STAFFDEL BLANK VISIT TO INDONESIA - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

UNCLAS JAKARTA 000622 SIPDIS DEPT FOR H, RM/F/DFS/FO/AA/CAA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AFIN AMGT ASEC FR ID OREP SUBJECT: STAFFDEL BLANK VISIT TO INDONESIA - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REF: A) JAKARTA 606 B) STATE 32276 ¶1. This is an action request please see Paragraph 4. ¶2. Dr. Blank's current itinerary based on his input and approval is as follows: Sunday, April 5 09:40 AR Jakarta 18:45 LV Jakarta 21:50 AR Balikpapan RON Hotel Novotel Balikpapan Monday, April 6 10:30 LV Balikpapan to 11:10 AR Berau RON Lesan Research Station Thursday, April 9 11:40 LV Berau 12:20 AR Balikpapan 17:55 LV Balikpaapan 18:55 AR Jakarta RON Grand Hyatt Jakarta Friday, April 10 09:20 LV Jakarta 13:15 AR Banda Aceh Tuesday, April 14 11:55 LV Banda Aceh to Manado (via Medan and Jakarta) 22:45 AR Manado RON Sintesa Peninsula Hotel, Manado Saturday, April 18 13:45 LV Manado 17:10 AR Singapore ¶3. All hotels are within or below perdiem including taxes. There is no penalty for cancellation at any of the hotels. ¶4. ACTION REQUEST: Dr. Blank has requested business class air travel when possible. Ref B does not explicitly authorize business class air travel. Post requests clarification as to whether Post is authorized to purchase in-country flights for Staffdel Blank in accordance with the itinerary in Para 2 and whether business class flights are authorized. HUME