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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00JAKARTA4700 |
SECRETARY COHEN'S LUNCH WITH BAMBANG YUDHOYONO [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR GREG FERGIN FOR REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. IN A SEPTEMBER 18 LUNCH, INDONESIAN COORDINATING MINISTER FOR POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND SECURITY AFFAIRS BAMBANG YUDHOYONO TOLD SECRETARY COHEN THAT ON YUDHOYONO'S MISSION TO NEW YORK, HE WILL DESCRIBE [...] |
2000-09-29 09:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PREF UNHCR ID |
| 01JAKARTA4285 |
AMBASSADOR CALLS ON JUSUF KALLA [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL OFFICER ANDREW T. HINTZ FOR REASON 1.5 B, D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE AMBASSADOR TOLD PEOPLES' WELFARE COORDINATING MINISTER YUSUF KALLA ON NOVEMBER 30 THAT THE U.S. WANTS TO HELP INDONESIA SOLVE SEPARATIST AND OTHER CHALLENGES. KALLA SAID RECENTLY PASSED AUTONOMY LA [...] |
2001-12-05 08:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV ID |
| 02JAKARTA1407 |
EAST TIMOR: XANANA GUSMAO WINS PRESIDENCY; [...] SUMMARY. NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE HERO XANANA GUSMAO HAS WON A RESOUNDING VICTORY TO BECOME THE FIRST-EVER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF EAST TIMOR. XANANA WON 83 PERCENT OF ALL VALID VOTES CAST. XANANA, WHILE MINDFUL OF THE PRESIDENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS, INTENDS TO PLAY A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN [...] |
2002-04-18 01:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UN |
| 02JAKARTA1853 |
RELIGOUS EXTREMISTS SEEKING "SHORTCUT TO [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLOFF I. REED, REASON 1. 5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: COORDINATING PEOPLE'S WELFARE MINISTER JUSUF KALLA TOLD VISITING EAP A/S JAMES KELLY MAY 18 THAT ECONOMIC MARGINALIZATION OF LOCALS WAS THE ROOT CAUSE OF INDONESIA'S COMMUNAL AND SEPARATIST CONFLICTS. HE DOWNPLAYED THE IMP [...] |
2002-05-22 05:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ID US |
| 02JAKARTA685 |
EAST TIMOR: XANANA GUSMAO -- FINALLY -- DECLARES [...] SUMMARY. NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE HERO XANANA GUSMAO DECLARED HIS INTENT TO BECOME THE FIRST-EVER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF EAST TIMOR. WITH LESS THAN 90 MINUTES TO GO BEFORE THE FILING DEADLINE EXPIRED, GUSMAO ACCEPTED THE NOMINATION OF MINOR OPPOSITION PARTIES TO THE CHAGRIN OF THE MAJORITY PARTY [...] |
2002-02-27 10:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UN |
| 02JAKARTA97 |
YUDHOYONO ASKS FOR U.S. HELP [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE STEPHEN D. MULL FOR REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. COORDINATING MINISTER FOR POLITICAL AND SECURITY AFFAIRS YUDHOYONO TOLD CHARGE JANUARY 9 THAT THE GOI NOW HAS POLITICAL SPACE TO ACT FIRMLY AGAINST RADICAL GROUPS. YUDHOYONO ASKED THAT THE U.S. HELP IMPROVE THE ANTI [...] |
2002-01-09 11:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MASS ID |
| 03JAKARTA13041 |
INDONESIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Indonesia significantly increased its support for the global coalition against terrorism during this period. The October 12, 2002 bombing in Bali that killed 202 - including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 28 Britons, and seven Americans galvanized the Indonesian Government into action, and t [...] |
2003-11-28 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL KJUS ID |
| 03JAKARTA3306 |
TFIZ01: TEXT OF MEGAWATI'S STATEMENT CRITICAL OF [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-20 12:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ ID |
| 03JAKARTA5111 |
ACEH: YUDHOYONO HOPES FOR "INVISIBLE HAND OF GOD" [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL OFFICER TED LYNG FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. MINISTER YUDHOYONO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR MAY 9 THAT HE HOPED FOR THE "INVISIBLE HAND OF GOD" TO SAVE THE ACEH PEACE PROCESS. YUDHOYONO SAID THE WINDOW IS STILL OPEN FOR DIALOGUE AND HE PRAYS FOR A BREAK [...] |
2003-05-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ID |
| 04JAKARTA10111 |
A WIN FOR YUDHOYONO IN PARLIAMENT: ARMED FORCES [...] (C) The House of Representatives (DPR) on October 15 voted to slow-track President Megawati's appointment of Ryamizard Ryacudu as Armed Forces (TNI) Commander. This decision marks a victory for President-elect Yudhoyono, who recently told the Ambassador he did not appreciate Megawati's nominat [...] |
2004-10-18 09:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KDEM ID |
| 04JAKARTA10342 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO [...] (C) The Ambassador paid a farewell call on President Yudhoyono Oct. 21. Yudhoyono painted a broad picture of needing to convince the Indonesian people on the importance of international cooperation and friendship as well as showing foreign friends that Indonesia is on the right path. SBY sai [...] |
2004-10-21 11:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINS PTER ID |
| 04JAKARTA12319 |
INDONESIAN DEFMIN SUDARSONO ON EAST TIMOR [...] (C) Summary. In a December 13 introductory call by the Ambassador, Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said the GOI was working on a proposal to form a Commission for Humanitarian Reconciliation to address human rights violations perpetrated in East Timor in 1999. The commission wou [...] |
2004-12-14 11:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM TT ID |
| 04JAKARTA12662 |
KALLA WINS CHAIR OF GOLKAR, EMERGES AS POWERFUL [...] (C) Vice President Jusuf Kalla won the chairmanship of Golkar, Indonesia's largest political party, during a December 16-19 Party Congress, which we observed first-hand. Kalla's team paid enormous bribes to secure votes from party branches, but Golkar's draw toward executive branch power repre [...] |
2004-12-21 11:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 04JAKARTA3519 |
TIGHT RACE FOR GOLKAR'S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION AS [...] (C) Golkar party Chairman Akbar Tandjung and retired General Wiranto vie in a tight race for Golkar's presidential nomination. Although Akbar enjoys some institutional advantages, we cannot predict the outcome of the April 20 Golkar convention, as hundreds of party chapters will determine the [...] |
2004-04-16 10:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 04JAKARTA5072 |
POLITICAL INTRIGUE IMPERILS BAPETEN'S CHAIRMAN JOB [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Nuclear Energy Control Board (BAPETEN) Dr. Djaloeis (please protect) confided to us 25 July that political intrigue involving one of his deputies and the State Minister of Research and Technology Hatta Rajasa, and a previously unknown radical Islamic group called T [...] |
2004-05-28 12:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | TRGY AORC KNNP KTIA IAEA ENRG PREL |
| 04JAKARTA7036 |
YUDHOYONO AND MEGAWATI ENTER RUN-OFF; WIRANTO AND [...] (C) The Indonesian Electoral Commission (KPU) on July 26 certified final results from the first round Presidential election, placing Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and President Megawati Soekarnoputri into the September runoff election. An advisor to retired General Wiranto told us that Wiranto plan [...] |
2004-07-28 00:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KDEM ID |
| 04JAKARTA711 |
YUDHOYONO: A MAN FOR ALL PARTIES [...] (C) Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated openly his intention to run for the presidency in 2004. He has not yet declared allegiance to any particular political party, however, and, consequently, is both widely courted and criticized as i [...] |
2004-01-26 08:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 04JAKARTA8872 |
THE TASKS AHEAD FOR YUDHOYONO [...] (C) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's projected win in the September 20 presidential runoff marks a resounding victory for Indonesian democracy. The challenger defeated a President who had forged an alliance with Indonesia's oldest and largest political parties, while credible reports indicated the [...] |
2004-09-21 11:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KISL ID |
| 05JAKARTA15147 |
FORMER PRESIDENT MEGAWATI CRITICIZES YUDHOYONO'S [...] (C) In a November 18 meeting with the Ambassador, former President Megawati Soekarnoputri played the part of opposition leader to the hilt, expressing dismay with the performance of the current administration and President Yudhoyono's reliance on Islamist political parties. Megawati downplaye [...] |
2005-11-22 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID |
| 05JAKARTA9989 |
ACEH: KALLA BRIEFS ENVOYS ON "HIS" PEACE DEAL [...] (C) The Ambassador and heads of mission from Australia, Finland, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden, and the UK (also representing the EU) called on Vice President Jusuf Kalla on July 22 to receive the GOI's brief on the draft Aceh peace accord. Kalla's presentation echoed that of lead negoti [...] |
2005-07-22 11:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ECON KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10037 |
AGO THREATENS TO EXECUTE BALI BOMBERS IN AUGUST [...] (C) The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has announced August 22 as the date on which the three men sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali bombings - Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas - will be executed in Nusa Kembangan prison. However, the announcement seems intend [...] |
2006-08-09 09:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTE KISL KVPR PGOV ASEC AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10039 |
GOI ACTIVELY WORKING TO COUNTER JIHAD CALLS [...] (C) The Indonesian government, led by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), has responded to public clamoring for jihad on the part of militant groups by urging the Indonesian public to respond realistically and rationally to events in the Middle East. Following a cabinet discussion of ho [...] |
2006-08-09 10:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER PGOV PINR KDEM KISL ASEC ID IZ |
| 06JAKARTA10041 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Ministry North American Affairs Director Harry Purwanto on August 7. We explained the draft resolution was consistent with the U.S. requirement for a sustainable ceasefire and stressed U.S. goal was a cessation of hostilities by no later than August [...] |
2006-08-09 12:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UN IS |
| 06JAKARTA10043 |
INDONESIA - HAZE SEASON UNDERWAY AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Fires burning in Sumatra and Kalimantan have sent haze once again throughout the region. Haze problems reached alarming levels in late July, with the Indonesian press reporting over 2,000 hot spots on Sumatra island and another 1,000 hot spots in Kalimantan during the week of [...] |
2006-08-09 23:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KTIA TPHY TBIO ECON ID |
| 06JAKARTA10047 |
INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - JULY 2006 [...] Summary: On July 17, Governor of DKI Jakarta Sutiyoso warned Jakarta residents to conserve water due to a severe groundwater shortage. The Alliance for Public Care (ALIP) publicly criticized a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) plan to relocate Javan rhinos to the Halimun Mountains in West Java. The R [...] |
2006-08-10 03:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO EINV ID |
| 06JAKARTA10053 |
INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS JUNE [...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on August 2 a slowing year-on-year (YoY) inflation in July 2006 of 15.15 percent. Bank Indonesia (BI) lowered interest rates on August 8 by 50 basis points (bps) to 11.75 percent. On July 26 Standard & Poor's Rating Services raised I [...] |
2006-08-10 06:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA10054 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] Summary: Indonesia Police Air Wing (Polisi Udara) verified on July 27 that it received one unit of Flir Systems model ULTRA 8500 thermal imaging system in late March 2006. It installed the equipment on its helicopter in April and the system works properly. End summary. 2. Embassy conta [...] |
2006-08-10 06:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ECON ID |
| 06JAKARTA10104 |
POSO 3 EXECUTIONS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 12 [...] (SBU) The executions of the so-called "Poso 3"-Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Martinus Riwu-in Central Sulawesi following their 2001 convictions for mass murder, torture and arson, have been scheduled to take place on August 12. The three were found guilty of a series of brutal murders [...] |
2006-08-10 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10133 |
INDONESIA ? AUGUST 4 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-11 09:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA10134 |
NEW, ENERGETIC LEADERS TAKE REINS OF MUHAMMADIYAH [...] (SBU) Summary. The youth wing of Indonesia's second largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, elected impressive new leaders eager to expand the group's social outreach efforts during a mid-July national congress. Muhammadiyah Youth (PM) Chairman Muhammad Izzul Muslimin and Secretary General [...] |
2006-08-11 09:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA10135 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN [...] (U) On August 1, we met with Ferry Adamhar, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs' Directorate for the Protection of Indonesian Citizens and Legal Entities, to deliver the demarche contained reftel. Mr. Adamhar welcomed our points and said he would coordinate the matter within the GOI [...] |
2006-08-11 10:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA10136 |
ILLICIT ARMS CACHE ACTIVATES INDONESIAN RUMOR MILL [...] (C) Summary: On August 9 the Indonesian Army,s National Military Police announced the results of its investigation into the 185 guns and other weaponry discovered by authorities in Brigadier General Koesmayadi,s homes and office following his June 25 death of natural causes. TNI Commander D [...] |
2006-08-11 13:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA10137 |
INDONESIA - AUGUST 4 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-14 00:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA10140 |
INDONESIA - AUGUST 11 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 9, Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie stated, according to the media, that Jakarta had yet to receive promised foreign aid to fight bird flu. Bakrie's statement was puzzling and frustrating to donors. The May 2006 Donor Coordination Meeting, h [...] |
2006-08-14 04:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA10189 |
BANK MANDIRI CLOSES DPRK ACCOUNTS [...] (S) Summary. After repeated interventions by the Embassy, Bank Mandiri and Central Bank officials confirmed August 9 and 11 that Bank Mandiri had shut down its relationship with two North Korean banks in July: Korea Daesong Bank and the Foreign Trade Bank of the DPRK. Bank Mandiri did not/not [...] |
2006-08-14 07:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KFTN PREL PTER PARM MNUC KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10200 |
Indonesia: IPR Update [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia National Police (INP) continue their impressive campaign of raids against pirate optical disk (OD) factories and vendors, including at Jakarta's most notorious malls. The Jakarta Police on July 20 held a public destruction ceremony of 4.7 million optical disks, att [...] |
2006-08-14 08:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD WTO ECON ID |
| 06JAKARTA10218 |
DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] Poloff called Indonesian MFA North America Affairs Director Harry Purwanto at 18:30 local time (07:30 Washington time) on August 12 to deliver reftel demarche. Delivery of the demarche was reported to the Ops Center the same day. A nonpaper with U.S. points, a copy of the resolution and the [...] |
2006-08-14 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UNSC NSC IS LE ID |
| 06JAKARTA10297 |
TIMIKA TRIAL SESSIONS PROCEED WITHOUT DEFENDANTS [...] (U) The trial of the seven men accused of killing two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002 crept along August 15 in spite of the defendants' continued refusal to take their assigned seats in the court and the absence of defense attorney Johnson Panjaitan. As the session opened, Judge Nurdin read f [...] |
2006-08-15 10:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10298 |
INDONESIA WANTS TO ELEVATE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/P Director of Policy Planning Dr. Stephen Krasner met on August 11 with Indonesian Foreign Ministry officials for a strategic dialogue on U.S.-Indonesian relations. Led by Secretary General Imron Cotan, the Indonesians stressed their desire to expand and deepen bilateral coope [...] |
2006-08-15 11:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PARM KDEM ID |
| 06JAKARTA10359 |
INDONESIA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICY PACKAGE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-16 08:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA10361 |
INDONESIA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICY PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia issued its Financial Sector Policy Package on July 5, tackling two important issues of non-performing loans at state-owned banks, and insolvent insurance firms. Success in these areas will represent one of the most significant changes in the financ [...] |
2006-08-16 09:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA10366 |
INDONESIAN PEACEKEEPING PREPARATIONS FOR LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia is preparing to send a 1000 troops to serve in UN-led peacekeeping operations in Lebanon. The composite force includes elements from a range of Indonesian military units, including mechanized and engineering elements. Indonesia lacks airlift capability for transportin [...] |
2006-08-16 11:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PFLP PREL ID LE |
| 06JAKARTA10395 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: REMOVAL OF NASIR ABAS FROM [...] (S) Embassy Jakarta wishes to reaffirm its ref a stance in support of the delisting of former JI-leader Nasir Abas from the USG Executive Order 13224 and UNSCR 1267 terrorist finance designation lists. This position reflects our consideration of recent additional intelligence reporting on Nas [...] |
2006-08-18 09:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID |
| 06JAKARTA10399 |
S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MEETINGS WITH INDONESIAN FM [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with S/P Director Stephen Krasner on August 11, Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda emphasized Indonesia's desire to expand and deepen bilateral cooperation with the United States on political, security, economic and other fronts. Wirajuda appealed for U.S. assista [...] |
2006-08-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ECON EAID CVIS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10400 |
TERRORISTS RECEIVE MANDATORY PRISON TERM [...] (C) As in previous years, the GOI granted sentence reductions of up to six months to tens of thousands of inmates on Indonesian Independence Day (August 17), including ten terrorists convicted in connection with the Bali bombings of October 2002 and several other high-profile convicts. One pr [...] |
2006-08-18 11:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA10444 |
INDONESIA IPR UPDATE -- AUGUST 22, 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesian Government (GOI) officials are gearing up for another meeting of the National IPR Task Force. The Ministry of Industry (MOI) sent a letter to optical disc factories warning them that unannounced inspections will soon begin. A new DOJ-ICITAP senior technical advisor [...] |
2006-08-22 09:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD WTO ECON ID |
| 06JAKARTA10488 |
TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: MANY CONVICTED BUT SENTENCES [...] (SBU) The trials of 15 terror suspects associated with Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist mastermind Noordin Top recently concluded in Jakarta, with all 15 being convicted on at least one count. Sentences were generally short, however, ranging from three to seven years only. The case of terrorist fi [...] |
2006-08-23 10:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KVPR KJUS KISL ASEC CASC AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10492 |
INDONESIA - NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES IN WEST GARUT [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian press has featured a series of alarming articles over the weekend of August 18-20 concerning up to ten possible human cases of avian influenza (AI) occurring in the Cikelet village of the Garut district of West Java. NAMRU-2 and the Ministry of Health (MOH) tested the [...] |
2006-08-23 10:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA10493 |
GOI SAYS ITS FORCES ARE READY TO DEPLOY TO LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Presidential adviser Dino Djalal told the Ambassador August 23 that Indonesian forces are "ready" to deploy to Lebanon at any time; there remains some confusion in the public arena about what exactly their role would be. Ambassador emphasized to Djalal the need for GOI statements [...] |
2006-08-23 11:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PFLP PREL ID LE |
| 06JAKARTA10535 |
S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN [...] (C) Summary: Moderate Islamic leaders told S/P director Stephen Krasner on August 11 that mainstream Muslim organizations in Indonesia were committed to the Indonesian constitution and Indonesia's new democratic order, but many false perceptions needed to be overcome in the public mind. Musli [...] |
2006-08-24 07:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID SCUL ID |
| 06JAKARTA10536 |
INDONESIA - AUGUST 24 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. At an August 18 meeting in Singapore, officials from Singapore, Indonesia, and the United States agreed to continue the proposed Avian Influenza Trilateral Project within the Tangerang municipality as originally planned (as opposed to expanding it to the much larger District of T [...] |
2006-08-24 08:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA10539 |
RICK NESS TESTIFIES IN NEWMONT CASE THIS WEEK [...] (C) Summary. Newmont mining executive and Amcit Richard Ness is scheduled to take the stand in his own defense this week on August 25 in a Manado, North Sulawesi courthouse. He faces fifteen years in prison if convicted on charges of polluting Buyat Bay, the site of the now-closed Newmont Min [...] |
2006-08-24 11:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET//NOFORN | EMIN CASC SENV EINV PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA10563 |
BA'ASYIR SPOUTS OFF ABOUT SHARIA`, JIHAD AND BALI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Abu Bakr Ba'asyir, the spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah and its political wing, the Majelis Mujahiddin Council (MMI), continues to speak publicly on a variety of topics following his release from prison on June 14, 2006. Most notably, Ba'asyir has pontificated about the need [...] |
2006-08-25 06:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KISL KJUS ASEC AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10570 |
TERRORIST FINANCE - INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF [...] (S) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs (Deplu) counter terrorism finance officer Aris Munundar told us on August 23 that the Indonesian Government (GOI) would no longer stand in the way of a U.S.-led UN 1267 designation of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) branch in Indo [...] |
2006-08-25 10:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PREL AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10576 |
ABB Shunned in West Sumatra [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast with the relative success Abu Bakar Ba'asyir received in Java, he got a very cool reception during his recent visit to staunchly Muslim West Sumatra, where local religious leaders blocked him from speaking at the largest and most influential mosques and school offici [...] |
2006-08-25 11:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KISL KJUS ASEC AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10704 |
WITNESS TESTIMONY IN TIMIKA TRIAL TO BEGIN NEXT [...] (U) Chief Judge Nurdin announced that witness testimony would begin next week in the trial of the seven men accused of killing two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002. Beginning on September 5, trial sessions will take place twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, in order to accommodate the number [...] |
2006-08-29 10:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10757 |
INVITATION EXTENDED TO USDOL APEC CONFERENCE [...] We have conveyed points in Reftel regarding the upcoming U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) hosted Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference, Strategies for Workforce Development: Keys to Success, to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 18-20, 2006 to the following officials and mem [...] |
2006-08-31 06:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB APECO ID |
| 06JAKARTA10758 |
RESPONSE RE PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT [...] Post sees no potential implications to U.S. foreign policy concerns with the proposed research project no. AI069907 involving a foreign institution. This NIH proposed award is for the research project entitled "The Asia-Pacific HIV Observational Database (APHOD)." Post understands research in [...] |
2006-08-31 06:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA ID |
| 06JAKARTA1078 |
INDONESIA REACTS TO RELEASE OF CAVR REPORT [...] (C) Summary. Senior GOI figures and Indonesian politicians have reacted defensively to the allegations of human rights abuses made in the report of East Timor's Committee of Reception, Truth and Verification (reftel). East Timor President Xanana Gusmao presented the report to UN Secretary Gen [...] |
2006-01-26 11:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS ID TT |
| 06JAKARTA10877 |
FM WIRAJUDA TO ATTEND MEETING OF THE 5 PLUS 5 GROUP [...] (U) Post conveyed reftel information and request to the Indonesian Foreign Ministry on August 31. They responded the same day saying that FM Hassan Wirajuda would be interested in participating in the proposed 5 plus 5 meeting and accepts the invitation. 2. (U) The Foreign Ministry is awa [...] |
2006-08-31 10:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KN KS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10880 |
ACEH'S SHARIA POLICE TARGETING AID WORKERS, WOMEN, [...] (SBU) Summary. After a year of peace in Aceh, negative fall-out from the imposition of Islamic law (sharia) under Aceh's special autonomy arrangement is apparent. While the Acehnese themselves have borne the brunt of the consequences, on August 17 sharia police raided the World Food Program' [...] |
2006-09-01 01:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC PREL KISL SA ID |
| 06JAKARTA10895 |
DUE DILIGENCE FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. We are not aware of any significant embarrassment likely to arise should Chevron Indonesia receive the 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence. Chevron has been an outstanding corporate citizen and contributed greatly to community development in Indonesia. The largest crude oil p [...] |
2006-09-01 06:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV ID |
| 06JAKARTA10923 |
INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 1 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) announced refocused priorities for controlling avian influenza (AI) at a successful international donor meeting on August 23-24. Donor representatives were pleased with the coordination of the meeting and refocused GOI priorities but concerned b [...] |
2006-09-01 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA10924 |
INDONESIA STEPS UP EFFORTS TO PASS TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's Parliament (DPR) has completed a new draft of its proposed anti-trafficking legislation. President Yudhoyono has designated the Ministry of Women's Empowerment (KNPP) and the Ministry of Law & Human Rights to prepare executive branch comments on the bill. The Gov [...] |
2006-09-01 10:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ELAB KJUS KCRM ID |
| 06JAKARTA10926 |
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE MARITIME BORDER NEEDS [...] (S) Summary: Post strongly supports S/CT's proposal for a border control technical needs assessment for the triborder area and will welcome the assessment team to Indonesia, with the below recommendations for S/CT and DS/ATA's further consideration. Post has received encouragement from various [...] |
2006-09-01 11:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID |
| 06JAKARTA10927 |
DEMARCHE ON U.S. VIEWS OF UNSCR 1695 ON NORTH [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Northeast Asian Affairs Tumpal M.H. Hutagalung on September 1. We stressed the importance of Indonesia's active participation in implementing the resolution to ensure effective controls on North Korea's nuclear program. We also left [...] |
2006-09-01 12:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD PTER KN KS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10998 |
TIMIKA TRIAL STOPPED FOR LACK OF INTERPRETER [...] (U) The trial of the seven men accused of killing two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002 took another turn on September 5 when Judge Nurdin ruled that the defendants were entitled to an interpreter. In a courtroom crowded with spectators and police, defense lawyers interrupted the testimony of t [...] |
2006-09-05 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA11042 |
INDONESIA SECURITY FORCE VETTING REQUEST, ECON [...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Indonesian security force members for Department clearance for participation in United State Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 2006 Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA), Enforcement of IPR Program to commence on September 25. Post did not find any c [...] |
2006-09-06 06:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR PREL KCRM MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA11110 |
East Java: Increasing Mudflow Threatens [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The flow of mud from the fractured well owned by PT. Lapindo Brantas (Lapindo), a Bakrie Group controlled entity, in Porong, East Java continues to increase, reaching volumes as high as 500,000 cubic meters per day in early August, and has flooded more than 450 acres, destroying [...] |
2006-09-07 08:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA11142 |
EVASIVE RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) We called on Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director for South and Central Asia Mohamad Asruchin and his assistant Winanto Adi on August 31 to deliver reftel information about the proposed dates of the first meeting of the planned Sri Lanka Contact Group. Asruchin responded that hi [...] |
2006-09-08 12:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE ID |
| 06JAKARTA11143 |
EVASIVE RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) We called on Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director for South and Central Asia Mohamad Asruchin and his assistant Winanto Adi on August 31 to deliver reftel information about the proposed dates of the first meeting of the planned Sri Lanka Contact Group. Asruchin responded that hi [...] |
2006-09-08 12:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE ID |
| 06JAKARTA11144 |
FURTHER DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1695 [...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref. A and ref. C points to Hasan Kleib, Department of Foreign Affairs Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs, on September 8. Kleib had read the points the night before, which he had received through a copy we had left at the North American Affai [...] |
2006-09-08 13:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD |
| 06JAKARTA11145 |
AMCITS TESTIFY AT TIMIKA TRIAL [...] (U) In an emotional session, Amcits Patsy Spier, Kenneth Balk and Steven Emma finally received the opportunity to describe in court what happened on August 31, 2002, when a group of gunmen ambushed the vehicles they were riding in Timika, Papua, killing Amcits Ricky Spier and Ed Burgon. Ms. S [...] |
2006-09-11 00:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA11149 |
RESPONSE TO US EFFORTS ON WATER AND SANITATION [...] (U) Response was prepared jointly with USAID Jakarta Mission Staff. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Post is actively engaged with Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials on water and sanitation issues under the auspices of a Strategic Objective Grant Agreement between the USG and the GOI to support higher [...] |
2006-09-11 03:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ID |
| 06JAKARTA11212 |
INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 11 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Singaporean Embassy in Jakarta has proposed to hold a joint planning meeting for the Tangerang trilateral project on September 13. The Government of Singapore (GOS) plans to station permanent technical staff to head up project. The Ministry of Health (MOH) is evaluating the [...] |
2006-09-11 09:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA11214 |
KEITH LUSE'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN MOD DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Senate SFRC Senior Professional Staff Member Keith Luse met with Indonesian Defense Ministry Director General for Defense Strategy Major General Dadi Susanto on August 28 in Jakarta. Susanto characterized U.S.-Indonesian relations and military cooperation as positive. Susanto w [...] |
2006-09-11 10:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PGOV PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA11215 |
INDONESIANS REQUEST CONSULAR ACCESS TO HAMBALI [...] (C) On September 8, PolCouns briefed Hasan Kleib, Department of Foreign Affairs Director (DEPLU) for International Security and Disarmament Affairs, on the transfer of Indonesian citizen prisoner Hambali from a se-cret location to the prison facility in Guantanamo Bay (refs a-c). Kleib reque [...] |
2006-09-11 10:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA11216 |
INDONESIA - HAZE PROBLEM CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary. After surging again at the end of August, the number of forest fires burning in Sumatra and Kalimantan declined in the first week of September. The drop seems to be due in large part to central government pressure on local authorities and plantations to curb burning in advanc [...] |
2006-09-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KTIA TPHY TBIO ID |
| 06JAKARTA11217 |
INDONESIANS REQUEST CONSULAR ACCESS TO HAMBALI [...] (C) On September 8, PolCouns briefed Hasan Kleib, Department of Foreign Affairs Director (DEPLU) for International Security and Disarmament Affairs, on the transfer of Indonesian citizen prisoner Hambali from a secret location to the prison facility in Guantanamo Bay (refs a-c). Kleib reques [...] |
2006-09-11 10:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA11242 |
INDONESIA HIV/AIDS PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. Indonesia's national HIV/AIDS program is in a critical situation; they are at risk of losing approximately $50 million of Global Fund monies due to poor program management and performance. On July 13, Indonesia's President issued a Presidential Regulation providing the National AI [...] |
2006-09-12 03:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID |
| 06JAKARTA11335 |
REQUEST FOR JIATF WEST FY07 COUNTERDRUG SUPPORT TO [...] This is a U.S. Embassy Jakarta, DEA, ICE, and ICITAP coordinated request for U.S. Defense Department operational support under Section 1004, National Defense Authorization Act of 1991 as amended, for JIATF West support to Indonesian law enforcement agencies. 2. The DEA, ICE and ICITAP have [...] |
2006-09-12 09:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC PREL EFIN KCRM KHLS ID |
| 06JAKARTA11342 |
DEFENDANTS WALK OUT AS FBI AGENTS TESTIFY AT [...] (U) The defendants and their attorneys walked out of the courtroom in protest as FBI Special Agents Ron Eowan and Paul Myers gave testimony at the September 12 session of the trial of seven men accused of killing two amcits in Timka, Papua in 2002. As Eowan was taking the witness stand, defen [...] |
2006-09-12 11:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA11344 |
MINISTRY OF HEALTH CHANGES AI SAMPLE SHARING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-13 02:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA11376 |
CRUCIAL 2007 JAKARTA GOVERNOR,S RACE TAKING SHAPE [...] (C) Approximately one year before Jakarta holds its first ever directly elected Governor's race, behind the scenes political maneuvering is already in full swing, reflecting the high stakes involved in what will be the most significant Indonesian election prior to the 2009 Legislative and Pres [...] |
2006-09-13 08:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA11377 |
U.S.-INDONESIA BILATERAL DEFENSE DIALOGUE AGREES [...] (U) Summary: The sixth annual meeting of the U.S.-Indonesia Dialogue (USIBDD) in Jakarta on August 29-31, 2006 the two sides agreed to 138 military-to-military events for 2007. USPACOM and the Indonesian military (TNI ) also signed a Terms of Reference (TOR) formalizing the annual meeting pr [...] |
2006-09-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA11379 |
INDONESIA - 2007 BUDGET RAISES SOCIAL SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) Rp 746.5 trillion (USD 82.1 billion) draft 2007 budget proposes double digit percentage increases in spending on health, education and social welfare programs, with the total amount of central government spending on these programs reaching Rp [...] |
2006-09-13 10:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID |
| 06JAKARTA1141 |
ACEH: ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUEST FOR GOI-GAM PEACE [...] (SBU) The Aceh peace process remains on track and now moves into a more difficult phase in which the parties begin to develop the parameters of political participation in a normalized Aceh to give voice to all of Acehenese society. Acehenese trust the USG as an honest broker because of our con [...] |
2006-01-27 11:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA1144 |
Bengkulu's Young Governor Tries To Reform Sumatra's [...] (SBU) Summary. Elected as a reformer in a poverty- stricken province more accustomed to corruption, political hacks and time-servers, new Governor Agusrin Najamudin represents a break with Bengkulu's past. Only devout Muslim PKS supported Najamudin's candidacy against candidates from larger an [...] |
2006-01-30 00:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL EAID ECON SOCI ID |
| 06JAKARTA11472 |
ASIA FOUNDATION ACCUSED OF SUPPORTING HERESY IN [...] (C) Summary. A hard-line Indonesian Islamist magazine, Hidayatullah, has published a screed accusing The Asia Foundation (TAF) of supporting organizations and individuals who defame Islam. It also asserts that Indonesia's two largest Muslim mass organizations, Nadhlatul Ulama (NU) and Muham [...] |
2006-09-15 10:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC CASC KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA11474 |
DRAFT MOU ON ILLEGAL LOGGING - EMBASSY JAKARTA [...] (SBU). Embassy Jakarta supports the conclusion of a properly-structured MOU on illegal logging between the U.S. and Indonesia. Reducing widespread illegal logging is one of Indonesia's top development challenges, and the issue touches on several core areas of our assistance program, including [...] |
2006-09-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ETRD PREL PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA11475 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): INDONESIA [...] (U) The Fourth Regional Meeting of CWC States Parties in Asia met in Jakarta, Indonesia from September 5-7, 2006. The meeting was attended by 24 States Parties from the Asian Group: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, N [...] |
2006-09-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PTER PHUM AMGT ASEC CWC SA AF MV |
| 06JAKARTA11482 |
THE VISIT OF VP KALLA: ENGAGING ON THE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla,s September 23-28 visit to the U.S. offers an excellent opportunity to deliver a message on the need to accelerate economic reforms to one of Indonesia,s most influential officials. Although deeply involved in economic policy issues, Kalla is a relucta [...] |
2006-09-18 06:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA11522 |
DRAFT STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT WITH INDONESIA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-18 07:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ID MARR PREL |
| 06JAKARTA11582 |
INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 18 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Committee for Avian influenza and Pandemic Response (National AI Committee) brought together on September 15 key representatives from the government of Indonesia (GOI), donor agencies and international organizations to coordinate funding and implementation of inten [...] |
2006-09-19 10:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA11585 |
DEFENDANTS' HUNGER STRIKE DELAYS TIMIKA TRIAL [...] (U) On September 19, the Central Jakarta court was scheduled to hear testimony from Indonesian military personnel who arrived on the scene of the August 31, 2002 ambush near Timika, Papua in which two Amcits and one Indonesian citizen were killed. Since the last session, the prosecution decid [...] |
2006-09-19 10:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA11588 |
INDONESIA IPR - EMBASSY SPECIAL 301 OUT OF CYCLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Jakarta strongly urges that the Special 301 Committee upgrade Indonesia to Watch List status in its upcoming Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR). With a sound legal and regulatory structure in place, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) is demonstrating a growing commit [...] |
2006-09-19 11:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR ID |
| 06JAKARTA11660 |
INDONESIA HIV/AIDS PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. Indonesia's national HIV/AIDS program is in a critical situation; they are at risk of losing approximately $50 million of Global Fund monies due to poor program management and performance. On July 13, Indonesia's President issued a Presidential Regulation providing the National AI [...] |
2006-09-20 09:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID |
| 06JAKARTA11663 |
BALI II TRIALS CONCLUDE [...] Summary. The District Court in Denpasar, Bali on September 14 announced the final of four convictions of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) associates for their roles in the October 1, 2005 suicide terror attacks in Bali. The Bali Court used Indonesia's 2003 Counterterrorism Law and the Criminal Code to [...] |
2006-09-20 11:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA11767 |
INDONESIA'S ECONOMY - RIGHT DIRECTION, WRONG SPEED [...] Summary. Private sector and Government of Indonesia (GOI) interlocutors expressed optimism about the financial sector's growth and progress, but concern about the real sector, during the September 13-15 visit of Department of Treasury officials Andrew Baukol and Seth Searls. Most agreed Indo [...] |
2006-09-21 09:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV KCOR ID |
| 06JAKARTA11769 |
GOI TROUBLED BY EVENTS IN THAILAND [...] (C) On September 20, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono convened a meeting of top advisors to discuss the coup's implications for Indonesia. Several times during that day, one of the President's top foreign policy advisors pressed the Charge for information about the USG's understanding of th [...] |
2006-09-21 10:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA1179 |
YUDHOYONO CONVOKES AMBASSADOR ON IRAN; [...] (S) Summary: President Yudhoyono (SBY) convoked the Ambassador to an extraordinary meeting January 31, attended by four ministers, to convey Indonesia's intention to decide its position on Iran's nuclear program when the IAEA Board of Governors meet on March 6. He conveyed concerns with resp [...] |
2006-01-31 11:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL PGOV ID IR |
| 06JAKARTA11799 |
Central Sulawesi: "Poso 3" Executed - Violence [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Da Silva, and Marinus Riwu were executed September 22. Security situations in Palu, Poso and Tentena remained calm, inspired by a highly visible police and military presence patrolling the streets. Violence erupted in areas of West Timor, Nusa Tenggara [...] |
2006-09-22 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV PNAT KJUS CASC ID |
| 06JAKARTA11842 |
INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 25 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-25 08:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA11845 |
TIMIKA TRIAL: TNI PERSONNEL TESTIFY [...] (SBU) On September 19, the trial of suspects charged in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua, resumed. The defendants had ended their hunger strike (reftel) and were present except for Hardi Sugimol, who was recovering from an illness. Amcit victim witnesses [...] |
2006-09-25 10:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA1185 |
FREEPORT PURSUES "NO TALL TREES" STRATEGY IN ARMY [...] (C/NF) Summary. A senior executive from the U.S. mining giant Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold told us on January 25 that his company will avoid the media spotlight while cooperating fully with GOI inquiries regarding the legality of the mining giant's payments to Indonesian security forces in [...] |
2006-01-31 23:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN ENIV ID |
| 06JAKARTA11889 |
EIGHT TERRORISTS ON TRIAL IN CENTRAL JAVA [...] (C) Eight terrorist suspects with links to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and terrorist mastermind Noordin Top are currently standing trial in Semarang, Central Java. All eight are being charged under the Anti-Terrorism Law. The central figure of the group, Subur Sugiyarto, recruited and trained seve [...] |
2006-09-26 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KVPR KJUS KISL ASEC CASC AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA11892 |
TIMIKA TRIAL: WITNESS SNAFU CAUSES DELAY [...] (SBU) On September 26, the trial of suspects charged in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua, resumed. It emerged that there was either a misunderstanding or a disagreement between the prosecution and defense teams about the order of the day's testimony. The [...] |
2006-09-26 11:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA11921 |
AHMADIYAHS SAY THEIR SITUATION REMAINS PRECARIOUS [...] (C) Summary: In the face of intimidation by Islamic fundamentalists, Ahmadiyah leaders characterized their situation in Indonesia as precarious (Reftel). They noted that the Ahmadiyah community continues to experience sporadic acts of violence: in recent months a mob ransacked an Ahmadiyah mo [...] |
2006-09-27 08:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL KISL KIRF ID |
| 06JAKARTA11930 |
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION CONTINUES IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Although South Kalimantan's legal forest products industry has suffered a sharp decline, illegal mining and logging continue to degrade the province's environment. Overlapping and conflicting central and provincial government responsibilities and a lack of local resources comp [...] |
2006-09-28 05:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO EINV ID |
| 06JAKARTA12031 |
EAST KALIMANTAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS [...] Summary: Economic and political leaders in East Kalimantan praised the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) decentralization policy during a four-day embassy trip through the resource-rich province on the Indonesian part of Borneo. However, the same leaders criticized strongly the execution of tha [...] |
2006-09-29 06:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EINV SENV PREL TBIO ID |
| 06JAKARTA12098 |
INDONESIA - TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND [...] Embassy Jakarta's Economic Section coordinates monitoring of Indonesia trade agreement compliance and responding to foreign trade barrier complaints. International Trade Officer Tobias Glucksman (GlucksmanTH@state.gov) is the primary working level point of contact for these efforts. Embassy' [...] |
2006-10-02 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ID |
| 06JAKARTA12099 |
TIMIKA TRIAL: LAST DAY OF VICTIM, EXPERT TESTIMONY [...] (SBU) On September 29, Central Jakarta court heard testimony from two victim witnesses and two expert witnesses in the trial of suspects charged in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua. Amcit victim witness Patsy Spier attended, accompanied by an interpreter [...] |
2006-10-02 10:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12100 |
Eastern Indonesia: Violence Increases After [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The execution of the "Poso 3" on September 22 was immediately followed by an outbreak of violence in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) (Flores and West Timor) and later in Central Sulawesi, where the executions occurred. The reaction was not unexpected by local officials; police in NTT [...] |
2006-10-02 11:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12159 |
CT WORKSHOP REACHES AUDIENCE FROM EASTERN INDONESIA [...] (C) The latest in a series of USG-funded CT workshops aimed at improving the performance of Indonesian law enforcement officials in terrorism cases took place in Makassar, South Sulawesi on September 19-20. The event was organized by the CT Desk at the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Leg [...] |
2006-10-03 08:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC ID |
| 06JAKARTA12160 |
DISCOURAGING TNI FROM TAKING MANPADS TO UNIFIL [...] (S) Charge discussed the MANPADS issue with Indonesian Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Dino Patti Djalal on October 2. Charge emphasized that Indonesian deployment with MANPADS would cause big problems and urged GOI to reconsider. Djalal subsequently discussed the issue with the commander [...] |
2006-10-03 11:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL ID LE |
| 06JAKARTA12161 |
TIMIKA TRIAL: DEFENDANTS REFUSE TO TESTIFY [...] (SBU) The trial of the suspects in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua resumed on October 3. The opening of the session was delayed by an hour because the head judge in the Timika case also served in the morning session of a circus-like, high-profile corrupti [...] |
2006-10-03 11:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12162 |
NECESSARY ASSURANCES FOR TRANSFER OF C-130 SPARES [...] We delivered ref A text of proposed assurances to the North America desk of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on October 3. We asked for confirmation that the GOI in fact wanted the spare parts in question. We also advised that the GOI consider offering blanket assurances [...] |
2006-10-03 12:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA12253 |
AN ENHANCED U.S. ROLE IN COMBATING AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. After a slow start that led to the unchecked spread of AI across much of Indonesia, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) has developed a simplified AI strategy with re- aligned priorities under a functioning National Comm [...] |
2006-10-05 09:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA12254 |
INDONESIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS CONTINUE TO [...] (C) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,s (SBY) multi-faceted anti-corruption efforts continue to make progress in Indonesia. SBY has thrown his political support behind successful reformers and other anti-corruption "champions", has permitted prosecutions against senior Government o [...] |
2006-10-05 10:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV KCRM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12256 |
POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-05 11:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN |
| 06JAKARTA12263 |
POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-06 00:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN |
| 06JAKARTA12296 |
HIDAYATULLAH WILL RUN REJOINDER TO ATTACK ON THE [...] (C) Summary. In an October 2 meeting, a Muhammadiyah Youth official told Poloff that the hard-line Islamist group Hidayatullah will publish a Muhammadiyah response to Hidayatullah's written attack on The Asia Foundation (TAF). Hidayatullah's concession came after more than two weeks of inten [...] |
2006-10-06 07:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC CASC KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA12300 |
CONVICTION IN MUNIR MURDER OVERTURNED [...] (C) Summary. On October 4, the Indonesian Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction of Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, acquitting him in the September 2004 poisoning of prominent Indonesian human rights activist Munir Thalib. The case is widely considered a litmus test of the Indonesian [...] |
2006-10-06 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PGOV KCRM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12301 |
A/S HILL'S PARTICIPATION IN 2006 PACIFIC ISLANDS [...] We presented to the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) reftel information about the U.S.-PIF special session and agenda and Assistant Secretary Hill's availability for meetings with heads of governments on the margins of the Pacific islands Forum and Post-Forum Dialogue. Contact [...] |
2006-10-06 10:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIS ETRD PGOV PREL SENV XU XV |
| 06JAKARTA12334 |
FROM ETHNIC CLEANSING TO JOB CREATION: WEST [...] (C) Nearly five years after the most recent escalation in hostilities between the Dayak and Madurese communities in West Kalimantan, the province's key political operators believe tensions have abated and that the situation has finally stabilized. While relations between the Dayaks and Madure [...] |
2006-10-10 06:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12338 |
NORTH KOREAN TEST ANNOUNCEMENT AND INDONESIAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Director for International Security and Disarmament Hasan Kleib at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on October 10. Kleib noted that the GOI had on October 9 issued a sharp condemnation of the DPRK nuclear test as "unacceptable." Kleib s [...] |
2006-10-10 09:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN PARM KNNP |
| 06JAKARTA12379 |
AMBASSADOR REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR JUSTICE IN MUNIR [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador asked Suciwati, the widow of slain human rights activist Munir, to meet with on him on October 11 in order to reassure her of the USG's continuing support for justice in the wake of the October 4th Supreme Court acquittal of Pollycarpus Priyanto, who had been previo [...] |
2006-10-11 11:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA12492 |
TIME TO INITIATE MLAT TALKS WITH INDONESIA [...] (C) We believe it is in the U.S. interest to initiate Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) talks with Indonesia. These negotiations could then be announced in connection with the upcoming POTUS visit to Indonesia (para 10). Conclusion of an MLAT agreement would strengthen the growing ties be [...] |
2006-10-12 09:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PCRM KTIA KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA12494 |
MUHAMMADIYAH YOUTH CONCERNED ABOUT EXTREMISM AMONG [...] (C) Summary. On October 2 and 3, Poloff made courtesy calls on Muhammadiyah Youth Chairman Izzul Muslimin and Secretary General Gunawan Hidayat. As part of its six-month SIPDIS strategic plan, the Muhammadiyah Youth Central Board will carry out a "census" of local Muhammadiyah Youth leade [...] |
2006-10-13 01:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI KISL PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12498 |
SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM -- [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes the Secretary's Global Internet Freedom Task Force Initiative (GIFT) and looks forward to contributing to its success. As requested in reftel, a list of USAID projects related to the GIFT is described below. USAID in Indonesia continues to place high p [...] |
2006-10-13 06:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM |
| 06JAKARTA12541 |
INDONESIA SUPPORTS UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF [...] (C) Polcouns and counterparts from the Australian and New Zealand Embassies delivered reftel demarche to Jonny Sinaga, deputy director in the Department of Foreign Affairs' Directorate for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs. We presented the main points of the demarche, emphasizing the co [...] |
2006-10-13 08:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN ID |
| 06JAKARTA12542 |
FINAL PUSH BEFORE GUATEMALA-VENEZUELA VOTE [...] (C) Pursuant to reftel A, PolCouns called on the Directorate of International Security and International Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs and requested reconfirmation of Indonesia's support for Guatemala as expressed to the Secretary on September 26 (ref. B). PolCouns's request was [...] |
2006-10-13 09:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GT VE ID |
| 06JAKARTA12543 |
INDONESIA'S ECONOMY ONE YEAR AFTER THE FUEL PRICE [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia successfully restored macroeconomic stability in the first half of 2006 after the August 2005 rupiah "mini-crisis" and the fuel price hikes and interest rate increases that followed. After the Government of Indonesia (GOI) hiked fuel prices by an average of 126% in O [...] |
2006-10-13 10:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA12544 |
PROSECUTORS DELIVER SENTENCING REQUESTS IN TIMIKA [...] Prosecutors delivered their sentencing requests in court on October 13 for seven suspects accused of involvement in the murder of two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002. Prosecutors requested a sentence of 20 years for Antonius Wamang and 15 years for Agustinus Anggaibak and Yulianus Deikme on t [...] |
2006-10-13 10:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12545 |
INDONESIA - OCTOBER 12 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 6, Dr. Ir Anton Apryanto, Minister of Agriculture promised Manho So, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative more vigorous coordination and communication in controlling AI. Local press reported on October 10 that faculty from Udayana University detected [...] |
2006-10-13 10:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA12546 |
INDONESIA SEEKS GPOI FUNDING FOR PLANNED [...] (C) Summary: Officials at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs have confirmed Indonesia's interest in participating in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) and have asked whether GPOI funding could be used to support a national PKO center Indonesia is creating to train its mi [...] |
2006-10-13 10:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL MASS MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA12547 |
U.S.-INDONESIA SOFA TALKS LAY BASIS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. delegation's exploratory talks with the Indonesian government on October 5 in Jakarta made considerable headway in establishing a basis of understanding for possible formal negotiation of a bilateral Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Embassy shared a draft template text (r [...] |
2006-10-13 11:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA12555 |
US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL DELEGATION VISITS JAKARTA [...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) told a visiting U.S. ASEAN Business Council (USABC) delegation on October 12 that he remains optimistic about Indonesia's economic outlook and committed to economic reforms and the process of democratization. Vice President Jusuf Kalla [...] |
2006-10-16 05:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD EFIN PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA12602 |
CT UPDATE: FOUR YEARS AFTER FIRST BALI ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary. In the four years since terrorist attacks first rocked Bali on October 12, 2002, foreign police assistance programs have markedly improved Indonesia's CT capacity. The Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network, however, remains a serious threat to Western and secular interests in I [...] |
2006-10-16 09:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC KVPR CVIS |
| 06JAKARTA12607 |
REVISED DRAFT CRIMINAL CODE WORRIES ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: Legal analysts and NGOs told us that the latest draft of the revised Indonesian Criminal Code (KUHP) continues to include controversial provisions on the protection of government officials and state ideology from defamation, and the criminalization of pornography. They feared tha [...] |
2006-10-17 05:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12660 |
ACEHNESE VILLAGERS EXHUMING CONFLICT VICTIMS' [...] (C) Summary. Acehnese villagers are exhuming the graves of persons executed during the conflict between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the Indonesian government, Georges Paclisanu (strictly protect), Head of Delegation, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), told us recently. Ba [...] |
2006-10-18 04:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA12687 |
INDONESIA AND MCC COMPACT ELIGIBILITY [...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) administration has made important progress in the past year implementing a broad-based development strategy emphasizing poverty reduction, private sector growth, and good governance. SBY's bold anti-corruption efforts continue to dism [...] |
2006-10-18 10:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KMCA KCOR ID |
| 06JAKARTA12730 |
BREAKING THE GUATEMALA-VENEZUELA IMPASSE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-19 09:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GT VE ID |
| 06JAKARTA12732 |
EAP DAS ERIC JOHN'S MEETING WITH BG DADI SUSANTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Indonesian Director General for Defense Strategy Susanto on October 18, EAP DAS Eric John raised U.S. human rights concerns, the need for continued military vetting and accountability for past abuses, the importance of a SOFA in underpinning bilateral cooperatio [...] |
2006-10-19 10:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM MASS MOPS ID |
| 06JAKARTA12733 |
East Java Mudflow: Lapindo Financial Woes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PT. Lapindo Brantas (Lapindo) recently informed its relief well contractors that it no longer has funds to pay for relief well operations. Haliburton and other contractors, including local contractors, temporarily left the site, halting drilling operations, due to lack of paymen [...] |
2006-10-19 10:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA12773 |
INDONESIAN TERRORISTS:RECENT RELEASES AND UPCOMING [...] (C) Four years after the 2002 Bali bombing, several individuals convicted of terrorism for their involvement in that attack and the 2003 Marriot bombing are starting to complete their prison terms. According to information obtained from the Australian Embassy, nine convicted terrorists have b [...] |
2006-10-20 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID |
| 06JAKARTA12775 |
PARLIAMENT PASSES 2007 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament approved a Rp 763.6 trillion (USD 83.4 billion) FY 2007 budget on October 17. Spending for personnel, materials and social programs is slated to rise significantly in 2007 in line with President Yudhoyono's plans to reform the civil service and improve health and ed [...] |
2006-10-20 10:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID |
| 06JAKARTA12776 |
TNI ANNIVERSARY SPEECHES EMPHASIZE REFORM AND [...] Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudoyono and Commander-in-Chief (Panglima) Air First Marshal Djoko Suyanto urged the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) to continue along the path of reform as the TNI celebrated its 61st anniversary on October 5. The speeches exhorted the TNI to complete its tr [...] |
2006-10-20 10:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12778 |
EAST JAVA'S MUSLIM LEADERS, OBSERVERS COMMENT ON [...] (C) Summary. On October 10, we met with the East Java provincial leadership of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah to discuss their organizations' activities in East Java. We also called on political scientist Aribowo from Surabaya's Airlangga University, who shared his observations (based [...] |
2006-10-20 10:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA12779 |
ACEH PEACE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD, HEADING TOWARD [...] The Aceh peace process continues to move forward. Elections have been scheduled for December 11, and work has begun on implementing the Law on Governance of Aceh (LOGA). The Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) is winding down its work and expects to cease operation on December 15. Reintegration paym [...] |
2006-10-20 10:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12781 |
INDONESIA - OCTOBER 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) released 2007 budget information on October 19 but has not yet finalized its AI spending allocations in the Ministries of Health (MOH) and Agriculture (MOA). Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Aburizal Bakrie convened an interagency meet [...] |
2006-10-20 11:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA12782 |
THE TWO PAPUAS: A CONSUL GENERAL'S VIEW [...] (C) Summary. Papua New Guinea,s Consul General in Jayapura, Papua shared his views on the often prickly relations between Indonesia and his government in an October 12 meeting. He charged that the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) were involved in both illegal logging and drug smuggling in PNG. [...] |
2006-10-20 11:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM ID PP |
| 06JAKARTA12783 |
THE TWO PAPUAS: A CONSUL GENERAL'S VIEW [...] (C) Summary. Papua New Guinea,s Consul General in Jayapura, Papua shared his views on the often prickly relations between Indonesia and his government in an October 12 meeting. He charged that the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) were involved in both illegal logging and drug smuggling in PNG. [...] |
2006-10-20 12:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM ID PP |
| 06JAKARTA12787 |
NORTH SUMATRA POLICE: NEW SENSITIVITY TO HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Head of Police Intelligence for North Sumatra, Herman Effendi, described the Indonesian police as increasingly focused on human rights during an Oct.3 meeting in Medan. He attributed this positive development partly to widespread human rights training that has reached the low [...] |
2006-10-23 03:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA12798 |
VP KALLA ON THE COURTS, MCC, PEACE CORPS AND MIDDLE [...] (SBU) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla told the Ambassador on October 20 that the Supreme Court is "not using logic" in its approach to the Munir case, and that people are rightly not happy with the Pollycarpus verdict. He said the Supreme Court would soon reconsider its decision taking int [...] |
2006-10-23 07:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV PREL KMCA PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12800 |
PAPUA: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DENOUNCE ABEPURA [...] (C) Summary. A church-affiliated task force has asked Indonesia's National Committee on Human Rights (KomnasHAM) to open an investigation into the conviction and sentencing of 23 men charged in connection with a March 16 riot in Abepura, Papua that led to the death of three unarmed policemen a [...] |
2006-10-23 08:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA12825 |
INDONESIA - CIVAIR UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian transportation officials are focusing on aviation and airport security as tens of millions of Indonesians travel to their home villages and back during the Idul Fitri holiday break. A record 1.5 million Indonesians will take to the skies during the week- long celebr [...] |
2006-10-27 07:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD ID |
| 06JAKARTA12828 |
INDONESIA - OCTOBER 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Aburizal Bakrie announced at an October 20 news conference a decrease in the number of AI-affected provinces over the past six months from 30 to 16. At the same news conference, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono announced governmen [...] |
2006-10-27 09:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA12829 |
ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE - INDONESIA RESPONSE [...] We delivered reftel demarches on October 19 to Ikhsan Baidirus, Deputy Director General for International Affairs, and Inda Mekawati Perdanaputra, Assistant Director for International Affairs, in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Directorate General of Post and Teleco [...] |
2006-10-27 09:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS ITU |
| 06JAKARTA12873 |
INDONESIAN DELEGATES FOR THE SENIOR POLICY [...] The government of Indonesia has provided the following nine names to participate in the four-day Senior Policy Exchange in Washington,DC during the week of December 5-8, 2006. The participants are as follows: Name: Major General Suryadi Job Title: Director General for Defense Capability, D [...] |
2006-10-31 08:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KNNP ID |
| 06JAKARTA12874 |
TIMIKA DEFENDANTS REFUSE TO RESPOND TO SENTENCING [...] (SBU) In an October 31 session lasting less than an hour, the defendants charged in the 2002 murders of two Amcits near Timika, Papua refused to respond to the sentencing requests handed down by prosecutors on October 13 (reftel). Their attorney, Johnson Penjaitan, attended the trial as a sp [...] |
2006-10-31 09:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12875 |
INDONESIA READY TO FINALIZE CUSTOMS MUTUAL [...] (U) This is an action request for U.S. Customs Border Protection and State EAP/MTS. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Indonesian Directorate General of Customs & Excise (DGCE) and U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection are close to finalizing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cus [...] |
2006-10-31 11:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ID |
| 06JAKARTA12939 |
INDONESIA SEEKS COMPACT ELIGIBILITY, APPRECIATES [...] H.E. President of the Republic of Indonesia 2. H.E. Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia 3. H.E. Ms. Condoleeza Rice, US Secretary of State (Chair, MCC) 4. Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs, the Republic of Indonesia 5. Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Republic of Indon [...] |
2006-11-01 10:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EINV ECON KMCA ID |
| 06JAKARTA12944 |
POST RECOMMENDATIONS ON GLOBAL FUND PHASE 2 [...] (SBU) Summary. Approve Phase 2 funding, at requested level of funding, $33,905,951, with conditions. End Summary Indonesia's Global Fund HIV/AIDS Program Summary --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) Indonesia received two Global Fund AIDS grants: Round 1 and Round 4, [...] |
2006-11-02 04:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID |
| 06JAKARTA12981 |
POST RECOMMENDATIONS ON GLOBAL FUND PHASE 2 [...] (SBU) Summary. Approve Phase 2 funding, at requested level of funding, $33,905,951, with conditions. End Summary Indonesia's Global Fund HIV/AIDS Program Summary --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) Indonesia received two Global Fund AIDS grants: Round 1 and Round 4, [...] |
2006-11-03 05:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID |
| 06JAKARTA13005 |
DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON ARF STATEMENT ON DPRK [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-03 09:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ASEAN KN ID |
| 06JAKARTA13006 |
DEMARCHES TO INDONESIA ON DPRK SHIPPING [...] (S/NF) We met November 3 with Fahmi Jamaludin, Desk Officer for Korea at Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs, to deliver demarches contained reftels on DPRK shipping issues. We stressed that the actions we were requesting were consistent not only with UNSC Resolution 1718, but also wit [...] |
2006-11-03 09:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC PARM KNNP EWWT KN XC ID |
| 06JAKARTA13007 |
INDONESIAN POLICE ASK FOR U.S. HELP IN MUNIR CASE [...] (C) On October 31, General Sutanto, Chief of the Indonesian National Police (INP), formally asked Thomas Fuentes, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Office of International Operations, and Embassy Legatt for the FBI's technical assistance in the ongoing investigation into the 2004 murder of Indonesi [...] |
2006-11-03 10:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS PINR KCRM ID |
| 06JAKARTA13014 |
INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 6 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 1, Bayu Krisnamurthi, Executive Secretary for the National AI Committee assured the press that SIPDIS Indonesian research shows no signs that the H5N1 virus is mutating to a more dangerous form in the country. Food and Agriculture Organization officials concur but [...] |
2006-11-06 23:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA13121 |
SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT WEATHERS VOUCHER SCANDAL [...] (C) Agung Laksono, Chairman of Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR), has apparently emerged relatively unscathed from a scandal surrounding his involvement in a school voucher distribution exercise. The controversy erupted following the revelation that he improperly handed out vouchers [...] |
2006-11-07 08:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13136 |
ABB Preaches in North Sumatra [...] (SBU) Summary: Radical Muslim Cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir spoke in North Sumatra October 29 - 31 at a series of engagements on the implementation of Syariah law. Misleading posters advertising the visit masked Ba'asyir's identity and implied sponsorship of mainstream Muslim organizations. Thoug [...] |
2006-11-07 09:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KISL KJUS ASEC KPAO |
| 06JAKARTA13138 |
PRESIDENTIAL TRIP TO INDONESIA: OFFICIAL GIFT [...] Post communicated the points and questions provided in reftel to Ms. Lusi Surjanadari, the protocol point of contact for the POTUS visit. Ms. Surjanadari confirmed the gift presentations will be conducted protocol-to-protocol, as requested reftel. Post requested the exchange take place short [...] |
2006-11-07 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP BUSH GEORGE AMGT ID |
| 06JAKARTA13142 |
TIMIKA TRIAL: WAMANG SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON [...] (SBU) On November 7, Judge Adriani Nurdin sentenced Anthonious Wamang to life in prison for premeditated murder in connection with the August 31, 2002 murders of two Americans and one Indonesian in Timika, Papua. Although prosecutors had requested 20 years, Judge Nurdin cited several conside [...] |
2006-11-07 11:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA13143 |
NAMRU-2 NEGOTIATIONS TO PROCEED NOVEMBER 9 [...] (C) Summary: We will be proceeding with an initial NAMRU-2 negotiation session on November 9. The Ambassador was told by Eddi Hariyadhi, Director General for American and European Affairs in the Department of Foreign Affairs Nov. 7 that he is confident that resolution of the issue would pro [...] |
2006-11-07 13:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TBIO AMED AMGT KFLU KTIA ID |
| 06JAKARTA13169 |
AMBASSADOR URGES VIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT OF UNSCR 1718 [...] (C) In a November 9 meeting with Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda, Ambassador stressed the importance of vigorous implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718, aimed at stopping DPRK trafficking in military materiel and certain luxury goods (reftels). Ambassador pointed out that beca [...] |
2006-11-09 10:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC PARM KNNP EWWT KN XC ID |
| 06JAKARTA13170 |
PM A/S HILLEN'S POLITICAL-MILITARY TALKS IN JAKARTA [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs John Hillen discussed a range of political-military issues with Indonesian Minister of Defense Sudarsono, Foreign Affairs Director General Hariyadhi and other public leaders in Jakarta on November 7. The discussions built on simil [...] |
2006-11-09 10:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV MNUC RI |
| 06JAKARTA13171 |
UNGA: DEMARCHES TO INDONESIA ON CUBA EMBARGO, [...] (SBU) After learning that the entire staff of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Affairs Directorate was either in New York or otherwise unavailable, we met November 9 with Harry Purwanto, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for North and Central America, to urge [...] |
2006-11-09 10:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL PHUM ETRD CU ID |
| 06JAKARTA13172 |
ADDITIONS TO INDONESIAN DELEGATION FOR SENIOR [...] The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has submitted the names of two additional delegates to participate in the four-day Senior Policy Exchange in Washington, DC scheduled for December 5-8, 2006. The additional participants are as follows: Name: Mr. Ramadansyah Hasan Job Title: Head o [...] |
2006-11-09 11:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KNNP ID |
| 06JAKARTA13173 |
SHOWDOWN BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND VP OVER REFORM UNIT [...] (C) President Yudhoyono and Vice President Kalla have skirmished publicly over SBY's decision to advance the President's reform agenda. Although referred to in general terms for months, the "Presidential Work Unit on Managing Policy and Reform Programs (UKP3KR)" was reportedly designed and un [...] |
2006-11-09 11:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID |
| 06JAKARTA13181 |
NEW ZEALAND DCM CALLS ON JI'S POLITICAL WING [...] (C) Summary. New Zealand's Deputy Head of Mission briefed us about his meeting with Irfan Awwas, the leader of Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI), Jemaah Islamiyah's political wing (his reporting cable has been sent by classified email to EAP/MTS and INR/EAP). Awwas spoke about MMI's goal of p [...] |
2006-11-13 07:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KISL SOCI ID |
| 06JAKARTA13191 |
JAKARTA EAC MEETING, NOVEMBER 13, 2006 [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy held an Emergency Action Committee meeting on November 13, 2006, to discuss the November 11 detonation of an explosive device at an East Jakarta A&W Restaurant. The RSO and LEGAT told the EAC that only the suspect was injured in the blast, that evidence suggested the [...] |
2006-11-13 08:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC AS AEMR |
| 06JAKARTA13193 |
YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA [...] (S) Summary: Mr. President: Your visit to Indonesia provides an excellent opportunity to consolidate recent gains in U.S.- Indonesian relations and showcase the success of our core political values ) freedom, democracy, and economic development ) in this, the world,s largest Muslim-majority [...] |
2006-11-13 10:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA13194 |
INDONESIA - AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) AND THE PRESIDENT"S [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Government of Indonesia has not yet finalized its FY 2007 allocations for AI control programs, senior GOI officials including Coordinating Minister Bakrie and Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati have assured the Embassy that total AI spending will match or exc [...] |
2006-11-13 10:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA13198 |
INDONESIAN MPS PRAISE INTL VISITOR PROGRAM, CITE [...] (SBU) Summary. Poloffs recently debriefed four members of the Indonesian House of Representatives who participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program, &The U.S. Political System,8 from August 7 ) 25, 2006. In their visits to cities and towns throughout the United States, the par [...] |
2006-11-14 02:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC SCUL KPAO KISL PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13201 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON 05- [...] (U) Summary. The Indonesian Air Force (IAF) verified on September 1, their order and receipt of component C-130 parts detailed in reftel. The order contained some defective parts, for which the IAF ordered replacements. Per request in reftel, we have inquired about both orders and the IAF [...] |
2006-11-14 05:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ECON ID SN |
| 06JAKARTA13216 |
FOREIGN MINISTRY READY TO OPEN MLAT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) The GOI is ready to move forward with negotiations on a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with the U.S. On November 15, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Directorate for Treaties on Political, Security, and Territorial Affairs Arif Havas Oegroseno told Poloff and [...] |
2006-11-15 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PGOV PREL PTER ID |
| 06JAKARTA13217 |
INDONESIA NON-COMMITTAL ON BELARUS, MATHESON [...] (SBU) On November 15 we met with Harry Purwanto, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for North and Central America, to present demarches on Belarus' anti-U.S. resolutions (ref A) and to solicit support for the candidacy of Michael Matheson to the International Law Commission (ref B). [...] |
2006-11-15 10:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA ILC BO ID |
| 06JAKARTA13218 |
INDONESIA BEGINS NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Formal discussions between the Indonesian and U.S. governments on the future status of the Naval Medical Research Unit 2 (NAMRU-2) in Jakarta began on November 9. The Indonesians, fresh from high-level interagency discussions, came in with a set of six concerns which were mostly [...] |
2006-11-15 10:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TBIO AMED AMGT KFLU KTIA ID |
| 06JAKARTA13222 |
OLD/NEW STATE ISLAMIC UNIV. RECTORS ON ISLAM AND [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-16 07:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL PREL KISL OIIP OEXP KPAO ID |
| 06JAKARTA13229 |
INTERFAITH YOUTH DELIVER POTUS LETTER TO AMBASSADOR [...] In advance of President Bush's upcoming visit to Indonesia, a group of Indonesian interfaith youth leaders met with the Ambassador to present a letter to the President (full text in para 6). The delegates represented all of Indonesia's major religions: Islam (the youth wings of mass-based [...] |
2006-11-17 06:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13233 |
BALL IN SBY'S COURT ON REFORM UNIT [...] (C) With Golkar's November 13-16 annual national leadership meeting as a backdrop, Vice President Jusuf Kalla publicly called for Golkar's continued support for the Yudhoyono administration and privately sought to mend fences with the President following last week's public feud over plans for [...] |
2006-11-17 10:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID |
| 06JAKARTA13236 |
INFRASTRUCTURE FORUM ATTRACTS INVESTORS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) renewed its appeal for private investment under it's five-year, USD 150 billion infrastructure development program at a November 1-3 Infrastructure Forum in Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) touted improvements in Indonesia's i [...] |
2006-11-19 23:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13237 |
INFRASTRUCTURE FORUM ATTRACTS INVESTORS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) renewed its appeal for private investment under it's five-year, USD 150 billion infrastructure development program at a November 1-3 Infrastructure Forum in Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) touted improvements in Indonesia's i [...] |
2006-11-19 23:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS ID |
| 06JAKARTA13244 |
INDONESIA AND US SIGN MULTI-HAZARD MOU [...] State Minister of Research and Technology Kusmayanto Kadiman and Ambassador B. Lynn Pascoe signed a Memorandum of Understanding on "General Cooperation in Science and Technology for Natural Hazard Assessment, Analysis, Warning, Preparedness and Mitigation" on November 20. We have scanned and [...] |
2006-11-20 08:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID TPSL AEMR TPHY ECON PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13255 |
OLD/NEW STATE ISLAMIC UNIV. RECTORS ON ISLAM AND [...] (C) Summary. On November 8, Komaruddin Hidayat, the new rector of the State Islamic University's (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah campus, and former rector Azyumardi Azra spoke to us about the university, Islam and society. They argued that Indonesia is becoming increasingly conservative religious [...] |
2006-11-22 00:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL PREL KISL OIIP OEXP KPAO ID |
| 06JAKARTA13277 |
DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON IRAN'S PROPOSED IAEA [...] (SBU) We conveyed talking points and non-paper in reftel paras 3 and 4 to Musurifun, Deputy Director for South and Central Asian Affairs in Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs. Musurifun was non-committal, but took our points on board and undertook to coordinate them with other relevant [...] |
2006-11-22 10:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PREL PGOV KNNP IR ID |
| 06JAKARTA13282 |
Aceh: Election Update [...] (U) Summary: Aceh will hold provincial elections on December 11, the province's first since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the government and pro-independence forces in Helsinki in 2005. According to the election rules, candidates must receive more than 25 percen [...] |
2006-11-24 03:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA13289 |
ACEH: MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN GAM REINTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: After refusing for more than a year, GAM finally provided a list of ex-combatants to the government, paving the way for some reintegration payments to be made before the end of the year. GAM's providing names breaks the impasse, but persisting differences on land compensation, [...] |
2006-11-24 04:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC ID |
| 06JAKARTA13293 |
Aceh to Increase Police Presence During Election [...] (U) At the Commission on Security Arrangements (CoSA) meeting on November 4, representatives of the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM), Free Aceh Movement (GAM), and the government agreed to temporarily increase the number of police officers in Aceh by 2,433 above levels permitted in the Helsinki M [...] |
2006-11-24 04:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA13294 |
TNI Commander Reaffirms Military's Commitment to [...] (SBU) Summary: In a speech in Aceh on November 6, TNI Commander Air Marshal Djoko Suyanto said TNI would continue to respect the Helsinki MOU after the departure of the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) next month. He also reminded his audience that TNI had withdrawn from politics, acted under th [...] |
2006-11-24 04:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA13303 |
Central and East Java: Increasing [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: Over the past several months, what began as a debate of the controversial draft pornography law has revealed deeper fissures with the leadership of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), showing a quiet shift to the right of NU clerics and the [...] |
2006-11-27 10:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13304 |
East Java: NU Political Clout Diminished As [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the final battle for control of the National Awakening Party (PKB), Nahdatul Ulama's (NU) political wing and Indonesia's 4th largest political party, the Indonesian Supreme Court ruled on October 12 against East Java PKB Chairman Choiral Anam's attempt to overthrow former Indo [...] |
2006-11-27 10:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13305 |
Aceh: Official Campaign Season Begins [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Official campaigning began in Aceh on November 24, although advertisements for some candidates have been up for weeks, giving a slight advantage to well- financed candidates. GAM "Prime Minister Malik Mahmud returned to Aceh to try to reunify the GAM movement and to voic [...] |
2006-11-27 10:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PINR PREL KDEM ASEC ID |
| 06JAKARTA13308 |
GPOI FUNDING: INDONESIAN PLANS FOR A TRAINING [...] (C) Poloff and ODC Chief met with Department of Foreign Affairs officer for International Security and Disarmament Yonatri Rilmania on November 14 to learn more about a planned Indonesian center for peacekeeping training and to explain U.S. funding possibilities for this and other potential ne [...] |
2006-11-27 10:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR MASS PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13315 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR RICHARD CROWDER, [...] Embassy Jakarta grants country clearance to Ambassador Richard Crowder, Chief Agricultural Negotiator USTR, Mr. Jason Hafemeister, Deputy Assistant USTR, Mr. Andrew Stephens, Director, USTR and Ms. Ellen Terpstra, Deputy Under Secretary, USDA to visit Jakarta from November 30 through December [...] |
2006-11-28 05:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | CH OTRA ETRD USTR JA KA ID |
| 06JAKARTA13316 |
USTR AND ASEAN SECRETARIAT DISCUSS TIFA AND ASEAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Southeast Asia and the Pacific Barbara Weisel and Director for Southeast Asia and Pacific Affairs David Katz met on November 6 with Anna Robeniol, head of the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) Section of the Bureau of Economic [...] |
2006-11-28 05:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ASEAN ID |
| 06JAKARTA13324 |
INDONESIA'S INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy Jakarta provides the following interim assessment of targeted actions by Indonesia on trafficking in persons (TIP) since the June release of the 2006 TIP report, as requested in ref A. Anti-Trafficking Legislation ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) A comprehensive anti-tra [...] |
2006-11-28 09:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ELAB KWMN SMIG ID |
| 06JAKARTA13326 |
INDONESIA'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY REMAINS ON TRACK [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's economy continues to recover from the impact of August 2005 rupiah "mini-crisis," with growth in gross domestic product (GDP) reaching 5.5% year-on- year (YoY) in the third quarter. Strong external demand for Indonesian commodities and increased household consumptio [...] |
2006-11-28 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA13328 |
AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FORMER PRESIDENT HABIBIE [...] (C) On November 27 the Ambassador met with former President B.J. Habibie at his residence in suburban Jakarta. Looking relaxed and displaying characteristic energy and enthusiasm, the former President declared President Bush's November 20 visit a success, discussed his recently released memoir [...] |
2006-11-28 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM ID |
| 06JAKARTA13329 |
INTER-EMBASSY POLITICAL ISLAM CONTACT GROUP'S [...] (C) Summary. On November 9, representatives from the British, Canadian, Japanese, New Zealand, Dutch, Singaporean and U.S. embassies in Jakarta met to establish a political Islam contact group; representatives from the Australian and German embassies will participate in future meetings. Most [...] |
2006-11-28 23:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13341 |
INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO REVISED PROPOSED TEXT FOR A [...] (C) We delivered the revised text of the draft agreement for a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Indonesia (ref a) on November 15 to Harry Purwanto, Director for North and Central American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). We noted that the text had been revised with a [...] |
2006-11-29 10:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ID KTIA MARR MOPS PREL |
| 06JAKARTA13358 |
East Java Mudflow: Methane Line Explodes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pertamina's main East Java methane gas line ruptured near the PT. Lapindo Brantas (Lapindo) mud volcano site in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java on November 22, causing power outages and permanently closing the Surabaya-Malang toll road. No American Citizens were among the 14 dead a [...] |
2006-11-30 09:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET PGOV CACS ID |
| 06JAKARTA13361 |
MEGAWATI SURVEYS THE INDONESIAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] (C) During a November 28 meeting with the Ambassador, former President Megawati Soekarnoputri avoided discussing whether she would consider cooperating with President Yudhoyono's government, bemoaned the increasing influence of Islamists in Indonesian politics, and outlined the challenges of d [...] |
2006-11-30 09:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13362 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...] (U) Summary. The Indonesian Air Force (IAF) verified their orders of component parts detailed in reftel. The foreign consignees are new to the military supply business, however they have prior Indonesian government procurement experience. End summary. 2. (U) We contacted Chief of Aeron [...] |
2006-12-01 00:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ECON ID SN |
| 06JAKARTA13370 |
INDONESIA - DECEMBER 1 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch hosted a workshop on November 25 and 26 that will make recommendations on animal vaccine strategy to the Ministry of Agriculture. The local television station Lativi began broadcasting AI mini- documentaries on November 10 and will continue these broadcasts through t [...] |
2006-12-01 08:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA13372 |
YUDHOYONO ALLEGEDLY APPROVES TRYING SOLDIERS IN [...] (C) Summary: According to media reports citing Indonesian Justice and Human Rights Minister Awaluddin, President Yudhoyono has signaled his support for draft legislation which would clear the way for military personnel charged with criminal acts to be tried in civilian courts. The report, if [...] |
2006-12-01 09:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA13379 |
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GUS DUR [...] (C) During a November 30 meeting with the Ambassador, an uncharacteristically reserved former President Abdurrachman Wahid (aka Gus Dur) gave his views on U.S.-Indonesia relations and President Bush's visit, Indonesia's economic shortcomings, and developments within Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and th [...] |
2006-12-01 09:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13385 |
MUNIR CASE: INDONESIAN POLICE SAY FBI COULD HELP [...] (S) A police team investigating the case of murdered human rights campaigner Munir will visit FBI Quantico December 4-9, accompanied by Embassy Legatt, for technical assistance in retrieving SMS messages among Munir and those implicated in his murder (Ref A). Lead police investigator Anton C [...] |
2006-12-04 07:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA13387 |
NORTH SUMATRA: A TALE OF TWO ECONOMIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: High prices for rubber and crude palm oil keep North Sumatra's agricultural sector resilient. Industry experts expect the trend to continue as demand for oleochemicals and cooking oil increase, and biodiesel production expands. On the other hand, North Sumatra's manufacturing an [...] |
2006-12-04 07:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ENRG ETRD ID |
| 06JAKARTA13392 |
SBY'S CT RECORD AFTER TWO YEARS: A MIXED BAG [...] (C) Two years into the Yudhoyono Administration, Jakarta remains stalwart in its commitment to identify, arrest, and convict terrorist operatives. The combination of strong political support for tactical CT operations and substantial international assistance has enabled Indonesian law enforce [...] |
2006-12-04 10:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KJUS ASEC KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13413 |
NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE FIELD STUDIES EAST ASIA [...] Embassy Jakarta welcomes the proposed visit (reftel) of NWC seminar students to Indonesia in April 2007. Embassy requests precise dates for the visit so that more definite plans can be made. Control officer will be MAJ Marc Harrelson, DAO, office tel: (62-21) 3435-9192, home tel: (62-21) 71 [...] |
2006-12-06 07:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS ID |
| 06JAKARTA13419 |
PKS SUFFERS ELECTORAL SETBACK [...] (C) The ascendant Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) fell just short in its attempt to register a defining victory in the November 26 Banten provincial governor's race. The Banten Electoral Commission certified the election results on December 1 and declared Golkar's Ratu Atut Chosiyah the winner [...] |
2006-12-06 08:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13420 |
INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on November 16 that Indonesia's GDP growth reached 5.5% in the third quarter of 2006 on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the highest quarterly growth rate since the third quarter of 2005. YoY consumer price inflation (CPI) dropped signific [...] |
2006-12-06 09:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA13421 |
SBY - ABE SUMMIT: PLOWING AHEAD ON TRADE AND ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. Energy and a planned Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) were the centerpieces of President Yudhoyono's November 26 - 29 state visit to Tokyo. President Yudhoyono and Prime Minister Abe announced that the two sides had "reached agreement in principle" on an Indonesia-Japan EPA, [...] |
2006-12-06 09:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EWWT ENRG KN JA ID |
| 06JAKARTA13422 |
INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 2006 [...] Summary: On November 22, following three years of bilateral negotiations, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) welcomed home forty-eight orangutans from Thailand. Minister of Health Dr. Siti Fadilah Supari announced plans on November 13 to make Indonesian villages self sufficient in health care [...] |
2006-12-06 10:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO EINV ETRD ID |
| 06JAKARTA13426 |
ACEH: FRONT RUNNERS IN ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: As the official campaign period winds down, no pair of candidates has taken a decisive lead in the race to become Aceh Governor and Vice Governor. Three pairs of candidates -- Malek Raden and Fuad Zakaria, Humam Hamid and Hasbi Abdullah, and Azwar Abubakar and Nasir Djamil -- have [...] |
2006-12-07 04:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KHUM ASEC ID |
| 06JAKARTA13442 |
MUSLIM TELEVANGELIST IN POLYGAMY SCANDAL: FANS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's most popular Muslim televangelist, Aa Gym, has admitted to taking a second wife, much to the dismay of Muslim progressives and his adoring female followers. Gym's admission, along with a recent sex scandal involving a politician who tried to take his pop star love [...] |
2006-12-08 08:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13446 |
ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS-OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2006 [...] Summary. President Yudhoyono said Indonesia will honor its existing LNG contracts during a November 27-29 state visit to Japan. Vice President Jusuf Kalla said on November 25 that Indonesia will decide next year whether to renew those contracts. On November 25, state gas company PGN restored [...] |
2006-12-08 09:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13448 |
East Java Mudflow: Lapindo Defaults, [...] (SBU) ConGen Pol/econoff and Jakarta USAID officers visited the PT. Lapindo Brantas (Lapindo) mud volcano site and the relief well operation in Porong, East Java (Ref. A) on December 8, meeting with several representatives of contractors working on the relief well. According to the contractor [...] |
2006-12-08 09:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA13450 |
DPR PASSES NEW PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL BILL [...] (C) On December 7, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) unanimously passed a bill requiring the creation of a new presidential advisory council within three months. The nine-member council will be charged with advising the President on a full range of issues, its mandate expiring at [...] |
2006-12-08 10:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID |
| 06JAKARTA13451 |
INDONESIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS - [...] Summary. On November 28, Indonesia and Japan agreed in principle to the major elements of a bilateral "Economic Partnership Agreement" (EPA). Parliament approved an amended Customs Law on October 18 that reduces red tape for importers and exporters and imposes stiffer sanctions on smugglers. [...] |
2006-12-08 10:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON KIPR ID |
| 06JAKARTA13452 |
INDONESIA - DECEMBER 8 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-08 10:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA13453 |
ROH, SBY INITIAL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP IN JAKARTA [...] (C) Summary. On December 4 in Jakarta, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun initialed a comprehensive 32-point "Strategic Partnership" encompassing a wide rage of areas for cooperation. The Partnership serves as a baseline for the development [...] |
2006-12-08 11:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG KS ID |
| 06JAKARTA13454 |
AGO TASK FORCE BECOMES OPERATIONAL AS POSO TRIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Less than four months after the group's official inauguration, the Attorney General's Terrorism and Transnational Crime Task Force is now becoming operational. In October, Post delivered $100,000 worth of computers and other office equipment to the Task Force's newly-renovated [...] |
2006-12-08 11:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC ID |
| 06JAKARTA13462 |
ACEH HOLDS FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, THE FIRST [...] Summary: The U.S. Mission in Indonesia fielded a team of 40 U.S. officials and local support staff to monitor the gubernatorial and district administrative elections in the Indonesian province of Aceh on December 11. Embassy's press release, below, provides our endorsement of the election pr [...] |
2006-12-11 12:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM KPAO ID |
| 06JAKARTA13473 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ASEAN SUPPORT FOR UNSC [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to contacts in the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament, which handles UNSC issues, and to Gudadi B. Sasongko of the Directorate for East Asia and Pacific Affairs in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on December 13. We left a copy of t [...] |
2006-12-13 11:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM ID |
| 06JAKARTA13475 |
UK CHARITY COMMISSION'S GRIM ASSESSMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. The UK Charity Commission's Southeast Asia and Pacific representative provided us with his assessment of Indonesia's charities sector on December 5. Indonesia falls far short on legislation governing charities, governmental regulation, and NGO self-regulation. Relations between [...] |
2006-12-14 07:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ETTC KISL PTER SOCI ID UK |
| 06JAKARTA13476 |
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULES INSULTING THE PRESIDENT [...] (U) Summary: A divided Constitutional Court on December 7 struck down three articles of the Criminal Code which made insulting the President or Vice President a criminal act. The instant case involved an appeal brought by two political activists being tried for insulting President Yudhoyono [...] |
2006-12-14 07:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA13478 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: ABAS SIGNS TERMS OF REMOVAL [...] (SBU) On December 8, 2006, Jakarta's Assistant Legal Attache (ALAT) and POLOFF met with Nasir Abas at the Embassy regarding Ref A letter confirming his acceptance of the terms and conditions for his removal from the United States Department of the Treasury OFAC list of Specially Designated Gl [...] |
2006-12-14 08:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETFN PREL PTER ID |
| 06JAKARTA13480 |
FINANCE MINISTER ON OPIC, TAX ISSUES, AND NEC [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told the Ambassador on December 14 that the Directorate General of Taxation (DG Tax) would need to finalize a review of Indonesia's international tax agreements before moving forward on an Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Investment Sup [...] |
2006-12-14 09:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL KCOR ID |
| 06JAKARTA13481 |
U.S. OBSERVATION TEAM FOR ACEH ELECTIONS: WHAT WE [...] (SBU) Summary: A comprehensive post-election analysis of questionnaires returned by members of the official U.S. election observation team confirm our initial report (reftel) that the gubernatorial and district administrative elections in the Indonesian province of Aceh on December 11 were fre [...] |
2006-12-14 09:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM KPAO ID |
| 06JAKARTA13494 |
AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH MINISTER OF NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Pascoe met with Minister of National Education Dr. Bambang Sudibyo on December 11 to discuss President Bush's six-year, $157 million Indonesia Education Initiative. Minister Sudibyo complained that he was not familiar with the U.S. program and had not been able to e [...] |
2006-12-15 08:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ID |
| 06JAKARTA13496 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ASSISTANCE AND LOCAL [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Pascoe met with Indonesian Minister for Home Affairs Mohammad Ma'ruf on December 12 to discuss cooperation and assistance issues. The Ambassador congratulated the Government of Indonesia on the success of the provincial elections in Aceh, urged closer coordination to [...] |
2006-12-15 08:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON ID |
| 06JAKARTA13497 |
INDONESIA ON THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Indonesia's election to the UNSC demonstrates President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) desire to raise his country's international profile. We have recently seen the emergence of a more flexible, multi-faceted style of Indonesian diplomacy, particularly where SBY's personal initiatives a [...] |
2006-12-15 09:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AORC UNSC ID |
| 06JAKARTA13498 |
YUDHOYONO'S VISIT TO RUSSIA: DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia and Russia signed a range of intergovernmental and other agreements during the visit of Indonesian President Yudhoyono to Russia November 29-December  [...] |
2006-12-15 10:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR EINV EIND ENRG SOCI ID RS |
| 06JAKARTA13503 |
INDONESIA: 2006 CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR TRADE AND [...] This report provides updated information on Indonesia's efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, for the period August 2005 to November 2006. This message updates Jakarta's 2005 report (ref c) and draws in places on Jakarta's March 2006 trafficking in persons report (ref b) and t [...] |
2006-12-18 01:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD EAID PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM KJUS |
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INDONESIA'S TOP THREE WANTED TERRORISTS AND A [...] (S) Summary: Despite hundreds of terrorists arrested by Indonesian authorities in the past several years, three top operatives linked to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) remain on Indonesia's "Most Wanted" list. Of these, Malaysian Noordin Mohammad Top is well known; the other two, Indonesians Abu Duja [...] |
2006-12-18 07:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KVPR CVIS KPAO ID |
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ACEH: IMPLICATIONS OF THE GAM VICTORY [...] (C) Summary: The surprise win of the Free Aceh Movement's (GAM) Irwandi Yusuf in Aceh's gubernatorial election is clear evidence that the province's first direct local elections were genuine and that the peace process is beginning to mature. Irwandi's win is likely to accelerate GAM's transit [...] |
2006-12-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ID |
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FORMER MINISTER DETAINED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] (U) Former Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Rokhmin Dahuri was detained on November 30 in conjunction with a Commission for the Eradication of Corruption (KPK) investigation into his administration of an off-budget fund of nearly IDR 32 billion (approximately USD 3.5 million). The fund alleged [...] |
2006-12-19 05:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR ID |
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INDONESIAN BIOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL GOSSIP, [...] (S/NF) Allegations of increasing influence peddling by the first family......The latest scuttlebutt on possible cabinet moves......Survival of the fittest for Golkar leadership.....Snapshots of likely/possible 2009 presidential contenders.....Continued dissatisfaction with Megawati in the PDI- [...] |
2006-12-19 06:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PTER KISL ID |
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INDONESIA - DECEMBER 19 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-19 07:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU PGOV ID |
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BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON APLICATIONS [...] Summary. The Indonesian firm PT Trio Yomasu (TY) verified on December 11 its order of component parts for aircrafts detailed in reftel. TY supplies the Indonesian Air Force (IAF) with aircraft spare parts and maintenance services. It also serves as a local representative for U.S. aircraft p [...] |
2006-12-19 08:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ECON ID SN |
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TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: 12 MORE CONVICTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The GOI Attorney General's Office continues to win convictions against terrorists at an impressive pace. Over the past 6 weeks, twelve Indonesians were convicted of terrorism in trials in Jakarta and Central and East Java. Nine of the 12 convicted were involved with fugitive terr [...] |
2006-12-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID |
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INDONESIA WANTS NO CHANGE IN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] (U) On December 18, visiting IO PDAS Warlick met with Slamet Hidayat, Director General for Multilateral Affairs in Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting, we urged that Indonesia support retention of the current 22-percent ceiling rate in the UNGA debate on UN assessmen [...] |
2006-12-20 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC PREL UNGA ID |
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DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UAE/UN-HOSTED GLOBAL [...] (U) We met December 21 with Deputy Minister for Child Protection in the Ministry of Women Empowerment, Ms. Sumarni Dawam Rahardjo, to deliver the demarche contained in reftel. Ms. Rahardjo fully agreed with all the points in reftel, particularly noting the importance of holding the internation [...] |
2006-12-21 06:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KWMN SMIG XX KCRM PHUM ID |
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INDONESIA TAKES STOCK OF ECONOMIC REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Coordinating Minister for Economics Boediono told a gathering of Embassy and private sector representatives on January 18 that he expects Parliament to pass new investment and tax laws "in the early months of 2007." Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu went further in her description [...] |
2006-12-21 09:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV ID |
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SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS BA'ASYIR TERRORIST [...] (U) The Indonesian Supreme Court announced on December 21 it had overturned the conviction of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) spiritual leader Abu Bakar Ba'asyir. In March 2005, Ba'asyir was sentenced to 30 months in prison for participating in a "sinister conspiracy to cause a fire or explosion that r [...] |
2006-12-21 10:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC CASC ID |
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CWC: STATUS OF INDONESIAN IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION [...] POLOFF met with Daniel Simanjuntak of the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs on December 13 to present reftel points and discuss the status of Indonesia's implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Simanjuntak sai [...] |
2006-12-21 11:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW ID |
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WIRANTO LAUNCHES NEW PARTY [...] (C) Summary. Retired General Wiranto unveiled his new political party, the People's Conscience Party (Hanura), on December 21. Flanked by several prominent political and military personalities, the failed 2004 presidential candidate announced his new party would help serve as a vehicle for th [...] |
2006-12-22 05:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
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PDAS WARLICK'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: IO PDAS James Warlick discussed Indonesian peacekeeping policy and options with Indonesian Director General for Defense Strategy Dadi Susanto in Jakarta on December 19. Susanto said the UNIFIL deployment to Lebanon was Indonesia's first involving mechanized infantry. Indonesia w [...] |
2006-12-22 05:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS ID |
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IO PDAS WARLICK MEETS WITH INDONESIAN FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary. In December 18 meetings with senior officials of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs, Principal Deputy Secretary for International Affairs James B. Warlick reviewed our agenda for the upcoming session of the U.N. Security Council, to which Indonesia has been elected as [...] |
2006-12-22 05:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AORC PHUM ID |
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IMPLICATIONS OF THE BA'ASYIR DECISION [...] (C) Summary. The decision by Indonesia's Supreme Court to overturn the conviction of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) spiritual leader Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has a number of potential legal and political implications for the GOI's counterterrorism efforts. While the legal basis behind Ba'asyir's 2005 convi [...] |
2006-12-22 08:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID |
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IO PDAS WARLICK MEETS INDONESIAN NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. In a December 19 meeting with IO PDAS James B. Warlick, Indonesian National Security Advisor Dino Djalal stressed that the GOI takes its upcoming UNSC duties very seriously, and looks forward to a constructive working relationship with the U.S. He said that President Yudhoyono [...] |
2006-12-26 09:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AORC PHUM BM ID |
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CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (U) In a controversial decision, on December 19 the Constitutional Court of Indonesia (CC) ruled that the legal provision which created the Anti-Corruption Court was unconstitutional, but allowed the court to continue functioning for a period of three years. The overturned provision was part [...] |
2006-12-28 03:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PCRM KTIA ID |
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IO PDAS WARLICK'S MEETING WITH FORMER FORMIN ALI [...] (C) Summary. On December 19, IO PDAS James B. Warlick met with Ali Alatas, former Foreign Minister of Indonesia (1987-99), to discuss Indonesia's upcoming term as a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. Alatas said that both President Yudhoyono (SBY) and Foreign Minister Hassan [...] |
2006-12-28 09:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AORC PHUM MNUC KNNP BM IR ID |
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Aceh: Incoming Governor Blasts Syariah, Syariah Police [...] (SBU) Summary: Aceh's incoming governor Irwandi Yusuf has publicly vowed to block new Syariah regulations, including a draft law to cut off the hands of convicted thieves, prompting Syariah officials to withdraw temporarily the proposed law pending revision. Meanwhile, out of the public eye Irw [...] |
2006-12-28 23:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL SOCI ID |
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Aceh: Incoming Governor Blasts Syariah, [...] (SBU) Summary: Aceh's incoming governor Irwandi Yusuf has publicly vowed to block new Syariah regulations, including a draft law to cut off the hands of convicted thieves, prompting Syariah officials to withdraw temporarily the proposed law pending revision. Meanwhile, out of the public eye I [...] |
2006-12-29 05:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL SOCI ID |
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UNSCR 1737 INFORMATION SHARED WITH INDONESIA [...] (SBU) We met December 28 with Carolina Tinangon, desk officer in the International Security and Disarmament Directorate of Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU), to deliver information on implementation of UNSCR 1737 on Iran's nuclear program. Ms. Tinangon was already very familia [...] |
2006-12-29 06:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PREL PGOV KNNP UNSC IR ID |
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NO TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION FOR INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 8, the Constitutional Court (CC) scrapped Indonesia,s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, arguing that it was unconstitutional. There are mixed views here about the importance of this decision and the likely impact on the prosecution of past human rights abuses. [...] |
2006-12-29 08:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PGOV ID |
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INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT TAKES UP DRAFT ACEH LAW [...] (SBU) The Yudhoyono administration on January 26 delivered its draft Law on Governing Aceh (LOGA) to the House of Representatives (DPR) for debate. The August 15, 2005 GOI-GAM MOU, which ended the armed conflict, requires the law's passage by March 31 -- a deadline that would require legislat | ||||