NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS -- INDONESIAN REACTION

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 000064 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP, ISN, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP, ISN/CPI (C.RUSSEL/C.HERRINGTON) NSC FOR E.PHU E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/13/2019 TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP PK ID SUBJECT: NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS -- INDONESIAN REACTION TO A.Q. KHAN ANNOUNCEMENT REF: STATE 2508 Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d). ¶1. (U) SUMMARY: PolMilOff reviewed the USG's announcement of sanctions on A.Q. Khan and Associates in a meeting with a senior Indonesian nonproliferation policy official on January ¶13. Our GOI contact took our points on board. END SUMMARY. ¶2. (C) On January 13, PolMilOff discussed Department press announcement (reftel nonpaper) with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for International Security and Nonproliferation at the Department of Foreign Affairs. PolMilOff reviewed the scale of A.Q Khan's activities and the impact they had had on nonproliferation efforts. PolMilOff emphasized the purpose of the sanctions, noting that they would help to prevent future proliferation activities by such entities. In addition, the sanctions reflected the diverse and global nature of the network. ¶3. (C) Rachmianto took our points on board. He noted that the list of names in the announcement did not make clear their nationality and whether host countries had made an effort to prosecute those individuals. Nonproliferation regimes, such as UNSCR 1540, which was largely a response to Khan's activities, should pay as much attention to source countries as to recipient countries, he urged. HEFFERN