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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07JAKARTA2947 |
LIAISON OFFICERS REACH ACROSS INDONESIA [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Jakarta launched a liaison officer (LO) program to key strategic areas in Indonesia: Yogyakarta, Kalimantan, Semarang and Papua. Two person teams of entry level officers and officers with content area expertise were designated as the Embassy's primary representatives to these [...] |
2007-10-22 01:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO ECON CMGT APER ID |
| 07JAKARTA2948 |
VICE PRESIDENT KALLA'S UNCERTAIN POLITICAL FUTURE [...] (S) SUMMARY: With the 2009 presidential race heating up, the most intriguing political wild card at this stage is VP Kalla. He enjoys a reputation for dynamism, chairs Indonesia's largest political party, and--given his sometimes tricky relationship with SBY--would seemingly have motivation [...] |
2007-10-22 05:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
| 07JAKARTA2953 |
INDONESIA'S SUPREME COURT -- LACK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Supreme Court has made progress in implementing reforms designed to improve the efficiency and professionalism of the judiciary. The Court's potential remains unfulfilled, however, largely due its reluctance to tackle the issue of judicial accountability. While movin [...] |
2007-10-22 09:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA EAID ID |
| 07JAKARTA2955 |
INDONESIA -- URGING SUPPORT FOR USG CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) Pol/C delivered reftel demarche regarding the USG candidate for the UN Audit Committee (IAAC) to Ramadansyah Hasan of the Directorate for International Security and UN Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs, October 22. Pol/C underscored the importance of the November 2 election and [...] |
2007-10-22 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA ID |
| 07JAKARTA2956 |
BURMA -- INDONESIA LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 22, the Ambassador briefed Secretary General Cotan on the USG's expanded sanctions on SIPDIS Burma and urged the Indonesian government to maintain pressure on the Burmese regime. Indonesia remains frustrated with the lack of progress in Burma, but does not have a cl [...] |
2007-10-22 10:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ID BM |
| 07JAKARTA2958 |
UNGA -- URGING GOI SUPPORT ON THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY -- Pol/C met Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contacts, October 22, reviewing U.S. views on key UNGA Third Committee issues. Pol/C also reviewed the recent Troika discussions re Kosovo. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) THIRD COMMITTEE: Pol/C met with Ramadansyah Hasan of DEPLU's Di [...] |
2007-10-23 04:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA ID KV PHUM |
| 07JAKARTA296 |
SEPARATIST CLASHES SPARK PANIC, HARDSHIP IN PAPUAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Two months of clashes between separatist guerrillas and police in Papua's Central Highlands has panicked villagers, causing them to abandon their farms and villages and resulting in reports of food shortages. Church sources place the number of displaced persons at about 2,000. [...] |
2007-02-02 09:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM |
| 07JAKARTA2960 |
ASEAN SECRETARIAT UPDATE ON BURMA AND CHARTER [...] (SBU) Embassy met with Dhannan Sunoto, Principal Director of the ASEAN Secretariat's Bureau for External Relations, on October 22 to discuss the situation in Burma and the latest status of the ASEAN Charter. UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari had met with ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong on [...] |
2007-10-23 05:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PHUM PREL PGV KDEM ID BM |
| 07JAKARTA2967 |
MAINSTREAM MUSLIM ORGANIZATIONS PRESS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's two largest mass Muslim organizations--Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah--have recently publicly criticized U.S. policy in the Middle East. In addition to the ritualistic criticism of the USG, the statements--made in advance of Palestinian leader Abbas, visit to J [...] |
2007-10-23 11:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL ID XF |
| 07JAKARTA2968 |
ABBAS VISIT -- INDONESIA SUPPORTS PEACE [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see Para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas visited Jakarta October 21-23 for meetings with President Yudhoyono and other senior Indonesian officials. Abbas solicited Indonesian participation at the November peace conference in th [...] |
2007-10-23 11:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ID XF |
| 07JAKARTA2969 |
TIME MAGAZINE FIGHTING TO OVERTURN DEFAMATION RULING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TIME magazine will soon file for judicial review - its last available legal option - in the Suharto defamation case. The Supreme Court ruled on August 30 that TIME must pay $111 million to former President Suharto due to defamation of character caused by a May 1999 TIME cover sto [...] |
2007-10-23 12:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON KJUS ID |
| 07JAKARTA2973 |
NATIONAL INVESTMENT TEAM VS NEGATIVE LIST [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) reestablished its National Team for the Enhancement of Export and Investment (PEPI) to coordinate investment policy formulation and implementation in addition to investment promotion. The institution was reinvigorated in response to complaints [...] |
2007-10-24 06:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC EINV ECON ID |
| 07JAKARTA2974 |
CORRUPTION NEWS -- MAKING STRIDES IN GOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest news related to corruption, the GOI continues to make strides in improving inter-agency coordination in anti-corruption cases. In a controversial case, the Supreme Court has overturned convictions against 10 local politicians. A civil case against a Suharto-linked [...] |
2007-10-24 06:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA EAID ID |
| 07JAKARTA2980 |
BURMA -- FORMER GENERAL REVIEWS RECENT VISIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY -- On October 24, Lt. General (ret,d) Agus Widjojo reviewed with Pol/C his recent visit to Burma for an official funeral. Widjojo--serving as a special Indonesian envoy--said he had met several regime figures on the margins of the trip. Widjojo said he had urged the regime to wor [...] |
2007-10-24 10:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ID BM |
| 07JAKARTA2982 |
ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM -- PRELIMINARY RESPONSE ON [...] (C) Per Ref A, we conveyed text of revised U.S. proposal for an Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on Non-proliferation (Ref B) to Deputy Director for ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Affairs Aji Surya at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on October 24. Per guidance, we explained U.S. thinking o [...] |
2007-10-24 10:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ARF ID |
| 07JAKARTA2988 |
BURMA/ASEAN -- RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT REGIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contacts. They said the GOI was under a great deal of pressure domestically not to treat upcoming ASEAN-related summits as "business as usual." That said, Indonesia and other member-states had not yet decide [...] |
2007-10-25 09:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID BM |
| 07JAKARTA2989 |
UNGA -- PRESSING FOR A NO VOTE ON CUBAN EMBARGO [...] (C) Pol/C reviewed Ref B points with Trini Gunarti Sualang, Deputy Director of the North America Desk at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU), October 25. Pol/C stressed that Indonesia should vote against Cuba,s annual UNGA embargo-related resolution or--at the very least--abstain. Pol/ [...] |
2007-10-25 09:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UNGA ETRD UN CU ID |
| 07JAKARTA2990 |
DEFENSE COOPERATION -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S.-Indonesian military-to-military relationship has reached an important phase. Both sides need to discuss how they see this relationship developing. The October 29-November 3 CHODS conference in Hawaii provides Admiral Keating with an ideal opportunity to engage Panglima [...] |
2007-10-25 10:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA2992 |
CENTRAL JAVA -- SUCCESSFUL OUTREACH AT AN ISLAMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff spoke at a pesantren (Islamic school) during an October 23-24 visit to the Central Javan region. Poloff underlined the importance of the U.S.-Indonesian relationship and the need for additional efforts to foster dialogue. Students asked questions about U,S, policy in the [...] |
2007-10-25 11:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL KPAO ID |
| 07JAKARTA2996 |
FORMER PRESIDENT HABIBIE ON THE POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met former president B.J. Habibie on October 24. Habibie characterized the current political situation in Indonesia as "confused," expressed a desire to collaborate with the Mission on democracy promotion projects, and shared the details of his last conversation [...] |
2007-10-26 06:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
| 07JAKARTA2998 |
INDONESIA FAULTS PILOT FOR GARUDA CRASH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Commission said pilot error caused the March 7, 2007 Garuda plane crash in Yogyakarta that killed 21. The report, issued on October 22, 2007, also faulted the airline's training practices, the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) supervision o [...] |
2007-10-26 07:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA30 |
INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - DECEMBER 2006 [...] Summary: On December 14, Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation founder Willie Smith announced plans to release around 200 orangutans into Baktikop Forest in Central Kalimantan. The Head of the Jakarta Sanitation Office warned of an impending crisis in Jakarta waste management on December 12. T [...] |
2007-01-05 07:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
| 07JAKARTA300 |
TSUNAMI RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION - ACEH AT TWO YEARS [...] (SBU) Summary. Aceh is undergoing a remarkable transformation and recovery since the devastating December 2004 tsunami. All displaced persons are out of tents and in houses or temporary shelters. New or renovated houses are everywhere and the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC)' [...] |
2007-02-05 08:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV KCOR EINV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3000 |
LETTER FROM AMBASSADOR HUME TO USTR SCHWAB [...] (SBU) I wanted to thank you for agreeing to attend the Trade Ministers dialogue attached to the 13th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework of Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bali, Indonesia on December 8th and 9th. I want you to know we will do everything we can to mak [...] |
2007-10-26 08:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP ETRD SENV EAID ID |
| 07JAKARTA3001 |
MUNIR UPDATE -- POLICE CONTINUE TO PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The murder case of well-known human rights activist Munir Thalib is moving forward with ongoing police investigations and trials of new suspects. Human rights lawyer Usman Hamid continues to be upbeat about police efforts to pursue current and former Indonesian Intelligence Age [...] |
2007-10-26 09:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KJUS ID |
| 07JAKARTA3003 |
PAPUA -- A GOOD WEEK FOR THE GOVERNOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu traveled to London this week to receive a TIME Magazine-sponsored environmental award and tout his conservation plans. Suebu will also visit Beijing where he will open the first Papua provincial government overseas office. Suebu has a solid reputat [...] |
2007-10-26 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV PINR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3006 |
COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES -- INDONESIA MIGHT ATTEND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI is thinking about sending a senior-level representative to participate in the upcoming Community of Democracies meeting in Bamako. Indonesia--at this point--seems disinclined to join the USG's Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership initiative. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) DepPo [...] |
2007-10-26 10:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ID ML |
| 07JAKARTA3008 |
INDONESIA/TIMOR LESTE -- FINAL COMMISSION REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Commission on Truth and Friendship Timor-Leste (CTF) recently held its final workshop in Jakarta, prior to deliberating on its final report to be issued in early 2008. Indonesian human rights groups are generally skeptical about what will be in the final report. Some member [...] |
2007-10-29 03:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO PHUM ID TT |
| 07JAKARTA3010 |
SBY LAYS OUT HIS PRIORITIES TO US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary. President SBY identified climate change, investment and democracy as key priorities in public remarks delivered at a gala dinner hosted by the US-ASEAN Business Council on October 25th. SBY highlighted the COP-13 conference in Bali as a "top priority" that he hoped would result [...] |
2007-10-29 04:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD PREL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3015 |
PAPUA -- ACTIVIST DETAINED; MISSION EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian National Police (INP) have arrested a well-known Papuan human rights activist. The INP claims the activist--who is now in detention in Jakarta after being transferred from Papua--sent "defamatory messages." Pol/C has expressed concern about the case to the GOI. EN [...] |
2007-10-29 07:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS ID |
| 07JAKARTA302 |
TSUNAMI RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION - ACEH AT TWO YEARS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency of Aceh and Nias (BRR) has made significant progress on the immense task of rebuilding Aceh and Nias in its 20 months of operation. However, in contrast to a year ago, BRR is receiving increased criticism for spending too slowly (or t [...] |
2007-02-05 08:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV KCOR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3020 |
INDONESIA'S UNSC PRESIDENCY: PROCESS ABOVE ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is looking forward to assuming the UNSC presidency--a largely procedural position--in November. The GOI agenda is likely to be shaped by Jakarta's preference for consensus-driven multilateral approaches to foreign policy issues. On some key issues--including Iran and B [...] |
2007-10-29 09:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ID BM IR |
| 07JAKARTA3021 |
FIRST LADY LAUNCHES BOUTIQUE TO PROMOTE INDONESIAN [...] On October 29, Indonesian First Lady Ani Bambang Yudhoyono continued to raise her profile (reftel) by launching Alun Alun, a high-end boutique for Indonesian cultural products aimed at promoting small and medium-sized artisan businesses. The First Lady expressed hope that the venture also will [...] |
2007-10-29 10:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON SCUL PINR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3025 |
AVIAN INFLUENZA - U/S DOBRIANSKY MEETS WITH KOMNAS CHIEF [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-30 04:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3027 |
PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S POLITICAL PROSPECTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: As President Yudhoyono (SBY) moves into the fourth year of his five-year term, his political prospects are strong. His poll numbers remain robust and he can take comfort in knowing that no compelling challengers have emerged yet to contest the 2009 election. Nonetheless, there [...] |
2007-10-30 06:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
| 07JAKARTA303 |
INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - JANUARY 2007 [...] Summary. Minister of Forestry M.S. Kaban and European Union (EU) Commissioners Louis Michel and Stavros Dimas agreed in Brussels on January 8 to initiate formal negotiations on a voluntary partnership agreement (VPA) on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade. On January 12, the leaders [...] |
2007-02-05 09:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
| 07JAKARTA3030 |
COUNTERNARCOTICS -- INTELLIGENCE CENTER PROVES ITS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-30 09:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR PREL KCRM ID |
| 07JAKARTA3033 |
IRAN -- SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, poloff on October 30 contacted Diego Alonso Garces of the Argentine Embassy in Jakarta to discuss the request for INTERPOL approval of Red Notices against Iranian officials charged in the AMIA bombing of 1994. Garces confirmed that the Argentine Embassy had raised [...] |
2007-10-30 10:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ID AR IR |
| 07JAKARTA3035 |
USABC SEEKS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN JAKARTA [...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and seven cabinet ministers told a U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) delegation that Indonesia desires closer business and investment ties with U.S. companies. The five-day trade mission to Jakarta ran from October 22 - 26. Vice Presi [...] |
2007-10-31 06:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD EFIN PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3039 |
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-31 10:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS SNAR CASC PTER ID |
| 07JAKARTA304 |
SITREP ON FLOODING IN JAKARTA [...] DCM chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 5 to assess the flood situation in Jakarta and its implications for the Embassy. Rain in the greater Jakarta area continued over the weekend, exacerbating flooding caused by heavy rains the latter part of last week. Loc [...] |
2007-02-05 09:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3040 |
COUNTERNARCOTICS -- INTELLIGENCE CENTER PROVES ITS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified )- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM visited the GOI's counternarcotics intelligence center, October 25. The center is located in Jakarta and was created with USG funds to assist the Indonesian government track and roll up [...] |
2007-10-31 10:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PREL KCRM ID |
| 07JAKARTA3041 |
PAPUA -- ACTIVIST STILL IN CUSTODY, DETAILS EMERGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Detained Papuan human rights activist Iwanggin Sabar Olif remains in police custody in Jakarta. His lawyers have visited him in custody and report that is in good condition. It is unclear what the police plan to do with him next. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) FURTHER DETAILS RE ARREST [...] |
2007-10-31 11:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS ID |
| 07JAKARTA3042 |
INDONESIAN ISLAMIC SECT AL-QIYADAH FACING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of Al-Qiyadah--a small Islamic sect labeled "deviant" by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI)--turned himself in to Jakarta police earlier this week. Police have largely managed to prevent vigilante attacks on sect members, despite intense pressure from local MUI branch [...] |
2007-10-31 11:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM ID |
| 07JAKARTA3043 |
INDONESIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a highly anticipated October 30 ruling, the Indonesian Constitutional Court affirmed the constitutionality of capital punishment under Indonesian law. The ruling came in a case involving two [...] |
2007-10-31 11:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS SNAR CASC PTER ID |
| 07JAKARTA3044 |
WAYS FORWARD ON THE BURMA ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Michael Vatikiotis of the Henry Dumont Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue offered ideas on moving the Burma situation forward, after discussions with leaders in the region, including Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda. Vatikiotis said it was important that ASEAN unanimously ratif [...] |
2007-10-31 11:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV XC BM ID |
| 07JAKARTA3046 |
GUS DUR ON INDONESIA'S CHALLENGING ROAD AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former President Abdurrachman Wahid (aka Gus Dur) underscored to Ambassador Hume that corruption was Indonesia's single biggest impediment to development. Looking and sounding more fragile than in recent memory, Gus Dur welcomed the Ambassador to Indonesia during the Ambassador's [...] |
2007-11-01 09:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3047 |
COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES -- INDONESIA LIKELY TO [...] (U) Mission delivered demarche points ref a to Director for Public Diplomacy Umar Hadi and to Director for North American Affairs Harry Purwanto at the Department of Foreign Relations on October 31 and November 1, respectively. Mission is in regular touch with Hadi on this issue and will conti [...] |
2007-11-01 10:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PHUM UNGA ID |
| 07JAKARTA3049 |
FREEPORT IN PAPUA: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (SBU) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified-please handle accordingly. Not for distribution outside of USG channels. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Freeport McMoRan is making efforts to address the economic impact of its operations in Papua, Indonesia. During the DCM's recent visit, the company s [...] |
2007-11-01 10:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ID |
| 07JAKARTA3050 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Mission discussed reftel themes with Harry Purwanto, Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs, on November 1. We noted that Indonesia would appear to share U.S. objectives, given the participation of an Indonesian peacekeeping battalion in UNIFIL. 2. (C [...] |
2007-11-01 10:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER EUN SY LE IN |
| 07JAKARTA3058 |
WEST JAVA -- OUTREACH IN INDONESIA'S MOST POPULACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Bandung, the capital of West Java, October 31 - November 1. Pol/C--in a public outreach event--underscored the close links shared by the U.S. and Indonesia to a large, lively group of university students, who had many questions about U.S. policy in the Middle East [...] |
2007-11-02 08:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO KISL ID BM |
| 07JAKARTA3059 |
INDONESIA SENDING OUT CLIMATE ENVOYS BEFORE BALI COP-13 [...] (U) The Government of Indonesia (GOI) will be sending four senior climate change envoys to a number of key countries, including the U.S., in order to sound out other governments' positions and gather input for December's conference in Bali. All four are advisors to Minister of Environment Rach [...] |
2007-11-02 09:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3062 |
HUMAN RIGHTS -- PRESSING GOI ON DETAINED PAPUAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In November 2 conversations with Indonesian government contacts, Pol/C forcefully underscored U.S. concern over the continued detention of Iwanggin--a well-known Papuan human rights activist--and the persecution of Al-Qiyadah, a small Islamic sect. The head of the National Human [...] |
2007-11-02 10:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3063 |
IRAN -- IAEA REPORT; DESIGNATION OF ENTITIES [...] (U) This message responds to the following two demarche requests: UPCOMING IAEA REPORT 2. (C) Pol Unit Chief discussed ref a issues with Ramadansyah Hasan of the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on November 2. He provided [...] |
2007-11-02 10:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC PARM IAEA EFIN KNNP ID IR |
| 07JAKARTA3065 |
POLITICAL ISLAM -- GAUGING HARD-LINE INFLUENCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's two largest mass Muslim organizations--Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)--are reportedly having success in mitigating the influence of hard-line radicals in their ranks. Muhammadiyah is probably the more susceptible of the two organizations to radical infiltratio [...] |
2007-11-02 11:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM ID |
| 07JAKARTA3069 |
INDONESIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT -- FOCUS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Constitutional Court Chief Justice Jimly Asshiddiqie--in a meeting with DCM--styled himself a reformer, including in the area of civil liberties. He added, however, that--in his opinion--reform of Indonesia's court system would require at least another decade. Asshiddiqie expres [...] |
2007-11-05 06:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL EAID ID |
| 07JAKARTA3070 |
POLITICAL ISLAM -- MAINSTREAM MUSLIMS CONDEMN [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: An influential chapter of the group Nahdlatul Ulema (NU) has issued a statement condemning the idea that Muslims must work to create an Islamic "Caliphate." A contact told Pol/C that NU as a whole was moving toward [...] |
2007-11-05 09:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM SOCI ID |
| 07JAKARTA3074 |
INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST - [...] Summary. Inflation was higher for September and October due to seasonal factors including the Islamic fasting month of Ramadhan and Eid holiday. Bank Indonesia (BI) kept its policy rate steady in view of volatile markets and inflationary pressure. On July 31, Government of Indonesia (GOI) an [...] |
2007-11-05 10:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3075 |
INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 5 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-05 10:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3076 |
PAPUA -- MORE TRIBAL TURBULENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Timika--a major town in South-central Papua--was paralyzed November 3-4 as crowds barricaded and destroyed a police station. Police agreed to the crowd's demands and the situation is now tense but stable. The unrest forced alterations in the schedule of the Ambassador's Novembe [...] |
2007-11-05 11:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC ID |
| 07JAKARTA3077 |
BURMA -- SECRETARY'S LETTER TO FM WIRAJUDA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-05 11:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BM ID OPDC |
| 07JAKARTA3082 |
COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES -- ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Per Ref A, Mission provided Under Secretary Dobriansky's letter to the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on November 6. DEPLU contacts told Pol/C that the GOI would carefully review the invitation for the November 15 meeting on the proposed Asia Pacific Democracy Partnersh [...] |
2007-11-06 05:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM UNGA ID ML |
| 07JAKARTA3083 |
WEST JAVA -- OUTREACH AT INDONESIA'S MOST [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a November 5 visit to the University of Indonesia (UI), poloff and econoff held a wide-ranging dialogue with about 30 students and faculty. Emboffs engaged the energetic audience in a spirited discussion about U.S. foreign policy and the U.S. presidential race, and used t [...] |
2007-11-06 07:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO SOCI ID |
| 07JAKARTA3086 |
INDONESIA PORT SECURITY ADVISORY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Port Security Advisory (PSA) for Indonesia will go into effect on or about November 24, 2007. In an October 22, 2007 meeting with Embassy and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) officials, Directorate General of Sea Transportation (DGST) officials told the Embassy they would not attempt [...] |
2007-11-06 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT PBTS ID |
| 07JAKARTA3088 |
Greenpeace "Forest Defender Camp" [...] (SBU) Summary: Greenpeace has established a "Forest Defenders Camp" in Sumatra's Riau Province to protect the forest and climate ahead of the COP-13 climate change conference in Bali. The 60-odd camp members, including one American and 11 other foreigners, are ostensibly investigating forest [...] |
2007-11-06 10:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EAGR PGOV PREL SENV SOCI ID |
| 07JAKARTA3089 |
NORTH MALUKU -- GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION MIRED IN [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On November 3, North Maluku province in Eastern Indonesia conducted its first-ever direct gubernatorial election. According to poloff who was on the scene, voting took place in a peaceful and orderly fashion despi [...] |
2007-11-06 10:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC ID |
| 07JAKARTA309 |
INDONESIA RIDES THE COMMODITIES BOOM [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's exports soared for the first time to over $100 billion in 2006, underpinning respectable gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.5% for the year. A 19% rise in non-oil and gas exports, particularly commodities, over the first 11 months of 2006 drove the country's st [...] |
2007-02-06 07:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3090 |
NUCLEAR EXPORT CONTROLS -- JOINT USG-INDONESIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In November 6 opening remarks to a USG-sponsored training workshop on nuclear export controls, Pol/C underscored the regional and global importance of effective nonproliferation safeguards. The Deputy Chair of the Indonesian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (BAPATEN) reviewed Indones [...] |
2007-11-06 12:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC ENRG KNNP ID |
| 07JAKARTA3096 |
GOLKAR -- INDONESIA'S LARGEST POLITICAL PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's largest political party--Golkar--will soon hold its leadership conference. The annual meeting will take place against the backdrop of the looming 2009 national elections. The party will use the meeting to discuss the possibility of a Kalla presidential bid. Though [...] |
2007-11-07 08:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3097 |
INDONESIA -- GREAT WHITE FLEET COMMEMORATION [...] (C) While understanding fully the historic importance of its mission and President Theodore Roosevelt's visionary role, Post recommends against a commemorative visit of the Great White Fleet to Indonesia for several reasons. First, Indonesia's colonial past and its policy of non-alignment sin [...] |
2007-11-07 10:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPEO MASS MPOS ID |
| 07JAKARTA3098 |
Indonesia National Trade Estimate 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Below please find the full text of the 2007 National Trade Estimate (NTE) report for Indonesia. (A copy in Microsoft Word has been e-mailed to USTR as requested.) End Summary. 2. (U) Begin text: --TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade deficit with Indonesia was $10.3 bill [...] |
2007-11-07 10:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD EINV ECON ID |
| 07JAKARTA3099 |
RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN PURCHASE OF BANK INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite a modest retreat in the June-August period, gross capital inflows to Indonesia remain high and have accelerated in recent months. Concern about a sudden reversal of portfolio inflows prompted public comments from two Bank Indonesia (BI) officials as well as an internal [...] |
2007-11-07 10:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA31 |
INDONESIA - POVERTY RISES DESPITE SOUND MACROECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. In an embarrassment for the Yudhoyono Administration, the incidence of poverty in Indonesia has risen over the past year from 16 to almost 18 percent despite the return of macroeconomic stability and GDP growth rates above five percent. Most analysts attribute the increase in po [...] |
2007-01-05 07:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ETRD ID |
| 07JAKARTA310 |
AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) SAMPLE SHARING UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission continues working to reverse the January 11 verbal directive from the Indonesian National Institute of Health and Research Development (NIHRD) instructing NAMRU-2 to no longer ship AI specimens to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) until NAMRU- [...] |
2007-02-06 07:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3100 |
PAPUA -- AMBASSADOR VISITS KEY SITES IN TURBULENT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. Not for distribution outside of USG channels. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume discussed economic development, health, human rights and other concerns with key government and civil society interlocutors on a Novem [...] |
2007-11-07 11:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS EMIN ENRG ID |
| 07JAKARTA3101 |
HUMAN RIGHTS -- PRESSING GOI RE DETAINED ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission continues to monitor two key human rights cases. Based on Mission information, a Papuan human rights activist detained without formal charge since mid-October remains under detention. In the meantime, a Muslim sect remains under pressure, with the police placing more of [...] |
2007-11-07 11:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3105 |
UNSC -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON ETHIOPIA-ERITREA AND [...] (C) Pol/C reviewed reftel points with Harry Purwanto, Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU), November 8. Pol/C--noting ongoing tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea--urged Indonesia to avoid commenting publicly on the substantive merits of any decisi [...] |
2007-11-08 07:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ID ER ET |
| 07JAKARTA3107 |
EX-GOVERNOR'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOW TO GAIN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ex-Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso made a big splash when he announced he was running for president (the election is in 2009). The former general--who has been actively barnstorming--has thus far failed to make a dent in the polls. Even in the byzantine world of Indonesian politics, [...] |
2007-11-08 08:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3109 |
COUNTER-TERRORISM -- PROSECUTORS PRESS CASE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors have requested 20-year sentences for two alleged terrorists for a string of 2004-05 attacks in the Poso region of Sulawesi. Both men are being tried in Jakarta under the 2003 anti-terrorism law. Proc [...] |
2007-11-08 10:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KJUS ID |
| 07JAKARTA311 |
February 6 Update On Flooding In Jakarta [...] Extremely heavy rains overnight were mitigated somewhat by a dry and partly sunny day in Jakarta as of 15:00 Tuesday. Morning rush-hour was difficult with standing water sporadically throughout the city, but improved as the day wore on. Meteorologists continue to anticipate further rain over [...] |
2007-02-06 08:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3117 |
MUNIR MURDER -- POLICE CONTINUE INVESTIGATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Intelligence Agency (BIN) for the first time has publicly acknowledged that it is being investigated by police for the 2004 murder of well-known human rights activist Munir Thalib. Meanwhile, trials for two suspects continue with witnesses revealing likely intelli [...] |
2007-11-08 11:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS ID |
| 07JAKARTA312 |
Indonesian Police Capture Key Militants [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesian National Police (INP) units in Poso, Central Sulawesi nabbed three key militants on February 1 in on-going operations there. Shortly afterward, two other militants sought by the INP surrendered to authorities. The lead suspect, Basri, one of the most violent figures [...] |
2007-02-06 09:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PGOV PNAT KJUS KISL ASEC ID |
| 07JAKARTA3121 |
NORTH MALUKU -- ELECTION SPARKS CONCERN ABOUT [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: North Maluku Province in eastern Indonesia continues to await final results from its first-ever direct gubernatorial election. The local electoral commission has announced that it will not release final results unt [...] |
2007-11-09 08:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC ID |
| 07JAKARTA3127 |
PAPUANS SEEING STARS OVER RUSSIA-INDONESIA SPACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Papuan politicians and civil society leaders have blasted the joint Russian-Indonesian space launch facility slated for construction on Biak Island off central Papua. While public protests against the project have yet to materialize, controversy over the issue is yet one more de [...] |
2007-11-09 09:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV TSPA ECPS ID RS |
| 07JAKARTA3128 |
DEFENSE COOPERATION -- CHANGE IN NAVY CHIEF COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice Admiral Sumardjono has replaced Admiral Slamet Soebijanto as Indonesia's Naval Chief of Staff. Sumardjono--who had been serving as Indonesian Defense Department Inspector General--was sworn in by President Yudhoyono on November 7; the actual change of command will occur Nove [...] |
2007-11-09 09:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3129 |
JAYAPURA - SPECIAL DETACHMENT 88 [...] (U) RSO recently accompanied the Ambassador to Jayapura in the province of Papua. The principal reasons for the visit was to meet Government of Indonesia (GOI) Officials and to visit the mining operations of Freeport McMoRan in Timika and BP in Babo (REF A). During the visit, the RSO inquir [...] |
2007-11-09 10:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID |
| 07JAKARTA313 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES STRATEGIES WITH ACEH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Aceh Governor-Elect and former leader of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) Irwandi Yusuf met with the Ambassador on February 5, three days before Irwandi's inauguration, to discuss strategies for the new administration. The discussion focused largely on economic development, with the [...] |
2007-02-06 09:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EINV EAID ID |
| 07JAKARTA3130 |
INDONESIA AND MCC COMPACT ELIGIBILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's strong performance on its FY08 MCC indicator scorecard is a testimony to the country's stunning progress of transforming into a modern, free-market, secular and democratic nation that plays a positive and active role in the international community. Recognizing these [...] |
2007-11-09 10:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KMCA KCOR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3134 |
ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION LEADING INDONESIAN REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leads the anti-corruption movement in Indonesia through its high-level investigations, vigorous prosecutions, and highly respected reform-minded leadership. Our legal, law enforcement, and NGO contacts broadly agree that the KPK's leade [...] |
2007-11-13 02:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID |
| 07JAKARTA3135 |
SUCCESS OF INDONESIA'S MCC THRESHOLD PROGRAM [...] Summary: Indonesia's two-year, $55 million Threshold Program focuses on the Control of Corruption ($35 million) and Immunization Coverage ($20 million), two areas where Indonesia fell short on its FY 2006 MCC indicator Scorecard. The Threshold Program projects, operational since April 2007, h [...] |
2007-11-13 04:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMCA KCOR KJUS TBIO ID |
| 07JAKARTA3137 |
MCC - INDONESIA'S EDUCATION SPENDING [...] Summary. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) requires GOI to report annually a set of indicators, and to provide explanation. This cable explains the challenging methodology in properly capturing education expenditures, as well as issues and progress concerning the sector. We believe t [...] |
2007-11-13 07:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KMCA SCUL PGOV KPAO ID |
| 07JAKARTA3138 |
INDONESIA'S CAPITAL MARKETS WEATHERING TURMOIL [...] Summary. Dr. M. Chatib Basri, a well-respected macroeconomist, stated that Indonesia has weathered recent turmoil in global financial markets and is unlikely to face another significant financial crisis in the near term at a seminar on November 6. Bank Indonesia (BI) Senior Deputy Governor Mi [...] |
2007-11-13 07:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3140 |
INDONESIA - INCSR II, MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL [...] This report responds to reftel request for an anti-money laundering and financial crimes update for INCSR II. Background and Overview ----------------------- 2. Although neither a regional financial center nor an offshore financial haven, Indonesia is vulnerable to money laundering and t [...] |
2007-11-13 08:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3143 |
CT UPDATE -- SBY TOUGH ON BALI BOMBERS; PATROL [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In the latest counter-terrorism news, President Yudhoyono has asserted that he will not grant the three terrorists convicted for the 2002 Bali bombings clemency (should they request it). The three terrorists remain [...] |
2007-11-13 09:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID ID |
| 07JAKARTA3145 |
INDONESIA'S NATIONAL LEGISLATURE WORKS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has moved quickly in recent months to invigorate its U.S. Caucus. Membership in the Caucus has swollen to over 50 representatives and contains some of the most influential members of the DPR, including the Speaker. Mission has supp [...] |
2007-11-13 09:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3146 |
TIP -- COOPERATION WITH THE FRENCH AGAINST [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigation Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) Indonesia collaborated recently with the French Embassy on a regional seminar entitled "Fi [...] |
2007-11-13 10:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN ID FR XC |
| 07JAKARTA3153 |
POLITICAL ISLAM -- KEY PARTY EYES NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Islamist-oriented Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) emerged as a political force in Indonesia by capturing eight percent of parliamentary seats in 2004. PKS campaigned on an anti-corruption platform, but has thus far failed to deliver on its clean governance promise. A 55-per [...] |
2007-11-14 08:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3155 |
DEFENSE COOPERATION -- INDONESIA INCREASINGLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are signs that the GOI is increasingly interested in purchasing U.S. military equipment as it begins to rebuild its defense capabilities. Two prospective F-16 deals continue to move forward (ref a) and the Indonesian military is considering possible deals for other items. [...] |
2007-11-14 09:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3159 |
COUNTERNARCOTICS: INDONESIAN POLICE--AIDED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Indonesian National Police (INP) drug task force--with intelligence assistance from the USG--raided a methamphetamine laboratory located on an Indonesian island near Singapore, October 20-21. The INP arrested two chemists from Taiwan and four Indonesian nationals. The total s [...] |
2007-11-14 10:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR PREL KCRM ID |
| 07JAKARTA3160 |
RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN INDONESIA [...] (C) Summary. Indonesia has a long history of tension between economic nationalists and those who welcome foreign investment. However, our contacts report no upsurge in resource nationalism-inspired actions. Indeed, the increase in resource nationalism described in ref A has benefited Indone [...] |
2007-11-14 10:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PREL PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3162 |
JAKARTA - DS/ATA AND SPECIAL DETACHMENT 88 [...] (U) Begin Summary. Post appreciated the visit of DS/ATA Director Steve Brunette and DS/ATA Desk Officer Steve Hargrove. In addition to signing the Memorandum of Intent between the Embassy and the Indonesian National Police (INP), the visit provided useful ideas on improving the already suc [...] |
2007-11-15 04:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | ASEC PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID |
| 07JAKARTA3163 |
SEMARANG - SPECIAL DETACHMENT 88 [...] (C) RSO and DS/ATA Country Manager visited the Special Detachment (SD) 88 in Semarang, the Indonesian National Police (INP) anti-terrorism training center in Plantina and the Jakarta Center for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) from 10/30 - 10/31. The main purpose of the visit was to inspe [...] |
2007-11-15 06:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS ID KPAO |
| 07JAKARTA3166 |
MIDDLE EAST -- SPECIAL ENVOY REVIEWS GOI'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 13 Indonesian Special Envoy for Middle East issues Alwi Shihab told the DCM that Iran was increasingly confident that it could proceed with its nuclear program without serious international action. He also said Indonesia continued to look for ways to support Palestini [...] |
2007-11-15 07:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC ID IR XF |
| 07JAKARTA3173 |
CORRUPTION UPDATE -- DIPLOMATS, FORMER MINISTERS, [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: November's corruption highlights include: a credible media report alleges corruption at the Foreign Ministry; a former minister has been named a suspect in a corruption case involving the sale of two crude oil tankers; [...] |
2007-11-15 09:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID |
| 07JAKARTA3174 |
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- CONTINUED PRESSURE ON ISLAMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of a small Islamic sect--Al-Qiyadah--labeled deviant by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has announced that he has "repented" and returned to mainstream Islam. Police and the MUI continue to investigate Al-Qiyadah and other minority sects, and are actively pressuri [...] |
2007-11-15 10:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM PREL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3175 |
INDONESIA - STOLEN ASSET RECOVERY INITIATIVE TO FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN-World Bank Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) initiative will make recommendations for a technical assistance program in Indonesia. Indonesia has limited technical capacity and uneven political will to recover assets internationally. Managing expectations of StAR is critical a [...] |
2007-11-15 10:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID |
| 07JAKARTA3180 |
NATIONAL LEGISLATURE FLEXES MUSCLES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's national legislature (DPR) is pressing the GOI to explain several of its recent ambassadorial nominees. Legislators are--in particular--criticizing picks for Kuala Lumpur, London and New Delhi, asserting that they are either not competent or are corrupt. The Chair [...] |
2007-11-16 07:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PREL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3181 |
COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY REPORT (INSCR) PART II: [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia--the fourth largest country in population in the world--has historically has not been considered a major drug producing, consuming or transit country. However, in recent years Indones [...] |
2007-11-16 07:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SNAR AFIN PREL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3182 |
RULE OF LAW -- PROSECUTORS GET CLOSE LOOK AT U.S. [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Accompanied by poloff and DOJ/OPDAT, 11 Indonesian prosecutors from a key task force participated in a November study visit to the U.S. The USG-funded program gave the participants both a broad [...] |
2007-11-16 08:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KJUS PGOV PTER ID |
| 07JAKARTA3185 |
INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST - OCTOBER 2007 [...] Summary: The Indonesian Supreme Court hosted a judiciary workshop on wildlife crime and prosecution under the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (WEN) program in August. The Vice Governor of Jakarta announced on September 27 that Jakarta could potentially receive $2 million in funding from dev [...] |
2007-11-16 09:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
| 07JAKARTA3198 |
OUTREACH AT KEY PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 15 visit to the Habibie Institute--a public policy think-tank--POL, PAS and USAID officers held a lengthy dialogue with Institute officials about public opinion polling. Em [...] |
2007-11-19 09:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS KPAO ID |
| 07JAKARTA3199 |
DEFENSE COOPERATION -- INDONESIAN MILITARY WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Indonesian defense officials have expressed broad support for moving forward on cooperation with the U.S. Their near-term objectives are practical and tied to Indonesia's immediate need to rebuild its military capabilities after more than a decade of sanctions. Primary a [...] |
2007-11-19 10:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA32 |
DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. International Security Affairs Director Desra Percaya told us on January 5 that the GOI would neither vote against nor would likely co-sponsor our draft resolution on Burma. The Foreign Minister must decide whether they will abstain, vote in favor or choose to seek a Presidential [...] |
2007-01-05 07:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM ID |
| 07JAKARTA3201 |
ASEAN SUMMIT/BURMA -- INDONESIA MUDDLING THROUGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian officials support allowing the Burmese regime to sign the ASEAN Charter during the upcoming Summit in Singapore. The GOI continues to support UN Envoy Gambari's mission and believes he could play a role in the East Asia Summit on November 21. The ASEAN Secretariat--w [...] |
2007-11-19 10:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID BM |
| 07JAKARTA3204 |
IAEA: PRESSING INDONESIA ON NEED FOR FULL IRANIAN [...] (SBU) On November 20, Pol/C reviewed reftel points with Albert Matondang, a senior official at the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Security and Legal Affairs. On November 19, Pol/C also delivered points to Trini Gunarti, Deputy Director for North American Affairs at the Department of For [...] |
2007-11-20 04:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP PARM IR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3211 |
INDONESIA WINS INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRACY AWARD [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia was recently awarded the Democracy Medal by the International Association of Political Consultants--the latest acknowledgement of Indonesia's remarkable democratic success story. The award recognized I [...] |
2007-11-20 07:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM ID ML |
| 07JAKARTA3214 |
SULAWESI -- RADICALISM ON THE WANE WITH POLICE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a recent trip to Sulawesi Island, poloff met with various GOI officials, including from the police. There was widespread agreement that radicalism in Sulawesi had been largely contained, while tensions betwee [...] |
2007-11-20 10:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ASEC PTER ID |
| 07JAKARTA3223 |
INDONESIA REACTS TO REPORT ON JOURNALIST KILLINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Australian coroner's report released November 16 accuses the Indonesian Military (TNI) of deliberately "executing" five foreign journalists in East Timor in 1975. An Australian Embassy contact in Jakarta told Pol/C that he has reviewed the conclusions of the report with the [...] |
2007-11-21 09:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | AU ID PGOV PHUM PREL TT |
| 07JAKARTA3224 |
NORTH MALUKU -- JAKARTA INTERVENES TO RESOLVE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The National Electoral Commission (KPU) has overturned the result of the gubernatorial election in North Maluku province in eastern Indonesia and suspended three members of the local electoral body (KPUD). The loca [...] |
2007-11-21 09:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC ID |
| 07JAKARTA3225 |
IRAN -- FLURRY OF INDONESIAN TRAVEL TO TEHRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono reportedly intends to travel to Tehran in December, apparently in lieu of Vice President Kalla's canceled Iran visit. Parliamentary Speaker Laksono is currently in Tehran under the auspices of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA). Parliamentarian Ade Nasut [...] |
2007-11-21 10:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL PGOV MNUC ID IR XF |
| 07JAKARTA3230 |
UNGA -- PRESSING GOI ON ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Pol/C reviewed reftel points with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU), November 23. Pol/C firmly underscored to Andi Rachmianto--the Deputy Director of DEPLU's UN and International Security Affairs Office--that the annual cascade of Israel-related resolutions are thoroughly unbalan [...] |
2007-11-23 06:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA ID IS |
| 07JAKARTA3236 |
NORTH MALUKU -- WINNER NAMED IN ELECTION; ETHNIC [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Three days after overturning the result of the gubernatorial election in North Maluku province in Eastern Indonesia, the National Electoral Commission (KPU) handed victory to opposition candidate Abdul Gafu [...] |
2007-11-23 08:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC ID |
| 07JAKARTA3237 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 - PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Embassy contacted Indonesian Air Force (IAF) Aircraft Combat Division Lieutenant Colonel Udin Wahyudin on November 6 to verify reftel transaction. Wahyudin claimed that his office has never dealt directly with the foreign party, Singapore Falcon International Aviation (Falcon). The majority o [...] |
2007-11-23 10:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ECON ID SN |
| 07JAKARTA3238 |
TRAFFICKING -- MULTILATERAL STRATEGY MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission--at its initiative--recently hosted a trafficking-focused meeting of multilateral donors and NGOs. The meeting--chaired by Dep Pol/C--addressed several recommendations made in the 2007 GAO evaluation of USG international human trafficking projects. Meeting participants [...] |
2007-11-23 10:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM EAID ID |
| 07JAKARTA3239 |
ASEAN SUMMIT/INDONESIA -- A MIXED REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian reaction to the recent ASEAN Summit meetings in Singapore was generally positive, particularly in regard to the Charter and the Economic Blueprint. Reaction--particularly from legislators and the press--regarding the GOI's handling of Burma has been largely critical, [...] |
2007-11-23 11:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ASEAN XC BM ID |
| 07JAKARTA3245 |
INDONESIA WELCOMES NEW AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian reaction to the Australian election has been upbeat, almost effusive. The GOI has invited PM-elect Rudd to visit Jakarta in the near-term (Rudd reportedly will also travel to Bali soon for the UN Climate Change meeting). Pol/C spoke with top foreign policy analyst D [...] |
2007-11-26 08:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO ID AS |
| 07JAKARTA3247 |
INDONESIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH ACCELERATES, BENEFITS SLOW TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's GDP expanded a stronger than expected 6.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) during the third quarter of 2007 on robust domestic demand and a higher investment rate. Growth in the agriculture and service sectors outperformed the expansion of manufacturing activity. Despite more [...] |
2007-11-26 08:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3248 |
U.N. EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT INDONESIA'S JAILS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture briefed diplomats--including Dep Pol/C--November 23 on his recent visit to Indonesia. He said he found evidence of torture of some detainees by police at a [...] |
2007-11-26 09:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PHUM ID UN |
| 07JAKARTA3249 |
INDONESIAN CIVIL AVIATION CHIEF TALKS REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting on November 14, 2007, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief Budhi Suyitno emphasized the directorate's newest slogan, 3S plus 1C: safety, security, service and compliance. He told us DCGA's efforts will be comprehensive, focusing on improvements in [...] |
2007-11-26 10:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PTER ASEC ID |
| 07JAKARTA3250 |
INDONESIA'S LARGEST POLITICAL PARTY DITCHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's largest political party--Golkar--just held its annual conference in Jakarta. The party opted to scrap its presidential selection convention for 2009--a move that clearly benefits Vice President and Golkar Chair Jusuf Kalla--and pledged to support President Yudhoyono [...] |
2007-11-26 10:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3255 |
INDONESIA PORT SECURITY ADVISORY DELAY [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Visiting regional Coast Guard liaison officer informed Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials and representatives from U.S. companies with private port facilities that the Port Security Advisory (PSA) for Indonesia would not be issued November 24 as originally [...] |
2007-11-27 09:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT ID PBTS |
| 07JAKARTA3256 |
INDONESIAN LABOR LEADERS TAKES CAMPAIGN TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-27 09:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS ELAB ID IR |
| 07JAKARTA3257 |
INDONESIAN LABOR LEADER TAKES CAMPAIGN TO IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. "Captain Jack Sparrow" of the Indonesian labor movement, Hanafi Rustandi, head of the Seafarers Union, carried out a daring foray into Iran October 7-11, in an attempt to secure medical treatment and freedom for an imprisoned Iranian labor leader, Mansour Osanloo. Nearly detained [...] |
2007-11-27 09:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS ELAB ID IR |
| 07JAKARTA3258 |
INDONESIA'S TOP COP-13 PLAYERS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the 13th UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP-13) meeting this December, the Government of Indonesia will push for carbon-market funding mechanisms for avoided deforestation; support of the Coral Triangle Initiative; and multilateral as well as bilateral funding arrangements [...] |
2007-11-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON PREL PINR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3259 |
WEST KALIMANTAN -- DAYAK UNSEATS INCUMBENT MALAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: An indigenous Dayak candidate upset the favored incumbent governor, a Malay, in local elections on November 15 in West Kalimantan Province. Indonesian Democratic Struggle Party (PDI-P) candidate Cornelius Kimha trounced incumbent Usman Jafar by a margin of 12 percent in a come-fr [...] |
2007-11-27 10:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ID |
| 07JAKARTA326 |
MUSHARRAF AND YUDHOYONO DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST CRISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official Indonesian and Pakistani sources in Jakarta provided a detailed readout of the discussion between Pakistani President Musharraf and Indonesian President Yudhoyono on January 31 in Jakarta, where Musharraf presented a plan for a summit, to be held in Saudia Arabia in March [...] |
2007-02-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KPAL XF ID |
| 07JAKARTA3260 |
U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL DECLARATION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-27 11:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR IZ ID |
| 07JAKARTA3262 |
U.S. NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT -- INDONESIA [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- please see para 14-15. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has provided for U.S. comment a new proposed text of the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Jakarta (NAMRU-2). On balance, the text provides a constructive ba [...] |
2007-11-28 03:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID |
| 07JAKARTA3263 |
TERRORIST TRIALS -- NEW FUNDING NEEDED FOR COURT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Over the past two years, a locally contracted Court Monitor has provided valuable information on the trials of Indonesia's most dangerous terrorists. With current funding nearly exhausted, Mission seeks new Department funding to continue this productive relationship. Supported b [...] |
2007-11-28 06:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC ID |
| 07JAKARTA3264 |
ASEAN SECRETARIAT'S POST-SUMMIT READOUT [...] (SBU) Summary. In an ASEAN Summit debrief, Secretariat officials stated that the member countries were frustrated that the press focused too much on ASEAN's handling of Burma, taking attention away from the historic importance of the Charter signing. Dhannan Sunoto, Director of the Secretaria [...] |
2007-11-28 06:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM |
| 07JAKARTA3267 |
INDONESIAN PEACEKEEPING -- LEBANON, DARFUR AND THE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia is sending a fresh battalion of peacekeeping troops to the United Nations Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The 850-member battalion from the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) replaces the initial [...] |
2007-11-28 09:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KPKO PGOV PHUM ID |
| 07JAKARTA3273 |
CENTRAL JAVA -- OUTREACH IN KEY REGION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Semarang, the capital of Central Java, November 27-28. Pol/C--in a public outreach event--underscored the close links shared by the U.S. and Indonesia to a large, friendly group of university students. Pol/C met Central Java's Governor, who discussed the province' [...] |
2007-11-29 09:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO PTER ID AS |
| 07JAKARTA3274 |
COP-13 FINANCE MINISTERS' SIDE MEETING [...] Summary: The Finance Minister's side meeting at the upcoming United Nations Climate Change conference seeks to review the cost of environmental damage; examine policy instruments available to address the issues; set objectives and common goals; and outline next steps. The Government of Indones [...] |
2007-11-29 09:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SENV ECON KGHG TBIO ID |
| 07JAKARTA3275 |
MIDDLE EAST -- UNDERSCORING THE USG'S COMMITMENT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassifed -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM and the Palestinian Ambassador to Indonesia participated in a public discussion on the Annapolis Conference on November 28. In a country where for many years such public discussions hav [...] |
2007-11-29 10:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KISL ID IS XF |
| 07JAKARTA3276 |
INDONESIA RATIFIES SECURITY ACCORD WITH AUSTRALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has ratified a security accord with Australia commonly referred to as the "Lombok Treaty." The treaty enhances security cooperation and consultations between the two countries on a range of issues, including defense technology, law e [...] |
2007-11-29 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR AS ID |
| 07JAKARTA3278 |
"Cooking the Climate" or Cooking the Books? Greenpeace's [...] (U) Summary: In a recently released report, "How the Palm Oil Industry is Cooking the Climate," Greenpeace blames American and European companies for the destruction of Indonesia's forests and peat swamps. If this destruction continues unabated, Greenpeace writes, vast amounts of carbon will be [...] |
2007-11-30 02:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EAGR PGOV PREL SENV SOCI ID |
| 07JAKARTA328 |
PPP TURNS TO CABINET FOR NEW PARTY CHAIR [...] (C) On February 3rd, the United Development Party (PPP) elected Suryadharma Ali as Party Chairman for the 2007-2012 term. Suryadharma, the Minister for Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises, escaped the first round of voting with a narrow victory after receiving 365 of the 1181 overall [...] |
2007-02-08 00:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3286 |
MAJOR PARTY CHALLENGED BY SPLINTER GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new party formed by defectors from former president Megawati's PDI-P party is gaining some traction. The party--which goes by the acronym PDP--could damage PDI-P's chances in the 2009 national elections. Megawati and company--concerned about the future of their party, which ha [...] |
2007-11-30 09:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3287 |
MAJOR PARTY CHALLENGED BY SPLINTER GROUP [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-30 09:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3289 |
HOPPING MAD INDONESIANS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesians regularly complain about Malaysia, but emotions have swirled to a new level over claims of infringement of Indonesia's most cherished resource--its culture. Accusing Malaysia of brazenly stealing a traditional East Javan dance, more than a 1,000 demonstrators clamor [...] |
2007-11-30 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SMIG SOCI ID MY |
| 07JAKARTA3291 |
ISRAEL'S QUIET OUTREACH TO INDONESIA [...] (C) Summary. Israel's Ambassador to Singapore Ilan Ben-Dov met with Ambassador Hume on November 30 to discuss Israel's desire for more -- though quiet -- economic and political engagement with Indonesia. Ben-Dov was sponsored on a three-day trip to Jakarta by the Indonesian Chamber of Commer [...] |
2007-11-30 10:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV ETRD ID IS |
| 07JAKARTA3293 |
NORTH MALUKU -- JAKARTA INTERVENES AS ELECTION [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has named an interim governor in the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku. The move is designed to prevent a vacancy in the province's top position while a heated dispute over the r [...] |
2007-11-30 11:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC ID |
| 07JAKARTA3294 |
INDONESIA - OIL PRICE CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati restored some credibility to Indonesia's budget estimates on November 28 by incorporating higher global petroleum prices and continued declining domestic production into Government of Indonesia (GOI) analyses. Although she downplayed the [...] |
2007-12-03 03:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EPET ENRG PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3296 |
INDONESIA - OBSTACLES AND PROGRESS IN CAPITAL MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Tax, legal and accounting issues are impeding the development of securities markets and products in Indonesia. Market participants and some regulators argue that the lack of hedging instruments and financing techniques is the key obstacle to securities market development. On th [...] |
2007-12-03 07:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3297 |
BURMA -- LEGISLATORS ON ASEAN CHARTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian legislators told Pol/C that the GOI is urging speedy ratification of the ASEAN Charter. They predict that--despite concerns about Burma--the Charter will be ratified at some point next year. In the meantime, the national legislature (DPR) has approved the government' [...] |
2007-12-03 09:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID BM |
| 07JAKARTA3298 |
PAPUA -- U.S. REPRESENTATIVE'S VISIT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman Faleomavaega--accompanied by the Ambassador--visited Papua, November 26-28. He met a wide range of government officials and civil society figures in Biak and Manokwari, and toured [...] |
2007-12-03 10:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS EMIN ENRG ID |
| 07JAKARTA33 |
INDONESIA - DECEMBER 28 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia has reported no new human AI cases since November 12, leading to confident statements by Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials of success in containing AI in humans. Dr. Rodney Hoff of the Singapore-based Regional Emerging Diseases Intervention Center (REDI) paid his [...] |
2007-01-05 08:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED EAGR KFLU PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3302 |
SITC REQUEST FOR BIOFUELS INFORMATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable respnds to a request for information (ref A) from th U.S. International Trade Commission regarding bofuels adoption and researrch in Indonesia. The Goernment of Indonesia (GOI) is continuing its ambtious 5-year, multi-billion dollar investment pla to boost biofuel prod [...] |
2007-12-03 10:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV OTRA ID |
| 07JAKARTA3304 |
WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT -- JAKARTA SMALL GRANTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission is pleased to recommend the following three proposals for EAP's 2007 Women's Issues Fund Competition for Small Grants. Mission closely reviewed and carefully weighed 45 applications in total before choosing these proposals. Each of the recommended projects would advanc [...] |
2007-12-03 10:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KPAO KCRM SOCI EAID ID |
| 07JAKARTA3306 |
IRAN -- REVIEWING U.S. INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE WITH [...] (C) Pol/C reviewed Ref B points with the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of International Security Affairs and also with the North America Office. Mission also provided the points to Albert Matondang, a Deputy for international issues in the Coordinating Ministry for Politica [...] |
2007-12-04 05:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP PARM IR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3308 |
COP-13 TRADE MINISTERS' SIDE MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu hosted a November 30 briefing to discuss the program and objectives for the Informal Trade Ministers Dialogue on Climate Change (ITMD - CC) in Bali on December 7-8, 2007. The dialogue's purpose is to discuss how trade and investment policies can [...] |
2007-12-04 07:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ECON ID |
| 07JAKARTA3312 |
COUNTERTERRORISM -- SIX CONVICTED FOR ATTACKS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors have won convictions against six terrorists for a series of attacks in 2005-06. Verdicts in three other terrorist-related trials are expected soon. The Supreme Court has also upheld the convict [...] |
2007-12-04 10:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS ASEC PTER ID |
| 07JAKARTA3320 |
ATTORNEY GENERAL RAMPS UP ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a highly positive development, the Attorney General has removed dozens of prosecutors from their positions during his first six months on the job, many for allegedly accepting bribes. These aggressive moves are part of a larger program--which Mission has strongly supported--to [...] |
2007-12-05 07:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR EAID ID |
| 07JAKARTA3323 |
Coal Update-Blue Skies for Black Coal in Indonesia [...] Summary. Indonesian coal producers are enjoying boom times thanks to high global prices driven mainly China's new net importer status. Production is tipped to rise a modest three percent, however. With bench mark prices up 64 percent this year and global supplies tight, international coal buy [...] |
2007-12-05 10:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ENRG EINV PREL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3325 |
POLITICAL ISLAM -- THE RISE AND FALL OF SHARI'A? [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The number of new Islamically-inspired laws being put on the books by Indonesian municipalities has declined sharply over the past two years. During a visit to key sites in Sumatra, poloffs discussed the situation wit [...] |
2007-12-05 10:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI KISL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3326 |
LEGISLATURE CALLS ON PRESIDENT TO TESTIFY RE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Parliament (DPR) has moved to summon President Yudhoyono to answer questions regarding a complex financial case. Abuse of Central Bank liquidity funds--issued to assist depositors at distressed banks--caused billions of dollars in losses to the state. The Attorney Ge [...] |
2007-12-05 10:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KJUS KCOR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3328 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Reftel points were passed on December 6 to Deputy Director for Terrorism and UN Sanctions Aris Munandar at Indonesia's Foreign Ministry. Munandar said he would consult with colleagues and give us any comments. Munandar also noted that his Directorate for International Security & Disarm [...] |
2007-12-06 05:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KTFN PTER PREL SY ID |
| 07JAKARTA3331 |
ENGAGING A KEY POLICE UNIT [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The INL-funded DOJ ICITAP (police training) program is ready to begin to work with the Mobile Brigade in use of force, disaster relief, and critical-incident response. Mobile Brigade is a critical component of the police [...] |
2007-12-06 07:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PTER PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3334 |
IRAN -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON U.S. FINDINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on our soundings, the Indonesian government does not plan to react publicly at this point to recent U.S. intelligence findings about Iran's nuclear program. The GOI continues to support diplomatic engagement on outstanding nuclear issues. A legislator told us that he welc [...] |
2007-12-06 10:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP PARM IR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3335 |
NEW ARMED FORCES CHIEF: PROFESSIONAL, REFORMER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amid some political jousting, Indonesia's legislature confirmed Army Chief of Staff Gen. Djoko Santoso as the new Chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces on December 5. Santoso--President Yudhoyono's nominee for the position--pledged to work to continue to professionalize the mili [...] |
2007-12-06 10:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PINR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3338 |
INDONESIA - FINANCE MINISTER'S DRAMATIC TAX REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Mulyani's reform efforts are achieving dramatic, substantive improvements at the Directorate General for Tax (DG Tax), formerly one of the most corrupt government agencies in Indonesia. Reforms of business process, codes of conduct, internal controls and data pr [...] |
2007-12-07 03:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3339 |
EAST TIMOR -- FINDINGS OF FINAL COMMISSION REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesia Timor-Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) is likely to cite gross human rights violations involving both pro-Indonesian and pro-independence forces in its final report to be issued in February 2008, an Indonesian Commissioner told us. The Commission is [...] |
2007-12-07 04:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TT ID AU |
| 07JAKARTA3340 |
TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER - INDONESIA [...] (U) Per reftel request, the Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer for Indonesia is Deputy Economic Counselor Ruth M. Hall, until May 2008. Beginning in June 2008, incoming officer Debra Juncker will take over those responsibilties. Economic Counselor Peter Haas will assign tasks as appropria [...] |
2007-12-07 05:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ID |
| 07JAKARTA3343 |
UNGA PLENARY -- PRESSING FOR INDONESIAN SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed points re upcoming UNGA human rights-related resolutions with GOI contacts. They did not make specific commitments, but noted that the Indonesian Mission in New York will have a great deal of influence on how the GOI ultimately votes. While Mission continues to r [...] |
2007-12-07 08:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA ID BM BO IR KN |
| 07JAKARTA3347 |
INDONESIA - FINANCE MINISTER REFORMS DEBT MANAGEMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Mulyani has achieved notable progress in 2007 in debt management and capital markets supervision. She is also leading a pilot project on civil service reform, by tripling salaries for her Ministry and introducing performance standards. Efforts at the Directorat [...] |
2007-12-07 09:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3348 |
HUMAN RIGHTS -- PROTECTING CIVIL LIBERTIES IN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's new democracy continues to tackle thorny issues. A coalition of civil society groups has been lobbying hard to ensure that the new draft criminal code adequately protects civil lib [...] |
2007-12-07 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS PHUM PREL EAID ID |
| 07JAKARTA3349 |
INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT SELECTS CONTROVERSIAL ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament selected five new commissioners for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for the 2007-2011 term. Civil society leaders have expressed disappointment with the choices, but remain cautiously optimistic that two or three commissioners will be able to quietly lead K [...] |
2007-12-07 10:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON KJUS ID |
| 07JAKARTA3350 |
SULAWESI -- SMALL EXPLOSION MARKS LOCAL FESTIVAL [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A small explosion occurred in Poso, Central Sulawesi, on December 5. There are no reports of casualties or serious damage and a local festival continues. The Provincial Police Chief stated to poloff that th [...] |
2007-12-07 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC PTER ID |
| 07JAKARTA3355 |
FIRST SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING OF CORAL TRIANGLE [...] (U) Summary: Indonesia hosted the Coral Triangle Initiative meetings on the margins of the Conference of the Parties 13 to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bali. During a closed session of Senior Officials Meeting on December 6, the six CTI countries (Indonesia, East Timor, th [...] |
2007-12-10 08:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PREL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3356 |
PROLIFERATION SECURITY -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with Indonesian and Australian counterparts. A GOI contact said his government looked at the Indonesian-hosted Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) conference to be held on December 12 in Jakarta as a serious opportunity to continue the discussion [...] |
2007-12-10 08:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ID AS |
| 07JAKARTA3358 |
DEFENSE COOPERATION -- DASD CLAD'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: DASD Clad discussed U.S.-Indonesia mil-mil cooperation and East Asian regional security with MinDef Sudarsono on December 5. Sudarsono said Indonesia wanted an effective but low-visibility security relationship with the United States. He said the GOI was focusing its air capaci [...] |
2007-12-10 09:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV ID IN CH XE |
| 07JAKARTA3359 |
2007 CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR INDONESIA [...] SUMMARY. The GOI has a strong legal framework to prevent the Worst Form of Child Labor. Implementation of these safeguards is lacking but improving. Passage of a robust anti-trafficking law in 2007 represented a step forward. Issues that need to be addressed include: child exploitation in [...] |
2007-12-10 10:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ID |
| 07JAKARTA3362 |
CENTRAL JAVA -- KEYSTONE COPS MISTAKENLY SHOOT AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a bizarre incident, an Australian counterterrorism official became the target of gunfire while driving his vehicle in Central Java on November 25. He was not injured. Amid initial fears of a possible terrorist incident or maybe an attempted car-jacking, police now admit that [...] |
2007-12-11 07:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC PTER ID AS |
| 07JAKARTA3363 |
INDONESIA -- SENATOR KERRY DISCUSSES BURMA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Kerry expressed concern about the Burmese situation in a meeting with President Yudhoyono on December 10. Yudhoyono noted that he was also concerned and had urged the regime to take needed steps, but ASEAN had limited influence and needed U.S. help to push China and Indi [...] |
2007-12-11 08:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID BM CH IN |
| 07JAKARTA3365 |
INDONESIA -- NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE 2008 PROPOSED [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Mission welcomes the proposed visit (reftel) of NWC seminar students to Indonesia in May 2008. We request precise dates for the visit so that more definite plans can be made. Control officer will be CWO [...] |
2007-12-11 08:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS ID |
| 07JAKARTA3366 |
UN SECURITY COUNCIL -- SECURING SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed with GOI contacts reftel points related to extension of the mandates for the Multinational Force for Iraq, the Development Fund for Iraq, and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board. Contacts promised to review the draft UNSCR text, and the Iraqi and USG le [...] |
2007-12-11 10:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID IZ UNSC |
| 07JAKARTA3367 |
BURMA -- INDONESIA LIKELY TO RATIFY ASEAN CHARTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per Ref A, Mission continues to press key executive and legislative interlocutors--as well as prominent figures outside of government--regarding Burma and the ASEAN Charter. Our contacts generally agree that some members of the legislature are likely to voice strong, public criti [...] |
2007-12-11 11:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID BM |
| 07JAKARTA3370 |
ETHNIC TENSIONS FLARE IN KALIMANTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tension between the Muslim Malay and Chinese communities has flared in West Kalimantan Province on Borneo Island. Members of the two communities have been pitted against each other in several recent instances. No one has been seriously injured and the GOI has worked to calm th [...] |
2007-12-12 07:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ID |
| 07JAKARTA3375 |
COUNTERTERRORISM -- INDONESIA RACKS UP MORE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta court has handed down guilty verdicts to four more terrorists involved in a series of attacks in Central Sulawesi in 2004-06. The sentences were consistent with those handed out the previous week [...] |
2007-12-12 09:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER ID |
| 07JAKARTA3377 |
IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- CONTINUING TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Pol/C reviewed ref A points with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for International Security and Nonproliferation at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU), on December 12. Pol/C underscored that while Iran may have halted its nuclear weapons design and development activities, it cont [...] |
2007-12-12 10:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ID IR |
| 07JAKARTA3378 |
CORRUPTION UPDATE -- SOLDIERS, LEGISLATORS IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In December's corruption highlights: 15 soldiers have been convicted of involvement in illegal logging; parliament is investigating bribery allegations involving several members; more allegations of corruption have been levied against Tommy Suharto; and, controversy continues [...] |
2007-12-12 10:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3382 |
INDONESIA - COMMENTS REGARDING A POTENTIAL LOAN TO [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy would like to provide information on an Indonesian-based microfinance institution which may receive loans through an investment vehicle supported by OPIC loans. 2. (U) Headquartered in Lippo Karawaci (Tangerang - Greater Jakarta area), PT Mitra Bisnis Keluarga (MBK), [...] |
2007-12-13 03:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON ID |
| 07JAKARTA3389 |
PAPUA -- MORE ON DETAINED ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The case of a detained Papuan human rights activist may be headed towards a resolution. December 18 will mark 60 days in custody for the activist--and the date by which authorities are legally expected to decide his fate. Police and prosecutors are reportedly divided, with some [...] |
2007-12-13 07:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS ID |
| 07JAKARTA3390 |
ISRAEL -- VISIT BY INDONESIAN MUSLIM SCHOLARS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The visit of five moderate Indonesian Muslim leaders to Israel December 2-8 has created small ripples of criticism in Indonesia, with a few officials and religious leaders quietly criticizing the visit. T [...] |
2007-12-13 08:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL ID IS XF |
| 07JAKARTA3391 |
COUNTERTERRORISM -- TRIAL OF KEY MILITANT KICKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trial of senior Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant Abu Dujana opened in Jakarta on December 12. Dujana was indicted on four separate counts under the Anti-Terror Law. Top prosecutors from a key task force are handling the case. Several other militants are expected to appear in [...] |
2007-12-13 09:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER ID |
| 07JAKARTA3395 |
SENATOR KERRY AT THE BALI CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: From December 9-11, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) attended the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) talks in Bali, Indonesia. During the visit, Kerry met Indonesian President Yudhoyono, the Indonesian Environment Minister, and a group of Indonesian legislat [...] |
2007-12-14 07:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP SENV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3396 |
PROLIFERATION SECURITY -- INDONESIA CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI-hosted conference on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) on December 12 yielded a constructive exchange of views. U.S. and Australian participants felt the exchange moved forward the dialogue with the GOI. While noting--sometimes unhelpfully--familiar reservati [...] |
2007-12-14 07:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA PARM PTER ID AS |
| 07JAKARTA3397 |
INDONESIA -- DRAFT 2007 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The draft text of Mission's 2007 Country Report on Terrorism for Indonesia follows in para 3. This text will be posted on Intellipedia, the USG classified website, as part of its review by Washington agen [...] |
2007-12-14 07:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER ID |
| 07JAKARTA3400 |
INDONESIA - INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Per reftel A, Embassy Jakarta has submitted its International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports (INCSR) on money laundering, financial crimes and counter-narcotics. Embassy's reports can be found in reftel B (submitted on 11/16) and reftel C (submitted on 11/13). HUME [...] |
2007-12-14 08:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ID KCRM SNAR |
| 07JAKARTA3401 |
PAPUA -- GOI SLAPS CHARGES ON DETAINED ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian authorities have formally charged Papuan human rights activist Sabar Iwanggin with "inciting public hatred" via inflammatory SMS texts. No trial date has been set and his lawyer reports he is being treated well in prison. Mission continues to raise concerns about th [...] |
2007-12-14 10:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS ID |
| 07JAKARTA3407 |
KOSOVO FINAL STATUS -- ENGAGING INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Kosovo Final Status points with GOI contacts on December 14, reiterating the points on December 17. GOI interlocutors did not have any substantive response, commenting that they would review the points with Indonesia's mission in New York ahead of the December 19 [...] |
2007-12-17 03:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC YI ID |
| 07JAKARTA3408 |
HUMAN TRAFFICKING -- INDONESIA ESCALATES LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian law enforcement agencies are escalating the war against human trafficking, armed with the robust new anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) law and invigorated political will. Arrest and prosecution is at a record pace and corrupt officials who facilitate trafficking are [...] |
2007-12-17 05:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SMIG PHUM EAID ID |
| 07JAKARTA3409 |
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY -- INDONESIANS HIGHLIGHT PROGRESS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: International Human Rights Day was celebrated across Indonesia with civil society rallies, symposiums and much commentary about the country's human rights record. In line with the immense progress made since the fall [...] |
2007-12-17 07:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ID |
| 07JAKARTA3410 |
DARFUR -- INDONESIA PREPARES PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has confirmed that it is ready to send a force of 170 police to Darfur to contribute to UN Peacekeeping Operations in Sudan. The UN has requested that the officers arrive in early January 2008, but Indonesian funding issues will likely delay the unit's [...] |
2007-12-17 07:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO PGOV ID SU |
| 07JAKARTA3419 |
LAW ENFORCEMENT -- INCREASING COOPERATION WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent meetings, French Embassy contacts have underscored their interest in an enhanced working relationship with the U.S. on transnational crime and counter-terrorism issues. Mission has already enjoyed a productive relationship with the French in terms of anti-human traffi [...] |
2007-12-18 05:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KJUS ID FR |
| 07JAKARTA3420 |
BURMA -- ACTIVISTS CALL FOR REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. It also contains an Action Request in Para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A group of approximately 40 Indonesian civil society, labor, and media representatives gathered at Pol/C's residence on December 17 to discuss way [...] |
2007-12-18 07:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BM ID PGOV PREL EAID |
| 07JAKARTA3426 |
COUNTER-TERRORISM: MORE MILITANTS GO ON TRIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six more Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants--including senior leader Zarkasih--have been formally charged with terrorism. JI co-founder Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has also been in the news, making a none-too-veiled threat after meeting the three jailed Bali bombers. Few people believe, h [...] |
2007-12-18 10:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER ASEC ID |
| 07JAKARTA343 |
ETHNIC CHINESE GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC OVER IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary: A prominent Chinese-Indonesian human rights lawyer and leaders of NGOs focused on fighting racial, ethnic, and religious discrimination expressed guarded optimism about the status of ethnic Chinese in Indonesia. In a January 25 discussion, they said a new citizenship law unequivo [...] |
2007-02-08 06:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3435 |
ENGAGING THE HILL ON INDONESIA [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Assistant Secretaries: As you are well aware, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) talks recently concluded in Bali, Indonesia on December 15 with the "Bali Roadmap." While [...] |
2007-12-19 06:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP ID |
| 07JAKARTA3437 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Summary: The Indonesian firm PT Anjelika Surya Jaya (Anjelia) verified on December 13 its order of automati direction finder (ADF) receiver for F-27 aircrat detailed in reftel. An Indonesian Air Force (AF) officer confirmed on December 13 that Anjelika s a registered supplier on the IAF's su [...] |
2007-12-19 08:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC SN ID |
| 07JAKARTA3439 |
SINO-INDONESIAN TIES -- CAUTIOUS BUT INCREASING [...] (C) SUMMARY: China is becoming an increasingly important player in Indonesia. It has incipient defense cooperation relations, and growing trade, investment and cultural ties with Indonesia. Taiwan and historical legacies complicate relations, while Indonesia's Chinese community offers a poi [...] |
2007-12-19 08:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ECON ID CH |
| 07JAKARTA3442 |
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- ISLAMIC SECT COMES UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the Ahmadiyah community--an Islamic sect--have had their local activities halted by militants during a violent confrontation in West Java, December 18. Several Ahmadiyahs were injured in the melee. Mobile Brigade (a.k.a., "Brimob") units were sent in and--to the GOI' [...] |
2007-12-19 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL PHUM ID |
| 07JAKARTA3447 |
PERTAMINA CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY; IRANIAN [...] (U) Summary. In a ceremony at its Jakarta headquarters that included President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian oil company Pertamina celebrated its 50th anniversary, highlighting past achievements and future priorities. President Yudhoyono urged Pertamina [...] |
2007-12-21 06:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ID IR PREL |
| 07JAKARTA345 |
ENSURING EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1737 [...] (C) Ambassador made key points reftel to Indonesian Presidential Adviser Dino Patti Djalal on February 7. Ambassador said he was unsure of Indonesia's steps to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737, which, of course, was binding on all UN members. He urged that Indonesia rev [...] |
2007-02-08 08:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN IR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3450 |
LEGISLATORS RAMP UP CRITICISM OF DEFENSE ACCORD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The proposed Defense Cooperation Agreement with Singapore has come under renewed attack in the Indonesian legislature (DPR). Legislators cite the allegedly adverse effect that its proposed activities would have on local farmers and fishermen near one of the accord's proposed tr [...] |
2007-12-21 08:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV ID SN |
| 07JAKARTA3451 |
EXECUTION NEARING FOR BALI BOMBERS? [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The three terrorists who carried out the first Bali bombing are another step closer to execution. A Bali court has formally received the Supreme Court's ruling upholding the death sentence imposed on the t [...] |
2007-12-21 09:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER ID |
| 07JAKARTA3452 |
AVIAN INFLUENZA - MINISTRY OF HEALTH PROHIBITS SAMPLE [...] (SBU) Indonesian Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari has reportedly issued instructions regulating the shipment of any biological samples outside of the country or the sharing of samples with foreign institutions without governmental permission and a signed Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA) [...] |
2007-12-21 09:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3461 |
HUMAN RIGHTS -- COURT CONTINUES REVIEW OF KEY CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY -- Indonesia's Supreme Court reconvenes in January to review the case file of the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Thalib. A ruling on whether to overturn the 2006 acquittal of a key suspect is due in early 2008. In ongoing proceedings, prosecutors have called in a fo [...] |
2007-12-26 05:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS ID |
| 07JAKARTA3464 |
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- GOI TRIES TO CONTAIN ATTACKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Kalla--who has close links to Muslim groups--has strongly condemned last week's attack on the Ahmadiyah religious sect. Kalla's statements placed pressure on Islamic militants seeking to use religious edicts issued by the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) to justify [...] |
2007-12-26 07:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL PHUM ID |
| 07JAKARTA3465 |
DEFENSE COOPERATION -- U.S. NAVY VISIT BRINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY -- A U.S. Navy cruiser--the USS Port Royal--visited Tanjung Priok, Jakarta's port, from December 17-20. The crew enjoyed limited shore leave, engaging in a charity event involving Indonesian children. The stop was given prominent coverage by local media. The visit was also posi [...] |
2007-12-26 09:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3467 |
PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO REPORTEDLY PLANNING VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission contacts report that President Yudhoyono is planning to visit Iran, January 10-12. The President's Office has not confirmed the visit. If it is a go, it would be Yudhoyono's first visit to Iran and would reciprocate President Ahmadinejad's visit to Jakarta in May 2006 [...] |
2007-12-27 05:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ID IR |
| 07JAKARTA3468 |
CHRISTMAS IN INDONESIA -- AMID TIGHT SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the direct order of the President, Indonesian police made an impressive show of force to bolster security at churches across Indonesia during the Christmas season. No incidents of violence were reported. In public events in this Muslim majority but diverse country, politici [...] |
2007-12-27 06:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3469 |
SUPREME COURT UNDER FIRE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A recent Supreme Court decision ordering new provincial elections in South Sulawesi has revived allegations of incompetence and political influence peddling at the Court. Critics of the decision--which has [...] |
2007-12-27 07:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID |
| 07JAKARTA347 |
Indonesian Municipal Bonds Limited as Infrastructure [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. East Java leaders are considering issuing municipal bonds to finance development of desperately needed infrastructure in the province. Guntur Pasaribu, managing director of the Surabaya Stock Exchange (SSX), predicts strong local demand for the bonds, once issued. An immature [...] |
2007-02-09 00:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ENRG PGOV KCOR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3471 |
DIPLOMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY FOR INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States and Indonesia have real opportunities within the bilateral relationship to move their respective environmental agendas forward. The Government of Indonesia used the recently concluded UN Climate Change Conference in Bali to highlight its environmental resources [...] |
2007-12-27 09:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON EAID KPAO PREL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3472 |
IRAN FINANCIAL SANCTIONS: TRADING CAR PARTS FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-27 09:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KFTN EFIN ID IR |
| 07JAKARTA3479 |
U.S. ELECTIONS -- OUTREACH TO ISLAMIC STUDENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A group of approximately 45 students gathered at Pol/C's residence on December 27 for a forum devoted to the 2008 U.S. elections. Pol/C reviewed the presidential election process, while U.S. Library of Congress (LOC) Director discussed Congressional and gubernatorial races. Th [...] |
2007-12-28 06:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS KPAO ID |
| 07JAKARTA3480 |
MGPK02 -- INDONESIAN REACTION TO BHUTTO [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesian President Yudhoyono has expressed shock at the news of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, strongly condemning the attack. Other members of the GOI--as well as legislators--have also co [...] |
2007-12-28 07:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ID PK |
| 07JAKARTA3484 |
CONTROVERSIAL EX-MINISTER MAKES A COMEBACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six months after his removal from the Cabinet in the wake of corruption allegations, former minister Yusril Mahendra is making a political comeback. The Palace recently appointed Yusril to be a Presidential legal adviser. There are also reports that he may be nominated to beco [...] |
2007-12-28 08:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KISL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3487 |
INDONESIA UPDATES RULES ON POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: After much discussion, the Indonesian legislature (DPR) recently passed comprehensive legislation on political parties. The legislation--which should be signed into law soon--is meant to: encourage more political participation; press women's involvement; and, set out new guid [...] |
2007-12-31 03:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3488 |
AI - SUPARI INTERVIEW RAISES SCIENCE VS. POLITICS ANALYSIS [...] (U) In a December 19 online interview in the journal "Nature", Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari reiterated her position that developed countries benefit from the sharing of avian influenza virus samples at the expense of poorer, developing countries (full text available at: http://emboj.org [...] |
2007-12-31 05:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA3490 |
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- ARRESTS MADE IN ATTACKS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The police have arrested approximately 50 people in connection with attacks on an Islamic sect in West Java. Prosecutors are examining whether to bring formal charges. Local Muslim leaders played a positive role in making sure the arrests were peaceful. The fact that the arre [...] |
2007-12-31 05:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL ID |
| 07JAKARTA353 |
FIRST ROUND OF U.S.-INDONESIA MLAT NEGOTIATIONS [...] Summary. (U) On January 23-25, delegations from the U.S. and Indonesia met in Jakarta for a first round of negotiations aimed at conclusion of a mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) between the two countries. The discussions were friendly and productive. All participants agreed that an MLA [...] |
2007-02-09 02:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS CJAN KTIA ID |
| 07JAKARTA368 |
INDONESIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS - JANUARY 2007 [...] Summary: Indonesia's exports soared to a record US$ 100.7 billion in 2006, largely due to high world commodity prices. Ministry of Industry (MOI) Secretary General Agus Tjahajana announced on January 18 that the Government of Indonesia (GOI) expects manufacturing sector output to grow by 7.9% [...] |
2007-02-09 08:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON KIPR ID |
| 07JAKARTA369 |
The Two Faces of Irwandi, Governor and GAM Leader [...] (SBU) Summary: On Thursday, February 7, Irwandi Yusuf was sworn in as the Governor of Aceh by the Minister of Home Affairs, becoming the first directly elected Governor in Aceh's history and marking an important milestone in the Aceh peace process. Several hours later GAM staged a second, highl [...] |
2007-02-09 08:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ID |
| 07JAKARTA380 |
DEMARCHE REGARDING MINUSTAH RENEWAL DELIVERED [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Ramadansyah Hasan in the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs. We did so in the absence of our usual contact for UN Haiti issues. Ramadansyah, whom we were meeting concerning UN Iran issues, soug [...] |
2007-02-12 08:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH FR SA RU PE ID |
| 07JAKARTA388 |
DEMARCHE FOLLOW-UP: INDONESIAN PURCHASES OF [...] (C) We called again on our contact in the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs on February 12 to inquire about any results of the GOI's investigation of the possible conventional arms purchases reported ref b. We emphasized tha [...] |
2007-02-13 07:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC ID |
| 07JAKARTA389 |
INDONESIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HAMAS AND FATAH [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-13 07:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL KWBG KISL ID |
| 07JAKARTA390 |
USITC ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION ON POLYESTER STAPLE FIBER [...] Summary: This cable responds to reftel request for Indonesia industry-wide information related to certain polyester staple fiber. End Summary. 2. Post obtained information and data contained in para 4 through the Indonesian Synthetic Fiber Production Association (ISFPA) and through pub [...] |
2007-02-14 01:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ID |
| 07JAKARTA403 |
EMBASSY JAKARTA'S NOMINATIONS FOR SECRETARY OF STATE'S [...] (U) Embassy Jakarta is pleased to nominate two outstanding candidates for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage. Our two candidates are: --Suciwati Munir, widow of prominent human rights worker Munir Thalib and a courageous human rights activist who has turned her [...] |
2007-02-14 09:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO |
| 07JAKARTA406 |
MORE ACTIVITY IN INDONESIA ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] (S) Summary. The Middle East continues to be a hot topic in Indonesia, both within the government and civil society. On the Israel-Palestine conflict, the GOI has condemned Israel's excavations at the base of the al-Aqsa mosque. The GOI has also congratulated the Palestinian Authority for ag [...] |
2007-02-15 01:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL KISL ID |
| 07JAKARTA414 |
ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS - JANUARY 2007 [...] Summary. The Ministry of Finance on December 29 issued guidelines for guarantees of power projects under the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) "crash program" to develop an additional 10,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity generation capacity by 2010. On January 16, state power company PLN signed [...] |
2007-02-15 08:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV PREL ID |
| 07JAKARTA415 |
SUICIDE OF PAPUAN PRISONER IN ABEPURA CASE [...] (U) On February 2, 24-year old Yasya Echo Merano Berotabui ("Echo") died in Abepura Hospital after taking an overdose of malaria pills in a Papuan prison. He had been sentenced last July to four years for failing to obey police orders during the March 16 riots in Abepura, Papua (reftel). [...] |
2007-02-15 08:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ID |
| 07JAKARTA427 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON VP KALLA [...] (C) During a Feb. 15 farewell call, the Ambassador congratulated Vice-President Kalla on the successful election process in Aceh; expressed support for government efforts to control violence in Sulawesi; urged the GOI to open Papua to foreign visitors; raised plans to increase USG technical a [...] |
2007-02-16 05:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET PINS ABLD ID |
| 07JAKARTA429 |
WIRAJUDA RAISES BURMA, MIDEAST IN AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary. During the Ambassador's farewell call on February 13, Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda said he was pressing ASEAN to form a three-country "troika" (Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore) to re-engage Burma. The Ambassador questioned the efficacy of ASEAN's dialogue with [...] |
2007-02-16 06:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN XF BM ID |
| 07JAKARTA430 |
JCS CHAIRMAN PACE'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace met with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on February 13 in Jakarta to discuss a range of strategic issues, including bilateral military-to-military cooperation, instability in the Middle East and future East [...] |
2007-02-16 07:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS ID |
| 07JAKARTA431 |
INDONESIA - FEB 16 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced four new AI cases since Ref A, including two fatalities, but NAMRU-2 tested samples from two of these cases as negative for H5N1 infection. The discrepancy has forced local WHO authorities to wrestle with the classification of official [...] |
2007-02-16 08:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA452 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a farewell call on Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono on February 16, the Ambassador reviewed progress in bilateral relations and military-to- military cooperation and stressed continued progress on military reform was important to a good relationship. Describing Pap [...] |
2007-02-20 09:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PHUM ID |
| 07JAKARTA460 |
UNSCR 1737 FREEZING ASSETS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] Following up on Ambassador's demarche with National Security Adviser Djalal on February 7 (ref c), we met with Ramadansyah Hasan of the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament in the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on February 12 to convey points and information [...] |
2007-02-21 08:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR |
| 07JAKARTA461 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON JAKARTA GOVERNOR SUTIYOSO [...] On February 16, Ambassador Pascoe, accompanied by DCM and Management Counselor, paid his farewell call on Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso. Sutiyoso was joined by several staff members including his senior advisors on land issues from the historical preservation, city planning and zoning offices. [...] |
2007-02-21 09:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ABLD AMGT ID |
| 07JAKARTA474 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO [...] (C) During a Feb. 16 farewell call on President Yudhoyono (SBY), Amb. Pascoe raised conditions in Papua and explained U.S. plans to help build capacity there. SBY said the national cabinet and the two provincial governors have agreed on a development strategy. SBY endorsed the provision of [...] |
2007-02-22 07:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL PGOV ABLD PHUM ID |
| 07JAKARTA475 |
INDONESIA IPR - ANNUAL SPECIAL 301 SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Since Indonesia's upgrade to the Special 301 Watch List in November 2006, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) has continued to make steady progress towards improving its enforcement and protection of intellectual property rights (IPR). A National Intellectual Property (IP) Task F [...] |
2007-02-22 08:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR ID |
| 07JAKARTA485 |
INDONESIA Q MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND BANK INDONESIA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-23 00:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA486 |
INDONESIA - MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND BANK INDONESIA [...] Summary. On December 27, 2006, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati officially launched a new organizational structure for the Directorate General for Tax (DGT) that reduces the operational role of the DGT headquarters in Jakarta, divides the DGT headquarters into functional Directorate [...] |
2007-02-23 00:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA49 |
INDONESIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS - DECEMBER 2006 [...] Summary: The Indonesian Textile Association announced on December 7 that Indonesia's textile and garment exports reached $7.2 billion for the first nine months of 2006, and should meet earlier projections of $9 billion for 2006. Director General for International Trade Diah Maulida stated on [...] |
2007-01-08 08:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON KIPR ID |
| 07JAKARTA497 |
Baby steps towards a Truth Commission for Aceh [...] SUMMARY: Authorities from Jakarta held a conference February 15 in Banda Aceh to discuss issues surrounding the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for Aceh mandated by the August 2005 Helsinki MOU and Indonesian law. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Human Rig [...] |
2007-02-23 06:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC ID |
| 07JAKARTA504 |
INDONESIA - FEB 23 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the February 16 joint media statement by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and World Health Organization (WHO), Indonesia has not yet resumed the sharing of AI samples. Various Indonesian media outlets have quoted Minister of Health Fadillah Supari as saying Indonesia will no [...] |
2007-02-23 08:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA507 |
BURMA-INDONESIA JOINT COMMISSION MEETS IN JAKARTA [...] (C) Summary. After three postponements, the Burma-Indonesia Joint Commission met in Jakarta on February 14 - 15. The Commission agreed to develop bilateral cooperation in sectors including commerce and trade, forestry, tourism, law enforcement, culture, and education, but more detailed agr [...] |
2007-02-23 09:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN BM ID |
| 07JAKARTA508 |
Lapindo Mudflow Victim Demonstrations End Peacefully [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hundreds of residents displaced by the Lapindo mudflow disaster (Reftel) demonstrated February 22 bringing Surabaya rush hour traffic to a standstill. Protestors rejected local political leaders' and the head of the National Mudflow Disaster Management Team's (Timnas) relocatio [...] |
2007-02-23 09:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET PGOV ASEC CACS ID |
| 07JAKARTA510 |
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE REFORM PROCESS TAKES A NEW DIRECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY On February 21, Minister of Law and Human Rights Hamid Awaludin met with the DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) to discuss a more fundamental approach to revising the criminal procedure code. Awaludin expressed his belief that the current drafting efforts have been too cons [...] |
2007-02-26 05:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR PHUM ID |
| 07JAKARTA514 |
JUDICIAL COMMISSION FAILS TO ADVANCE REFORM [...] (SBU) The Judicial Commission, formed in 2005 to strengthen the accountability and integrity of the judiciary, has fallen far short of expectations and has yet to play a constructive role in judicial reform. The Commission's primary task, to monitor the behavior of judges and recommend sancti [...] |
2007-02-26 06:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PCRM KTIA KCOR ID |
| 07JAKARTA515 |
USG PUSHES INDONESIA TO HELP STOP STATE SPONSORED [...] (C) Summary: During his February 19-20 visit to Jakarta, Special Representative for Social Issues, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees, conveyed the USG's concern over the Burmese government's use of rape as an instrument of violence in three separate meetings with Indonesian Department of Foreign A [...] |
2007-02-26 06:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEAN BM ID |
| 07JAKARTA517 |
AMBASSADOR REES MEETS BURMA CAUCUS CHAIR [...] (C) In a February 20 meeting with Djoko Susilo, the Chairman of Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) Caucus on Burma, Special Representative for Social Issues Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees commended the DPR's activism on Burma (Ref A), and discussed additional measures the DPR might take [...] |
2007-02-26 07:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL UNSC BM ID |
| 07JAKARTA545 |
INDONESIA'S DETACHMENT 88 HITTING ITS STRIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since first emerging in the wake of the 2002 Bali terror attacks, Detachment 88 has begun to establish itself as the counterterrorism flagship of the Indonesian National Police (INP). A growing list of successful CT operations marks the Detachment's maturing capabilities. Recentl [...] |
2007-02-27 23:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID |
| 07JAKARTA567 |
AVIAN INFLUENZA SAMPLE SHARING UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Jakarta World Health Organization Representative (WHO) Georg Peterson told us on February 28 that Minister of Health Fadillah Supari and WHO Director Margaret Chan had agreed during a telephone call the previous evening that the Ministry of Health (MOH) would immediately resume [...] |
2007-02-28 08:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA568 |
Bangka Elections: Age, Guile, (and Money Politics) Propel [...] (SBU) Summary: Bangka Belitung Province very narrowly elected Eko Maulana governor on February 22. The election was plagued by flawed voter lists and other problems, but logistically ran smoothly and peacefully. Eko, an old school politician, aggressively used race and religion to attack his [...] |
2007-02-28 08:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ID |
| 07JAKARTA576 |
AMB. REES RAISES RAPE IN BURMA WITH ASEAN SYG ONG [...] (C) Summary: On Feb. 19, Special Representative for Social Issues, Amb. Grover Joseph Rees, conveyed the USG concern over Burma's use of rape as an instrument of policy to ASEAN Secretary-General (SYG) Ong Keng Yong. Amb. Rees pushed for ASEAN support of a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) resolu [...] |
2007-03-01 01:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEAN BM ID |
| 07JAKARTA585 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Summary: An Indonesian Air Force (IAF) representative confirmed on February 6 that the IAF placed an order for reftel goods with the Singaporean firm Litebub Technologies (LT), through a local Indonesian IAF supplier. The representative also confirmed that the IAF expects to receive the g [...] |
2007-03-01 08:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ECON ID SN |
| 07JAKARTA587 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Summary: On January 9th PT Azka Megah Dirgantara (Dirgantara) verified its August 2006 order of thirty Anti Gravity Suits from the U.S. firm Life Support International Inc., under application number 05-101332. The Indonesian Air Force (IAF) also confirmed its order of the Anti Gravity Sui [...] |
2007-03-01 10:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ECON ID SN |
| 07JAKARTA588 |
Peace Concert Shows that the Acehnese are Putting the Past [...] (U) Summary: In Central Aceh, a remote district which was formerly the scene of some of the Aceh conflict's worst violence and which is still sees relatively little NGO activity, the people have put the past behind them and are looking to agriculture for prosperity. Syariah Islam and the relig [...] |
2007-03-01 10:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS SOCI KDEM ASEC ID |
| 07JAKARTA590 |
INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Indonesia remained a major sending country for international trafficking in persons (TIP) and faced a very significant internal trafficking problem. Indonesia was also a receiving country for trafficked prostitutes, though their numbers were very small relative to Indonesian victims. [...] |
2007-03-01 10:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 07JAKARTA592 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Summary: An Indonesian Air Force (IAF) representative confirmed on February 6 that the IAF placed an order for reftel goods with the Singaporean firm Litebub Technologies (LT), through a local Indonesian IAF supplier. The representative also confirmed that the IAF expects to receive the g [...] |
2007-03-02 01:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ECON ID SN |
| 07JAKARTA597 |
Newmont Trial Update; Visit to Buyat Bay [...] (SBU) Summary: The Newmont trial continues to inch towards a conclusion within the next two months. The prosecution's February 23 response to the defense's final arguments yielded no significant new twists or surprises. After the court proceedings, we visited and dived on Buyat Bay and found [...] |
2007-03-02 04:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA63 |
INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS DECEMBER [...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on January 2, 2007 that December inflation rose to 1.21% month-on-month (MoM), mainly due to higher rice prices. On January 4, Bank Indonesia (BI) cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 9.5%, a signal that the bank [...] |
2007-01-09 08:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA635 |
PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES ANTI-TERROR MEASURES, NAMRU [...] (C) In a February 26 hearing with several security Ministries, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) urged the government of Indonesia to address terrorism's root causes more forcefully. The DPR's Commission I, the Commission for foreign policy and defense issues, summoned Coordinatin [...] |
2007-03-06 05:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM KISL SN ID |
| 07JAKARTA640 |
INDONESIA: MALUKU/AMBON REBUILDING EFFORTS CONTINUE TO MAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a two-day trip to Ambon, capitol of Maluku province and an area once characterized by sectarian conflict, Feb. 22-23, Consulate General Surabaya Public Affairs Officer (PAO) met with a variety of local contacts to discuss the current situation in the area and ideas for future [...] |
2007-03-06 09:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID PINS PREF ECON PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA653 |
INDONESIA MACROECONOMY - STRONG 2006 BUT CHALLENGES LOOM IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) successfully restored macroeconomic stability in 2006, implementing prudent monetary and fiscal policies and paving the way for a rebound in gross domestic product (GDP) growth. These policies contributed to stable prices, a strong currency, low [...] |
2007-03-07 08:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA660 |
DEFENDERS OF THE FAITHFUL: DEWAN DAKWAH ISLAMIYAH [...] (C) Summary. On February 22, we met with the Executive Board of Dewan Dakwah Islamiyah Indonesia (DDII), a historically important hard-line Islamist group whose charitable wing, KOMPAK, has been linked to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). DDII, which has a reputation for being anti-West, anti-Semitic a [...] |
2007-03-08 00:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL PREL SOCI ID |
| 07JAKARTA67 |
ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS - DECEMBER 2006 [...] Summary. The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) announced on December 13 that 18 companies and consortia won tenders for 18 oil and gas blocks across Indonesia, committing $235.8 million in exploration funds over three years. On December 20, the Ministry of Finance signed memoran [...] |
2007-01-09 09:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV PREL ID |
| 07JAKARTA672 |
INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Indonesia remained a major sending country for international trafficking in persons (TIP) and faced a very significant internal trafficking problem. Indonesia was also a receiving country for trafficked prostitutes, though their numbers were very small relative t Indonesian victims. Th [...] |
2007-03-08 10:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 07JAKARTA688 |
Yogyakarta Earthquake: Economic Recovery Rapid, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The May 2006 earthquake that shook Yogyakarta and surrounding areas caused $2-3 billion of damage and destroyed over 33,000 businesses, mostly small and medium enterprises (SMEs). ConGen Surabaya visited the affected areas on February 12-13, 2007 and met regional economic and bu [...] |
2007-03-09 08:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAID PGOV KCOR ID |
| 07JAKARTA698 |
INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Indonesia remained a major sending country for international trafficking in persons (TIP) and faced a very significant internal trafficking problem. Indonesia was also a receiving country for trafficked prostitutes, though their numbers were very small relative to Indonesian victims. [...] |
2007-03-12 02:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |