A) SECTO 9 (B) SECTO 10 Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission J. Heffern,reasons 1.4 (b+d) (C) ACTION REQUEST: Several Indonesian government officials, including State Secretary Hatta Rajasa, Presidential International Affairs advisor Dino Patti Djalal and G-20 Sherpa and Deputy Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Mahendra Siregar asked Embassy officials for a response to the economic assistance requests made to Secretary Clinton during her recent visit to Jakarta. These officials asked about the current status of requests made by President Yudhoyono and Foreign Minister Wirajuda (refs) regarding possible provision of a bilateral currency swap with the Federal Reserve and a possible USG bilateral add-on (such as those provided by Australia and Japan) to the World Bank-led contingency financing package approved March 3. HUME