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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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00JAKARTA4700SECRETARY COHEN'S LUNCH WITH BAMBANG YUDHOYONO
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR GREG FERGIN FOR REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. IN A SEPTEMBER 18 LUNCH, INDONESIAN COORDINATING MINISTER FOR POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND SECURITY AFFAIRS BAMBANG YUDHOYONO TOLD SECRETARY COHEN THAT ON YUDHOYONO'S MISSION TO NEW YORK, HE WILL DESCRIBE [...]
2000-09-29 09:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PREF UNHCR ID
01HANOI1882ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM: EAP A/S KELLY BILATERAL WITH INDONESIAN SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DENNIS HARTER, CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 3. ON JULY 26, ON THE MARGINS OF THE ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM, EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY JAMES KELLY MET WITH DR. N. HASSAN WIRAJUDA, SPECIAL ENVOY OF THE INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER. WI [...]
2001-08-07 02:04:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL ID ASEAN
01JAKARTA4285AMBASSADOR CALLS ON JUSUF KALLA
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL OFFICER ANDREW T. HINTZ FOR REASON 1.5 B, D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE AMBASSADOR TOLD PEOPLES' WELFARE COORDINATING MINISTER YUSUF KALLA ON NOVEMBER 30 THAT THE U.S. WANTS TO HELP INDONESIA SOLVE SEPARATIST AND OTHER CHALLENGES. KALLA SAID RECENTLY PASSED AUTONOMY LA [...]
2001-12-05 08:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV ID
01VATICAN3507 THE VATICAN-- THE SUPRANATIONAL POWER
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03507 01 OF 04 031719Z BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION --------------------------- 2. (U) THIS CABLE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE PLANNED PRESIDENTIAL MEETING WITH THE POPE. IT UPDAT [...]
2001-07-03 12:03:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IS EG CH ID VT VTPREL
02JAKARTA1853RELIGOUS EXTREMISTS SEEKING "SHORTCUT TO
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLOFF I. REED, REASON 1. 5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: COORDINATING PEOPLE'S WELFARE MINISTER JUSUF KALLA TOLD VISITING EAP A/S JAMES KELLY MAY 18 THAT ECONOMIC MARGINALIZATION OF LOCALS WAS THE ROOT CAUSE OF INDONESIA'S COMMUNAL AND SEPARATIST CONFLICTS. HE DOWNPLAYED THE IMP [...]
2002-05-22 05:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ID US
02JAKARTA97YUDHOYONO ASKS FOR U.S. HELP
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE STEPHEN D. MULL FOR REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. COORDINATING MINISTER FOR POLITICAL AND SECURITY AFFAIRS YUDHOYONO TOLD CHARGE JANUARY 9 THAT THE GOI NOW HAS POLITICAL SPACE TO ACT FIRMLY AGAINST RADICAL GROUPS. YUDHOYONO ASKED THAT THE U.S. HELP IMPROVE THE ANTI [...]
2002-01-09 11:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MASS ID
02STATE193342SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH EAST TIMOR PRESIDENT
[...] (U) OCTOBER 1, 2002, 1100-1130, SECRETARY'S OUTER OFFICE. 2. (U) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES: SECRETARY POWELL SPOKESMAN RICHARD BOUCHER CHARGE D'AFFAIRES SHARI VILLAROSA EAP DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MATTHEW DALEY S/WCI AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER EXECUTIVE ASSIST [...]
2002-10-03 00:41:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ENRG EAID ID TT
03JAKARTA13041INDONESIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Indonesia significantly increased its support for the global coalition against terrorism during this period. The October 12, 2002 bombing in Bali that killed 202 - including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 28 Britons, and seven Americans galvanized the Indonesian Government into action, and t [...]
2003-11-28 10:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL KJUS ID
03JAKARTA3306TFIZ01: TEXT OF MEGAWATI'S STATEMENT CRITICAL OF
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-20 12:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV IZ ID
03JAKARTA5111ACEH: YUDHOYONO HOPES FOR "INVISIBLE HAND OF GOD"
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL OFFICER TED LYNG FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. MINISTER YUDHOYONO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR MAY 9 THAT HE HOPED FOR THE "INVISIBLE HAND OF GOD" TO SAVE THE ACEH PEACE PROCESS. YUDHOYONO SAID THE WINDOW IS STILL OPEN FOR DIALOGUE AND HE PRAYS FOR A BREAK [...]
2003-05-09 13:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ID
03RANGOON1159GOB GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO INDONESIAN ENVOY
[...] (C) According to U Thaung Tun, MFA Director General for Political Affairs, the GOB has agreed to a visit within the next week by Indonesian Presidential Advisor Ali Alatas. The DG told us on September 18 that the specific dates for the visit are "under negotiation," due primarily to the immine [...]
2003-09-18 09:06:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM ID
03STATE217991ASSISTANT SECRETARY KELLY'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S KELLY MET JULY 21 WITH COORDINATING MINISTER JUSUF KALLA, WHO SAID HE LOOKED FORWARD TO VYING FOR GOLKAR'S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN THE 2004 ELECTIONS. KALLA SPOKE OF THE GOI'S NEED TO COMBAT POVERTY AND IMPROVE PRIMARY EDUCATION TO REDUCE THE APPEAL OF RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM [...]
2003-07-29 12:09:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI ID
04BRUSSELS1081US-EU COASI CONSULTATIONS PART 1: EAST ASIA
[...] (C) On March 5 in Brussels, SA A/S Rocca and EAP PDAS Keyser -- accompanied by USEU DCM Foster -- discussed US-EU cooperation in South and East Asia with the EU's COASI Troika. This cable covers the EAP portion of the consultations. The SA segment will be reported septel. -- Indonesia: EU [...]
2004-03-15 08:02:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP CH ID BM KN ASEAN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04JAKARTA10111A WIN FOR YUDHOYONO IN PARLIAMENT: ARMED FORCES
[...] (C) The House of Representatives (DPR) on October 15 voted to slow-track President Megawati's appointment of Ryamizard Ryacudu as Armed Forces (TNI) Commander. This decision marks a victory for President-elect Yudhoyono, who recently told the Ambassador he did not appreciate Megawati's nominat [...]
2004-10-18 09:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KDEM ID
04JAKARTA10342AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO
[...] (C) The Ambassador paid a farewell call on President Yudhoyono Oct. 21. Yudhoyono painted a broad picture of needing to convince the Indonesian people on the importance of international cooperation and friendship as well as showing foreign friends that Indonesia is on the right path. SBY sai [...]
2004-10-21 11:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINS PTER ID
04JAKARTA12319INDONESIAN DEFMIN SUDARSONO ON EAST TIMOR
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 13 introductory call by the Ambassador, Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said the GOI was working on a proposal to form a Commission for Humanitarian Reconciliation to address human rights violations perpetrated in East Timor in 1999. The commission wou [...]
2004-12-14 11:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM TT ID
04JAKARTA12662KALLA WINS CHAIR OF GOLKAR, EMERGES AS POWERFUL
[...] (C) Vice President Jusuf Kalla won the chairmanship of Golkar, Indonesia's largest political party, during a December 16-19 Party Congress, which we observed first-hand. Kalla's team paid enormous bribes to secure votes from party branches, but Golkar's draw toward executive branch power repre [...]
2004-12-21 11:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
04JAKARTA3519TIGHT RACE FOR GOLKAR'S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION AS
[...] (C) Golkar party Chairman Akbar Tandjung and retired General Wiranto vie in a tight race for Golkar's presidential nomination. Although Akbar enjoys some institutional advantages, we cannot predict the outcome of the April 20 Golkar convention, as hundreds of party chapters will determine the [...]
2004-04-16 10:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
04JAKARTA7036YUDHOYONO AND MEGAWATI ENTER RUN-OFF; WIRANTO AND
[...] (C) The Indonesian Electoral Commission (KPU) on July 26 certified final results from the first round Presidential election, placing Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and President Megawati Soekarnoputri into the September runoff election. An advisor to retired General Wiranto told us that Wiranto plan [...]
2004-07-28 00:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KDEM ID
04JAKARTA711YUDHOYONO: A MAN FOR ALL PARTIES
[...] (C) Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated openly his intention to run for the presidency in 2004. He has not yet declared allegiance to any particular political party, however, and, consequently, is both widely courted and criticized as i [...]
2004-01-26 08:46:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPGOV KDEM ID
04JAKARTA8872THE TASKS AHEAD FOR YUDHOYONO
[...] (C) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's projected win in the September 20 presidential runoff marks a resounding victory for Indonesian democracy. The challenger defeated a President who had forged an alliance with Indonesia's oldest and largest political parties, while credible reports indicated the [...]
2004-09-21 11:13:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KISL ID
04KUWAIT350(C) TIP: KUWAITI EFFORT TO HELP REPATRIATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kuwaiti Ambassador to Indonesia is working with the Kuwait Red Crescent Society and the Indonesian Embassy to expedite repatriation of domestic servants stranded in Kuwait, and to ensure payment of wages owed to them. He hopes to be able to extend this initiative to Filipin [...]
2004-01-31 12:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPHUM ELAB PGOV SOCI PREL KU ID RP
04NEWDELHI8267UPDATE: INDIAN FOREIGN TSUNAMI RELIEF
[...] (U) Reflecting the very positive Indian reaction to the US initiative to create a Core Group for tsunami relief, and New Delhi's resolve to do even more to assist India's neighbors, on December 30 the MEA provided us with a further update on GOI support for Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Indone [...]
2004-12-30 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL AEMR EAID MASS SOCI ID CE MV IN GOI
04RANGOON438BURMA: INDONESIAN AMBASSADOR PREVIEWS ALATAS VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesian Ambassador to Burma, Wyoso Prodjowarsito, revealed on March 31 that Presidential Advisor Ali Alatas may revisit Burma o/a April 17, although that date could slip due to the concurrent Burmese New Year. Prodjowarsito portrayed Indonesia as a close friend of Burma and su [...]
2004-04-06 06:21:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM ID
04STATE265884THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DECEMBER 7, 2004 MEETING
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) DECEMBER 7, 2004, 4:40 P.M., IN THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S OUTER OFFICE. 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. - THE DEPUTY SECRETARY - EAP A/S JAMES A. KELLY - EAP DAS MARIE T.HUHTALA - AMBASSADOR GROVER JOSEPH REES [...]
2004-12-13 23:32:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKAWC KJUST PHUM PREL USUN TT ID JA NZ PO
04THEHAGUE2250FM BOT VISIT TO INDONESIA AUGUST 25-27
[...] (SBU) During an August 25-27 visit to Indonesia, Dutch FM Bot met with Indonesian FM Nur Hassan Wirayuda, as well as with President Megawati and Presidential Candidate Susilo Yudhoyono. Bot discussed both bilateral issues and, in his EU Presidency capacity, the EU-Indonesian relationship. Pol [...]
2004-09-07 10:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ID NL
05BANGKOK1026AMBASSADOR BOYCE CALLS ON THAI COMMERCE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Boyce paid his first official call on Thai Commerce Minister Watana Muangsook on February 4, 2005. A beaming Watana predicted a landslide for the ruling party on February 6, saying it was vindication of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's hands-on "CEO style." Watana [...]
2005-02-09 05:01:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAGR ECON EINV ETRD ASCH ID TH
05BANGKOK1507UNESCAP: May's "High-level" Ministerial to Highlight
[...] (SBU) SUMARRY: At the February 24 meeting of UNESCAP's (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific) Permanent Representatives, Executive Secretary Kim Hak-Su announced a High-level Tsunami Panel for the May 12-18 ministerial that would include select prime ministers [...]
2005-03-01 10:10:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KUNR OVIP SENV SOCI TPHY ID IN IR FJ TH ESCAP
05BRUSSELS2735GAERC: EU FMs ASK SYRIA TO PROMOTE REGIONAL
[...] EU FM's in the July 18 GAERC urged Israel to exercise maximum self-restraint and the Palestinian Authority to take immediate and effective action against those involved in terrorist attacks. They called on Syria to take action to promote regional stability, including by supporting the legiti [...]
2005-07-19 14:07:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SY LE IS IR IZ UZ ZI ID SU CH ZK EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05CANBERRA436AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO BA'ASYIR VERDICT
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australian officials welcomed the March 3 Indonesian Court decision to convict Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (ABB) for his involvement in the Bali bombings, but were disappointed by the short 30-month sentence he received. The Australian Ambassador to Jakarta raised GOA concerns over the [...]
2005-03-04 07:30:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV KJUS KISL KPAO ASEC ID AS
05CANBERRA879AUSTRALIA: EAP A/S HILL'S DFAT ROUNDTABLE, SESSION
[...] (C) In a May 17 roundtable attended by senior Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials, DFAT Deputy Secretary Geoff Raby told EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill that Australia supports the U.S. approach to the DPRK nuclear problem and would continue to conv [...]
2005-05-23 23:27:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER MARR AS CH TW ID TT ARF APEC NK SK
05CANBERRA882EAP A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (S) EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill told Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Secretary Michael L'Estrange on May 17 that there was a SIPDIS growing sense of urgency in Washington about the DPRK's nuclear program. L'Estrange agreed that the current state of [...]
2005-05-24 04:24:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPREL MNUC AS KN CH KS JA ID ARF
05COLOMBO606AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LTTE "AIR FORCE", TSUNAMI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Kadirgamar discussed how to deal with newly-revealed LTTE air capability and Sri Lankan reports of possible additional Tiger aircraft purchases. Kadirgamar, who had just returned from a two-week trip abroad, was uninformed about GSL moves to bring [...]
2005-03-28 11:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PARM MCAP EAID CE CU ID UNHRC LTTE
05HELSINKI127ACEH: FINNISH MEDIATOR AHTISAARI PLEASED WITH
[...] (C) Poloff on January 30 spoke with former Finnish President Ahtisaari's special assistant Kristiina Rinkineva. Ahtisaari is the head of Finland's Crisis Management Initiative (CMI),a conflict-resolution think tank, and had agreed to hosting a meeting of GAM and GoI representatives after be [...]
2005-01-31 13:13:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS ASEC ID FI
05HELSINKI160AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH FM: MIDDLE EAST IS "NUMBER
[...] (C) Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja invited the Ambassador to a working lunch February 2. Tuomioja was more relaxed and upbeat than we have seen for some time; the Ambassador was received unusually warmly and a cordial atmosphere existed throughout. The FM welcomed the President's Fe [...]
2005-02-04 15:59:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL XF AF ID CH MARR CASC KIPR FI EUN
05HELSINKI185ACEH: FINNISH INTERMEDIARY MORE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (S) DCM Weisberg met with Juha Christensen on February 11 to discuss the Aceh talks in Helsinki. Christensen is the Finnish businessman who facilitated the introduction of former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari as a mediator between the GoI and GAM. Christensen was decidedly more pessim [...]
2005-02-11 14:55:00Embassy HelsinkiSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS ID FI EAID
05HELSINKI228ACEH TALKS: FINNISH MEDIATORS POSITIVE AFTER DAY 2
[...] (C) Poloff spoke with Meri-Maria Jaarva of the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) on the night of February 22. Jaarva is the chief assistant of former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari for the Aceh talks. Jaarva said that there had been an "enormous change" in the demeanor and attitude of [...]
2005-02-23 09:04:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ASEC ID FI
05HELSINKI242ACEH TALKS: CONVERSATION WITH AHTISAARI'S OFFICE
[...] (C) On February 24, POL Chief and UK DCM met with Meeri-Maria Jaarva of former Finnish President Ahtisaari's staff for a more detailed read-out of the second round of the GoI-GAM talks held February 21-23 (Ref A). Jaarva described discussions in each of the agenda items, and said both sides h [...]
2005-02-25 13:22:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ASEC ID FI
05HELSINKI492ACEH: AHTISAARI ANGRY OVER TNI MILITARY MOVES
[...] (C) Aceh mediator and former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari phoned DCM on April 28 and expressed anger and dismay over reports that he had just received from Aceh concerning significant Indonesian attacks on GAM positions in Aceh, including the use of bombs on GAM bases. Ahtisaari said [...]
2005-04-28 13:53:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL ID FI
05JAKARTA15147FORMER PRESIDENT MEGAWATI CRITICIZES YUDHOYONO'S
[...] (C) In a November 18 meeting with the Ambassador, former President Megawati Soekarnoputri played the part of opposition leader to the hilt, expressing dismay with the performance of the current administration and President Yudhoyono's reliance on Islamist political parties. Megawati downplaye [...]
2005-11-22 10:13:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID
05JAKARTA9989ACEH: KALLA BRIEFS ENVOYS ON "HIS" PEACE DEAL
[...] (C) The Ambassador and heads of mission from Australia, Finland, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden, and the UK (also representing the EU) called on Vice President Jusuf Kalla on July 22 to receive the GOI's brief on the draft Aceh peace accord. Kalla's presentation echoed that of lead negoti [...]
2005-07-22 11:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ECON KJUS ID
05MANILA1847BUILDING MOMENTUM BEHIND REWARDS FOR JUSTICE
[...] (U) Action request: To build momentum behind the Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program in the Philippines (as recommended in ref a),we urge the inter-agency committee led by DS to publicize specific payout amounts and to adopt an expedited rewards approval process for the capture of the followin [...]
2005-04-22 06:13:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MOPS PREL PINS ID RP
05MANILA1960PDR SHIFTING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Under the personal direction of Defense Secretary Cruz, Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) is moving to SIPDIS the implementation phase. The GRP has requested three additional US experts to complement the nine already in place to carry out an ambitious, but well thought through [...]
2005-04-29 09:39:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PINS MG ID AS RP
05MANILA2277THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 5 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) May 5, 2005; 10:00 a.m.; Manila, the Philippines. 2. (C) Summary: President Arroyo underscored to the Deputy Secretary on May 5 that she considered the U.S. to be the SIPDIS Philippines' closest partner in dealing with security, economic and other issues. She confirmed that her go [...]
2005-05-18 06:38:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR ECON OVIP RP CH BM IZ SU ID
05MANILA2675MILF VALIDATING WANTED TERRORIST LIST FROM GRP
[...] (SBU) Below is a list of 53 suspected militants provided to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) (a copy has been faxed to EAP/PMBS). MILF officials have publicly stated they are in the process of "validating" the list, and the names will form [...]
2005-06-09 06:35:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL ID MY RP
05MANILA2888PGMA AND INDONESIA'S YUDHOYONO REAFFIRM
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (PGMA) and her Indonesian counterpart President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) discussed bolstering counterterrorism cooperation, law enforcement, and border control -- issues already covered under a 2001 information exchange agreement -- duri [...]
2005-06-24 07:31:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PINS ID RP
05MANILA2889MILF COVERTLY MOVING AGAINST HIGH VALUE TERRORIST
[...] (S/NF) Moro Islamic Liberation Front-Ad Hoc Joint Action Group (MILF-AHJAG) official (and International Visitor Leadership Program nominee) Mike Pasigan (strictly protect) told poloff June 24 that the MILF is covertly mobilizing its forces in a "non-combat" effort to locate (and hopefully cap [...]
2005-06-24 07:46:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS PREL MOPS ID RP
05MANILA3771AFP RECOVERS/SEEKS TO IDENTIFY TERRORIST REMAINS
[...] (S/NF) Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) units recovered on August 11 in the vicinity of Datu Odin, Sinsuat in the Mindanao province of Maguindanao the remains of a terrorist killed in an engagement a month earlier with AFP troops tracking Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leader Khadaffy Janjalani. [...]
2005-08-16 06:09:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER MOPS MARR PREL PINS PINR ID RP
05MANILA4631PHILIPPINE MARINES CAPTURE SEVEN ASG TERRORISTS ON
[...] (U) In a September 21 early morning raid on a safe house in Panjogan village near Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Philippine Marines captured Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) commander Jundan Jamalu, a.k.a. Jundan Jain a.k.a. "Black Killer," and six other ASG terrorists. Jamalu had been wanted by Philippine author [...]
2005-09-28 06:57:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER MOPS PINS ID MY RP
05MANILA4750PHILIPPINES TIGHTENS SECURITY AFTER BALI BOMBINGS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. In the aftermath of the October 1 bombings in Bali, Indonesia, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo expressed her condolences to the victims' families, tightened security measures, and [...]
2005-10-04 08:39:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL MOPS PINS PGOV KISL ID RP
05MUSCAT59ADDITIONAL TSUNAMI AID
[...] As reported in ref B, the government of Oman has offered to facilitate the delivery of private contributions to tsunami victims in the Indian Ocean region. Since an initial SIPDIS shipment of 41 tons of aid, the government of Oman has committed to shipping over 300 tons of relief supplies. [...]
2005-01-11 08:34:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL AEMR CE ID MU
05NEWDELHI103INDIA TSUNAMI SITREP: JANUARY 5
[...] (SBU) Summary: Consular officers in India, through nightly call-backs in response to tsunami-related missing persons inquires, have closed more than 350 cases in the last 48 hours and expect to bring the number below 200 by January 6. Following the Ambassador's January 4 press conference, r [...]
2005-01-05 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV
05NEWDELHI139INDIA TSUNAMI SITREP: JANUARY 6
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Defense Secretary Singh on January 6 to request that New Delhi send liaison officers to Utapao and Honolulu. In a sign of the GOI's strong commitment to our tsunami partnership, the Foreign Secretary on January 5 held a rare joint briefing with the SIPD [...]
2005-01-06 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN
05NEWDELHI353INDIA TSUNAMI UPDATE: JANUARY 13
[...] (SBU) Summary: Consular officers in Chennai continue to work to resolve the fewer than 20 remaining missing persons inquiries in India. The USAID/DART team that conducted assessments in Andhra Pradesh has found that there is not an emergency need for shelter, food and water in the state. The [...]
2005-01-13 12:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN
05NEWDELHI38INDIA TSUNAMI SITREP JANUARY 3
[...] (SBU) Summary: India-wide, consular officers have amassed a database of 500 missing persons inquiries to which they are responding, but still have no reported Amcit casualties in India. Mission engagement with the GOI on tsunami relief for India and the region continued with the Ambassador's [...]
2005-01-03 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN
05NEWDELHI3882TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-3 AND IJG PRENOTIFICATIONS
[...] (C) During a May 19 meeting with Poloff, MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall expressed gratitude on behalf of the MEA's Americas and International Security divisions for keeping them in the loop on Washington's diplomatic CT efforts (Refs A-D). Admitting that MEA had limited information on ter [...]
2005-05-25 12:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN IN ID UZ PK
05NEWDELHI74INDIA TSUNAMI SITREP: JANUARY 4
[...] (SBU) Summary: India Consular officers have been focusing on unaccounted for American citizens through an ongoing effort to respond to inquiries, and have been successful in resolving about 170 cases. In a January 4 session with members of the local media, the Ambassador highlighted the US r [...]
2005-01-04 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN
05OTTAWA3649CANADIAN STUDENTS PRAISE HUMAN RIGHTS DAY PROGRAM
[...] On December 8, Ambassador David H. Wilkins hosted 55 fourth grade students from the Glen Ogilvie Elementary School in Gloucester, their teachers and a dozen chaperones at the Embassy in Ottawa to observe the 57th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. The hi [...]
2005-12-13 17:42:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KPAO CA ID
05PARIS6534UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD PX (PROGRAM AND EXTERNAL
[...] Summary. The final vote was 54-1 in the UNESCO Executive Board PX Committee for the Canadian-sponsored resolution that paves the way for adoption of the current preliminary draft Cultural Diversity Convention at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In discussions leading up to the [...]
2005-09-23 15:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL CJAN ETRD UNESCO CA AF AS ID JA RS EG AG CV
05RANGOON1198ASEAN PERSPECTIVES ON BURMA: PART II
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassadors of Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, like their ASEAN colleagues (ref A) encourage U.S. engagement with the Burmese regime, but share generally negative views on the current situation and prospects for progress in Burma. Of this group, only the Thai [...]
2005-10-21 09:29:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TH LA CB ECON EINV BM ID VN
05SINGAPORE2023AMBASSADOR BOYCE'S JUNE 27 MEETING WITH MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. On June 27, U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Ralph Boyce and Singapore's senior statesman, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, exchanged perspectives on Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's leadership style, prospects for a peaceful resolution to Thailand's problems in the South, Thaila [...]
2005-07-01 02:26:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PINR TH ID BM SN
05SINGAPORE3352ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES BILATERAL SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Fallon, accompanied by Charge Fergin, met separately on November 14 with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong to discuss bilateral security cooperation and regional issues, most prominently, China. In open and relaxed discussions, both leaders [...]
2005-11-23 07:22:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PTER PGOV ID SN TH MY RP
05SINGAPORE721MARCH 1 "RMSI" MARITIME SECURITY WORKSHOP: MAKING
[...] (C) Summary: On March 1, the USG hosted an informal workshop on the five "RMSI" elements of maritime security for Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. The meeting marked the first time the United States has met exclusively with the Malacca Strait littorals on maritime security. The [...]
2005-03-11 09:54:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EWWT PTER SN CH JA MY ID
05TAIPEI4205TAIWAN ADDRESSES FOREIGN WORKER ABUSE
[...] Summary: The Thai labor riots (ref A, B and C) have highlighted the need for changes in Taiwan's treatment of foreign workers. NGOs report that Taiwan employers are able to mistreat foreign workers because of inadequate laws. Mistreatment includes high broker fees, labor trafficking, and arbi [...]
2005-10-17 08:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PHUM SMIG TW VM ID TH PH ILO WCL
05TAIPEI4206Taiwan Bans Vietnam Workers Due To High Runaway
[...] Summary: Taiwan has banned foreign workers from Vietnam since January 2005. The official reason is the high percentage of Vietnamese workers that run away from their employers once they enter Taiwan. NGOs claim that, many workers flee as a means to escape abuse because the Vietnamese trade o [...]
2005-10-17 08:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PHUM SMIG TW VM ID TH PH ILO WCL
05VATICAN253CATHOLIC AID ORGANIZATIONS: TSUMANI RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-25 15:42:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM EAID SENV SOCI CE ID IN ML MY TH VT
05VATICAN557EAST TIMOR: VATICAN EXAMINES ROLE OF CHURCH, BISHOPS
[...] (C) This is the first of two cables on the East Timorese Catholic church viewed from Rome six months after the May protests incited by Bishops Basilio Nascimento and Alberto Ricardo da Silva. This first message will focus on the Holy See's official position, as laid out by Holy See East Timor [...]
2005-12-15 12:09:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL KIRF PGOV PINR ID VT TT
05VATICAN561EAST TIMOR: JESUIT VIEWS CHURCH, BISHOPS
[...] (C) This is the second of two cables on the East Timorese Catholic church viewed from Rome six months after the May anti-government protests led by Bishops Basilio Nascimento and Alberto Ricardo da Silva. Ref (D) presented the perspective of the Holy See's Country director for East Timor. In [...]
2005-12-20 09:43:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL KIRF PGOV PINR ID VT TT
05WELLINGTON833BLUE LANTERN CASE AG-1003-97: CHECK ON BOEING A-4
[...] Safe Air Limited of Marlborough, New Zealand, reported October 26 that it has no record of being informed by Boeing/McDonnell-Douglas that it should cease servicing Indonesian Air Force A-4s in 1999. However, the company says it was well aware of the arms embargo against Indonesia and complie [...]
2005-10-25 21:53:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC NZ ID US
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN497HEART OF BORNEO: UPDATE ON BRUNEIAN VIEWS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Brunei (GOB) remains solidly behind the Heart of Borneo (HOB) project, a WWF initiative that aims to establish a tropical forest conservation area consisting of 85,000 square miles of contiguous protected zones across the three countries that share the world' [...]
2006-09-28 08:21:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD SENV ID MY BX
06BEIJING10891PRC RESPONDS TO INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-01 10:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV EAID CH ID
06CAIRO2698EGYPT TO ATTEND D-8 SUMMIT IN BALI; EGYPT TO ACT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-09 14:14:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM PTER EG IZ IR IS ID
06CANBERRA1229PM HOWARD WITHDRAWS CONTROVERSIAL REFUGEE ASYLUM
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Howard was forced to withdraw legislation from Senate consideration on August 14 that would have required all future unauthorized boat arrivals to be processed offshore for asylum claims. Facing almost certain defeat in the upper house where the Government enj [...]
2006-08-14 08:48:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PREF PHUM AS ID
06CANBERRA810INDONESIAN EARTHQUAKE: AUSTRALIAN AID UPDATE
[...] (U) Australia has provided AUS$7.5 million (US$5.7 million) in assistance in response the May 27 earthquake in Indonesia to date. The lead agency for the Australian disaster relief effort, AusAID, had sent or was preparing to send more than 80 disaster, logistics and relief specialists to aff [...]
2006-05-31 10:35:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PGOV PREF PREL AS ID
06DILI18EX-MILITIA MEMBERS KILLED IN CLASH WITH EAST TIMOR BORDER
[...] (U) Summary: Three alleged members of 1999-era anti-independence militias were shot dead by officers of East Timor's Border Patrol Unit (BPU) on Friday, January 6. One of the three, Jose Mausorte, was a prominent member of the Halilintar militia and had been accused of involvement in several [...]
2006-01-09 15:18:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS PHUM ASEC KAWC TT ID
06DILI203DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GUSMAO
[...] (C) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboffs, met with President Xanana Gusmao May 2 to discuss U.S. priorities and concerns in East Timor. The major focus of the discussion was the riots on Friday, April 28 and the subsequent intervention of th [...]
2006-05-03 11:06:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT
06DILI210DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ALKATIRI
[...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboff, met with Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri on May 3. DAS John congratulated Alkatiri on the many things that the Government of East Timor (GOET) is getting right, such as their work with the Millennium C [...]
2006-05-04 15:15:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT
06DILI255EMBASSY DILI EAC MEETING ON MAY 24, 2006
[...] (SBU) On May 24, 2006, the DCM convened a meeting of Embassy Dili's EAC to review the Embassy's contingency planning in light of the deteriorating security environment. The Ambassador, RSO, POL, MGMT, USAID, CONS, and ODC attended the meeting. 2. (C) POL and ODC reported of continued factio [...]
2006-05-24 15:36:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT ID TT
06DILI261EMBASSY DILI EAC MEETING ON MAY 24, 2006
[...] (SBU) On May 24, 2006, the DCM convened a meeting of Embassy Dili's EAC to review the Embassy's contingency planning in light of the deteriorating security environment. The Ambassador, RSO, POL, MGMT, USAID, CONS, and ODC attended the meeting. 2. (C) POL and ODC reported of continued factio [...]
2006-05-25 07:27:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT ID TT
06DILI491EAST TIMOR'S STRONGEST OPPOSITION PARTY GAINING MOMENTUM
[...] (SBU) Summary: East Timor's strongest opposition party, the Democratic Party (PD),held its national congress on September 29 - October 1, reelecting the incumbent leadership. The congress demonstrated that PD has emerged as a well-organized and well-funded party with a strong base among the y [...]
2006-10-05 05:54:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ID TT
06DILI70UPDATE ON JANUARY BORDER INCIDENTS
[...] (U) Summary: Two border incidents that occurred in January have caused a spike in tension between East Timor and Indonesia. First, on January 6, three alleged members of 1999-era militias were shot dead by East Timor's Border Patrol Unit (BPU). See Reftel. Then, on January 24, it was reporte [...]
2006-02-15 05:37:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS PHUM ASEC TT ID
06DILI84INDONESIAN TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP COMMISSIONERS ARRIVE IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The five Indonesian members of the bilateral Truth and Friendship Commission (TFC) arrived in Dili on Sunday to commence a weeklong program. The program is to include meetings with high-level Government officials, site visits, meetings with victims of violence in 1999, and a fo [...]
2006-02-21 14:21:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL JKUS KCRM KAWC ID TT
06EFTOPORTMORESBY350NOTHING FISHY ON THE INDONESIAN BOARDER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-28 03:05:00Embassy Port MoresbyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PP ID
06GENEVA2347ILC - SRI LANKA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR DR. A. ROHAN
[...] U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka requesting USG support for the candidacy of Dr. A. Rohan Perera for election to the International Law Commission at elections to be held in New York during the 61st sessio [...]
2006-09-22 11:44:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA UNSC ID CE XD XO
06ISLAMABAD8327D-8 DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-09 05:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBG EG ID IR IS IZ MOPS MY NI PGOV PK PREL
06JAKARTA10037AGO THREATENS TO EXECUTE BALI BOMBERS IN AUGUST
[...] (C) The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has announced August 22 as the date on which the three men sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali bombings - Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas - will be executed in Nusa Kembangan prison. However, the announcement seems intend [...]
2006-08-09 09:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTE KISL KVPR PGOV ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA10039GOI ACTIVELY WORKING TO COUNTER JIHAD CALLS
[...] (C) The Indonesian government, led by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY),has responded to public clamoring for jihad on the part of militant groups by urging the Indonesian public to respond realistically and rationally to events in the Middle East. Following a cabinet discussion of ho [...]
2006-08-09 10:51:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER PGOV PINR KDEM KISL ASEC ID IZ
06JAKARTA10043INDONESIA - HAZE SEASON UNDERWAY AGAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Fires burning in Sumatra and Kalimantan have sent haze once again throughout the region. Haze problems reached alarming levels in late July, with the Indonesian press reporting over 2,000 hot spots on Sumatra island and another 1,000 hot spots in Kalimantan during the week of [...]
2006-08-09 23:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KTIA TPHY TBIO ECON ID
06JAKARTA10047INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - JULY 2006
[...] Summary: On July 17, Governor of DKI Jakarta Sutiyoso warned Jakarta residents to conserve water due to a severe groundwater shortage. The Alliance for Public Care (ALIP) publicly criticized a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) plan to relocate Javan rhinos to the Halimun Mountains in West Java. The R [...]
2006-08-10 03:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO EINV ID
06JAKARTA10053INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS JUNE
[...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on August 2 a slowing year-on-year (YoY) inflation in July 2006 of 15.15 percent. Bank Indonesia (BI) lowered interest rates on August 8 by 50 basis points (bps) to 11.75 percent. On July 26 Standard & Poor's Rating Services raised I [...]
2006-08-10 06:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA10054BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] Summary: Indonesia Police Air Wing (Polisi Udara) verified on July 27 that it received one unit of Flir Systems model ULTRA 8500 thermal imaging system in late March 2006. It installed the equipment on its helicopter in April and the system works properly. End summary. 2. Embassy conta [...]
2006-08-10 06:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC ECON ID
06JAKARTA10104POSO 3 EXECUTIONS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 12
[...] (SBU) The executions of the so-called "Poso 3"-Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Martinus Riwu-in Central Sulawesi following their 2001 convictions for mass murder, torture and arson, have been scheduled to take place on August 12. The three were found guilty of a series of brutal murders [...]
2006-08-10 10:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINS PGOV KJUS ID
06JAKARTA10133INDONESIA ? AUGUST 4 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-11 09:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA10134NEW, ENERGETIC LEADERS TAKE REINS OF MUHAMMADIYAH
[...] (SBU) Summary. The youth wing of Indonesia's second largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, elected impressive new leaders eager to expand the group's social outreach efforts during a mid-July national congress. Muhammadiyah Youth (PM) Chairman Muhammad Izzul Muslimin and Secretary General [...]
2006-08-11 09:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL ID
06JAKARTA10135DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) On August 1, we met with Ferry Adamhar, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs' Directorate for the Protection of Indonesian Citizens and Legal Entities, to deliver the demarche contained reftel. Mr. Adamhar welcomed our points and said he would coordinate the matter within the GOI [...]
2006-08-11 10:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL ID
06JAKARTA10136ILLICIT ARMS CACHE ACTIVATES INDONESIAN RUMOR MILL
[...] (C) Summary: On August 9 the Indonesian Army,s National Military Police announced the results of its investigation into the 185 guns and other weaponry discovered by authorities in Brigadier General Koesmayadi,s homes and office following his June 25 death of natural causes. TNI Commander D [...]
2006-08-11 13:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA10137INDONESIA - AUGUST 4 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 00:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA10140INDONESIA - AUGUST 11 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 9, Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie stated, according to the media, that Jakarta had yet to receive promised foreign aid to fight bird flu. Bakrie's statement was puzzling and frustrating to donors. The May 2006 Donor Coordination Meeting, h [...]
2006-08-14 04:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA10189BANK MANDIRI CLOSES DPRK ACCOUNTS
[...] (S) Summary. After repeated interventions by the Embassy, Bank Mandiri and Central Bank officials confirmed August 9 and 11 that Bank Mandiri had shut down its relationship with two North Korean banks in July: Korea Daesong Bank and the Foreign Trade Bank of the DPRK. Bank Mandiri did not/not [...]
2006-08-14 07:58:00Embassy JakartaSECRETEFIN ETTC KFTN PREL PTER PARM MNUC KJUS ID
06JAKARTA10200Indonesia: IPR Update
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia National Police (INP) continue their impressive campaign of raids against pirate optical disk (OD) factories and vendors, including at Jakarta's most notorious malls. The Jakarta Police on July 20 held a public destruction ceremony of 4.7 million optical disks, att [...]
2006-08-14 08:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD WTO ECON ID
06JAKARTA10218DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] Poloff called Indonesian MFA North America Affairs Director Harry Purwanto at 18:30 local time (07:30 Washington time) on August 12 to deliver reftel demarche. Delivery of the demarche was reported to the Ops Center the same day. A nonpaper with U.S. points, a copy of the resolution and the [...]
2006-08-14 10:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UNSC NSC IS LE ID
06JAKARTA10297TIMIKA TRIAL SESSIONS PROCEED WITHOUT DEFENDANTS
[...] (U) The trial of the seven men accused of killing two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002 crept along August 15 in spite of the defendants' continued refusal to take their assigned seats in the court and the absence of defense attorney Johnson Panjaitan. As the session opened, Judge Nurdin read f [...]
2006-08-15 10:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID
06JAKARTA10298INDONESIA WANTS TO ELEVATE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: S/P Director of Policy Planning Dr. Stephen Krasner met on August 11 with Indonesian Foreign Ministry officials for a strategic dialogue on U.S.-Indonesian relations. Led by Secretary General Imron Cotan, the Indonesians stressed their desire to expand and deepen bilateral coope [...]
2006-08-15 11:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID PARM KDEM ID
06JAKARTA10359INDONESIA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICY PACKAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-16 08:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL ID
06JAKARTA10361INDONESIA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICY PACKAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia issued its Financial Sector Policy Package on July 5, tackling two important issues of non-performing loans at state-owned banks, and insolvent insurance firms. Success in these areas will represent one of the most significant changes in the financ [...]
2006-08-16 09:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL ID
06JAKARTA10366INDONESIAN PEACEKEEPING PREPARATIONS FOR LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesia is preparing to send a 1000 troops to serve in UN-led peacekeeping operations in Lebanon. The composite force includes elements from a range of Indonesian military units, including mechanized and engineering elements. Indonesia lacks airlift capability for transportin [...]
2006-08-16 11:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PFLP PREL ID LE
06JAKARTA10395TERRORIST FINANCE: REMOVAL OF NASIR ABAS FROM
[...] (S) Embassy Jakarta wishes to reaffirm its ref a stance in support of the delisting of former JI-leader Nasir Abas from the USG Executive Order 13224 and UNSCR 1267 terrorist finance designation lists. This position reflects our consideration of recent additional intelligence reporting on Nas [...]
2006-08-18 09:57:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
06JAKARTA10399S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MEETINGS WITH INDONESIAN FM
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with S/P Director Stephen Krasner on August 11, Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda emphasized Indonesia's desire to expand and deepen bilateral cooperation with the United States on political, security, economic and other fronts. Wirajuda appealed for U.S. assista [...]
2006-08-18 11:02:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ECON EAID CVIS ID
06JAKARTA10400TERRORISTS RECEIVE MANDATORY PRISON TERM
[...] (C) As in previous years, the GOI granted sentence reductions of up to six months to tens of thousands of inmates on Indonesian Independence Day (August 17),including ten terrorists convicted in connection with the Bali bombings of October 2002 and several other high-profile convicts. One pr [...]
2006-08-18 11:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ID
06JAKARTA10444INDONESIA IPR UPDATE -- AUGUST 22, 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesian Government (GOI) officials are gearing up for another meeting of the National IPR Task Force. The Ministry of Industry (MOI) sent a letter to optical disc factories warning them that unannounced inspections will soon begin. A new DOJ-ICITAP senior technical advisor [...]
2006-08-22 09:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD WTO ECON ID
06JAKARTA10488TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: MANY CONVICTED BUT SENTENCES
[...] (SBU) The trials of 15 terror suspects associated with Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist mastermind Noordin Top recently concluded in Jakarta, with all 15 being convicted on at least one count. Sentences were generally short, however, ranging from three to seven years only. The case of terrorist fi [...]
2006-08-23 10:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KVPR KJUS KISL ASEC CASC AS ID
06JAKARTA10492INDONESIA - NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES IN WEST GARUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian press has featured a series of alarming articles over the weekend of August 18-20 concerning up to ten possible human cases of avian influenza (AI) occurring in the Cikelet village of the Garut district of West Java. NAMRU-2 and the Ministry of Health (MOH) tested the [...]
2006-08-23 10:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA10493GOI SAYS ITS FORCES ARE READY TO DEPLOY TO LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential adviser Dino Djalal told the Ambassador August 23 that Indonesian forces are "ready" to deploy to Lebanon at any time; there remains some confusion in the public arena about what exactly their role would be. Ambassador emphasized to Djalal the need for GOI statements [...]
2006-08-23 11:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PFLP PREL ID LE
06JAKARTA10535S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Moderate Islamic leaders told S/P director Stephen Krasner on August 11 that mainstream Muslim organizations in Indonesia were committed to the Indonesian constitution and Indonesia's new democratic order, but many false perceptions needed to be overcome in the public mind. Musli [...]
2006-08-24 07:49:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID SCUL ID
06JAKARTA10536INDONESIA - AUGUST 24 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. At an August 18 meeting in Singapore, officials from Singapore, Indonesia, and the United States agreed to continue the proposed Avian Influenza Trilateral Project within the Tangerang municipality as originally planned (as opposed to expanding it to the much larger District of T [...]
2006-08-24 08:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA10539RICK NESS TESTIFIES IN NEWMONT CASE THIS WEEK
[...] (C) Summary. Newmont mining executive and Amcit Richard Ness is scheduled to take the stand in his own defense this week on August 25 in a Manado, North Sulawesi courthouse. He faces fifteen years in prison if convicted on charges of polluting Buyat Bay, the site of the now-closed Newmont Min [...]
2006-08-24 11:10:00Embassy JakartaSECRET//NOFORNEMIN CASC SENV EINV PHUM ID
06JAKARTA10563BA'ASYIR SPOUTS OFF ABOUT SHARIA`, JIHAD AND BALI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Abu Bakr Ba'asyir, the spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah and its political wing, the Majelis Mujahiddin Council (MMI),continues to speak publicly on a variety of topics following his release from prison on June 14, 2006. Most notably, Ba'asyir has pontificated about the need [...]
2006-08-25 06:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KISL KJUS ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA10570TERRORIST FINANCE - INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF
[...] (S) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs (Deplu) counter terrorism finance officer Aris Munundar told us on August 23 that the Indonesian Government (GOI) would no longer stand in the way of a U.S.-led UN 1267 designation of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) branch in Indo [...]
2006-08-25 10:14:00Embassy JakartaSECRETEFIN ETTC PREL AS ID
06JAKARTA10576ABB Shunned in West Sumatra
[...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast with the relative success Abu Bakar Ba'asyir received in Java, he got a very cool reception during his recent visit to staunchly Muslim West Sumatra, where local religious leaders blocked him from speaking at the largest and most influential mosques and school offici [...]
2006-08-25 11:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV KISL KJUS ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA10704WITNESS TESTIMONY IN TIMIKA TRIAL TO BEGIN NEXT
[...] (U) Chief Judge Nurdin announced that witness testimony would begin next week in the trial of the seven men accused of killing two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002. Beginning on September 5, trial sessions will take place twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, in order to accommodate the number [...]
2006-08-29 10:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID
06JAKARTA10757INVITATION EXTENDED TO USDOL APEC CONFERENCE
[...] We have conveyed points in Reftel regarding the upcoming U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) hosted Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference, Strategies for Workforce Development: Keys to Success, to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 18-20, 2006 to the following officials and mem [...]
2006-08-31 06:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB APECO ID
06JAKARTA10758RESPONSE RE PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT
[...] Post sees no potential implications to U.S. foreign policy concerns with the proposed research project no. AI069907 involving a foreign institution. This NIH proposed award is for the research project entitled "The Asia-Pacific HIV Observational Database (APHOD)." Post understands research in [...]
2006-08-31 06:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA ID
06JAKARTA1078INDONESIA REACTS TO RELEASE OF CAVR REPORT
[...] (C) Summary. Senior GOI figures and Indonesian politicians have reacted defensively to the allegations of human rights abuses made in the report of East Timor's Committee of Reception, Truth and Verification (reftel). East Timor President Xanana Gusmao presented the report to UN Secretary Gen [...]
2006-01-26 11:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS ID TT
06JAKARTA10877FM WIRAJUDA TO ATTEND MEETING OF THE 5 PLUS 5 GROUP
[...] (U) Post conveyed reftel information and request to the Indonesian Foreign Ministry on August 31. They responded the same day saying that FM Hassan Wirajuda would be interested in participating in the proposed 5 plus 5 meeting and accepts the invitation. 2. (U) The Foreign Ministry is awa [...]
2006-08-31 10:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KN KS ID
06JAKARTA10880ACEH'S SHARIA POLICE TARGETING AID WORKERS, WOMEN,
[...] (SBU) Summary. After a year of peace in Aceh, negative fall-out from the imposition of Islamic law (sharia) under Aceh's special autonomy arrangement is apparent. While the Acehnese themselves have borne the brunt of the consequences, on August 17 sharia police raided the World Food Program' [...]
2006-09-01 01:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC PREL KISL SA ID
06JAKARTA10895DUE DILIGENCE FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary. We are not aware of any significant embarrassment likely to arise should Chevron Indonesia receive the 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence. Chevron has been an outstanding corporate citizen and contributed greatly to community development in Indonesia. The largest crude oil p [...]
2006-09-01 06:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV ID
06JAKARTA10923INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 1 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) announced refocused priorities for controlling avian influenza (AI) at a successful international donor meeting on August 23-24. Donor representatives were pleased with the coordination of the meeting and refocused GOI priorities but concerned b [...]
2006-09-01 09:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA10924 INDONESIA STEPS UP EFFORTS TO PASS TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's Parliament (DPR) has completed a new draft of its proposed anti-trafficking legislation. President Yudhoyono has designated the Ministry of Women's Empowerment (KNPP) and the Ministry of Law & Human Rights to prepare executive branch comments on the bill. The Gov [...]
2006-09-01 10:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL EAID ELAB KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA10926MOVING FORWARD WITH THE MARITIME BORDER NEEDS
[...] (S) Summary: Post strongly supports S/CT's proposal for a border control technical needs assessment for the triborder area and will welcome the assessment team to Indonesia, with the below recommendations for S/CT and DS/ATA's further consideration. Post has received encouragement from various [...]
2006-09-01 11:22:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
06JAKARTA10927DEMARCHE ON U.S. VIEWS OF UNSCR 1695 ON NORTH
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Northeast Asian Affairs Tumpal M.H. Hutagalung on September 1. We stressed the importance of Indonesia's active participation in implementing the resolution to ensure effective controls on North Korea's nuclear program. We also left [...]
2006-09-01 12:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD PTER KN KS ID
06JAKARTA10998TIMIKA TRIAL STOPPED FOR LACK OF INTERPRETER
[...] (U) The trial of the seven men accused of killing two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002 took another turn on September 5 when Judge Nurdin ruled that the defendants were entitled to an interpreter. In a courtroom crowded with spectators and police, defense lawyers interrupted the testimony of t [...]
2006-09-05 10:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID
06JAKARTA11042INDONESIA SECURITY FORCE VETTING REQUEST, ECON
[...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Indonesian security force members for Department clearance for participation in United State Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO),2006 Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA),Enforcement of IPR Program to commence on September 25. Post did not find any c [...]
2006-09-06 06:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL KCRM MARR ID
06JAKARTA11110East Java: Increasing Mudflow Threatens
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The flow of mud from the fractured well owned by PT. Lapindo Brantas (Lapindo),a Bakrie Group controlled entity, in Porong, East Java continues to increase, reaching volumes as high as 500,000 cubic meters per day in early August, and has flooded more than 450 acres, destroying [...]
2006-09-07 08:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET PGOV ID
06JAKARTA11142EVASIVE RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP
[...] (C) We called on Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director for South and Central Asia Mohamad Asruchin and his assistant Winanto Adi on August 31 to deliver reftel information about the proposed dates of the first meeting of the planned Sri Lanka Contact Group. Asruchin responded that hi [...]
2006-09-08 12:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE ID
06JAKARTA11143EVASIVE RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP
[...] (C) We called on Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director for South and Central Asia Mohamad Asruchin and his assistant Winanto Adi on August 31 to deliver reftel information about the proposed dates of the first meeting of the planned Sri Lanka Contact Group. Asruchin responded that hi [...]
2006-09-08 12:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE ID
06JAKARTA11145AMCITS TESTIFY AT TIMIKA TRIAL
[...] (U) In an emotional session, Amcits Patsy Spier, Kenneth Balk and Steven Emma finally received the opportunity to describe in court what happened on August 31, 2002, when a group of gunmen ambushed the vehicles they were riding in Timika, Papua, killing Amcits Ricky Spier and Ed Burgon. Ms. S [...]
2006-09-11 00:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID
06JAKARTA11149RESPONSE TO US EFFORTS ON WATER AND SANITATION
[...] (U) Response was prepared jointly with USAID Jakarta Mission Staff. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Post is actively engaged with Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials on water and sanitation issues under the auspices of a Strategic Objective Grant Agreement between the USG and the GOI to support higher [...]
2006-09-11 03:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ID
06JAKARTA11212INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 11 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Singaporean Embassy in Jakarta has proposed to hold a joint planning meeting for the Tangerang trilateral project on September 13. The Government of Singapore (GOS) plans to station permanent technical staff to head up project. The Ministry of Health (MOH) is evaluating the [...]
2006-09-11 09:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA11214KEITH LUSE'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN MOD DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: Senate SFRC Senior Professional Staff Member Keith Luse met with Indonesian Defense Ministry Director General for Defense Strategy Major General Dadi Susanto on August 28 in Jakarta. Susanto characterized U.S.-Indonesian relations and military cooperation as positive. Susanto w [...]
2006-09-11 10:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS PGOV PHUM ID
06JAKARTA11215INDONESIANS REQUEST CONSULAR ACCESS TO HAMBALI
[...] (C) On September 8, PolCouns briefed Hasan Kleib, Department of Foreign Affairs Director (DEPLU) for International Security and Disarmament Affairs, on the transfer of Indonesian citizen prisoner Hambali from a se-cret location to the prison facility in Guantanamo Bay (refs a-c). Kleib reque [...]
2006-09-11 10:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MARR ID
06JAKARTA11216INDONESIA - HAZE PROBLEM CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Summary. After surging again at the end of August, the number of forest fires burning in Sumatra and Kalimantan declined in the first week of September. The drop seems to be due in large part to central government pressure on local authorities and plantations to curb burning in advanc [...]
2006-09-11 10:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KTIA TPHY TBIO ID
06JAKARTA11217INDONESIANS REQUEST CONSULAR ACCESS TO HAMBALI
[...] (C) On September 8, PolCouns briefed Hasan Kleib, Department of Foreign Affairs Director (DEPLU) for International Security and Disarmament Affairs, on the transfer of Indonesian citizen prisoner Hambali from a secret location to the prison facility in Guantanamo Bay (refs a-c). Kleib reques [...]
2006-09-11 10:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MARR ID
06JAKARTA11242INDONESIA HIV/AIDS PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary. Indonesia's national HIV/AIDS program is in a critical situation; they are at risk of losing approximately $50 million of Global Fund monies due to poor program management and performance. On July 13, Indonesia's President issued a Presidential Regulation providing the National AI [...]
2006-09-12 03:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID
06JAKARTA11335REQUEST FOR JIATF WEST FY07 COUNTERDRUG SUPPORT TO
[...] This is a U.S. Embassy Jakarta, DEA, ICE, and ICITAP coordinated request for U.S. Defense Department operational support under Section 1004, National Defense Authorization Act of 1991 as amended, for JIATF West support to Indonesian law enforcement agencies. 2. The DEA, ICE and ICITAP have [...]
2006-09-12 09:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC PREL EFIN KCRM KHLS ID
06JAKARTA11342DEFENDANTS WALK OUT AS FBI AGENTS TESTIFY AT
[...] (U) The defendants and their attorneys walked out of the courtroom in protest as FBI Special Agents Ron Eowan and Paul Myers gave testimony at the September 12 session of the trial of seven men accused of killing two amcits in Timka, Papua in 2002. As Eowan was taking the witness stand, defen [...]
2006-09-12 11:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID
06JAKARTA11344MINISTRY OF HEALTH CHANGES AI SAMPLE SHARING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-13 02:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA11376CRUCIAL 2007 JAKARTA GOVERNOR,S RACE TAKING SHAPE
[...] (C) Approximately one year before Jakarta holds its first ever directly elected Governor's race, behind the scenes political maneuvering is already in full swing, reflecting the high stakes involved in what will be the most significant Indonesian election prior to the 2009 Legislative and Pres [...]
2006-09-13 08:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
06JAKARTA11377U.S.-INDONESIA BILATERAL DEFENSE DIALOGUE AGREES
[...] (U) Summary: The sixth annual meeting of the U.S.-Indonesia Dialogue (USIBDD) in Jakarta on August 29-31, 2006 the two sides agreed to 138 military-to-military events for 2007. USPACOM and the Indonesian military (TNI ) also signed a Terms of Reference (TOR) formalizing the annual meeting pr [...]
2006-09-13 09:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL ID
06JAKARTA11379INDONESIA - 2007 BUDGET RAISES SOCIAL SPENDING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) Rp 746.5 trillion (USD 82.1 billion) draft 2007 budget proposes double digit percentage increases in spending on health, education and social welfare programs, with the total amount of central government spending on these programs reaching Rp [...]
2006-09-13 10:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID
06JAKARTA1141ACEH: ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUEST FOR GOI-GAM PEACE
[...] (SBU) The Aceh peace process remains on track and now moves into a more difficult phase in which the parties begin to develop the parameters of political participation in a normalized Aceh to give voice to all of Acehenese society. Acehenese trust the USG as an honest broker because of our con [...]
2006-01-27 11:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ID
06JAKARTA1144Bengkulu's Young Governor Tries To Reform Sumatra's
[...] (SBU) Summary. Elected as a reformer in a poverty- stricken province more accustomed to corruption, political hacks and time-servers, new Governor Agusrin Najamudin represents a break with Bengkulu's past. Only devout Muslim PKS supported Najamudin's candidacy against candidates from larger an [...]
2006-01-30 00:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PINS PREL EAID ECON SOCI ID
06JAKARTA11472ASIA FOUNDATION ACCUSED OF SUPPORTING HERESY IN
[...] (C) Summary. A hard-line Indonesian Islamist magazine, Hidayatullah, has published a screed accusing The Asia Foundation (TAF) of supporting organizations and individuals who defame Islam. It also asserts that Indonesia's two largest Muslim mass organizations, Nadhlatul Ulama (NU) and Muham [...]
2006-09-15 10:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC CASC KISL ID
06JAKARTA11474DRAFT MOU ON ILLEGAL LOGGING - EMBASSY JAKARTA
[...] (SBU). Embassy Jakarta supports the conclusion of a properly-structured MOU on illegal logging between the U.S. and Indonesia. Reducing widespread illegal logging is one of Indonesia's top development challenges, and the issue touches on several core areas of our assistance program, including [...]
2006-09-15 10:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON ETRD PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA11482THE VISIT OF VP KALLA: ENGAGING ON THE ECONOMY
[...] (C) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla,s September 23-28 visit to the U.S. offers an excellent opportunity to deliver a message on the need to accelerate economic reforms to one of Indonesia,s most influential officials. Although deeply involved in economic policy issues, Kalla is a relucta [...]
2006-09-18 06:13:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA11522DRAFT STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT WITH INDONESIA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-18 07:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDID MARR PREL
06JAKARTA11582INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 18 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI)
[...] (SBU) Summary. The National Committee for Avian influenza and Pandemic Response (National AI Committee) brought together on September 15 key representatives from the government of Indonesia (GOI),donor agencies and international organizations to coordinate funding and implementation of inten [...]
2006-09-19 10:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA11585DEFENDANTS' HUNGER STRIKE DELAYS TIMIKA TRIAL
[...] (U) On September 19, the Central Jakarta court was scheduled to hear testimony from Indonesian military personnel who arrived on the scene of the August 31, 2002 ambush near Timika, Papua in which two Amcits and one Indonesian citizen were killed. Since the last session, the prosecution decid [...]
2006-09-19 10:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA11588INDONESIA IPR - EMBASSY SPECIAL 301 OUT OF CYCLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Jakarta strongly urges that the Special 301 Committee upgrade Indonesia to Watch List status in its upcoming Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR). With a sound legal and regulatory structure in place, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) is demonstrating a growing commit [...]
2006-09-19 11:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR ID
06JAKARTA11660INDONESIA HIV/AIDS PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary. Indonesia's national HIV/AIDS program is in a critical situation; they are at risk of losing approximately $50 million of Global Fund monies due to poor program management and performance. On July 13, Indonesia's President issued a Presidential Regulation providing the National AI [...]
2006-09-20 09:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID
06JAKARTA11663BALI II TRIALS CONCLUDE
[...] Summary. The District Court in Denpasar, Bali on September 14 announced the final of four convictions of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) associates for their roles in the October 1, 2005 suicide terror attacks in Bali. The Bali Court used Indonesia's 2003 Counterterrorism Law and the Criminal Code to [...]
2006-09-20 11:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO PGOV ID
06JAKARTA11767INDONESIA'S ECONOMY - RIGHT DIRECTION, WRONG SPEED
[...] Summary. Private sector and Government of Indonesia (GOI) interlocutors expressed optimism about the financial sector's growth and progress, but concern about the real sector, during the September 13-15 visit of Department of Treasury officials Andrew Baukol and Seth Searls. Most agreed Indo [...]
2006-09-21 09:40:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV KCOR ID
06JAKARTA11769GOI TROUBLED BY EVENTS IN THAILAND
[...] (C) On September 20, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono convened a meeting of top advisors to discuss the coup's implications for Indonesia. Several times during that day, one of the President's top foreign policy advisors pressed the Charge for information about the USG's understanding of th [...]
2006-09-21 10:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
06JAKARTA1179YUDHOYONO CONVOKES AMBASSADOR ON IRAN;
[...] (S) Summary: President Yudhoyono (SBY) convoked the Ambassador to an extraordinary meeting January 31, attended by four ministers, to convey Indonesia's intention to decide its position on Iran's nuclear program when the IAEA Board of Governors meet on March 6. He conveyed concerns with resp [...]
2006-01-31 11:16:00Embassy JakartaSECRETKNNP PARM PREL PGOV ID IR
06JAKARTA11799Central Sulawesi: "Poso 3" Executed - Violence
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Da Silva, and Marinus Riwu were executed September 22. Security situations in Palu, Poso and Tentena remained calm, inspired by a highly visible police and military presence patrolling the streets. Violence erupted in areas of West Timor, Nusa Tenggara [...]
2006-09-22 10:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINS PGOV PNAT KJUS CASC ID
06JAKARTA11842INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 25 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-25 08:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA11845TIMIKA TRIAL: TNI PERSONNEL TESTIFY
[...] (SBU) On September 19, the trial of suspects charged in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua, resumed. The defendants had ended their hunger strike (reftel) and were present except for Hardi Sugimol, who was recovering from an illness. Amcit victim witnesses [...]
2006-09-25 10:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA1185FREEPORT PURSUES "NO TALL TREES" STRATEGY IN ARMY
[...] (C/NF) Summary. A senior executive from the U.S. mining giant Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold told us on January 25 that his company will avoid the media spotlight while cooperating fully with GOI inquiries regarding the legality of the mining giant's payments to Indonesian security forces in [...]
2006-01-31 23:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALECON EMIN ENIV ID
06JAKARTA11889EIGHT TERRORISTS ON TRIAL IN CENTRAL JAVA
[...] (C) Eight terrorist suspects with links to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and terrorist mastermind Noordin Top are currently standing trial in Semarang, Central Java. All eight are being charged under the Anti-Terrorism Law. The central figure of the group, Subur Sugiyarto, recruited and trained seve [...]
2006-09-26 09:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KVPR KJUS KISL ASEC CASC AS ID
06JAKARTA11892TIMIKA TRIAL: WITNESS SNAFU CAUSES DELAY
[...] (SBU) On September 26, the trial of suspects charged in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua, resumed. It emerged that there was either a misunderstanding or a disagreement between the prosecution and defense teams about the order of the day's testimony. The [...]
2006-09-26 11:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA11921AHMADIYAHS SAY THEIR SITUATION REMAINS PRECARIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: In the face of intimidation by Islamic fundamentalists, Ahmadiyah leaders characterized their situation in Indonesia as precarious (Reftel). They noted that the Ahmadiyah community continues to experience sporadic acts of violence: in recent months a mob ransacked an Ahmadiyah mo [...]
2006-09-27 08:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL SCUL KISL KIRF ID
06JAKARTA11930ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION CONTINUES IN SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although South Kalimantan's legal forest products industry has suffered a sharp decline, illegal mining and logging continue to degrade the province's environment. Overlapping and conflicting central and provincial government responsibilities and a lack of local resources comp [...]
2006-09-28 05:09:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO EINV ID
06JAKARTA12031EAST KALIMANTAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS
[...] Summary: Economic and political leaders in East Kalimantan praised the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) decentralization policy during a four-day embassy trip through the resource-rich province on the Indonesian part of Borneo. However, the same leaders criticized strongly the execution of tha [...]
2006-09-29 06:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EINV SENV PREL TBIO ID
06JAKARTA12098INDONESIA - TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND
[...] Embassy Jakarta's Economic Section coordinates monitoring of Indonesia trade agreement compliance and responding to foreign trade barrier complaints. International Trade Officer Tobias Glucksman (GlucksmanTH@state.gov) is the primary working level point of contact for these efforts. Embassy' [...]
2006-10-02 10:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON ID
06JAKARTA12099TIMIKA TRIAL: LAST DAY OF VICTIM, EXPERT TESTIMONY
[...] (SBU) On September 29, Central Jakarta court heard testimony from two victim witnesses and two expert witnesses in the trial of suspects charged in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua. Amcit victim witness Patsy Spier attended, accompanied by an interpreter [...]
2006-10-02 10:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA12100Eastern Indonesia: Violence Increases After
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The execution of the "Poso 3" on September 22 was immediately followed by an outbreak of violence in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) (Flores and West Timor) and later in Central Sulawesi, where the executions occurred. The reaction was not unexpected by local officials; police in NTT [...]
2006-10-02 11:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA12159CT WORKSHOP REACHES AUDIENCE FROM EASTERN INDONESIA
[...] (C) The latest in a series of USG-funded CT workshops aimed at improving the performance of Indonesian law enforcement officials in terrorism cases took place in Makassar, South Sulawesi on September 19-20. The event was organized by the CT Desk at the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Leg [...]
2006-10-03 08:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC ID
06JAKARTA12160DISCOURAGING TNI FROM TAKING MANPADS TO UNIFIL
[...] (S) Charge discussed the MANPADS issue with Indonesian Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Dino Patti Djalal on October 2. Charge emphasized that Indonesian deployment with MANPADS would cause big problems and urged GOI to reconsider. Djalal subsequently discussed the issue with the commander [...]
2006-10-03 11:00:00Embassy JakartaSECRETMARR MOPS PGOV PREL ID LE
06JAKARTA12161TIMIKA TRIAL: DEFENDANTS REFUSE TO TESTIFY
[...] (SBU) The trial of the suspects in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua resumed on October 3. The opening of the session was delayed by an hour because the head judge in the Timika case also served in the morning session of a circus-like, high-profile corrupti [...]
2006-10-03 11:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA12162NECESSARY ASSURANCES FOR TRANSFER OF C-130 SPARES
[...] We delivered ref A text of proposed assurances to the North America desk of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on October 3. We asked for confirmation that the GOI in fact wanted the spare parts in question. We also advised that the GOI consider offering blanket assurances [...]
2006-10-03 12:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS AS ID
06JAKARTA12253AN ENHANCED U.S. ROLE IN COMBATING AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI)
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. After a slow start that led to the unchecked spread of AI across much of Indonesia, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) has developed a simplified AI strategy with re- aligned priorities under a functioning National Comm [...]
2006-10-05 09:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA12254INDONESIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS CONTINUE TO
[...] (C) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,s (SBY) multi-faceted anti-corruption efforts continue to make progress in Indonesia. SBY has thrown his political support behind successful reformers and other anti-corruption "champions", has permitted prosecutions against senior Government o [...]
2006-10-05 10:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV KCRM ID
06JAKARTA12296HIDAYATULLAH WILL RUN REJOINDER TO ATTACK ON THE
[...] (C) Summary. In an October 2 meeting, a Muhammadiyah Youth official told Poloff that the hard-line Islamist group Hidayatullah will publish a Muhammadiyah response to Hidayatullah's written attack on The Asia Foundation (TAF). Hidayatullah's concession came after more than two weeks of inten [...]
2006-10-06 07:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC CASC KISL ID
06JAKARTA12300CONVICTION IN MUNIR MURDER OVERTURNED
[...] (C) Summary. On October 4, the Indonesian Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction of Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, acquitting him in the September 2004 poisoning of prominent Indonesian human rights activist Munir Thalib. The case is widely considered a litmus test of the Indonesian [...]
2006-10-06 10:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PGOV KCRM ID
06JAKARTA12334FROM ETHNIC CLEANSING TO JOB CREATION: WEST
[...] (C) Nearly five years after the most recent escalation in hostilities between the Dayak and Madurese communities in West Kalimantan, the province's key political operators believe tensions have abated and that the situation has finally stabilized. While relations between the Dayaks and Madure [...]
2006-10-10 06:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM ID
06JAKARTA12379AMBASSADOR REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR JUSTICE IN MUNIR
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador asked Suciwati, the widow of slain human rights activist Munir, to meet with on him on October 11 in order to reassure her of the USG's continuing support for justice in the wake of the October 4th Supreme Court acquittal of Pollycarpus Priyanto, who had been previo [...]
2006-10-11 11:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
06JAKARTA12492TIME TO INITIATE MLAT TALKS WITH INDONESIA
[...] (C) We believe it is in the U.S. interest to initiate Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) talks with Indonesia. These negotiations could then be announced in connection with the upcoming POTUS visit to Indonesia (para 10). Conclusion of an MLAT agreement would strengthen the growing ties be [...]
2006-10-12 09:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PCRM KTIA KJUS ID
06JAKARTA12494MUHAMMADIYAH YOUTH CONCERNED ABOUT EXTREMISM AMONG
[...] (C) Summary. On October 2 and 3, Poloff made courtesy calls on Muhammadiyah Youth Chairman Izzul Muslimin and Secretary General Gunawan Hidayat. As part of its six-month SIPDIS strategic plan, the Muhammadiyah Youth Central Board will carry out a "census" of local Muhammadiyah Youth leade [...]
2006-10-13 01:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER SOCI KISL PHUM ID
06JAKARTA12541INDONESIA SUPPORTS UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF
[...] (C) Polcouns and counterparts from the Australian and New Zealand Embassies delivered reftel demarche to Jonny Sinaga, deputy director in the Department of Foreign Affairs' Directorate for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs. We presented the main points of the demarche, emphasizing the co [...]
2006-10-13 08:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UN ID
06JAKARTA12542FINAL PUSH BEFORE GUATEMALA-VENEZUELA VOTE
[...] (C) Pursuant to reftel A, PolCouns called on the Directorate of International Security and International Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs and requested reconfirmation of Indonesia's support for Guatemala as expressed to the Secretary on September 26 (ref. B). PolCouns's request was [...]
2006-10-13 09:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALUNSC GT VE ID
06JAKARTA12543INDONESIA'S ECONOMY ONE YEAR AFTER THE FUEL PRICE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia successfully restored macroeconomic stability in the first half of 2006 after the August 2005 rupiah "mini-crisis" and the fuel price hikes and interest rate increases that followed. After the Government of Indonesia (GOI) hiked fuel prices by an average of 126% in O [...]
2006-10-13 10:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA12544PROSECUTORS DELIVER SENTENCING REQUESTS IN TIMIKA
[...] Prosecutors delivered their sentencing requests in court on October 13 for seven suspects accused of involvement in the murder of two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002. Prosecutors requested a sentence of 20 years for Antonius Wamang and 15 years for Agustinus Anggaibak and Yulianus Deikme on t [...]
2006-10-13 10:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA12545INDONESIA - OCTOBER 12 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 6, Dr. Ir Anton Apryanto, Minister of Agriculture promised Manho So, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative more vigorous coordination and communication in controlling AI. Local press reported on October 10 that faculty from Udayana University detected [...]
2006-10-13 10:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA12546INDONESIA SEEKS GPOI FUNDING FOR PLANNED
[...] (C) Summary: Officials at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs have confirmed Indonesia's interest in participating in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) and have asked whether GPOI funding could be used to support a national PKO center Indonesia is creating to train its mi [...]
2006-10-13 10:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA12547U.S.-INDONESIA SOFA TALKS LAY BASIS FOR POSSIBLE
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. delegation's exploratory talks with the Indonesian government on October 5 in Jakarta made considerable headway in establishing a basis of understanding for possible formal negotiation of a bilateral Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Embassy shared a draft template text (r [...]
2006-10-13 11:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL ID
06JAKARTA12555US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL DELEGATION VISITS JAKARTA
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) told a visiting U.S. ASEAN Business Council (USABC) delegation on October 12 that he remains optimistic about Indonesia's economic outlook and committed to economic reforms and the process of democratization. Vice President Jusuf Kalla [...]
2006-10-16 05:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ENRG ETRD EFIN PGOV ID
06JAKARTA12607REVISED DRAFT CRIMINAL CODE WORRIES ACTIVISTS
[...] (C) Summary: Legal analysts and NGOs told us that the latest draft of the revised Indonesian Criminal Code (KUHP) continues to include controversial provisions on the protection of government officials and state ideology from defamation, and the criminalization of pornography. They feared tha [...]
2006-10-17 05:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA12660ACEHNESE VILLAGERS EXHUMING CONFLICT VICTIMS'
[...] (C) Summary. Acehnese villagers are exhuming the graves of persons executed during the conflict between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the Indonesian government, Georges Paclisanu (strictly protect),Head of Delegation, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),told us recently. Ba [...]
2006-10-18 04:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA12687 INDONESIA AND MCC COMPACT ELIGIBILITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) administration has made important progress in the past year implementing a broad-based development strategy emphasizing poverty reduction, private sector growth, and good governance. SBY's bold anti-corruption efforts continue to dism [...]
2006-10-18 10:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON KMCA KCOR ID
06JAKARTA12730BREAKING THE GUATEMALA-VENEZUELA IMPASSE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-19 09:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALUNSC GT VE ID
06JAKARTA12732EAP DAS ERIC JOHN'S MEETING WITH BG DADI SUSANTO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Indonesian Director General for Defense Strategy Susanto on October 18, EAP DAS Eric John raised U.S. human rights concerns, the need for continued military vetting and accountability for past abuses, the importance of a SOFA in underpinning bilateral cooperatio [...]
2006-10-19 10:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM MASS MOPS ID
06JAKARTA12733East Java Mudflow: Lapindo Financial Woes
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PT. Lapindo Brantas (Lapindo) recently informed its relief well contractors that it no longer has funds to pay for relief well operations. Haliburton and other contractors, including local contractors, temporarily left the site, halting drilling operations, due to lack of paymen [...]
2006-10-19 10:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET PGOV ID
06JAKARTA12773INDONESIAN TERRORISTS:RECENT RELEASES AND UPCOMING
[...] (C) Four years after the 2002 Bali bombing, several individuals convicted of terrorism for their involvement in that attack and the 2003 Marriot bombing are starting to complete their prison terms. According to information obtained from the Australian Embassy, nine convicted terrorists have b [...]
2006-10-20 09:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
06JAKARTA12775PARLIAMENT PASSES 2007 BUDGET
[...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament approved a Rp 763.6 trillion (USD 83.4 billion) FY 2007 budget on October 17. Spending for personnel, materials and social programs is slated to rise significantly in 2007 in line with President Yudhoyono's plans to reform the civil service and improve health and ed [...]
2006-10-20 10:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID
06JAKARTA12776TNI ANNIVERSARY SPEECHES EMPHASIZE REFORM AND
[...] Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudoyono and Commander-in-Chief (Panglima) Air First Marshal Djoko Suyanto urged the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) to continue along the path of reform as the TNI celebrated its 61st anniversary on October 5. The speeches exhorted the TNI to complete its tr [...]
2006-10-20 10:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PHUM ID
06JAKARTA12778EAST JAVA'S MUSLIM LEADERS, OBSERVERS COMMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary. On October 10, we met with the East Java provincial leadership of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah to discuss their organizations' activities in East Java. We also called on political scientist Aribowo from Surabaya's Airlangga University, who shared his observations (based [...]
2006-10-20 10:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PHUM KISL ID
06JAKARTA12779 ACEH PEACE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD, HEADING TOWARD
[...] The Aceh peace process continues to move forward. Elections have been scheduled for December 11, and work has begun on implementing the Law on Governance of Aceh (LOGA). The Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) is winding down its work and expects to cease operation on December 15. Reintegration paym [...]
2006-10-20 10:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC KDEM ID
06JAKARTA12781INDONESIA - OCTOBER 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) released 2007 budget information on October 19 but has not yet finalized its AI spending allocations in the Ministries of Health (MOH) and Agriculture (MOA). Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Aburizal Bakrie convened an interagency meet [...]
2006-10-20 11:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA12782THE TWO PAPUAS: A CONSUL GENERAL'S VIEW
[...] (C) Summary. Papua New Guinea,s Consul General in Jayapura, Papua shared his views on the often prickly relations between Indonesia and his government in an October 12 meeting. He charged that the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) were involved in both illegal logging and drug smuggling in PNG. [...]
2006-10-20 11:55:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM ID PP
06JAKARTA12783THE TWO PAPUAS: A CONSUL GENERAL'S VIEW
[...] (C) Summary. Papua New Guinea,s Consul General in Jayapura, Papua shared his views on the often prickly relations between Indonesia and his government in an October 12 meeting. He charged that the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) were involved in both illegal logging and drug smuggling in PNG. [...]
2006-10-20 12:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM ID PP
06JAKARTA12787NORTH SUMATRA POLICE: NEW SENSITIVITY TO HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Head of Police Intelligence for North Sumatra, Herman Effendi, described the Indonesian police as increasingly focused on human rights during an Oct.3 meeting in Medan. He attributed this positive development partly to widespread human rights training that has reached the low [...]
2006-10-23 03:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS ID
06JAKARTA12798VP KALLA ON THE COURTS, MCC, PEACE CORPS AND MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla told the Ambassador on October 20 that the Supreme Court is "not using logic" in its approach to the Munir case, and that people are rightly not happy with the Pollycarpus verdict. He said the Supreme Court would soon reconsider its decision taking int [...]
2006-10-23 07:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV PREL KMCA PHUM ID
06JAKARTA12800PAPUA: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DENOUNCE ABEPURA
[...] (C) Summary. A church-affiliated task force has asked Indonesia's National Committee on Human Rights (KomnasHAM) to open an investigation into the conviction and sentencing of 23 men charged in connection with a March 16 riot in Abepura, Papua that led to the death of three unarmed policemen a [...]
2006-10-23 08:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ID
06JAKARTA12825INDONESIA - CIVAIR UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian transportation officials are focusing on aviation and airport security as tens of millions of Indonesians travel to their home villages and back during the Idul Fitri holiday break. A record 1.5 million Indonesians will take to the skies during the week- long celebr [...]
2006-10-27 07:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD ID
06JAKARTA12828INDONESIA - OCTOBER 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Aburizal Bakrie announced at an October 20 news conference a decrease in the number of AI-affected provinces over the past six months from 30 to 16. At the same news conference, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono announced governmen [...]
2006-10-27 09:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA12873INDONESIAN DELEGATES FOR THE SENIOR POLICY
[...] The government of Indonesia has provided the following nine names to participate in the four-day Senior Policy Exchange in Washington,DC during the week of December 5-8, 2006. The participants are as follows: Name: Major General Suryadi Job Title: Director General for Defense Capability, D [...]
2006-10-31 08:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM PREL KNNP ID
06JAKARTA12874TIMIKA DEFENDANTS REFUSE TO RESPOND TO SENTENCING
[...] (SBU) In an October 31 session lasting less than an hour, the defendants charged in the 2002 murders of two Amcits near Timika, Papua refused to respond to the sentencing requests handed down by prosecutors on October 13 (reftel). Their attorney, Johnson Penjaitan, attended the trial as a sp [...]
2006-10-31 09:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA12875INDONESIA READY TO FINALIZE CUSTOMS MUTUAL
[...] (U) This is an action request for U.S. Customs Border Protection and State EAP/MTS. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Indonesian Directorate General of Customs & Excise (DGCE) and U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection are close to finalizing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cus [...]
2006-10-31 11:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ID
06JAKARTA12939 INDONESIA SEEKS COMPACT ELIGIBILITY, APPRECIATES
[...] H.E. President of the Republic of Indonesia 2. H.E. Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia 3. H.E. Ms. Condoleeza Rice, US Secretary of State (Chair, MCC) 4. Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs, the Republic of Indonesia 5. Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Republic of Indon [...]
2006-11-01 10:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EINV ECON KMCA ID
06JAKARTA12944POST RECOMMENDATIONS ON GLOBAL FUND PHASE 2
[...] (SBU) Summary. Approve Phase 2 funding, at requested level of funding, $33,905,951, with conditions. End Summary Indonesia's Global Fund HIV/AIDS Program Summary --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) Indonesia received two Global Fund AIDS grants: Round 1 and Round 4, [...]
2006-11-02 04:44:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID
06JAKARTA12981POST RECOMMENDATIONS ON GLOBAL FUND PHASE 2
[...] (SBU) Summary. Approve Phase 2 funding, at requested level of funding, $33,905,951, with conditions. End Summary Indonesia's Global Fund HIV/AIDS Program Summary --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) Indonesia received two Global Fund AIDS grants: Round 1 and Round 4, [...]
2006-11-03 05:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID
06JAKARTA13005DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON ARF STATEMENT ON DPRK
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 09:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ASEAN KN ID
06JAKARTA13006DEMARCHES TO INDONESIA ON DPRK SHIPPING
[...] (S/NF) We met November 3 with Fahmi Jamaludin, Desk Officer for Korea at Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs, to deliver demarches contained reftels on DPRK shipping issues. We stressed that the actions we were requesting were consistent not only with UNSC Resolution 1718, but also wit [...]
2006-11-03 09:43:00Embassy JakartaSECRET//NOFORNMNUC PARM KNNP EWWT KN XC ID
06JAKARTA13007INDONESIAN POLICE ASK FOR U.S. HELP IN MUNIR CASE
[...] (C) On October 31, General Sutanto, Chief of the Indonesian National Police (INP),formally asked Thomas Fuentes, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Office of International Operations, and Embassy Legatt for the FBI's technical assistance in the ongoing investigation into the 2004 murder of Indonesi [...]
2006-11-03 10:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS PINR KCRM ID
06JAKARTA13014INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 6 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 1, Bayu Krisnamurthi, Executive Secretary for the National AI Committee assured the press that SIPDIS Indonesian research shows no signs that the H5N1 virus is mutating to a more dangerous form in the country. Food and Agriculture Organization officials concur but [...]
2006-11-06 23:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA13121SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT WEATHERS VOUCHER SCANDAL
[...] (C) Agung Laksono, Chairman of Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR),has apparently emerged relatively unscathed from a scandal surrounding his involvement in a school voucher distribution exercise. The controversy erupted following the revelation that he improperly handed out vouchers [...]
2006-11-07 08:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
06JAKARTA13138PRESIDENTIAL TRIP TO INDONESIA: OFFICIAL GIFT
[...] Post communicated the points and questions provided in reftel to Ms. Lusi Surjanadari, the protocol point of contact for the POTUS visit. Ms. Surjanadari confirmed the gift presentations will be conducted protocol-to-protocol, as requested reftel. Post requested the exchange take place short [...]
2006-11-07 10:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP BUSH GEORGE AMGT ID
06JAKARTA13142TIMIKA TRIAL: WAMANG SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
[...] (SBU) On November 7, Judge Adriani Nurdin sentenced Anthonious Wamang to life in prison for premeditated murder in connection with the August 31, 2002 murders of two Americans and one Indonesian in Timika, Papua. Although prosecutors had requested 20 years, Judge Nurdin cited several conside [...]
2006-11-07 11:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA13143NAMRU-2 NEGOTIATIONS TO PROCEED NOVEMBER 9
[...] (C) Summary: We will be proceeding with an initial NAMRU-2 negotiation session on November 9. The Ambassador was told by Eddi Hariyadhi, Director General for American and European Affairs in the Department of Foreign Affairs Nov. 7 that he is confident that resolution of the issue would pro [...]
2006-11-07 13:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TBIO AMED AMGT KFLU KTIA ID
06JAKARTA13169AMBASSADOR URGES VIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT OF UNSCR 1718
[...] (C) In a November 9 meeting with Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda, Ambassador stressed the importance of vigorous implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718, aimed at stopping DPRK trafficking in military materiel and certain luxury goods (reftels). Ambassador pointed out that beca [...]
2006-11-09 10:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC PARM KNNP EWWT KN XC ID
06JAKARTA13171UNGA: DEMARCHES TO INDONESIA ON CUBA EMBARGO,
[...] (SBU) After learning that the entire staff of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Affairs Directorate was either in New York or otherwise unavailable, we met November 9 with Harry Purwanto, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for North and Central America, to urge [...]
2006-11-09 10:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL PHUM ETRD CU ID
06JAKARTA13172ADDITIONS TO INDONESIAN DELEGATION FOR SENIOR
[...] The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has submitted the names of two additional delegates to participate in the four-day Senior Policy Exchange in Washington, DC scheduled for December 5-8, 2006. The additional participants are as follows: Name: Mr. Ramadansyah Hasan Job Title: Head o [...]
2006-11-09 11:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM PREL KNNP ID
06JAKARTA13173SHOWDOWN BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND VP OVER REFORM UNIT
[...] (C) President Yudhoyono and Vice President Kalla have skirmished publicly over SBY's decision to advance the President's reform agenda. Although referred to in general terms for months, the "Presidential Work Unit on Managing Policy and Reform Programs (UKP3KR)" was reportedly designed and un [...]
2006-11-09 11:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID
06JAKARTA13181NEW ZEALAND DCM CALLS ON JI'S POLITICAL WING
[...] (C) Summary. New Zealand's Deputy Head of Mission briefed us about his meeting with Irfan Awwas, the leader of Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI),Jemaah Islamiyah's political wing (his reporting cable has been sent by classified email to EAP/MTS and INR/EAP). Awwas spoke about MMI's goal of p [...]
2006-11-13 07:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KISL SOCI ID
06JAKARTA13193YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA
[...] (S) Summary: Mr. President: Your visit to Indonesia provides an excellent opportunity to consolidate recent gains in U.S.- Indonesian relations and showcase the success of our core political values ) freedom, democracy, and economic development ) in this, the world,s largest Muslim-majority [...]
2006-11-13 10:11:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA13194INDONESIA - AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) AND THE PRESIDENT"S
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Government of Indonesia has not yet finalized its FY 2007 allocations for AI control programs, senior GOI officials including Coordinating Minister Bakrie and Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati have assured the Embassy that total AI spending will match or exc [...]
2006-11-13 10:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA13198INDONESIAN MPS PRAISE INTL VISITOR PROGRAM, CITE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Poloffs recently debriefed four members of the Indonesian House of Representatives who participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program, &The U.S. Political System,8 from August 7 ) 25, 2006. In their visits to cities and towns throughout the United States, the par [...]
2006-11-14 02:49:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC SCUL KPAO KISL PREL ID
06JAKARTA13201BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON 05-
[...] (U) Summary. The Indonesian Air Force (IAF) verified on September 1, their order and receipt of component C-130 parts detailed in reftel. The order contained some defective parts, for which the IAF ordered replacements. Per request in reftel, we have inquired about both orders and the IAF [...]
2006-11-14 05:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC ECON ID SN
06JAKARTA13216FOREIGN MINISTRY READY TO OPEN MLAT NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) The GOI is ready to move forward with negotiations on a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with the U.S. On November 15, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Directorate for Treaties on Political, Security, and Territorial Affairs Arif Havas Oegroseno told Poloff and [...]
2006-11-15 10:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA PGOV PREL PTER ID
06JAKARTA13217INDONESIA NON-COMMITTAL ON BELARUS, MATHESON
[...] (SBU) On November 15 we met with Harry Purwanto, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for North and Central America, to present demarches on Belarus' anti-U.S. resolutions (ref A) and to solicit support for the candidacy of Michael Matheson to the International Law Commission (ref B). [...]
2006-11-15 10:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNGA ILC BO ID
06JAKARTA13218INDONESIA BEGINS NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: Formal discussions between the Indonesian and U.S. governments on the future status of the Naval Medical Research Unit 2 (NAMRU-2) in Jakarta began on November 9. The Indonesians, fresh from high-level interagency discussions, came in with a set of six concerns which were mostly [...]
2006-11-15 10:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TBIO AMED AMGT KFLU KTIA ID
06JAKARTA13222OLD/NEW STATE ISLAMIC UNIV. RECTORS ON ISLAM AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-16 07:02:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALSCUL PREL KISL OIIP OEXP KPAO ID
06JAKARTA13229INTERFAITH YOUTH DELIVER POTUS LETTER TO AMBASSADOR
[...] In advance of President Bush's upcoming visit to Indonesia, a group of Indonesian interfaith youth leaders met with the Ambassador to present a letter to the President (full text in para 6). The delegates represented all of Indonesia's major religions: Islam (the youth wings of mass-based [...]
2006-11-17 06:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SOCI KISL ID
06JAKARTA13233BALL IN SBY'S COURT ON REFORM UNIT
[...] (C) With Golkar's November 13-16 annual national leadership meeting as a backdrop, Vice President Jusuf Kalla publicly called for Golkar's continued support for the Yudhoyono administration and privately sought to mend fences with the President following last week's public feud over plans for [...]
2006-11-17 10:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID
06JAKARTA13236INFRASTRUCTURE FORUM ATTRACTS INVESTORS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) renewed its appeal for private investment under it's five-year, USD 150 billion infrastructure development program at a November 1-3 Infrastructure Forum in Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) touted improvements in Indonesia's i [...]
2006-11-19 23:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS PREL ID
06JAKARTA13237INFRASTRUCTURE FORUM ATTRACTS INVESTORS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) renewed its appeal for private investment under it's five-year, USD 150 billion infrastructure development program at a November 1-3 Infrastructure Forum in Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) touted improvements in Indonesia's i [...]
2006-11-19 23:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS ID
06JAKARTA13244INDONESIA AND US SIGN MULTI-HAZARD MOU
[...] State Minister of Research and Technology Kusmayanto Kadiman and Ambassador B. Lynn Pascoe signed a Memorandum of Understanding on "General Cooperation in Science and Technology for Natural Hazard Assessment, Analysis, Warning, Preparedness and Mitigation" on November 20. We have scanned and [...]
2006-11-20 08:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID TPSL AEMR TPHY ECON PREL ID
06JAKARTA13255OLD/NEW STATE ISLAMIC UNIV. RECTORS ON ISLAM AND
[...] (C) Summary. On November 8, Komaruddin Hidayat, the new rector of the State Islamic University's (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah campus, and former rector Azyumardi Azra spoke to us about the university, Islam and society. They argued that Indonesia is becoming increasingly conservative religious [...]
2006-11-22 00:12:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALSCUL PREL KISL OIIP OEXP KPAO ID
06JAKARTA13277DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON IRAN'S PROPOSED IAEA
[...] (SBU) We conveyed talking points and non-paper in reftel paras 3 and 4 to Musurifun, Deputy Director for South and Central Asian Affairs in Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs. Musurifun was non-committal, but took our points on board and undertook to coordinate them with other relevant [...]
2006-11-22 10:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PREL PGOV KNNP IR ID
06JAKARTA13282Aceh: Election Update
[...] (U) Summary: Aceh will hold provincial elections on December 11, the province's first since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the government and pro-independence forces in Helsinki in 2005. According to the election rules, candidates must receive more than 25 percen [...]
2006-11-24 03:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AS ID
06JAKARTA13289ACEH: MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN GAM REINTEGRATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: After refusing for more than a year, GAM finally provided a list of ex-combatants to the government, paving the way for some reintegration payments to be made before the end of the year. GAM's providing names breaks the impasse, but persisting differences on land compensation, [...]
2006-11-24 04:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC ID
06JAKARTA13293Aceh to Increase Police Presence During Election
[...] (U) At the Commission on Security Arrangements (CoSA) meeting on November 4, representatives of the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM),Free Aceh Movement (GAM),and the government agreed to temporarily increase the number of police officers in Aceh by 2,433 above levels permitted in the Helsinki M [...]
2006-11-24 04:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AS ID
06JAKARTA13294TNI Commander Reaffirms Military's Commitment to
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a speech in Aceh on November 6, TNI Commander Air Marshal Djoko Suyanto said TNI would continue to respect the Helsinki MOU after the departure of the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) next month. He also reminded his audience that TNI had withdrawn from politics, acted under th [...]
2006-11-24 04:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AS ID
06JAKARTA13303Central and East Java: Increasing
[...] (C) Summary/Introduction: Over the past several months, what began as a debate of the controversial draft pornography law has revealed deeper fissures with the leadership of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU),showing a quiet shift to the right of NU clerics and the [...]
2006-11-27 10:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL ID
06JAKARTA13304East Java: NU Political Clout Diminished As
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In the final battle for control of the National Awakening Party (PKB),Nahdatul Ulama's (NU) political wing and Indonesia's 4th largest political party, the Indonesian Supreme Court ruled on October 12 against East Java PKB Chairman Choiral Anam's attempt to overthrow former Indo [...]
2006-11-27 10:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL ID
06JAKARTA13305Aceh: Official Campaign Season Begins
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Official campaigning began in Aceh on November 24, although advertisements for some candidates have been up for weeks, giving a slight advantage to well- financed candidates. GAM "Prime Minister Malik Mahmud returned to Aceh to try to reunify the GAM movement and to voic [...]
2006-11-27 10:09:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PINR PREL KDEM ASEC ID
06JAKARTA13308GPOI FUNDING: INDONESIAN PLANS FOR A TRAINING
[...] (C) Poloff and ODC Chief met with Department of Foreign Affairs officer for International Security and Disarmament Yonatri Rilmania on November 14 to learn more about a planned Indonesian center for peacekeeping training and to explain U.S. funding possibilities for this and other potential ne [...]
2006-11-27 10:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR MASS PREL ID
06JAKARTA13315COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR RICHARD CROWDER,
[...] Embassy Jakarta grants country clearance to Ambassador Richard Crowder, Chief Agricultural Negotiator USTR, Mr. Jason Hafemeister, Deputy Assistant USTR, Mr. Andrew Stephens, Director, USTR and Ms. Ellen Terpstra, Deputy Under Secretary, USDA to visit Jakarta from November 30 through December [...]
2006-11-28 05:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDCH OTRA ETRD USTR JA KA ID
06JAKARTA13316USTR AND ASEAN SECRETARIAT DISCUSS TIFA AND ASEAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Southeast Asia and the Pacific Barbara Weisel and Director for Southeast Asia and Pacific Affairs David Katz met on November 6 with Anna Robeniol, head of the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) Section of the Bureau of Economic [...]
2006-11-28 05:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ASEAN ID
06JAKARTA13324INDONESIA'S INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) Embassy Jakarta provides the following interim assessment of targeted actions by Indonesia on trafficking in persons (TIP) since the June release of the 2006 TIP report, as requested in ref A. Anti-Trafficking Legislation ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) A comprehensive anti-tra [...]
2006-11-28 09:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
06JAKARTA13326INDONESIA'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY REMAINS ON TRACK
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's economy continues to recover from the impact of August 2005 rupiah "mini-crisis," with growth in gross domestic product (GDP) reaching 5.5% year-on- year (YoY) in the third quarter. Strong external demand for Indonesian commodities and increased household consumptio [...]
2006-11-28 09:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13328AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FORMER PRESIDENT HABIBIE
[...] (C) On November 27 the Ambassador met with former President B.J. Habibie at his residence in suburban Jakarta. Looking relaxed and displaying characteristic energy and enthusiasm, the former President declared President Bush's November 20 visit a success, discussed his recently released memoir [...]
2006-11-28 09:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM ID
06JAKARTA13329INTER-EMBASSY POLITICAL ISLAM CONTACT GROUP'S
[...] (C) Summary. On November 9, representatives from the British, Canadian, Japanese, New Zealand, Dutch, Singaporean and U.S. embassies in Jakarta met to establish a political Islam contact group; representatives from the Australian and German embassies will participate in future meetings. Most [...]
2006-11-28 23:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL ID
06JAKARTA13341INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO REVISED PROPOSED TEXT FOR A
[...] (C) We delivered the revised text of the draft agreement for a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Indonesia (ref a) on November 15 to Harry Purwanto, Director for North and Central American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). We noted that the text had been revised with a [...]
2006-11-29 10:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALID KTIA MARR MOPS PREL
06JAKARTA13358East Java Mudflow: Methane Line Explodes
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pertamina's main East Java methane gas line ruptured near the PT. Lapindo Brantas (Lapindo) mud volcano site in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java on November 22, causing power outages and permanently closing the Surabaya-Malang toll road. No American Citizens were among the 14 dead a [...]
2006-11-30 09:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET PGOV CACS ID
06JAKARTA13361MEGAWATI SURVEYS THE INDONESIAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
[...] (C) During a November 28 meeting with the Ambassador, former President Megawati Soekarnoputri avoided discussing whether she would consider cooperating with President Yudhoyono's government, bemoaned the increasing influence of Islamists in Indonesian politics, and outlined the challenges of d [...]
2006-11-30 09:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID
06JAKARTA13362BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON
[...] (U) Summary. The Indonesian Air Force (IAF) verified their orders of component parts detailed in reftel. The foreign consignees are new to the military supply business, however they have prior Indonesian government procurement experience. End summary. 2. (U) We contacted Chief of Aeron [...]
2006-12-01 00:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC ECON ID SN
06JAKARTA13370INDONESIA - DECEMBER 1 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch hosted a workshop on November 25 and 26 that will make recommendations on animal vaccine strategy to the Ministry of Agriculture. The local television station Lativi began broadcasting AI mini- documentaries on November 10 and will continue these broadcasts through t [...]
2006-12-01 08:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13372YUDHOYONO ALLEGEDLY APPROVES TRYING SOLDIERS IN
[...] (C) Summary: According to media reports citing Indonesian Justice and Human Rights Minister Awaluddin, President Yudhoyono has signaled his support for draft legislation which would clear the way for military personnel charged with criminal acts to be tried in civilian courts. The report, if [...]
2006-12-01 09:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS MARR ID
06JAKARTA13379THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GUS DUR
[...] (C) During a November 30 meeting with the Ambassador, an uncharacteristically reserved former President Abdurrachman Wahid (aka Gus Dur) gave his views on U.S.-Indonesia relations and President Bush's visit, Indonesia's economic shortcomings, and developments within Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and th [...]
2006-12-01 09:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID
06JAKARTA13385MUNIR CASE: INDONESIAN POLICE SAY FBI COULD HELP
[...] (S) A police team investigating the case of murdered human rights campaigner Munir will visit FBI Quantico December 4-9, accompanied by Embassy Legatt, for technical assistance in retrieving SMS messages among Munir and those implicated in his murder (Ref A). Lead police investigator Anton C [...]
2006-12-04 07:02:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
06JAKARTA13387 NORTH SUMATRA: A TALE OF TWO ECONOMIES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: High prices for rubber and crude palm oil keep North Sumatra's agricultural sector resilient. Industry experts expect the trend to continue as demand for oleochemicals and cooking oil increase, and biodiesel production expands. On the other hand, North Sumatra's manufacturing an [...]
2006-12-04 07:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ENRG ETRD ID
06JAKARTA13392SBY'S CT RECORD AFTER TWO YEARS: A MIXED BAG
[...] (C) Two years into the Yudhoyono Administration, Jakarta remains stalwart in its commitment to identify, arrest, and convict terrorist operatives. The combination of strong political support for tactical CT operations and substantial international assistance has enabled Indonesian law enforce [...]
2006-12-04 10:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KJUS ASEC KISL ID
06JAKARTA13413NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE FIELD STUDIES EAST ASIA
[...] Embassy Jakarta welcomes the proposed visit (reftel) of NWC seminar students to Indonesia in April 2007. Embassy requests precise dates for the visit so that more definite plans can be made. Control officer will be MAJ Marc Harrelson, DAO, office tel: (62-21) 3435-9192, home tel: (62-21) 71 [...]
2006-12-06 07:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS ID
06JAKARTA13419PKS SUFFERS ELECTORAL SETBACK
[...] (C) The ascendant Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) fell just short in its attempt to register a defining victory in the November 26 Banten provincial governor's race. The Banten Electoral Commission certified the election results on December 1 and declared Golkar's Ratu Atut Chosiyah the winner [...]
2006-12-06 08:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID
06JAKARTA13420INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on November 16 that Indonesia's GDP growth reached 5.5% in the third quarter of 2006 on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the highest quarterly growth rate since the third quarter of 2005. YoY consumer price inflation (CPI) dropped signific [...]
2006-12-06 09:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13421SBY - ABE SUMMIT: PLOWING AHEAD ON TRADE AND ENERGY
[...] (C) Summary. Energy and a planned Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) were the centerpieces of President Yudhoyono's November 26 - 29 state visit to Tokyo. President Yudhoyono and Prime Minister Abe announced that the two sides had "reached agreement in principle" on an Indonesia-Japan EPA, [...]
2006-12-06 09:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EWWT ENRG KN JA ID
06JAKARTA13422INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 2006
[...] Summary: On November 22, following three years of bilateral negotiations, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) welcomed home forty-eight orangutans from Thailand. Minister of Health Dr. Siti Fadilah Supari announced plans on November 13 to make Indonesian villages self sufficient in health care [...]
2006-12-06 10:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO EINV ETRD ID
06JAKARTA13426ACEH: FRONT RUNNERS IN ELECTION
[...] (U) Summary: As the official campaign period winds down, no pair of candidates has taken a decisive lead in the race to become Aceh Governor and Vice Governor. Three pairs of candidates -- Malek Raden and Fuad Zakaria, Humam Hamid and Hasbi Abdullah, and Azwar Abubakar and Nasir Djamil -- have [...]
2006-12-07 04:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL KDEM KHUM ASEC ID
06JAKARTA13442MUSLIM TELEVANGELIST IN POLYGAMY SCANDAL: FANS,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's most popular Muslim televangelist, Aa Gym, has admitted to taking a second wife, much to the dismay of Muslim progressives and his adoring female followers. Gym's admission, along with a recent sex scandal involving a politician who tried to take his pop star love [...]
2006-12-08 08:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI KISL ID
06JAKARTA13446ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS-OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2006
[...] Summary. President Yudhoyono said Indonesia will honor its existing LNG contracts during a November 27-29 state visit to Japan. Vice President Jusuf Kalla said on November 25 that Indonesia will decide next year whether to renew those contracts. On November 25, state gas company PGN restored [...]
2006-12-08 09:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
06JAKARTA13448East Java Mudflow: Lapindo Defaults,
[...] (SBU) ConGen Pol/econoff and Jakarta USAID officers visited the PT. Lapindo Brantas (Lapindo) mud volcano site and the relief well operation in Porong, East Java (Ref. A) on December 8, meeting with several representatives of contractors working on the relief well. According to the contractor [...]
2006-12-08 09:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13450DPR PASSES NEW PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL BILL
[...] (C) On December 7, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) unanimously passed a bill requiring the creation of a new presidential advisory council within three months. The nine-member council will be charged with advising the President on a full range of issues, its mandate expiring at [...]
2006-12-08 10:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID
06JAKARTA13451INDONESIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS -
[...] Summary. On November 28, Indonesia and Japan agreed in principle to the major elements of a bilateral "Economic Partnership Agreement" (EPA). Parliament approved an amended Customs Law on October 18 that reduces red tape for importers and exporters and imposes stiffer sanctions on smugglers. [...]
2006-12-08 10:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON KIPR ID
06JAKARTA13452INDONESIA - DECEMBER 8 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 10:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13453ROH, SBY INITIAL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP IN JAKARTA
[...] (C) Summary. On December 4 in Jakarta, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun initialed a comprehensive 32-point "Strategic Partnership" encompassing a wide rage of areas for cooperation. The Partnership serves as a baseline for the development [...]
2006-12-08 11:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG KS ID
06JAKARTA13454AGO TASK FORCE BECOMES OPERATIONAL AS POSO TRIALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Less than four months after the group's official inauguration, the Attorney General's Terrorism and Transnational Crime Task Force is now becoming operational. In October, Post delivered $100,000 worth of computers and other office equipment to the Task Force's newly-renovated [...]
2006-12-08 11:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC ID
06JAKARTA13462ACEH HOLDS FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, THE FIRST
[...] Summary: The U.S. Mission in Indonesia fielded a team of 40 U.S. officials and local support staff to monitor the gubernatorial and district administrative elections in the Indonesian province of Aceh on December 11. Embassy's press release, below, provides our endorsement of the election pr [...]
2006-12-11 12:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM KPAO ID
06JAKARTA13473DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ASEAN SUPPORT FOR UNSC
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to contacts in the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament, which handles UNSC issues, and to Gudadi B. Sasongko of the Directorate for East Asia and Pacific Affairs in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on December 13. We left a copy of t [...]
2006-12-13 11:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM ID
06JAKARTA13475UK CHARITY COMMISSION'S GRIM ASSESSMENT OF
[...] (C) Summary. The UK Charity Commission's Southeast Asia and Pacific representative provided us with his assessment of Indonesia's charities sector on December 5. Indonesia falls far short on legislation governing charities, governmental regulation, and NGO self-regulation. Relations between [...]
2006-12-14 07:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ETTC KISL PTER SOCI ID UK
06JAKARTA13476CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULES INSULTING THE PRESIDENT
[...] (U) Summary: A divided Constitutional Court on December 7 struck down three articles of the Criminal Code which made insulting the President or Vice President a criminal act. The instant case involved an appeal brought by two political activists being tried for insulting President Yudhoyono [...]
2006-12-14 07:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13478TERRORISM FINANCE: ABAS SIGNS TERMS OF REMOVAL
[...] (SBU) On December 8, 2006, Jakarta's Assistant Legal Attache (ALAT) and POLOFF met with Nasir Abas at the Embassy regarding Ref A letter confirming his acceptance of the terms and conditions for his removal from the United States Department of the Treasury OFAC list of Specially Designated Gl [...]
2006-12-14 08:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETFN PREL PTER ID
06JAKARTA13480FINANCE MINISTER ON OPIC, TAX ISSUES, AND NEC
[...] (SBU) Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told the Ambassador on December 14 that the Directorate General of Taxation (DG Tax) would need to finalize a review of Indonesia's international tax agreements before moving forward on an Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Investment Sup [...]
2006-12-14 09:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL KCOR ID
06JAKARTA13481U.S. OBSERVATION TEAM FOR ACEH ELECTIONS: WHAT WE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A comprehensive post-election analysis of questionnaires returned by members of the official U.S. election observation team confirm our initial report (reftel) that the gubernatorial and district administrative elections in the Indonesian province of Aceh on December 11 were fre [...]
2006-12-14 09:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM KPAO ID
06JAKARTA13494AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH MINISTER OF NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Pascoe met with Minister of National Education Dr. Bambang Sudibyo on December 11 to discuss President Bush's six-year, $157 million Indonesia Education Initiative. Minister Sudibyo complained that he was not familiar with the U.S. program and had not been able to e [...]
2006-12-15 08:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDID
06JAKARTA13496AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ASSISTANCE AND LOCAL
[...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Pascoe met with Indonesian Minister for Home Affairs Mohammad Ma'ruf on December 12 to discuss cooperation and assistance issues. The Ambassador congratulated the Government of Indonesia on the success of the provincial elections in Aceh, urged closer coordination to [...]
2006-12-15 08:49:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ECON ID
06JAKARTA13497INDONESIA ON THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) Indonesia's election to the UNSC demonstrates President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) desire to raise his country's international profile. We have recently seen the emergence of a more flexible, multi-faceted style of Indonesian diplomacy, particularly where SBY's personal initiatives a [...]
2006-12-15 09:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM AORC UNSC ID
06JAKARTA13498YUDHOYONO'S VISIT TO RUSSIA: DEFENSE COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesia and Russia signed a range of intergovernmental and other agreements during the visit of Indonesian President Yudhoyono to Russia November 29-December  [...]
2006-12-15 10:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR EINV EIND ENRG SOCI ID RS
06JAKARTA13509INDONESIA'S TOP THREE WANTED TERRORISTS AND A
[...] (S) Summary: Despite hundreds of terrorists arrested by Indonesian authorities in the past several years, three top operatives linked to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) remain on Indonesia's "Most Wanted" list. Of these, Malaysian Noordin Mohammad Top is well known; the other two, Indonesians Abu Duja [...]
2006-12-18 07:26:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KVPR CVIS KPAO ID
06JAKARTA13513ACEH: IMPLICATIONS OF THE GAM VICTORY
[...] (C) Summary: The surprise win of the Free Aceh Movement's (GAM) Irwandi Yusuf in Aceh's gubernatorial election is clear evidence that the province's first direct local elections were genuine and that the peace process is beginning to mature. Irwandi's win is likely to accelerate GAM's transit [...]
2006-12-18 09:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ID
06JAKARTA13521FORMER MINISTER DETAINED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES
[...] (U) Former Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Rokhmin Dahuri was detained on November 30 in conjunction with a Commission for the Eradication of Corruption (KPK) investigation into his administration of an off-budget fund of nearly IDR 32 billion (approximately USD 3.5 million). The fund alleged [...]
2006-12-19 05:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALECON KCOR ID
06JAKARTA13526INDONESIAN BIOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL GOSSIP,
[...] (S/NF) Allegations of increasing influence peddling by the first family......The latest scuttlebutt on possible cabinet moves......Survival of the fittest for Golkar leadership.....Snapshots of likely/possible 2009 presidential contenders.....Continued dissatisfaction with Megawati in the PDI- [...]
2006-12-19 06:47:00Embassy JakartaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PTER KISL ID
06JAKARTA13527INDONESIA - DECEMBER 19 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-19 07:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13528BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON APLICATIONS
[...] Summary. The Indonesian firm PT Trio Yomasu (TY) verified on December 11 its order of component parts for aircrafts detailed in reftel. TY supplies the Indonesian Air Force (IAF) with aircraft spare parts and maintenance services. It also serves as a local representative for U.S. aircraft p [...]
2006-12-19 08:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC ECON ID SN
06JAKARTA13538TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: 12 MORE CONVICTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI Attorney General's Office continues to win convictions against terrorists at an impressive pace. Over the past 6 weeks, twelve Indonesians were convicted of terrorism in trials in Jakarta and Central and East Java. Nine of the 12 convicted were involved with fugitive terr [...]
2006-12-20 08:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
06JAKARTA13543INDONESIA WANTS NO CHANGE IN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS
[...] (U) On December 18, visiting IO PDAS Warlick met with Slamet Hidayat, Director General for Multilateral Affairs in Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting, we urged that Indonesia support retention of the current 22-percent ceiling rate in the UNGA debate on UN assessmen [...]
2006-12-20 10:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AORC PREL UNGA ID
06JAKARTA13554DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UAE/UN-HOSTED GLOBAL
[...] (U) We met December 21 with Deputy Minister for Child Protection in the Ministry of Women Empowerment, Ms. Sumarni Dawam Rahardjo, to deliver the demarche contained in reftel. Ms. Rahardjo fully agreed with all the points in reftel, particularly noting the importance of holding the internation [...]
2006-12-21 06:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KWMN SMIG XX KCRM PHUM ID
06JAKARTA13559INDONESIA TAKES STOCK OF ECONOMIC REFORMS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Coordinating Minister for Economics Boediono told a gathering of Embassy and private sector representatives on January 18 that he expects Parliament to pass new investment and tax laws "in the early months of 2007." Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu went further in her description [...]
2006-12-21 09:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13563SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS BA'ASYIR TERRORIST
[...] (U) The Indonesian Supreme Court announced on December 21 it had overturned the conviction of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) spiritual leader Abu Bakar Ba'asyir. In March 2005, Ba'asyir was sentenced to 30 months in prison for participating in a "sinister conspiracy to cause a fire or explosion that r [...]
2006-12-21 10:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC CASC ID
06JAKARTA13564CWC: STATUS OF INDONESIAN IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION
[...] POLOFF met with Daniel Simanjuntak of the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs on December 13 to present reftel points and discuss the status of Indonesia's implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Simanjuntak sai [...]
2006-12-21 11:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW ID
06JAKARTA13577WIRANTO LAUNCHES NEW PARTY
[...] (C) Summary. Retired General Wiranto unveiled his new political party, the People's Conscience Party (Hanura),on December 21. Flanked by several prominent political and military personalities, the failed 2004 presidential candidate announced his new party would help serve as a vehicle for th [...]
2006-12-22 05:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
06JAKARTA13578PDAS WARLICK'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: IO PDAS James Warlick discussed Indonesian peacekeeping policy and options with Indonesian Director General for Defense Strategy Dadi Susanto in Jakarta on December 19. Susanto said the UNIFIL deployment to Lebanon was Indonesia's first involving mechanized infantry. Indonesia w [...]
2006-12-22 05:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS ID
06JAKARTA13579IO PDAS WARLICK MEETS WITH INDONESIAN FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary. In December 18 meetings with senior officials of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs, Principal Deputy Secretary for International Affairs James B. Warlick reviewed our agenda for the upcoming session of the U.N. Security Council, to which Indonesia has been elected as [...]
2006-12-22 05:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC AORC PHUM ID
06JAKARTA13581IMPLICATIONS OF THE BA'ASYIR DECISION
[...] (C) Summary. The decision by Indonesia's Supreme Court to overturn the conviction of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) spiritual leader Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has a number of potential legal and political implications for the GOI's counterterrorism efforts. While the legal basis behind Ba'asyir's 2005 convi [...]
2006-12-22 08:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
06JAKARTA13584IO PDAS WARLICK MEETS INDONESIAN NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 19 meeting with IO PDAS James B. Warlick, Indonesian National Security Advisor Dino Djalal stressed that the GOI takes its upcoming UNSC duties very seriously, and looks forward to a constructive working relationship with the U.S. He said that President Yudhoyono [...]
2006-12-26 09:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC AORC PHUM BM ID
06JAKARTA13603CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] (U) In a controversial decision, on December 19 the Constitutional Court of Indonesia (CC) ruled that the legal provision which created the Anti-Corruption Court was unconstitutional, but allowed the court to continue functioning for a period of three years. The overturned provision was part [...]
2006-12-28 03:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS PCRM KTIA ID
06JAKARTA13609IO PDAS WARLICK'S MEETING WITH FORMER FORMIN ALI
[...] (C) Summary. On December 19, IO PDAS James B. Warlick met with Ali Alatas, former Foreign Minister of Indonesia (1987-99),to discuss Indonesia's upcoming term as a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. Alatas said that both President Yudhoyono (SBY) and Foreign Minister Hassan [...]
2006-12-28 09:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC AORC PHUM MNUC KNNP BM IR ID
06JAKARTA13610Aceh: Incoming Governor Blasts Syariah, Syariah Police
[...] (SBU) Summary: Aceh's incoming governor Irwandi Yusuf has publicly vowed to block new Syariah regulations, including a draft law to cut off the hands of convicted thieves, prompting Syariah officials to withdraw temporarily the proposed law pending revision. Meanwhile, out of the public eye Irw [...]
2006-12-28 23:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL SOCI ID
06JAKARTA13613Aceh: Incoming Governor Blasts Syariah,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Aceh's incoming governor Irwandi Yusuf has publicly vowed to block new Syariah regulations, including a draft law to cut off the hands of convicted thieves, prompting Syariah officials to withdraw temporarily the proposed law pending revision. Meanwhile, out of the public eye I [...]
2006-12-29 05:40:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL SOCI ID
06JAKARTA13615UNSCR 1737 INFORMATION SHARED WITH INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) We met December 28 with Carolina Tinangon, desk officer in the International Security and Disarmament Directorate of Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),to deliver information on implementation of UNSCR 1737 on Iran's nuclear program. Ms. Tinangon was already very familia [...]
2006-12-29 06:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PREL PGOV KNNP UNSC IR ID
06JAKARTA13616NO TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION FOR INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 8, the Constitutional Court (CC) scrapped Indonesia,s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, arguing that it was unconstitutional. There are mixed views here about the importance of this decision and the likely impact on the prosecution of past human rights abuses. [...]
2006-12-29 08:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PGOV ID
06JAKARTA1374INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT TAKES UP DRAFT ACEH LAW
[...] (SBU) The Yudhoyono administration on January 26 delivered its draft Law on Governing Aceh (LOGA) to the House of Representatives (DPR) for debate. The August 15, 2005 GOI-GAM MOU, which ended the armed conflict, requires the law's passage by March 31 -- a deadline that would require legislat [...]
2006-02-02 11:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV EFIN KDEM KISL ID
06JAKARTA1453INDONESIAN PROSECUTORS TACKLE 12 NEW TERROR CASES
[...] (C) Indonesian prosecutors have brought twelve new terrorism trials to the South Jakarta District Court with the case against Abdullah Sunata headlining this latest tranche (ref A). In Sunata's indictment, prosecutors accuse him of financing terrorism as well as providing assistance to Jemaah [...]
2006-02-03 12:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KVPR KJUS KISL ASEC CASC AS ID
06JAKARTA1649NEW DRAFT RELIGIOUS DECREE WOULD EASE REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) Indonesia's latest draft of the joint ministerial decree on the establishment of houses of worship, if approved, would ease requirements compared with earlier versions (ref a). While Christian religious leaders are still dissatisfied with the requirement of 90 members and 70 supporting si [...]
2006-02-08 10:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS KIRF KISL ID
06JAKARTA1651HELPING DENMARK AND OTHER EUROPEANS WEATHER THE
[...] (C) Summary: We have maintained close and cooperative contact with our Danish and Norwegian diplomatic colleagues as violent demonstrators have targeted Danish and American diplomatic missions. We have offered various types of security assistance and weighed in with the GOI at senior levels [...]
2006-02-08 11:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PTER ASEC ID DA
06JAKARTA1652EX-RELIGION MINISTER CONVICTED ON CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI's anti-corruption campaign scored its biggest success to date with the February 7 conviction of former Minister of Religion Said Agil Hussein Al Munawar and an aide for embezzling nearly USD 71 million in funds earmarked to support Indonesians perform the Hajj pilgrimage [...]
2006-02-08 23:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL ECON ID
06JAKARTA1653EX-RELIGION MINISTER CONVICTED ON CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI's anti-corruption campaign scored its biggest success to date with the February 7 conviction of former Minister of Religion Said Agil Hussein Al Munawar and an aide for embezzling nearly USD 71 million in funds earmarked to support Indonesians perform the Hajj pilgrimage [...]
2006-02-08 23:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL ECON ID
06JAKARTA1817INDONESIA: A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT OF
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Imron Cotan February 1 expressed to SIPDIS Assistant Secretary John Hillen his great pleasure that the U.S. had taken steps to end the "embargo" on military-to-military cooperation and suggested that the countries nee [...]
2006-02-10 11:49:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA1818INDONESIA: A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary John Hillen February 1 described to Indonesian Defense Minister the "great anticipation" in the U.S. regarding Indonesia and the U.S. desired a robust relationship with Indonesia. Juwono told A/S Hillen he would do whatever necessary to strengthen this relat [...]
2006-02-10 11:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA1819INDONESIA-U.S. POLITICA-MILITARY TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Indonesian delegations held a day of political-military talks February 1 to explore expanded bilateral cooperation following the U.S. decision in November to end restrictions on military-to-military relations. The U.S. delegation, led by Dr. John Hillen, Assistant Secre [...]
2006-02-10 12:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA1823AMBASSADOR MEETS COORDINATING MINISTER BAKRIE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Aburizal Bakrie told the Ambassador on February 8 that, in his view, the Beijing avian influenza (AI) conference had been a failure because Indonesia alone needs at least USD 950 million to deal with AI, but would likely only receive U [...]
2006-02-13 02:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR PGOV SOCI KFLU ID
06JAKARTA2030CARTOONS CAST SHADOW OVER REGIONAL INTER-FAITH MEET
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia hosted religious leaders representing 10 religious faiths from 17 East Asian nations to an inter-faith conference February 12-13. While the gathering produced a helpful declaration that included calls for greater inter-religious tolerance and understanding to deter ex [...]
2006-02-15 09:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL ID
06JAKARTA2031SEEKING SUPPORT FOR FINAL IRAQ ELECTION RESULTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-15 09:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OPRC ID IZ
06JAKARTA2032INDONESIA: SBY USES INVESTITURE OF NEW TNI CHIEF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesian President Yudhoyono February 13 swore in Chief Air Marshal Djoko Suyanto as the new commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) to replace General Endriartono Sutarto. Air Marshal Suyanto, the first Air Force Officer to hold the position, will assume command of [...]
2006-02-15 12:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA2107INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN
[...] (SBU) We delivered and discussed reftel points February 15 with Wahib, DFA Deputy Director for Middle Eastern Affairs. Wahib replied that the GOI is cautiously optimistic that Hamas will behave differently as a ruling coalition partner than it behaved as an opposition group. He said the GOI [...]
2006-02-16 09:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PTER KISL ID
06JAKARTA2110INDONESIA: POLAND PLANS DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL
[...] (C) Polish Ambassador Tomasz Lukaszuk previewed with the Ambassador February 16 the upcoming visit to Jakarta of Polish Minister of National Defense Radoslaw Sikorski. Lukaszuk noted that NATO Ambassadors in Jakarta had agreed in 2000 to cooperate on defense matters and inform counterparts of [...]
2006-02-16 11:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA2112INDONESIA-ET TRUTH/FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION FACES
[...] (C) Indonesia's senior bureaucrat responsible for human rights in a February 8 meeting described the Indonesia-East Timor Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) as "stagnant," due to East Timor's presentation of its human rights report to the UN, the shooting of three Indonesians on the East [...]
2006-02-16 11:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID
06JAKARTA2314UNHCR TO ASSIST CUBAN CITIZEN HELD IN WEST TIMOR
[...] (SBU) UNHCR/Jakarta informed us February 21 that it plans to assist Ramon Ballesteros Escobar, a Cuban citizen, with refugee assistance after he illegally crossed into Indonesia from East Timor earlier this month. Immigration authorities are holding Escobar at an Immigration detention facilit [...]
2006-02-21 10:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREF KJUS CU ID
06JAKARTA2316INDONESIAN OUTBRIEF ON KOREAN MEDIATION MISSION
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesian Special Envoy Amb. Nana Sutresna briefed representatives of the nations participating in the Six Party talks on his travels to Pyongyang and Seoul earlier in the month. Sutresna, following the instructions of President Yudhoyono (SBY) urged the North Koreans to resume [...]
2006-02-21 11:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNUC MARR KN KS ID
06JAKARTA2392SBY'S ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAM DEALT A SETBACK
[...] (C) Summary. In a verdict that took many observers by surprise, Indonesia's Anti-Corruption Court acquitted three former Bank Mandiri officials of corruption charges on February 20. The Attorney General reportedly stated that he wants to appeal the case to the Supreme Court, and President Su [...]
2006-02-22 11:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KCOR PGOV EINV ID
06JAKARTA240INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - DECEMBER
[...] Summary. Indonesian financial markets reacted favorably to a December 6, 2005 cabinet reshuffle, with the rupiah gaining two percent through the end of December to close at 9,840/USD. The Jakarta Stock Exchange composite index also rose six percent after the reshuffle to close at 1,162 on Dec [...]
2006-01-06 08:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD ENRG SENV TBIO MARR ID
06JAKARTA2403INDONESIA - FEBRUARY 21 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-23 06:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA2476INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR AL-ASKARIYA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-23 08:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ID IZ
06JAKARTA2483INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) We conveyed and discussed ref A points February 23 with Wahib, Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director for Middle Eastern Affairs, and emphasized our preference that the GOI not receive Hamas delegations. Wahib replied that the GOI had not extended a visit invitatio [...]
2006-02-23 08:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ID
06JAKARTA2490CODEL KOLBE CALLS ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO
[...] (C) On February 21, President Yudhoyono presented the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) delegation headed by Representative Jim Kolbe with a lengthy description of his priorities including reform, continued democratization, increased economic prosperity, Aceh and Papua. He raised [...]
2006-02-23 12:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KISL MARR OVIP ID IR
06JAKARTA2492FREEPORT PAPUA MINE CLOSED BY ILLEGAL MINERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Approximately 400 illegal miners in Papua launched a picket of Freeport-McMoRan,s Grasberg Mine on February 21, forcing its temporary closure for the past 48 hours. As of COB February 23, the mine remained closed. In a separate but perhaps related incident, at approximately 04 [...]
2006-02-23 23:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EMIN ENIV PGOV ID
06JAKARTA2514SENATOR FEINGOLD MEETS INDONESIAN HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] (SBU) Senator Russ Feingold met February 23 with Indonesian human rights and judicial reform NGOs, and expressed strong support for the promotion of human rights in Indonesia and justice for past abuses. Human rights advocates expressed disappointment at lack of progress in accountability fo [...]
2006-02-24 08:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS ID
06JAKARTA2515CODEL KOLBE AND HDAC ENGAGE INDONESIAN LEGISLATORS
[...] CODEL Kolbe met on February 21-22 with top legislators from the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) in the first overseas visit of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC). Indonesian legislators welcomed the CODEL,s expertise on legislative affairs and its encouragement for the [...]
2006-02-24 08:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KDEM ID
06JAKARTA252TERRORIST FINANCE: ENGAGING TEH GOI FURTHER ON TF
[...] (S) As requested reftel, Embassy Jakarta proposes the following talking points for an initial approach to the Government of Indonesia (GOI) on securing better implementation of Indonesia's exiting UNSCR 1267 obligations. We recommend the same approach this time as in the past, i.e., a separa [...]
2006-01-06 10:30:00Embassy JakartaSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL AS ID
06JAKARTA2527TERRORIST FINANCE: ENGAGING TEH GOI ON TF ADN
[...] (S) Summary: Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials raised concerns about the effect of additional UN 1267 designations of Indonesia's on the country's international reputation. Generally speaking, though, they did not voice specific initial opposition to a U.S. and Australian plan to move [...]
2006-02-24 09:58:00Embassy JakartaSECRETEFIN ETTC PREL AS ID
06JAKARTA2528REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF INVITATIONAL TRAVEL FOR
[...] REQUEST PERMISSION FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR AMBASSADOR B. LYNN PASCOE TO ACCEPT AN INVITATIONAL TRAVEL GIFT FUNDED BY THE US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING IN BANGKOK, THAILAND, MARCH 6-8, 2006. THE ANNUAL MEETING CONSISTS OF A DINNER ON MARCH 6 AND A SERIES OF PANEL DI [...]
2006-02-24 10:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER OTRA ID
06JAKARTA2530CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS INDONESIAN ATTORNEY GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Senator Russell Feingold called on Indonesian Attorney General Abdul Rachman Saleh on February 22. The Senator opened with questions regarding the status of the Timika case and received assurance that the Attorney General's Office will follow the evidence and expects to convict those cu [...]
2006-02-24 10:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV KJUS OREP ASEC ID
06JAKARTA2531INDONESIA: 2006 SPECIAL 301 SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Local IPR industry representatives now tell us that the IPR enforcement landscape has changed considerably since they made their Special 310 out-of-cycle review (OCR) submissions in December 2005. They now see a more credible and sustained enforcement effort backed up by sign [...]
2006-02-24 10:44:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR PGOV ID
06JAKARTA2532SENATOR FEINGOLD'S FEBRUARY 23 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Introduction and Summary. In a February 23 meeting with Senator Russell Feingold, Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda expressed optimism that Indonesia's historic experience with Islamic fundamentalism would eventually lead to success in stemming the current threat posed by Muslim extrem [...]
2006-02-24 11:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP PTER PGOV KAWC KNNP IR TT ID
06JAKARTA2564IMPLEMENTING INDONESIA'S BROADCASTING LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-26 23:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOIIP OPRC KPAO ID
06JAKARTA2744ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon February 23 discussed with Indonesian Minister of Defense Juwono Sudarsono difficulties budget shortfalls caused for TNI's ability to respond to "natural and man-made disasters" and the GOI's procurement focus on transportation assets, which could [...]
2006-03-02 07:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA2819ADMIRAL FALLON CALLS ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO
[...] (C) PACOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon called on President Yudhoyono (SBY) Feb. 23. SBY emphasized the importance of bilateral cooperation in multiple areas. He spoke of the progress in implementing peace in Aceh, and judged that in his view the situation will be fully settled within [...]
2006-03-02 13:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER KN BM ID MASS PGOV
06JAKARTA2820ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH MINISTER WIDODO
[...] (C) Summary. Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral William J. Fallon, met with Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Widodo A.S. on February 23. He emphasized the importance to the United States of restored mil-mil relations with Indonesia. Both le [...]
2006-03-03 02:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ID
06JAKARTA2848BA'ASYIR REVIEW MOVES FORWARD WITH AMROZI TESTIMONY
[...] (C) Convicted Bali bomber Amrozi testified on behalf of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Emir Abu Bakar Ba'asyir in the months-old Judicial Review request process (ref A). However, the results of his testimony have yet to reach the South Jakarta District Court, which scheduled its next session for March [...]
2006-03-03 10:14:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL KVPR ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA2914INDONESIA: ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH NEW TNI
[...] (C) Summary: Air Chief Marshall Djoko Suyanto was upbeat in his assessment of U.S.-Indonesian military-to-military relations with PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon February 23. Suyanto described the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) internal reforms as &ongoing8 but cautioned that changing TNI,s cul [...]
2006-03-06 10:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA2915INDONESIA - MARCH 2 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Jakarta city government carried out 24-26 February a series of actions to control Avian Influenza (AI) in birds, including door-to-door inspections, limited culling and vaccinations. Human and animal health officials in West Kalimantan told us that they are doing what they [...]
2006-03-06 11:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA2917YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA: MOVING OUR RENEWED
[...] (U) Madame Secretary: Your team in Jakarta warmly welcomes your March 14-15 visit to Indonesia, the most senior USG visit since Secretary Powell's of January 4-6, 2005. We have underway preparations to ensure a visit high in substance and symbolism. Introduction ------------ 2. (C) Su [...]
2006-03-06 13:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA2984INDONESIA - GOVERNMENT OUTLINES INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Boediono and other Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials outlined a wide ranging infrastructure development plan at a February 21 conference for potential foreign investors in Jakarta. Boediono and other GOI speakers described an am [...]
2006-03-07 10:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS ID
06JAKARTA2985TIMIKA CASE NEARING PROSECUTION PHASE
[...] (C) Summary. During their February 27 - March 7 deployment to Jakarta, the FBI team investigating the August 2002 murders of two American citizens near Timika, Papua, assisted by U.S. Justice Department prosecutors, supported their Indonesian counterparts in the final stages of preparing the [...]
2006-03-07 10:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC KJUS CASC PHUM ID
06JAKARTA3159CONTROVERSIAL PORNOGRAPHY BILL POISED TO TARGET
[...] (U) Indonesian political interest groups portray the ongoing legislative debate over a pornography law as a struggle for the nation's soul. Some fear that Islamists see the bill as a way to impose a strict "Arabic" ethos while conservatives believe the time as nigh to take a stand against mor [...]
2006-03-09 11:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM KWMN ID
06JAKARTA3161 NORTH SUMATRA GOVERNOR NAMED DESPITE ALLEGATIONS
[...] (SBU) North Sumatra Deputy Governor Rudolf Pardede will become Acting Governor of North Sumatra on March 10, months after former Governor Rizul Nurdin's unfortunate death. The announcement of his appointment came after several weeks of increased activity in the investigation of Pardede's alleg [...]
2006-03-10 00:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ID
06JAKARTA3162INDONESIA - GOI FINALLY PURGES PERTAMINA BOARD
[...] (SBU) On March 8 the Government of Indonesia (GOI) replaced the head of state oil and gas company Pertamina after more than a year of unfulfilled promises to shake up Indonesia's most powerful state-owned enterprise. Ari Sumarno succeeds Megawati-era appointee Widya Purnama as President Dire [...]
2006-03-10 00:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EINV PREL PINR ID
06JAKARTA3173INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON MEETINGS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-10 06:19:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL ID IS
06JAKARTA3199INDONESIA - MARCH 10 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. A USAID Washington avian influenza (AI) team met with a range of stakeholders during a March 1-5 visit to Indonesia, including the Ambassador and the Embassy's Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG),to discuss USAID's USD 11 million FY 2006 AI allocation for Indonesia. Officials [...]
2006-03-10 11:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT KFLU ID
06JAKARTA3241 TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-4 PRENOTIFICATION
[...] (S) As requested in ref Ref a, on March 13 we notified Department of Foreign Affairs Directorate of International Security and Disarmament Officer Aris Munandar that, o/a March 30, the U.S. and Australia plan to submit the names of the JI-4 to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee for inclusion on [...]
2006-03-13 08:29:00Embassy JakartaSECRETKTFN PTER PREL ETTC ID
06JAKARTA3244ISLAMIC BANKING GROWING IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's Islamic banking sector is small (under two percent of banking sector assets) but growing rapidly, and could reach nine percent by 2011, according to Bank Indonesia (BI) officials. BI regulates sharia banking and is encouraging the growth of the sector with a lower i [...]
2006-03-13 09:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL ID
06JAKARTA3246SUEBU, ATURURI LIKELY WINNERS IN CONTROVERSIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Preliminary results indicate that Barnabas "Bas" Suebu and Alex Hesegem were elected as governor and vice governor of Papua province on Friday, March 10. On the following day, incumbent Abraham Atururi and Rahimin Katjong won in neighboring West Irian Jaya province, prevailing ov [...]
2006-03-13 12:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ID
06JAKARTA3291COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TSA ARMEN SAHAGIAN
[...] Embassy Jakarta welcomes and grants country clearance for Transportation Security Adminsitraiton (TSA) representative, Mr. Armen A. Sahagian to travel to Bali from 15-16 March, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to: (a) continue dialogue between the TSA and Ministry of Communications (office [...]
2006-03-14 09:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAIR ID
06JAKARTA3296IPR Update: Police Enforcement Campaign Continues
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Local Motion Picture Association (MPA) representative told us on March 14 that Indonesian police raided their third optical disc (OD) factory in 2006 on March 13 and sealed 12 production lines used to produce pirated ODs. The factory apparently had been in the process of reg [...]
2006-03-14 11:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD WTO ID
06JAKARTA3298SUPREME COURT ORDERS EX-MILITIA LEADER TO JAIL FOR
[...] (SBU) Indonesia's Supreme Court on March 13 upheld the conviction of former East Timor militia leader Eurico Guterres and reinstated his ten-year prison sentence. Prosecutors said they would immediately jail Guterres, who has remained free pending his appeal. The politically well-connected G [...]
2006-03-15 03:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID
06JAKARTA3314INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2006
[...] Summary: The Rhino Conservation Program and the GOI co- hosted an "Indonesian Rhino Conservation Strategy Meeting" on February 26-27 to discuss strategies for conserving the Sumatran and Javan rhinos. The National Agency for Drug and Food Control's (BPOM) December 2005 discovery of formaldah [...]
2006-03-15 06:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO EIND ID
06JAKARTA3344A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesian President Yudhoyono March 3 described to EAP Assistant Secretary Chris Hill his plans to press the Burmese junta to reform. During his visit to Rangoon March 2, the President said he had urged General Than Shwe to make progress on the national constitution, national [...]
2006-03-15 09:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA3347UNHCR CONFIDENT CUBAN CITIZEN TREATED FAIRLY
[...] (C) UNHCR/Jakarta told us on March 13 that it remains confident that Ramon Ballesteros Escobar, a Cuban doctor who fled from his assignment in East Timor, will be treated fairly (reftel). Shinji Kubo, head of Protective Services at UNCHR in Jakarta said that no one, including the Indonesian [...]
2006-03-16 01:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREF KJUS CU ID
06JAKARTA3405ADMIRAL FALLON AND SENATOR FEINGOLD DISCUSS
[...] (U) Commander Pacific Command (PACOM) Admiral William J. Fallon and Senator Russell Feingold met on February 25 in Medan with representatives of Indonesian military and police to discuss security in the Straits of Malacca. The Admiral underscored USG interest in maintaining a safe and secure [...]
2006-03-17 00:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ASEC EWWT PINR PREL SI MY TH ID
06JAKARTA3430INDONESIA - MARCH 16 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Local joint venture PT IPB Shigeta has launched an AI vaccine for poultry called CLOSE 5.1 using reverse genetic engineering. The firm plans to initially produce 180 million doses a year and distribute them throughout Asia. The Governor of East Java told the press on March 14 [...]
2006-03-17 07:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT KFLU ID
06JAKARTA3482CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS TNI COMMANDER DJOKO SUYANTO
[...] (C) Senator Feingold called on Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Commander (Panglima) Air Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto February 24. The Panglima reviewed structural reforms that the military has undertaken over the past several years and affirmed civilian control over the institution. The Panglima [...]
2006-03-17 11:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KJUS OREP ASEC ID
06JAKARTA3483INDONESIA: CODEL FEINGOLD'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesian Defense Minister told visiting Senator Russell Feingold that progress in the counterterrorism fight by Indonesian law enforcement authorities had disrupted terrorist groups in the country. Terror groups had financial difficulties, were less able to mount attacks and [...]
2006-03-17 12:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA3490SBY'S ANTI CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN MOVES FORWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) anti-corruption campaign, the most significant since Indonesia's independence, has made progress in recent months with a slew of high-profile investigations and prosecutions of current and former Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials [...]
2006-03-20 00:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KMCA ECON EINV ID
06JAKARTA3560SENATOR FEINGOLD'S MEETING WITH ASEAN SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) In a wide-ranging discussion on February 23, ASEAN General Secretary Ong Keng Yong outlined ASEAN's priorities and challenges for U.S. Senator Russell Feingold. He praised the U.S.-ASEAN Enhanced Partnership, noting that it reaffirms a critical relationship sometimes taken for granted in [...]
2006-03-20 08:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEAN OREP PREL PGOV AORC CH BM ID
06JAKARTA3563INDONESIA - GOI UNVEILS INVESTMENT CLIMATE PACKAGE
[...] (U) Summary: Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Boediono and Trade Minister Mari Pangestu outlined the GOI's February 27 investment climate policy package at a March 10 meeting of the Consultative Group on Indonesia's (CGI) Investment Climate Working Group (ICWG). ICWG members welcom [...]
2006-03-20 09:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EFIN ID
06JAKARTA3680TIP UPDATE: POLICE RAIDS FREE CHILD PROSTITUTES
[...] (SBU) The new head of Indonesia's national police anti-trafficking unit (Unit III) has targeted removal of children from prostitution as his first operational priority. Unit III's chief reports that police units in Surabaya, Batam and Jakarta have freed some 37 child victims in these locatio [...]
2006-03-21 08:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL EAID KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA3688TRAINING MOBILE BRIGADE PERSONNEL WOULD IMPROVE
[...] (C) The deaths of 3 "Mobile Brigade" (Brimob) policemen in Jayapura, Papua on March 16 highlight a major deficiency in our approach to police training in Indonesia. The 2003 ban on the training of Brimob personnel by ICITAP (ref A) prevents us from aiding the unit most in need of assistance [...]
2006-03-21 11:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KJUS ASEC ID
06JAKARTA3690FREEPORT SEES LOOSE-KNIT GROUP BEHIND PAPUA
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Calm returned to the Indonesian province of Papua over the March 18-19 weekend following the deaths of four security officials during a March 16 rampage by anti-mining protestors. A disparate group of political and economic actors with varied agendas use anti-Freeport sentime [...]
2006-03-22 00:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EMIN ENIV PGOV ASEC ID
06JAKARTA3843IPR Update: Police Raids Continue
[...] (SBU) Summary: Metropolitan Jakarta police conducted more than 200 raids on optical disc vendors in February 2006, arresting 145 individuals and seizing large quantities of pirated optical disks. While Jakarta police have not detained most small street vendors very long, 18 individuals remai [...]
2006-03-23 11:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD WTO ID
06JAKARTA3849NEWMONT BELIEVES JAKARTA-BASED GROUPS BEHIND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jakarta-based environmental non-governmental organizations initiated the protests that ended in the destruction of Newmont Mining Company,s exploration camp at Elang on the island of Sumbawa on March 19, according to Newmont executives. As a result of the attack by approximate [...]
2006-03-24 00:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EMIN EINV PGOV ASEC ID
06JAKARTA3892EAST JAVA POLICE CONFERENCE ON IPR LAWS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Several branches of the GOI and East Java government cosponsored an IPR seminar on March 4 to educate East Java area police chiefs on the importance of IPR to Indonesia and its economy. Senior GOI and provincial officials used persuasive arguments and data to try and motivate [...]
2006-03-24 08:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA3896INDONESIA - MARCH 22 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Yudhoyono signed a Presidential Regulation on March 13 establishing a "National Committee on Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness." The decree designates the Coordinating Minster for Peoples' Welfare as the "National Coordinator" for AI policy and activi [...]
2006-03-24 11:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT KFLU ID
06JAKARTA3897INDONESIA: 2006 IPR PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] Summary: The tide is turning in a favorable direction on IPR enforcement in Indonesia. A year ago, the IP industry, which was oddly cutting resources here, had marked Indonesia as the next hub for regional piracy and counterfeit syndicates. However, contrary to such expectations, over the [...]
2006-03-24 11:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ID
06JAKARTA3898MEETINGS WITH EAST KALIMANTAN SECURITY OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary. Our March 1-5 visit to East Kalimantan province found security officials aware of the terrorist transit threat along the Sabah border, but meager resources prevented officials from implementing effective security measures. Lack of GOI investment in securing this area -- despite [...]
2006-03-24 15:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC ID
06JAKARTA4035INDONESIA: MORE ABEPURA AFTERMATH
[...] (C) Summary. While Papuan provincial authorities deal with the aftermath of the March 16 Abepura riot, senior GOI figures hint that foreign interests and Jakarta politicians had a hand in the disturbance. An important group of Papuan political and religious leaders wrote President Yudhoyono [...]
2006-03-27 11:08:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CASC ASEC ID
06JAKARTA4040INDONESIANS USING A-3 VISAS TO SMUGGLE IMMIGRANTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 27, 2006 SUBJECT NANANG ZULKIFLI AKA ANWAR APPLIED FOR A US A-3 VISA. SUBJECT PROVIDED AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, A REFERENCE LETTER FROM THE EMBASSY OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, A NEWLY ISSUED INDONESIAN PASSPORT (ISSUED FEB 20, 2006),AND IDENTIFICATION ID (KTP). FINGERPRINT I [...]
2006-03-28 03:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS KFRD KCRM SOCI ID
06JAKARTA4136A/S HILL DISCUSSES REFORM WITH FINANCE MINISTER AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani told Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill on March 3 that people are expecting more results from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) Administration in its second year, particularly in making the bureaucracy more responsible and efficient. [...]
2006-03-29 04:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN PGOV ID
06JAKARTA4364AMCIT RECEIVES FIVE MONTH SENTENCE FOR VISA VIOLATION; INDONESIAN GETS 30 MONTHS FOR BLASPHEMY
[...] (U) Summary: On March 29, the court in Sampang, Madura found U.S. citizen David Ray guilty of violating his student visa and sentenced him to five months in prison. Counting time served, Ray likely will go free the week of April 14, barring a prosecution appeal. The court found Ray's collea [...]
2006-04-04 09:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PHUM PGOV KIRF ID DAVID WILLIAM RAY
06JAKARTA4365CENTRAL SULAWESI: "POSO 3" CLEMENCY APPEAL REJECTED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The executions of the so-called "Poso 3"-- Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Martinus Riwu--in Central Sulawesi following their 2001 convictions for mass murder, torture and arson, could take place next week. "Procedural" reasons delayed the executions from their planned Apr [...]
2006-04-04 09:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINS PGOV KJUS ID
06JAKARTA4407VOTE COUNTS FINAL IN PAPUAN GUBERNATORIAL RACES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Provincial Election Commissions of Papua and West Irian Jaya have announced final vote tabulations in direct elections for governor held on March 10 and March 11 respectively. On March 22, the Electoral Commission of West Irian Jaya certified incumbent Bram Atururi as the v [...]
2006-04-05 07:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS KDEM ID
06JAKARTA4413INDONESIAN POLICE DESTROY 1.6 MILLION BOOTLEG DISCS
[...] The Jakarta Metro police destroyed a significant quantity of drugs, pornography, and bootleg CDs, VCDs, and DVDs at a contraband destruction ceremony on April 5. During the ceremony, the police incinerated more than 750 kilograms of narcotics and 110,000 ecstasy tablets, and burned a large pi [...]
2006-04-05 23:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR PGOV ID
06JAKARTA4464AUSTRALIAN ASYLUM GRANT TO PAPUANS SPARKS SHARP
[...] (C) Summary: The Australian Government's March 23 decision to grant three-year "protection visas" to 42 Indonesian nationals from troubled Papua province has provoked condemnation from the GOI and the Indonesian public. The GOI recalled its ambassador from Canberra, postponed a bilateral [...]
2006-04-06 10:36:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM AS ID
06JAKARTA4465GROWING WORKER PROTESTS AGAINST CHANGES IN LABOR
[...] (SBU) Indonesia experienced its largest labor protest in at least four years, as Indonesian workers took to the streets of Jakarta and other major cities on April 5 to oppose the GOI's plan to amend the basic labor law. The proposed amendments would scale back 2003 concessions to workers and [...]
2006-04-06 10:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON EINV PGOV PHUM KJUS ID
06JAKARTA4466INDONESIA CONSIDERING DARFUR PKO ISSUES
[...] (C) We delivered on April 4 the points contained reftel to the Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs, Hassan Kleib, to urge Indonesian support for re-hatting as a UN PKO the African Union Mission in Sudan. We also pressed [...]
2006-04-06 10:55:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL KPKO ID SU
06JAKARTA4467INDONESIA - FEBRUARY 21 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-06 11:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA4510INDONESIA - APRIL 6 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congen Surabaya officers met with provincial and municipal animal husbandry officials on March 16 to review vaccination and culling procedures after the first reported avian influenza (AI) outbreak in Surabaya. Grobogan Regency officials in Central Java told Congen that recent n [...]
2006-04-07 09:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA4511ConGen Meets with Solo Leaders
[...] (C) Summary: ConGen Surabaya Principal Officer Pierangelo and Econ/PolOff Williams traveled to the Central Java city of Solo (also known as Surakarta) on Wednesday April 5, meeting with Mayor Joko Widodo, Solo Chief of Police Yotje Mende, and with Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta (UMS) re [...]
2006-04-07 09:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV KISL ID
06JAKARTA4514INDONESIA - TRADE AND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS -
[...] Summary: On March 2, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) announced an "Investment Climate Improvement Package" mapping out reforms to a number of laws, regulations, and procedures affecting the investment climate. The Ministry of Trade (MOT) met the first key deadline in the package by submit [...]
2006-04-07 10:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON KIPR ID
06JAKARTA4515AFTER ELECTIONS, PAPUAN LEADERS FOCUS ON FREEPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Following the March 10 and 11 elections in Papua and West Irian Jaya provinces, Papuan leaders have opted against staging a confrontation with the Indonesian central government, at least for the time being. Instead, in the wake of anti-Freeport demonstrations in Jayapura and els [...]
2006-04-07 11:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EINV EMIN ID
06JAKARTA4519INDONESIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS - PART II
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-11 00:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KMCA ECON EINV ID
06JAKARTA4520INDONESIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS - PART II
[...] (SBU) Summary. A slew of high-profile corruption prosecutions of current and former Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials over the past year has energized the media and civil society groups and placed newfound and largely positive pressure on the bureaucracy (Reftel). Permanently reducing t [...]
2006-04-11 00:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KMCA ECON EINV ID
06JAKARTA4755INDONESIA PREVIEWS BALI ASEAN MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Summary. On April 13, we urged Indonesia, together with its ASEAN partners, to press Burma on human rights and democratization at the upcoming ASEAN Ministerial Meeting Retreat in Bali. We urged further that ASEAN make its concerns on these issues public, as it did at its Kuala Lumpur su [...]
2006-04-13 10:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEAN PHUM BM ID
06JAKARTA4756INDONESIA ENTHUSIASTIC ON U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS PLEDGE
[...] (U) On April 11, we conveyed the Secretary's letter on our pledge for the Human Rights Council (reftel a) to Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda under cover of a diplomatic note. 2. (SBU) On April 13, we followed up with Jonny Sinaga, Deputy Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at [...]
2006-04-13 11:02:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM PREL UNGA ID
06JAKARTA4757MUNIR CASE: AMBASSADOR SIGNALS CONTINUED U.S.
[...] (S) In an April 11 meeting intended to signal continued U.S. concern over the Munir case, Suciwati, the widow of the murdered human rights campaigner, told the Ambassador of her plan to visit Washington in late April as part of a schedule organized by U.S. human rights groups. The visit would [...]
2006-04-13 12:14:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
06JAKARTA4811GAM REINTEGRATION SLOW, ECONOMY AND POLITICS NOT
[...] (SBU) On April 10 former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) activists hosted a prayer meeting (Doa Bersama) in Tiro, Aceh, to mark Mohammed's Birthday, attracting over 1000 Acehnese from throughout the province. At the meeting, Conoff had numerous discussions about the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) [...]
2006-04-18 01:09:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAID ASEC KDEM ID
06JAKARTA4964INDONESIA: TAX REFORM MOVES FORWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told donors on April 19 that President Yudhoyono would sign a decree very soon appointing two prominent Indonesians, Ma'rie Muhammad and Marsilam Simanjuntak, to help steer the Ministry of Finance's (MOF) tax and customs reform efforts. Bo [...]
2006-04-19 10:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID PINR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA4965SEMI-UNHINGED PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR ALLEGES ABU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ordered by the new Hamas-led Palestinian Authority to leave his post after 14 years, Palestinian Ambassador to Indonesia Ribhi Awad is not going quietly and his ravings are providing mirth for the diplomatic corps and a protocol headache for the Indonesian government. In antics [...]
2006-04-19 10:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAL ID IS
06JAKARTA4966 DECREE ENDS IN COMPROMISE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-19 11:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KJUS KIRF KISL ID
06JAKARTA4967SEMI-UNHINGED PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR ALLEGES ABU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ordered by the new Hamas-led Palestinian Authority to leave his post after 14 years, Palestinian Ambassador to Indonesia Ribhi Awad is not going quietly and his ravings are providing mirth for the diplomatic corps and a protocol headache for the Indonesian government. In antics [...]
2006-04-19 12:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAL ID IS
06JAKARTA4972DECREE ENDS IN COMPROMISE
[...] (U) On March 23, the Home Affairs and Religious Affairs ministries announced a revised joint ministerial decree on building houses of worship (ref a). Whereas the original decree required an undefined "community approval", the revised decree requires 90 congregation members and 60 supporters [...]
2006-04-20 06:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KIRF KJUS KISL ID
06JAKARTA5039NU CHAIRMAN MUZADI NERVOUS ABOUT GROWTH OF ISLAMIC
[...] (C) Summary: Hasyim Muzadi, Chairman of Indonesia's largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU),told the Ambassador April 19 of his concern over the growth of "hard-line Islam" in Indonesia and throughout the Muslim world. Muzadi expressed doubts about the GOI's will to arrest this d [...]
2006-04-20 10:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KISL ID
06JAKARTA5040PROSECUTORS UNFAZED BY AMROZI'S TESTIMONY FOR
[...] (S) Convicted Bali bomber Amrozi appeared in the Cilacap District Court on April 19 to testify on behalf of Jemaah Islamiyah Emir Abu Bakar Ba'asyir in the months-old Judicial Review request process. With hundreds of Ba'asyir supporters in tow, Amrozi repeated his previously submitted testimon [...]
2006-04-20 11:01:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL KVPR ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA5141IPR RAIDS RISKY BUSINESS FOR JAKARTA POLICE
[...] (C) Summary: The Jakarta Police,s Special Crimes Unit (SCU) has made significant efforts to implement Indonesia Police Chief Sutanto,s December 26, 2005 instruction for all district police chiefs to step up IPR and optical disk piracy enforcement. The SCU has conducted raids on dozens of pir [...]
2006-04-24 10:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALKIPR ETRD WTO ID
06JAKARTA5217SBY OPPONENTS WAVE ECONOMIC NATIONALISM FLAG
[...] (C) Summary: Former People's Consultative Assembly Chairman Amien Rais and retired General Wiranto continue to wave the flag of economic nationalism in hopes of strengthening their likely presidential bids in 2009 and stirring up trouble for President Yudhoyono in the meantime. In their latest [...]
2006-04-26 07:27:00Embassy JakartaSECRETECON EMIN ENIV PGOV ID
06JAKARTA5237NO SURPRISES AT UBUD ASEAN MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Summary. Based on readouts from Indonesian Foreign Ministry and Jakarta-based diplomatic contacts, the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting Retreat held in Ubud, Bali on April 19 - 20 seems to have been a routine affair. Some ministers expressed disappointment with Burma, but it was hardly a full-c [...]
2006-04-26 11:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEAN PHUM BM ID
06JAKARTA5242INDONESIA POSITION ON FRENCH "SOLIDARITY TAX"
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) does not support the French proposal for an internationally- endorsed "solidarity tax" on air travel for development funding (Reftel),nor does the GOI levy airline ticket taxes for any other non-aviation purpose, according an official at the M [...]
2006-04-27 00:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EAIR AFIN APEC ID
06JAKARTA5308INDONESIA - APRIL 27 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-27 07:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA5420TAX, CUSTOMS CHIEFS REPLACED IN REFORM EFFORT
[...] (C) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) replaced the long-serving, corrupt, and powerful Directors General of Taxation and Customs on April 21. The decision shows SBY's strong support for Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati's efforts to reform the Ministry of Finance (MOF) b [...]
2006-04-29 02:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PINR KCOR KMCA PGOV ID
06JAKARTA5483MOUNT MERAPI ERUPTION PREPAREDNESS
[...] Summary. Embassy held a meeting on May 1 to discuss preparedness for a possible eruption of Mount Merapi Volcano, 27 kilometers from the city of Yogyakarta in central Java. The volcano went on level 3 orange alert (ready to erupt) on April 12 and could threaten 200,000 people in the hazard z [...]
2006-05-01 10:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC SENV PGOV ID
06JAKARTA5484BURMESE REFUGEES PUT GOI IN TOUGH SPOT
[...] (SBU) A boatload of 77 Burmese men landed April 25 on an island off the coast of Aceh on their way to Malaysia. The Indonesian Navy found the Burmese after a storm blew their boat off course. The government of Indonesian (GOI) is in a tight spot as they weigh the political sensitivities in [...]
2006-05-01 11:12:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV KJUS CVIS ID BM
06JAKARTA5485INDONESIAN POLICE KILL, CAPTURE TERRORISTS, BUT
[...] (C) On April 29, Indonesian anti-terrorism police killed two terrorists and captured a third in a pre-dawn raid in Central Java in their continuing hunt for terrorist mastermind and recruiter Noordin M. Top. The manhunt then led to the arrest of a second terrorist suspect and the discovery of [...]
2006-05-01 11:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL KVPR ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA5486UNIONS USE MAY DAY TO CONTINUE PROTESTS AGAINST
[...] (SBU) Indonesian unions used May Day to continue their street protests in Jakarta and other major cities against earlier government plans to amend the 2003 Manpower Act to improve the investment climate. United firmly against any revisions to the law, labor leaders turned out 30,000 or more [...]
2006-05-01 11:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON EINV PGOV PHUM KJUS ID
06JAKARTA5551DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON IRAN'S HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) We met May 2 with with Jonny Sinaga, Deputy Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),to deliver demarches contained reftels on our opposition to Iran's candidacy for the UN Council on Human Rights. Drawing on talking points [...]
2006-05-03 01:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM PREL UNHRC IR ID
06JAKARTA5580UNIONS BESIEGE PARLIAMENT (AGAIN),PROTEST TURNS
[...] (SBU) Tens of thousands of union-led demonstrators besieged the gates of the Indonesian Parliament (DPR) on March 3 to force Parliament to agree to refuse any amendment to the Manpower Act. The demonstration, with an estimated turnout of 50,000, turned tense in the afternoon as labor leaders [...]
2006-05-03 11:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON EINV PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC ID
06JAKARTA5581DOC DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMPSON'S APRIL 27-28 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla told visiting Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary David A. Sampson on April 27 that under Indonesia's new openness, small interest groups are capable of sensationalizing issues and causing significant damage to Indonesia's reputation and investmen [...]
2006-05-03 23:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EINV ETRD ECON PGOV KCOR ID
06JAKARTA5582DOC DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMPSON'S APRIL 27-28 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. During his April 27-28 visit to Jakarta, Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary David A. Sampson discussed Indonesia's economic reform efforts and U.S. interests in Indonesia and region with business leaders, academics and opinion leaders. American Chamber of Commerce (Amcha [...]
2006-05-03 23:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EINV ETRD ECON PGOV KCOR ID
06JAKARTA5642JAKARTA WATCHING EAST TIMOR UNREST
[...] (C) On May 4, DCM was called by his Australian and Singaporean counterparts who expressed concern about ongoing unrest in East Timor (reftels). The Australians' analysis of the situation seemed to track with the information Embasy Dili has provided. Australian DCM said that the GOA had alrea [...]
2006-05-04 11:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AS SN TT ID
06JAKARTA5700INDONESIA - TRADE AND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS -
[...] Summary: Indonesia's 2006 first quarter exports increased 12.5 percent year-on-year (YoY) to USD 22.4 billion, while imports dipped slightly. Electrical tools, coal, and rubber and rubber products led all exports. Indonesia and Japan held a fourth round of bilateral Economic Partnership Ag [...]
2006-05-05 10:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON KIPR ID
06JAKARTA5701May 4 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE (AI): VISIT OF AI
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of State's Special Representative for Avian and Pandemic Influenza Ambassador John Lange met with senior Indonesian officials, including Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Aburizal Bakrie, on May 1 to discuss U.S. efforts to address the AI pandemic threat [...]
2006-05-05 10:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA5703IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S ENGAGEMENT WITH INDONESIAN
[...] (C) House of Representatives Chairman Agung Laksono plans to engage in a friendly manner with Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad during Ahmadi-Nejad's upcoming visit, according to one of Agung's closest associates. Agung's positive view of the Iranians appears to stem at least in part from his pe [...]
2006-05-05 11:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP ENRG EMIN IR ID
06JAKARTA5704GOI, UNIONS ASSIGN BLAME FOR MAY 3 VIOLENCE
[...] (S) Jakarta is awash in speculation as to the possibility or extent of political manipulation behind the massive May 3 labor demonstrations that turned violent at the Parliament's gates (ref A). In the course of expressing his concern over the violence, President Yudhoyono publicly called on [...]
2006-05-05 12:24:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPGOV PHUM ELAB ID
06JAKARTA5705IRANIAM PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD'S MAY 10 - 13 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary. Prior to participating in the D-8 Summit in Bali on May 12 - 13, Iranian President Ahmadinejad will be hosted to a state visit in Jakarta, including meetings with President Yudhoyono and Foreign Minister Wirajuda as well as meetings with parliamentarians and appearances at univer [...]
2006-05-05 13:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP KISL AORC IR ID
06JAKARTA5772FORCED CHURCH CLOSINGS CONTINUE IN WEST JAVA
[...] (SBU) Local Muslim communities, assisted by militant outfits, have forcibly closed 13 small unlicensed churches despite the government of Indonesia's newly promulgated revised decree on the establishment of houses of worship on March 23 (ref E). The new decree legally protects existing unlice [...]
2006-05-08 09:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF KJUS KISL ID
06JAKARTA5778TERRORISM FINANCE: MA'ARIF EDUCATION FOUNDATION
[...] (S) The Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) education office tells us that the Sidoarjo-based Yayasan Pendidikan Ma'arif (the Ma'arif Educational Foundation) has no links to the al Ma'arif Education Foundation in the Philippines (reftel). "Ma'arif" means "learning" or "knowledge" in Arabic, and thousands of [...]
2006-05-08 10:27:00Embassy JakartaSECRETKTFN EFIN PTER PREL ID
06JAKARTA5779IRAN: AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES INDONESIAN FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador urged Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda to press Iran on its nuclear weapons development program during President Ahmadi-Nejad's state visit to Jakarta May 10-11 and during the D-8 Summit in Bali May 12-13, and to use extreme caution in making public statements on t [...]
2006-05-08 10:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KUNR KNNP UNHRC IR ID
06JAKARTA5851INDONESIAN BIOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL GOSSIP, Q4
[...] (S/NF) Yudhoyono's relatives seen as key advisors on policy... Yudhoyono held off pressure on Taufik Kiemas... Yudhoyono directed intelligence agency to surveil State Secretary... Cabinet members seen as sympathetic toward SIPDIS radicals... Security forces' ties to Islam Defenders' Front ( [...]
2006-05-09 09:29:00Embassy JakartaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PTER KISL ID
06JAKARTA5852INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS APRIL
[...] Summary. April year-on-year (YoY) inflation fell slightly to 15.4 percent from 15.74 percent in March, continuing an expected gradual downward trend. Bank Indonesia cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 12.5 percent on May 9, a widely expected move in light of inflation easing. The Indon [...]
2006-05-09 09:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA5853UNHCR TO ADJUDICATE BURMESE CASES
[...] (C) Shinji Kubo, Head of Protective Services at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees told us that UNHCR struck a confidential "gentlemen's agreement" on May 9 with the Immigration office in Jakarta and the head of Immigration in Aceh, to transfer the 77 Burmese refugees currently b [...]
2006-05-09 10:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV KJUS CVIS EAD ID BM
06JAKARTA5886IRAN/INDONESIA: YUDHOYONO CALLS FOR NEGOTIATED
[...] (C) Summary. Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad May 10 received a warm welcome on the first full day of his State visit to Indonesia. Following his meeting with Ahmadi-Nejad in Jakarta, Indonesian President Yudhoyono publicly described Iran's nuclear program as peaceful, but called for the tensi [...]
2006-05-10 10:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL KNNP IR ID
06JAKARTA59YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA: LAUNCHING A RENEWED
[...] (U) Madame Secretary: Your team in Jakarta warmly welcomes your January 8-10 visit to Indonesia, the most senior USG visit since Secretary Powell's of January 4-6, 2005. We have underway preparations to ensure a visit high in substance and symbolism. Introduction ------------ 2. (C) [...]
2006-01-03 11:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL ID
06JAKARTA5917Makassar Killing Sparks Fears of Race Riot
[...] (SBU) Summary: Protests led by thousands of university students in Makassar, South Sulawesi against an alleged killing of a local maid by an ethnic Chinese man briefly escalated into a near-riot in the evening of May 9. Police ably negotiated with demonstrators to quickly and peacefully dispe [...]
2006-05-11 00:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINS CASC PGOV ID
06JAKARTA5930INDONESIA AND BOYCOTT STATUTES
[...] (SBU) Indonesia does not formally comply with the Arab League Boycott of Israel. Indonesians may travel to Israel with Indonesian passports but Indonesia does not have formal diplomatic relations with Israel. There is no official data at the Ministry of Trade for trade with Israel, though it [...]
2006-05-11 07:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKBCT ABLD ECON ETRD PHUM PIRF AL ID
06JAKARTA5979BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] We contacted Indonesian Air Force Procurement Control Officer Major Yusran Lubis on April 6 to verify whether the Air Force ordered C-130 spare parts through Glamco Aviation (Glamco) located in Singapore. According to Major Lubis, the Air Force did not request the order through Glamco. He [...]
2006-05-12 06:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMS ETTC ECON ID SN
06JAKARTA6017THE DOWNSIDE OF DECENTRALIZATION: LOCALIZED
[...] (C) Summary: Proponents of Islamic Shariah law enjoy growing success exploiting Indonesia's political decentralization to implement "Islamic morality" principles on a local basis. Promulgated by local governments through legislation or executive decrees, Shariah measures or more deceptively-p [...]
2006-05-12 08:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA6018INDONESIA - SUPREME AUDIT BOARD LOSING ITS WAY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK),one of Indonesia's key anti-corruption institutions, appears losing its way because of weak leadership, internal power struggles and a lack of reform. The BPK's first "Advisory Board on Tsunami-Related Audit" conference April 24-25 in Jakarta [...]
2006-05-12 08:49:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID KCOR PGOV ID
06JAKARTA6020BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK AS INDONESIAN AIR
[...] Summary. The Indonesian Air Force (AF) verified that a division of the Air Force Procurement Service has ordered the C-130 radar components detailed in reftel. The AF seeks to purchase the C-130 radar components through their local agent PT. Dwi Anugrah, which sub-contracted the order to the [...]
2006-05-12 09:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMS ETTC ECON ID SN US
06JAKARTA6024INDONESIA: May 11 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE (AI)
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 2, Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka delivered a list of planned donations of Tamiflu and personal protective equipment (PPEs) to ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong. The tamilfu and PPEs are SIPDIS for ASEAN's use in case of an influenza pandemic. Th [...]
2006-05-12 10:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA6025INDONESIA/IRAN: AHMADI-NEJAD A DIFFICULT GUEST
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On May 11 the Ambassador conveyed to Dino Patti Djalal, National Security Advisor to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, our objections to the GOI's initiative to create a new U.N. grouping to address Iran's nuclear program. Djalal took our points on board, but it [...]
2006-05-12 12:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNPP KISL IR ID
06JAKARTA6026INDONESIA/IRAN: AHMADI-NEJAD A DIFFICULT GUEST
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On May 11 the Ambassador conveyed to Dino Patti Djalal, National Security Advisor to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, our objections to the GOI's initiative to create a new U.N. grouping to address Iran's nuclear program. Djalal took our points on board, but it [...]
2006-05-14 23:55:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNPP KISL IR ID
06JAKARTA6027INDONESIA RACES TO BUILD BSL-3 LABS
[...] (C) Summary. The avian influenza (AI) threat has sparked a race among Government of Indonesia (GOI) institutions to build Biosafety Containment Level 3 laboratories (BSL-3 labs),ostensibly to perform AI sequencing and other sophisticated procedures. At least seven GOI institutions hope to c [...]
2006-05-15 00:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT KFLU ID
06JAKARTA6120Indonesia: East Java Banks' Conservatism Causing
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: East Java accounts for 15 percent of Indonesia's GDP, 20 percent of total population and is an important industrial and manufacturing center in Indonesia. Credit contraction, increasing non-performing loans (NPLs) and declining inflation, implying demand reductions, are slowing [...]
2006-05-15 07:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA6150INDONESIA REPORTS LARGE AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Six members of a Medan family have tested positive for the H5N1 virus by NAMRU-2, and five have died as of May 15. Four of these have been confirmed by both the University of Hong Kong (UHK) and CDC Atlanta. Two members from this cluster remain hospitalized, with one intubated [...]
2006-05-15 11:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA617INDONESIA SOFT ON REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNSC
[...] Summary: On January 16, the Ambassador followed up the Secretary's telephone call to Foreign Minister Wirajuda SIPDIS seeking Indonesian support for referral of Iran to the UN Security Council by the IAEA Board of Governors. The Ambassador called for Indonesia to serve as a strong voice i [...]
2006-01-17 14:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC ID
06JAKARTA6200JAKARTA CT SEMINAR BUILDS ON PARIS PROGRAM,
[...] (C) Sixty Indonesian counterterrorism officials participated in an intensive four-day U.S.-funded seminar in Jakarta on CT legislation, marking the next step in U.S-French-Indonesian CT cooperation. Co-hosted by the CT Desk at the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affai [...]
2006-05-16 09:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC AS FR ID
06JAKARTA6201D-8 SUMMIT KEEPS FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesian hosts and other participants at the D-8 Summit in Bali succeeded in preventing Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad from using the event as a platform to drum up support for his country's nuclear program. The D-8 (which also includes Turkey, Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, M [...]
2006-05-16 10:08:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALAORC KISL KNNP PREL TU IR ID
06JAKARTA6248JAKARTA EMBARRASSED BY "UNPLANNED" CHEN STOPOVER
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian's May 11-12 "refueling stopover" on the Indonesian island of Batam turned into an overnight visit that included a tour of an industrial park and a dinner hosted by the Taiwanese business community with the provincial governor in attendance. T [...]
2006-05-17 10:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL CH TW ID
06JAKARTA6331LEGISLATURE AIMING TO PASS ACEH LAW
[...] (C) The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) aims to pass the Law on Governing Aceh within weeks, and a senior member of the Special Committee deliberating the draft considered this goal attainable. Golkar legislator Marzuki Darusman told us on May 8 that political parties sought to avoi [...]
2006-05-18 09:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
06JAKARTA6332GOI DROPS CORRUPTION CHARGES AGAINST FORMER
[...] (C) The Yudhoyono administration appeared inconsistent and confused as prosecutors dropped corruption charges against ailing former President Suharto. The handling of Suharto's case illustrates poor policy coordination at the top level of the GOI, and the outcome appears to have reduced, at le [...]
2006-05-18 10:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA6335INDONESIA 2006 SECTION 527 INVESTMENT DISPUTES
[...] As requested in reftel, the following is post,s submission for the Department,s annual Section 527 report to Congress on U.S. citizen expropriation claims and other investment disputes involving foreign governments/economies. This cable updates post,s 2005 submission. 2. The United States [...]
2006-05-19 01:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV ID
06JAKARTA6392POLICE KILL TWO IN CLASH WITH MOB IN WAMENA
[...] (C) Summary. Police reportedly fired on an attacking mob of some 200 villagers in Wamena, Papua, killing two persons. The clash occurred on May 17 when police move to arrest David Hubi, a former district chief who faces corruption charges. Police briefly detained over 100 villagers, including [...]
2006-05-19 09:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA6393EXECUTION ORDERS FOR BALI BOMBERS SIGNED, BUT
[...] (C) Australian diplomats informed us that the GOI has initiated execution procedures for 2002 Bali bombers Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra, and Ali Gufron alias Muklas; however, the timing remains uncertain, as questions remain regarding the final disposition of pardon requests, Judicial Re [...]
2006-05-19 11:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL KVPR ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA6433APCSS SUPPORT FOR NSC SEMINAR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-22 06:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA6493SCENESETTER: SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO JAKARTA
[...] (C) Summary: Mr. Secretary: Your strong support for the Administration's decision to move quickly in November to normalize military-to-military ties with Indonesia has given a new, more cooperative quality to bilateral relations across the range of our interests. You will have the opportuni [...]
2006-05-22 09:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA6495INDONESIA: MEDAN AVIAN INFLUENZA CLUSTER UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fatal cases of H5N1 infection have occurred in three separate locations in Indonesia since May 18, 2006. These include a seventh family member associated with the cluster of cases in Northern Sumatra (refs A and B). Another family member identified with infection last week rem [...]
2006-05-22 12:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA6497Aceh: GAM Reintegration Advances Despite Obstacles
[...] (SBU) Summary. Successful reintegration of Free Aceh Movement (GAM) ex-combatants and others, essential to ensuring long term peace in Aceh, has advanced but still faces obstacles. Reintegration payments promised by GOI have arrived only slowly. Aceh's economy remains flat or worse, with a [...]
2006-05-23 00:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL ASEC SNAR SOCI ID
06JAKARTA6648INDONESIA COPES WITH HIGH OIL PRICES
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) October 2005 decision to slash fuel subsidies has better positioned Indonesia's economy to withstand the macroeconomic pressures from sustained high global fuel prices. Domestic fuel consumption, and very likely illegal smuggling of subsidize [...]
2006-05-26 08:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
06JAKARTA6653JAKARTA MAY 28 EMBASSY MEETING RE EARTHQUAKE
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador chaired a Sunday, May 28 meeting to discuss the Embassy's posture and reaction to the May 27 earthquake in Central Java, southwest of the city of Yogyakarta. Participants (DCM, POL, ECON, AID, CONS, DAO, ODC, PAS) examined the initial situation reporting, the safet [...]
2006-05-28 06:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC CASC SOCI PREF PGOV SENV ID
06JAKARTA6658INDONESIA: MAY 29 EARTHQUAKE SITREP
[...] (U) Summary: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck early May 27 south of the central Java town of Yogyakarta, causing widespread destruction and high fatalities. The current death toll has reached 5,010 with an additional 14,000 injured in the earthquake, with 8,000 requiring surgery (hospital c [...]
2006-05-29 11:09:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC SOCI PREF PGOV SENV ID
06JAKARTA6770STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT WITH INDONESIA
[...] (C) May 30, PolCouns pressed Harry Purwanto, Foreign Ministry Director for North and Central American Affairs, about our pending request for a temporary SOFA agreement in connection with the Yogyakarta earthquake relief effort. Purwanto replied that "internal consultations" were ongoing, and [...]
2006-05-30 09:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL KTIA EAID ID
06JAKARTA6773GOI RESPONDS TO STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT REQUEST
[...] (C) Subsequent to transmission of reftel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs faxed a formal reply late May 30 to our request to implement a SOFA in conjunction with the Yogyakarta earthquake relief. The reply agrees to the principle of establishing a SOFA, but modifies the agreement reached in [...]
2006-05-30 12:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL KTIA EAID ID
06JAKARTA6802PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES LOW-KEY VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 26 visit to Indonesia, Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Mahmud Al-Zahar elicited statements of support for Palestinian statehood from GOI President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and other senior GOI officials. After meeting with his Palestinian counterpart, Foreign Mi [...]
2006-05-31 06:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL ID IS
06JAKARTA6810CIVAIR - OPEN SKIES BLANKET DESIGNATION FOLLOW UP
[...] We delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 28 designating all U.S. air carriers as authorized carriers under the Open Skies Agreement between the United States and Indonesia (reftel). We also discussed the purpose of the designation with Lilien Ambarwiyati, Dep [...]
2006-05-31 08:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA ID
06JAKARTA6811AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR QUICK AGREEMENT ON SOFA
[...] (C) During a May 31 visit to Yogyakarta, Ambassador pressed Presidential foreign policy adviser Dino Djalal to weigh in on the Foreign Ministry's response (ref. B) to our request for a temporary SOFA agreement in conjunction with earthquake relief efforts there. The Ambassador told Djalal th [...]
2006-05-31 09:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR KTIA EAID MOPS PREL ID
06JAKARTA6812INDONESIA: MAY 31 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Three additional cases of H5N1 infection have occurred in two locations in Indonesia since May 22 (ref). Two of these have resulted in fatalities, including a 10-year old girl and her 18-year old brother, both whom died 21 May in Bandung, West Java. NAMRU-2 and the Ministry of [...]
2006-05-31 09:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA6911INDONESIA: U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points and our request for a public GOI statement of support to Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda on June 1 (other discussion topics reported septel). Visibly pleased by the U.S. approach on Iran, Wirajuda said he had watched the Secretary deliver [...]
2006-06-01 10:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA6912AMBASSADOR LOBBIES FOREIGN MINISTER ON SOFA
[...] (C) During a June 1 meeting with Foreign Minister Wirajuda (other subjects septel),the Ambassador noted that while the presence of U.S. military personnel in Yogyakarta for earthquake relief is expected to be short, the United States considers a SOFA important to cover those deployments. Fo [...]
2006-06-01 10:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS EAID PREL KTIA ID
06JAKARTA7009INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON VISIT BY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 08:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL ID IS
06JAKARTA7013INDONESIA SAYS IT WILL REPAY IMF EARLY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) announced on May 23 that Indonesia would repay the USD 7.7 billion remaining of its standby reserve loan with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) three years ahead of schedule by 2007. Bank Indonesia (BI) has reportedly prop [...]
2006-06-02 09:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL ID
06JAKARTA7014COORDINATING MINISTER BOEDIONO ON THE INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Boediono told the Ambassador May 24 that the Government of Indonesia (GOI) would "step back" from the labor reform process to give unions and employers time to work out a compromise on severance pay and other issues. He provided detail [...]
2006-06-02 10:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN PREL KFLU ID
06JAKARTA7015NEGOTIATING A SOFA WITH INDONESIA
[...] (C) Summary: We have attempted at senior levels to obtain the same SOFA we had twice in 2005 in order to avoid protracted negotiations over language that might threaten both our long term position and practices already occurring on the ground in Yogyakarta, notably with respect to weapons an [...]
2006-06-03 06:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL KTIA ID
06JAKARTA7157GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATORS: INDONESIA POSITION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-06 08:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR WTRO ID
06JAKARTA7166INDONESIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the last four weeks, Indonesian authorities have investigated four potential avian influenza (AI) clusters with assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO) and NAMRU-2. These include the well- documented North Sumatra family cluster that resulted in seven confirme [...]
2006-06-07 06:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA7207USAID Mission Director Meets GAM Leader 5/23
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy USAID Mission Director William Frej met Free Aceh Movement (GAM) "Prime Minister" Malik Mahmoud May 23 in Banda Aceh. Mahmoud expressed optimism about the possibility of long lasting peace in Aceh, but noted a recent rise in crime as well as rumors of unauthorized incre [...]
2006-06-07 07:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL ASEC SNAR SOCI ID
06JAKARTA7216INDONESIA RESPONDS CONSTRUCTIVELY TO TIP DEMARCHE,
[...] (SBU) We delivered the Indonesia TIP report demarche (ref D) to relevant senior GOI officials. Based on the existing strong partnership with the U.S. Mission, the officials responded constructively with a litany of recent and near-term actions. The outlook for passage this year of the anti- [...]
2006-06-07 11:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL EAID ELAB KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA7278 DEMARCHE ON THE ASEAN-U.S. ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP
[...] Econ officerWe delivered on June 8 reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Directorate of North and Central American Affairs Ahimsa Sukartono of the Directorate of North and Central American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on June 8, emphasizing a sense of [...]
2006-06-08 08:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL ECIN ASEAN ID
06JAKARTA7279DEMARCHE ON THE ASEAN-U.S. ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-08 09:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL ECIN ASEAN ID
06JAKARTA7340INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS MAY
[...] Summary. On May 31, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced a slight increase in consumer price inflation, at 15.6 year-on-year (YoY) and 0.4 percent month- on-month (MoM). BPS also announced on May 15 first quarter GDP growth of 4.6 percent YoY, the slowest pace in two years. On M [...]
2006-06-09 09:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA7345YUDHOYONO ORDERS CRACKDOWN AGAINST MILITANT
[...] (C) President Yudhoyono (SBY) has decided to act against militant activities that have increasingly threatened civil society, the rule of law and tarnished Indonesia's image. In the process, he has wrapped himself in a much more traditional nationalist mantle, using Pancasila ideology as a t [...]
2006-06-09 11:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA7378PREPARING FOR THE MARITIME BORDER CONTROL NEEDS
[...] (U) This is an action request:see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: Embassy Jakarta strongly supports S/CT's Ref A interest in a border control needs assessment for the Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia triborder area. Post agrees that host nation support is essential and will discuss the po [...]
2006-06-12 07:36:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
06JAKARTA7393APPROVAL TO ESTABLISH AN INDONESIA REWARDS PROGRAM
[...] (U) Action Request: See paragraphs 3 and 14. 2. (C) Summary. Embassy Jakarta approves moving forward with the establishment of a discreet Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program in Indonesia and requests the assistance of DS/RFJ, SOCOM, and SOCPAC. Indonesian National Police (INP) investigators [...]
2006-06-12 08:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MOPS PREL PINS ID
06JAKARTA7397REMOVING FORMER JI-LEADER NASIR ABAS FROM
[...] (C) Summary. We believe the time has come for former Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network leader Nasir Abas to be removed from the U.S. and UN terrorist finance lists. We believe that it is critical to respond to the requests to do so by our closest national security contacts. Now conside [...]
2006-06-12 09:53:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
06JAKARTA7398WHAT'S NEXT FOR ABU BAKAR BA'ASYIR AND JEMAAH
[...] (C) On June 14, Jemaah Islamiyah spiritual leader Abu Bakar Ba'asyir will leave Cipinang Penitentiary a free man, having completed his second prison term. Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI),the political wing of JI, and an interdenominational group of religious leaders plan to greet the cleri [...]
2006-06-12 10:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL KVPR ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA7501TERRORIST FINANCE: THE GOI AND 1267 DESIGNATIONS
[...] (S) Summary: This cable provides post,s responses and comments to questions and issues raised in ref a. Embassy Jakarta supports the creation of a bilateral group to discuss counter terrorism finance (CTF) issues and sees a proposed U.S.-Indonesia Justice Sector Joint Working Group (JSJWG) C [...]
2006-06-14 02:11:00Embassy JakartaSECRETEFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER ID
06JAKARTA7555JEMMAH ISLAMIYAH EMIR ABU BAKAR BA'ASYIR RELEASED
[...] (C) Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, left Cipinang Penitentiary a free man June 14 at the conclusion of his 25 1/2 month sentence. Family, defense attorneys, and a few hundred supports greeted the cleric in a generally muted public response. Ba'asyir gave a short [...]
2006-06-14 10:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA7556TIMIKA TRIAL LIKELY IN MID-JULY
[...] (C/NF) Summary. A senior official in the General Crimes division of the Attorney General's Office (AGO) assured us on June 14 that the prosecution of seven persons in connection with the August 31, 2002 killings of two Americans in Timika, Papua, is still on track. The prosecution's dossiers [...]
2006-06-14 10:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA7561INDONESIA: SIX MONTHS OF NORMALIZED MIL-MIL
[...] (C) Summary: A bit over six months after the Administration moved to normalize military relations with Indonesia the U.S. has gained traction on a broad range of issues in ways we previously found impossible. No aspect of our bilateral relationship has experienced more pronounced change tha [...]
2006-06-15 04:02:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA7614East Java: Suspected AI Death Exposes Local
[...] (SBU) Summary: A 10 month old child in Tulungagung, East Java is suspected to have died June 4 of Avian Influenza. The inexperienced local hospital doctor did not recognize the AI symptoms and released the child's body for burial prior to taking any blood samples. Regency health officials ar [...]
2006-06-15 09:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV KFLU ID
06JAKARTA7626INDONESIA - JUNE 16 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Executive Director of the National Committee for AI and Pandemic Control (Komnas) Bayu Krisnamurti told participants in a June 12 AI donor meeting that the GOI would host a WHO-led technical assessment of its AI strategy June 21-23, with participation from the World Bank and [...]
2006-06-16 05:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA7660DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON JUNE 19 - 21 OIC
[...] (C) We met June 15 with Ms. Ratu Silvy Gayatri and Ms. Carolina Tinangon of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs' International Security Directorate to deliver the demarche on the upcoming OIC conference (reftel A). Both officials were quite familiar with our views on Iran's nuclear p [...]
2006-06-16 09:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP IR ID
06JAKARTA7661NORTH SUMATRA AVIAN INFLUENZA CLUSTER - LESSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The May 2006 avian influenza (AI) outbreak in a North Sumatra family represents the largest human H5N1 cluster to date and brought with it intense worldwide media attention to Indonesia's AI response capacity. A look back at the response to the cluster by the Government of Indo [...]
2006-06-16 09:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA7662MINISTER OF TRADE REQUEST GSP TRADE RELATED
[...] (SBU) Embassy recieved on June 15 the following letter from Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu to USTR Susan Schwab requesting that the U.S. Government consider providing termprary GSP access for textile and garment companies in areas affected by the May 27 earthquake in the regions of Jogjakarta [...]
2006-06-16 10:09:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL ID
06JAKARTA7666AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ISPS PORT REVIEW AND CIVIL
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador urged Minister of Transportation Hatta Rajasa on June 12 to encourage his Ministry to make its best efforts to improve port security prior to the June 19-29 Coast Guard final review of Indonesian port security under the International Shipping and Port Facility Co [...]
2006-06-18 23:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAIR ECON ETRD EWWT ID PREL PTER
06JAKARTA7667AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ISPS PORT REVIEW AND CIVIL
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador urged Minister of Transportation Hatta Rajasa on June 12 to encourage his Ministry to make its best efforts to improve port security prior to the June 19-29 Coast Guard final review of Indonesian port security under the International Shipping and Port Facility Co [...]
2006-06-18 23:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAIR EWWT PREL PTER ID
06JAKARTA7716DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 09:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNHRC KUNR IS ID
06JAKARTA7718BANK INDONESIA TO CONTINUE CAUTIOUS LOWERING
[...] (SBU) Summary. Bank Indonesia (BI) Deputy Governor Hartadi Sarwono told us on June 13 that BI remains confident consumer price inflation will fall to less than seven percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis by the end of 2006, leaving BI room to continue a "cautious lowering" of interest rates ov [...]
2006-06-19 09:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL ID
06JAKARTA7719RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: NO END TO AHMADIYAH PLIGHT IN
[...] (SBU) Ahmadiyah followers continue to face difficulties in Indonesia, where many mainstream Muslims consider their sect heretical. Most recently, in West and Central Lombok, mobs from local communities in February and March burned or otherwise destroyed dozens of Ahmadiyah homes in two separat [...]
2006-06-19 10:19:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF KJUS KISL ID
06JAKARTA7839East Java: Toxic Mudflow Forces Evacuations;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A gas well being drilled 40 yards from the main north south transportation corridor in East Java, the Surabaya - Gempol toll road, fractured and has been spewing hot, potentially toxic mud 12 miles south of Surabaya in Porong, East Java since May 29. The rate of mud flows have [...]
2006-06-21 10:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET PGOV ID
06JAKARTA7909TIMIKA CASE: PROSECUTION DOSSIERS COMPLETED, SENT
[...] (U) Summary. Indonesian prosecutors June 21 turned over the dossiers of Anthonious Wamang and six co-conspirators in the August 31, 2002 murders of two Amcits and one Indonesian to the Central Jakarta District Court. We expect the court within ten days to set a trial date and appoint a panel [...]
2006-06-23 05:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA7941ADVISOR WORRIES ABOUT YUDHOYONO'S POLITICAL
[...] (S/NF) President Yudhoyono has yet to consolidate political power and could lose his 2009 reelection bid if he cannot show significant achievements in the near future, according to T.B. Silalahi, Special Advisor to the President. In a June 13 meeting, T.B. told us that he had recently sought [...]
2006-06-23 09:51:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPGOV KDEM ID
06JAKARTA7944INDONESIA - SLOW PROGRESS ON INVESTMENT REFORMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Indonesia (GOI),led by Coordinating Minister for the Economy Boediono, continues to move ahead with the broad array of reforms outlined in its February 27 investment climate policy package. Parliament held hearings on the GOI's draft investment law (Ref A) o [...]
2006-06-23 10:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EFIN ID
06JAKARTA8006DONORS OFFER FINANCING, EARTHQUAKE HELP AT CGI
[...] (U) Summary. Coordinating Minister for the Economy Boediono and other Government of Indonesia (GOI) ministers expressed optimism that economic growth and investment would pick up in the second half of 2006 at the June 14 Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) meeting in Jakarta. Several Minist [...]
2006-06-26 10:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EINV ECON EFIN KMCA PTER PREL ID
06JAKARTA8063LUMINARIES STRUGGLE TO SUGGEST WAY FORWARD AT
[...] (C) Summary. Nahdlatul Ulama (NU),Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, hosted some 300 scholars from 53 countries for its second International Conference of Islamic Scholars June 20-22 in Jakarta and Bogor to address Islamic solutions for economic and social ills facing Muslims, especia [...]
2006-06-27 09:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL ID
06JAKARTA8064ACEH LAW INCHING CLOSER TO PASSAGE
[...] (C) The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR),moving along at a characteristically glacial pace, continues to deliberate the finer points of the draft law on Governing Aceh at the Committee level. The principle remaining issue involves fund transfers from the central government. While [...]
2006-06-27 09:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM ID
06JAKARTA8078HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH LAUNCHES REPORT ON TNI
[...] (U) Summary: In a June 22 Jakarta event, Human Rights Watch (HRW) Asia launched its research paper on the human rights impact of the Indonesian military's (TNI) business practices. Journalists, human rights defenders, diplomats and several high-ranking military officials attended HRW's pres [...]
2006-06-27 10:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS KISL ID
06JAKARTA8079WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: TRANSMITTAL OF U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-27 11:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD WTRO ID
06JAKARTA8088TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF IIRO
[...] (S) As requested in reftel, we met with Department of Foreign Affairs Directorate of International Security and Disarmament Fajar Wirawan Harijo on June 27 to pre-notify him of the USG,s intention to request on July 20 UN 1267 designation of the Philippines and Indonesia branches of the Inter [...]
2006-06-28 05:31:00Embassy JakartaSECRETEFIN KTFN KISL PTER PREL ETTC ID
06JAKARTA8107IPR Update - GOI Making Steady Progress
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the first meeting of the Indonesian Government's (GOI) newly-established National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Task Force on June 7 Indonesia National Police (INP) Chief General Sutanto and Attorney General Abdul Rachman Saleh pledged to improve IPR enforcement and Mini [...]
2006-06-28 08:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD WTO ECON ID
06JAKARTA8114IPR Update - GOI Making Steady Progress
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the first meeting of the Indonesian Government's (GOI) newly-established National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Task Force on June 7 Indonesia National Police (INP) Chief General Sutanto and Attorney General Abdul Rachman Saleh pledged to improve IPR enforcement and Mini [...]
2006-06-28 08:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD WTO ECON ID
06JAKARTA8117TRIAL OF TIMIKA SUSPECTS TO BEGIN JULY 4
[...] (SBU) Legatt, poloff, and conoff met June 28 with Abdul Hakim Ritonga, Acting Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes, who advised us that the trial of Anthonious Wamang and his co-conspirators would begin on July 4 in Central Jakarta District Court. Wamang faces charges including premedit [...]
2006-06-28 10:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA8179INDONESIA RESPONSIVE TO GPOI PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL
[...] (C) Indonesia's coordinator for peacekeeping activities, Dr. Hassan Kleib, warmly received our offer for Indonesia to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI)(reftel). Kleib, who is Director for Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) [...]
2006-06-29 11:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA8182West Nusa Tenggara: Migrant Labor Exodus Creates
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Indonesian province of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB)--comprising Lombok and neighboring Sumbawa-- is one of the leading sources of legal and illegal migrant workers leaving Indonesia, due to weak local economic conditions. The exodus of NTB workers overseas is creating economic [...]
2006-06-30 03:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA8249INDONESIA EXPELS TWO AMCITS FROM PAPUA
[...] (C) Summary. The Indonesian government's detention and expulsion of two Amcits who had planned to attend a Papuan indigenous group's conference illustrates Jakarta's increasing sensitivity about alleged foreign support for separatism. This suspicion has increased markedly since the Australia [...]
2006-06-30 11:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC CASC AS ID
06JAKARTA8250East Java: Update - Mudflow Continues Unabated,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: More than a month after a gas well ruptured just outside of Surabaya, East Java, the mudflow continues unabated (Reftel). The good news is, the mud is most likely not harmful in the long term (even if a bit smelly in the short term) and that eventually, they should be able to c [...]
2006-07-01 07:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET PGOV ID
06JAKARTA8259INDONESIA - JULY 3 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Government of Indonesia (GOI) chaired AI experts group concluded on June 23 that limited human-to- human transmission took place during the May 2006 North Sumatra cluster. However, the group noted that the confinement of the human-to-human transmission to the affected family [...]
2006-07-03 08:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA8261INDONESIAN BIOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL GOSSIP, Q2
[...] (S/NF) Notes on Yudhoyono's inner circle... Notional uranium sale to Iran dead... Ba'asyir lawyer tied to State Intelligence Agency figure... Rumors VP Kalla flirted with figures hoping to topple Yudhoyono... Influencing judges in court case involving the National Awakening Party... Snapsh [...]
2006-07-03 08:58:00Embassy JakartaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PTER KISL ID
06JAKARTA8263PKS DEMONSTRATION ONCE AGAIN INVOLVES THE USE OF
[...] (C) During a July 2 Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) demonstration at the U.S. Embassy protesting Israeli actions in Gaza, at least one demonstrator brandished a toy gun (ref A). On July 3 the leading local English language daily carried a prominent photo in which one such demonstrator gleefull [...]
2006-07-03 11:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KISL KDEM ASEC ID
06JAKARTA8383OPENING OF TIMIKA TRIAL DEFERRED UNTIL JULY 11
[...] (SBU) The trial of Anthonious Wamang, Agustinus Anggaibak and five other co-conspirators in the 2002 murders of two Amcits in Timika, Papua did not begin in Central Jakarta District Court on July 4 as originally planned (reftel). The suspects accepted the advice of their legal counsel, a team [...]
2006-07-05 08:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KJUS CASC ID
06JAKARTA8389FORMER GAM MEMBER KILLED IN ACEH SHOOTING
[...] (C) A former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebel was reportedly shot and killed by members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) during the course of an apparent dispute over a traffic violation in Northern Aceh. According to Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) head Peter Feith, AMM personnel were present at [...]
2006-07-05 10:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ID
06JAKARTA8390BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECKS ON
[...] Summary. The Indonesian Air Force (IDAF) verified on June 19 that the IDAF has ordered the C-130 components detailed in reftel through their local agent PT. Citra Wira Bawana (Citra). We also contacted a Citra official on June 2 and July 3 and verified the order. We will provide Washington [...]
2006-07-05 11:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMS ETTC ECON ID US
06JAKARTA8455 INDONESIA - COAST GUARD REVIEWS PORT SECURITY COMPLIANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. A team of U.S. Coast Guard officials found significant progress toward implementation of port security requirements under the International Shipping and Port Facility Code (ISPS) during a June 19-29 visit to four Indonesian ports. The team concluded that security conditions in t [...]
2006-07-06 07:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ECON EAIR ETRD PREL ID
06JAKARTA8505BALI II TRIALS PROGRESS, EXPERIENCED TERRORISM
[...] (C) The first four trials resulting from the investigation into the October 1, 2005 Bali bombings are ongoing. Mohammad Cholily, Abdul Aziz, Dwi Widiyarto, and Anif Solchanudin all face primary charges under Articles 6 and 15 of the 2003 Anti-Terrorism Law for participating in terrorist acts, [...]
2006-07-06 08:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL KJUS KVPR PGOV ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA8506YUDHOYONO AND HOWARD BURY THE HATCHET IN BATAM
[...] (C) Summary. After a three-month chill in bilateral ties following Australia's decision to grant temporary asylum to 42 Papuan asylum seekers, Prime Minister John Howard and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sealed the two governments' reconciliation with a lightweight, feel-good [...]
2006-07-06 10:19:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER AS ID
06JAKARTA8507DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUPS
[...] (C) Summary. On July 6, officials at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) expressed interest in our proposal for creation of two new contact groups on the Sri Lankan conflict, and will let us know in the coming weeks about possible Indonesian participation. They said that the S [...]
2006-07-06 11:19:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PREF PGOV CE ID
06JAKARTA8614INDONESIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS - MAY-
[...] Summary: Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu met with Parliament on June 7 and 22 to outline key provisions of the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) draft investment law. Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) figures showed foreign investment approvals dropped to USD 3.66 billion for the first five [...]
2006-07-10 08:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON KIPR ID
06JAKARTA8618INDONESIA ENERGY AND MINING HIGHLIGHTS-JUNE 2006
[...] Summary. On June 2, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources' Directorate of Oil and Gas announced four foreign companies as winners in the 2005 oil and gas regular tender round. On June 15 the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources issued revised regulations designed to increase the tr [...]
2006-07-10 09:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
06JAKARTA8620RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES POINTS
[...] (C) Pursuant to reftel instructions, July 10 we called on Harry Purwanto, Foreign Ministry Director for North and Central American Affairs and delivered the talking points and the White House statement. Purwanto replied that Indonesia's position of concern had been made public and that Indones [...]
2006-07-10 10:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KN ID
06JAKARTA8621INDONESIA - JULY 10 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Singaporean Embassy contacts expressed openness to revising key elements in the Singapore-Indonesia- U.S. Tangerang pilot project during a June 29 meeting with U.S. officials. The Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) office in Jakarta has received reports from a reputable private [...]
2006-07-10 11:44:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA8622INDONESIA - MODEST TRADE OPENING WITH ISRAEL
[...] (C) Summary. In the first initiative of its kind, Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) Mohammed Hidayat led a 12-person delegation of Indonesian Christian and Muslim business representatives to Israel June 25-29. The group met several senior Israeli Government [...]
2006-07-10 12:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALAADP ETRD ETTC PREL ID
06JAKARTA8686INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS JUNE
[...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on July 3 a slight decrease in year-on-year (YoY) inflation in June 2006 to 15.5 percent. Citing improving macroeconomic trends, Bank Indonesia (BI) cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 12.25 percent on July 6. At their June 14 m [...]
2006-07-11 10:40:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA8687TIMIKA DEFENDANTS STILL REFUSE TO APPEAR
[...] (SBU) The trial of Anthonious Wamang, Agustinus Anggaibak and five other co-conspirators in the 2002 murders of two Amcits in Timika, Papua was delayed again when the defendants failed to appear for the second straight week (ref A). Defense lawyers from the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Right [...]
2006-07-12 00:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA8688TIMIKA DEFENDANTS STILL REFUSE TO APPEAR
[...] (SBU) The trial of Anthonious Wamang, Agustinus Anggaibak and five other co-conspirators in the 2002 murders of two Amcits in Timika, Papua was delayed again when the defendants failed to appear for the second straight week (ref A). Defense lawyers from the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Right [...]
2006-07-12 00:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA873Indonesia's Ministry of Agriculture: Anatomy of
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOI Ministry of Agriculture under the Leadership of Dr. Ir. Anton Apriyanto, formerly a researcher and lecturer on food ingredient technology, has made little headway in the year plus that he has been in place. From agricultural trade policy to Avian Influenza (AI),the o [...]
2006-01-24 04:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD PGOV ID
06JAKARTA8732INDONESIA SECURITY FORCE REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED
[...] ( SBU) Post proposes the following Indonesian security force member for Department clearance for participation in EAP sponsored seminar: Global Transshipment and Enforcement: Synergies of Strategic Trace Control and Enforcement to commence on July 18. Post did not find any credible evidence o [...]
2006-07-12 09:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL KCRM MARR ID
06JAKARTA8734INDONESIA PASSES LAW ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF ACEH
[...] Summary: The Indonesian National Parliament late on July 11 passed the long awaited Law on the Administration of Aceh. The passage was welcomed by the Aceh Monitoring Mission, which is meeting with the parties to the Memorandum of Understanding of August 15, 2005 before offering its assessme [...]
2006-07-12 10:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ID
06JAKARTA8735INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - MARCH-JUNE 2006
[...] Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) called for thorough fire prevention planning on June 17 to stop smoke haze export to neighboring countries. On June 27, State Minister of Environment Rachmat Witoelar released a 2005 "State of the Environment Report" listing 65 environmental [...]
2006-07-13 00:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO EIND ID
06JAKARTA8736INDONESIA PASSES LAW ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF ACEH
[...] Summary: The Indonesian National Parliament late on July 11 passed the long awaited Law on the Administration of Aceh. The passage was welcomed by the Aceh Monitoring Mission, which is meeting with the parties to the Memorandum of Understanding of August 15, 2005 before offering its assessme [...]
2006-07-13 00:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ID
06JAKARTA8794AMBASSADOR MEETS AG MINISTER TO DISCUSS MARKET
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Pascoe accompanied by Ag Counselor called on Minister of Agriculture Anton Apriyantono on July 12. The lead topic for discussion was technical market access barriers for US fresh fruit, especially grapes and apples. In addition, the Ambassador also raised market a [...]
2006-07-14 01:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR ID
06JAKARTA8800BATAM - A DEVELOPMENT MODEL FOR INDONESIA?
[...] (SBU) Summary: The July 25 Indonesia-Singapore "Framework Agreement on Economic Cooperation" aims to create an ambitious Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Batam and adjacent islands, already the site of one of Indonesia's most noteworthy manufacturing success stories. Batam's local economy conti [...]
2006-07-14 06:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON EFIN ELAB ID
06JAKARTA8854INDONESIA DELEGATION TO US-ASEAN TIFA JULY 17-21 IN
[...] We delivered reftel points to the Indonesian Ministry of Trade and Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 13. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Deputy Director of Commodity and Natural Resources Musthafa Taufik Abdulatif said that he would be willing to discuss progress on the bilateral MOU on [...]
2006-07-14 09:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PGOV BM ID
06JAKARTA8858JAKARTA EAC MEETING JULY 14
[...] (C) Summary: The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met on July 14 to discuss REFTEL advisory and the possible effect on Indonesia of increased hostilities between Israel and Lebanon. EAC members agreed the issue had traction in Indonesia and that demonstrations were possible. EAC members agre [...]
2006-07-14 10:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC AEMR PTER CASC PGOV ID
06JAKARTA8929BA'ASYIR ENJOYING HIGHER PROFILE AFTER RELEASE
[...] (C) Since his release from Cipinang prison on June 14, 2006 (ref A),Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) spiritual leader and Indonesia Mujihadin Council (MMI) Amir Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has used the public spotlight to promote jihad in the Middle East and Shari'a law in Indonesia in an attempt to broaden his [...]
2006-07-18 01:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA8954MUNIR CASE: JUSTICE STILL ELUSIVE
[...] (C) Police investigation into the larger conspiracy behind Indonesian human rights campaigner Munir's death remains at a standstill. Pollycarpus (PC),convicted for the murder of Munir, alleged the police are torturing him for information. Activists are strategizing how to use the upcoming Sup [...]
2006-07-18 09:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
06JAKARTA8955INDONESIA - JULY 18 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. As of July 18, data from the Mission's Naval Medical Research Center (NAMRU-2) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) show 43 confirmed deaths from Avian Influenza. Once the WHO posts laboratory confirmation results on its website, Indonesia should overtake Vietnam for the world lead [...]
2006-07-18 09:40:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA8958TIMIKA TRIAL OPENS
[...] (SBU) Anthonious Wamang, Agustinus Anggaibak and five other co-conspirators appeared in Jakarta Central Court on July 18 to face charges in connection with the 2002 murders of two Amcits in Timika, Papua. The three-hour July 18 session was administrative in nature, devoted to identifying the [...]
2006-07-18 10:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA8959INDONESIA: JULY 17 TSUNAMI-EARTHQUAKE UPDATE
[...] Summary. Casualty reports from the July 17 earthquake/tsunami in southern Java are mixed with local TV station Metro TV reporting 314 dead, Associated Press reporting 306 dead, and local government authorities noting 141 dead. Most observers expect casualty figures to rise as more information [...]
2006-07-19 00:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC EAID PREF SENV SOCI ID
06JAKARTA8961INDONESIA - 2006 AMENDED IPR PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] This cable amends Embassy Jakarta's FY2006 Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) project proposal for INL Bureau funding contained in ref A. We continue to support our initial request of USD 356,000 to fund one senior technical advisor for a second and final year. In addition, we now request U [...]
2006-07-19 03:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ECON ID
06JAKARTA9043WEST JAVA: A SNAPSHOT OF THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
[...] (C) With the second most registered voters and the largest population of any Indonesian province, West Java will figure prominently in the political calculus of each of the major parties as they begin to position themselves for the 2009 legislative and presidential election. West Java,s nation [...]
2006-07-19 10:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM ID
06JAKARTA9044INDONESIA TSUNAMI-EARTHQUAKE JULY 19 UPDATE
[...] Summary. The GOI has raised its count of victims from the July 17 earthquake and tsunami to 525 dead, 383 injured and 273 missing. Most observers expect the casualty figures to continue to rise as more information becomes available. An estimated 51,000 people have been displaced. The West Jav [...]
2006-07-19 10:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC EAID PREL SENV SOCI ID
06JAKARTA9156BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3--PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECKS ON
[...] Summary: PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) verified on July 21 that it ordered the CN235 components from Summit Aviation in October 21, 2005 (see reftel). The transaction is related to a sales contract from 1996 between DI and Indonesia's Department of Defense to build CN235 aircraft for the Ind [...]
2006-07-21 08:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC ECON ID
06JAKARTA9157RESPONSE RE PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT
[...] Post sees no potential implications to U.S. foreign policy concerns proposed research project no. AG02667601 involving a foreign institution, pending human subject approval, of NIH's proposed award to the research project entitled "The Fourth Indonesian Family Life Survey of Aging." Post unde [...]
2006-07-21 09:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA ID
06JAKARTA9159INDONESIA TSUNAMI-EARTHQUAKE JULY 21 UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-21 09:44:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC EAID PREL SENV SOCI ID
06JAKARTA9160GOI EFFORTS STOKE OPTIMISM FOR POSO PEACE
[...] (C) Summary. GOI initiatives spearheaded by the Indonesian National Police (INP) are moving conflict-ridden Central Sulawesi toward peace, according to top INP investigators focused on the area. The arrest of the terrorists behind many of the violent attacks since the 2001 Malino peace agreem [...]
2006-07-21 10:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO KVPR CVIS ID
06JAKARTA9161PAPUAN POLITICAL ROUND-UP, JULY 2006
[...] (C) Introduction and summary. This messages provides a survey of recent developments in Papuan politics. During a July 10 - 15 visit to Jayapura, poloff found the Papuan scene in a holding pattern. Barnabas "Bas" Suebu, the winner of the March 10 direct elections for governor, had still not [...]
2006-07-21 11:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ID
06JAKARTA9262CALL FOR BALANCED ASEAN STATEMENT CONVEYED TO
[...] (SBU) Drawing on reftel A, we urged on July 24 that ASEAN adopt a balanced approach to the current violence in Lebanon and Isreal. We conveyed talking points contained reftel to Aziz Nurwahyudi of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs' Subdirectorate for ASEAN Political and Security Af [...]
2006-07-24 10:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN LE IS ID
06JAKARTA9266RESPONSE RE MISUSE OF LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH
[...] Reftel requested that the Government of Indonesia (GOI) provide a point of contact for issues concerning the potential for misuse of dual use life sciences research. The GOI has provided the following name and contact information as its designated point of contact: Dr. Erna Tresnaningsih, MO [...]
2006-07-25 04:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PTER EAGR ID
06JAKARTA9268AMM TO STAY IN ACEH THROUGH ELECTIONS (NOVEMBER 22)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-25 06:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ID
06JAKARTA9269RESPONSE RE PROPOSED NIH RESEARCH PROJECT
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy sees no potential U.S. foreign policy concerns regarding NIH's proposed award to the research project entitled "Prospective Studies of Avian Influenza Transmission in Asia," No. AI068803, pending human subject approval. Post understands research institutions inv [...]
2006-07-25 06:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA ID
06JAKARTA9333AMM TO STAY IN ACEH THROUGH ELECTIONS (NOVEMBER 22)
[...] (C) Summary: Aceh Monitoring Mission chief Peter Feith told the Ambassador in Aceh that the AMM had decided to extend its presence in Aceh through the new elections on November 22, a date which has not yet been announced publicly. The Ambassador, accompanied by USAID Mission Director Frej an [...]
2006-07-25 09:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ID
06JAKARTA9334INDONESIAN HEALTH MINISTER PRAISES COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Health Dr. Siti Fadilah Supari told the Ambassador on July 24 that the Ministry of Health (MOH) is committed to cooperation with NAMRU-2 and will assist in the finalization of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). She noted that the Government of Indonesia (GOI) [...]
2006-07-25 10:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR KHIV ID PGOV KFLU SOCI
06JAKARTA9336INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) is making progress on a new infrastructure investment strategy. Major legislative and regulatory elements are replacing the failed pre-Financial Crisis system that relied largely on unsolicited offers by investors. The GOI has made important [...]
2006-07-25 10:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS PREL ID
06JAKARTA9515INDONESIA - JULY 27 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-27 09:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA9526INDONESIA - 2006 BUDGET REVISIONS
[...] Summary. On July 12 the Minister of Finance presented the Parliament Government of Indonesia's (GOI) revisions to the 2006 budget. Significant changes include an increase in international oil price assumption to USD 62/barrel from USD 57, avoiding last year's mistake of clinging to an low oil [...]
2006-07-28 08:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA9692NORTH SUMATRA AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION FINALLY BEGINS
[...] With a June 29 groundbreaking ceremony, work began on the construction of a new airport for North Sumatra at t Kuala Namu, about 30 miles east of Medan. The new airport will become operational in 2009 with one runway 3750 meters long and will eventually expand to two runways of the same len [...]
2006-08-02 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV EAIR EINT ID
06JAKARTA9697TIMIKA TRIAL: DEFENDANTS UNCOOPERATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Defense lawyers appears for the first time at the August 1 session of the trial for the murder of two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002, but defendants continued their refusal to cooperate. Prosecutors say this will not alter the prosecution of the case, and expect to call Amcit w [...]
2006-08-02 04:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA9698DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON
[...] (U) On August 1, we met with Ferry Adamhar, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Directorate for the Protection of Indonesian Citizens and Legal Entities, to deliver the demarche contained reftel. Mr. Adamhar welcomed our points and said he would coordinate the matter within the GOI [...]
2006-08-02 05:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SMIG UNGA ID
06JAKARTA9860RESPONSE RE LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH
[...] Reftel B requested that the Government of Indonesia (GOI) provide a point of contact for issues concerning the potential for misuse of dual-use life sciences research. Post provided primary point of contact in Reftel A. GOI has provided a second point of contact for this issue. Please note th [...]
2006-08-04 09:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PTER EAGR ID
06JAKARTA9861PAPUA: GOVERNORS SWORN IN, SBY VISITS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The directly-elected governors of West Irian Jaya and Papua were sworn in without incident on July 24 and 25, respectively. The inaugurations mark the end of a long period of strife over the partition of Papua and the outcome of the March 10 direct elections. President Yudhoy [...]
2006-08-04 10:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PP ID
06JAKARTA9862MIDDLE EAST CRISIS MOBILIZING INDONESIA'S MUSLIMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The conllict in the Middle East has dominated Indonesianh(eadlines over the past two weeks, and reports o Israeli military operations in Lebanon are spurring action by both political and non-political actos". Press coverage is almost universally one-side,, with front-page head [...]
2006-08-04 11:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KISL ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA9864GOI TO SPEND BILLIONS TO BOOST BIOFUELS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Indonesia (GOI) plans to invest USD 22 billion over the next five years to boost biofuel production in a bid to cut fossil fuel consumption. GOI officials say they will spend USD 6 billion to buy approximately 6 million hectares of land to grow the fuel feedstock [...]
2006-08-07 00:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EINV SENV PGOV ID
06JAKARTA9865INDONESIA ENERGY AND MINING HIGHLIGHTS-JULY 2006
[...] Summary. On June 17, the Downstream Regulatory Body BPH MIGAS announced the Bakrie Group won the tender for the USD 1.2 billion, 1,120-km pipeline from East Kalimantan to Central Java. On July 24, Britain's BP, Indonesia's Medco and a consortium of state oil company Pertamina and Amerada Hes [...]
2006-08-07 00:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
06JAKARTA9867INDONESIA POWER HIGHLIGHTS-JULY 2006
[...] Summary. On July 5, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) issued Government Regulation 26/2006, revising provisions for electricity purchases under the direct appointment method. On July 18, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources issued Decree 44/2006 for the purchase of power under the Acc [...]
2006-08-07 05:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
06JAKARTA9914INDONESIA - AUGUST 4 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 3, the Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari announced that, effective immediately, the GOI would no longer send samples to the WHO-Influenza Reference laboratory in Hong Kong. Supari considers domestic laboratories, including U.S. NAMRU-2, sufficiently qualified to [...]
2006-08-07 08:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA9941INDONESIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS - JULY
[...] Summary: The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce met with members of Indonesia's Parliament on July 5 and voiced general support for the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) draft investment law. The Minister of Trade announced on July 26 that the GOI will establish an Investment Policy Committee and [...]
2006-08-08 06:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON KIPR ID
06JAKARTA9996TIMIKA TRIAL: DEFENSE FILES "EXCEPTION MOTION"
[...] (U) After several weeks of delay, the trial of the seven men accused of killing two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002 took a small step forward as defense attorneys submitted a 24-page "motion for exception" to the charges to the three judge panel. Although essentially just another delay tactic, [...]
2006-08-08 11:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID
06KUALALUMPUR1096PREPARING FOR THE MARITIME BORDER NEEDS ASSESSMENT
[...] (S) Embassy Kuala Lumpur strongly endorses the DS/ATA and S/CT maritime border control technical needs assessment in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia and looks forward to working with the Department in arranging this visit. 2. (S) Post agrees with Embassies Jakarta and Manila with r [...]
2006-06-15 02:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPTER ASEC PREL ID RP MY
06KUALALUMPUR1835HEART OF BORNEO: PROTECTING THE WORLD'S OLDEST
[...] (U) Portions of this message are sensitive but unclassified. SIPDIS 2. (U) Summary: Malaysian support for the Heart of Borneo (HOB) conservation initiative is solidifying at all levels. WWF, which is actively promoting the initiative, expects the leaders of Malaysia, Indonesia and Bru [...]
2006-09-30 01:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO MY BX ID
06KUALALUMPUR1957HEART OF BORNEO: SARAWAK VIEWS
[...] (SBU) Residents of the Malaysian State of Sarawak are demonstrating increasing support for environmental conservation efforts, but have only a limited awareness of the proposed Heart of Borneo initiative aimed at integrating and enhancing the conservation efforts of Malaysia, Indonesia and Bru [...]
2006-10-17 09:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO MY BX ID
06KUWAIT2147KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO INDONESIA CRITICIZES GOK ON
[...] (C) Kuwait's Ambassador to Indonesia, Mohammad Fadel Khalaf, met with the DCM on May 23 to discuss his concerns over the treatment of Indonesian domestic workers in Kuwait. He criticized Indonesia and especially his own government for not doing enough to protect Indonesian workers, and sugges [...]
2006-06-07 17:15:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL KIRF JO ID KU TIP RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
06KUWAIT262FREEDOM AGENDA: EMBASSY INITIATES KUWAIT
[...] Post organized and hosted on January 24th a meeting of labor officials from source countries for expatriate labor in Kuwait to engage on how to better work together to improve the status of Kuwait's large expatriate labor force. Representatives from the embassies of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Paki [...]
2006-01-25 14:44:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB CE BG ID RP PK IN KU
06MANILA1885ARREST OF ASG OPERATIVE AL-SHARIE AMIRUDDIN A
[...] (C) Summary. The recent arrest of Al-Sharie Amiruddin y Mohammad Nur, aka Abu Omar, is a significant catch for the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Although a mid-level operative, Amiruddin was an early Abu Sayyaf Group adherent, and involved in intelligence and recruiting activities in Mal [...]
2006-05-02 08:56:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS KPAL BX ID MY RP
06MANILA4150 REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SOUTH AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chiefs of Mission from Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Colombo fully support the regional maritime security proposal to be submitted by U.S Pacific Command (PACOM) under the FY07 authority granted by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2006. The proposal -- th [...]
2006-10-01 23:57:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PREL PBTS SNAR MASS MARR TH CE ID MY RP
06MANILA4151 REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SOUTH AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chiefs of Mission from Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Colombo fully support the regional maritime security proposal to be submitted by U.S Pacific Command (PACOM) under the FY07 authority granted by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2006. The proposal -- th [...]
2006-10-01 23:57:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PREL PBTS SNAR MASS MARR TH CE ID MY RP
06MANILA4388PUTTING ZULKIFLI ON THE REWARDS FOR JUSTICE LIST
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARA. 2. 2. (SBU) Embassy Manila requests Diplomatic Security add Zulkifli al Musa Abdul Hir, (aka Zulkifli Hir, aka Zulkifli bin Abdul Hir, aka Musa bin Abdul Hir, aka Zulkifli bin Hir, aka Mussa, aka Musa, aka Marwan),a Malaysian citizen born in 1966 [...]
2006-10-17 09:08:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL ID MY RP
06MANILA4389PUTTING LITO REBIO ON THE REWARDS FOR JUSTICE LIST
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARA. 2. 2. (SBU) Embassy Manila requests Diplomatic Security add Jemaah Islamiyah operative Lito Rebio (aka Mu'awiyah, aka Nique, aka Muhammad Ali),a Singapore citizen of Indian descent born on January 14, 1965, to the Department of State's Rewards Fo [...]
2006-10-17 09:08:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL ID SN RP
06MANILA4912ADDITIONAL JUSTIFICATION FOR ADDING LITO REBIO TO
[...] (S/NF) In follow up to ref A, we would like to provide additional information in support of our request to add Lito Rebio (AKA Muawiyah, AKA Mu'awiyah, AKA Nique, AKA Muhammad Ali) to the Department of State's Rewards For Justice list. Rebio, a Singapore national, is one of the leading Jemaah [...]
2006-12-06 09:02:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL ID SN RP
06NEWDELHI3107TERRORISM FINANCE: JI-4 TALKING POINTS DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Poloff on April 28 delivered Reftel talking points to MEA Attache (Americas) Priyanka Chauhan, who accepted them without substantive comment. Econoff on April 28 delivered Reftel talking points to Finance Ministry Joint Secretary (Department of Economic Affairs) Dr. K.P. Krishnan, who a [...]
2006-05-05 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IN ID
06OTTAWA1031TERRORISM FINANCE: OTTAWA RESPONSE ON JI-4 UN
[...] (S) Despite high-level approaches, the Government of Canada still will not co-sponsor the four JI individuals. As requested by email and in reftel A, Embassy Ottawa raised the profile of the JI-4 cosponsorship request, with Deputy Chief of Mission John Dickson making the request to Department [...]
2006-04-11 13:16:00Embassy OttawaSECRETID KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC CA
06PRAGUE1398CZECH MFA SOLICITS INFORMAL U.S. OPINION ON FOUR
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Czech Government is considering granting permission for Czech export companies to begin to negotiate sales of several radar and similar systems to Indonesia, Ecuador, Nigeria, and Vietnam. If future applications are made for export licenses for the VERA, the Czech MFA inten [...]
2006-11-09 12:04:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS MCAP NI EC ID VM
06RANGOON325YUDHOYONO VISIT TO BURMA: LIGHT AND FLUFFY
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesian President Yudhoyono's March 1-2 visit to Burma appears to have been purely protocol and devoid of any substantive political message to regime leaders. SPDC Chairman Than Shwe gave the Indonesian President a standard recitation of regime achievements and its road map t [...]
2006-03-08 10:54:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM ID
06RIYADH7058TERRORIST FINANCE: SAG ON ABOUSOFIAN, YASSIN
[...] (U) This contains an action request at paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: MFA's counselor for counterterrorism, Abdulrahman Al-Ahmed, told us August 29 that it will take appropriate action on the 1267 Designation of Abousofian Abdelrazik. He asked for updates on the closing of the IIRO branch [...]
2006-09-06 07:10:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEFIN KFTN PREL PTER ETTC SA ID RP
06ROME626AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO DISCUSSIONS ON INCIDENT
[...] Summary: In discussions over the past week, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer Juan Lubroth and Senior Operations Officer Cristina Amaral updated us on FAO activities to combat Avian Influenza (AI). FAO senior management is acting to remove management constraints by: a) instituting a special wai [...]
2006-03-01 16:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO BG BM CB EG ID KE LA ML NI VM FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06SINGAPORE3669SINGAPORE PLAYS TOUGH ON TORRES STRAIT IN UNGA
[...] (SBU) Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh called in Ambassador Herbold to the MFA on November 22 to urge the United States to continue trying to get Australia to accept tougher language on the right of free passage contained in the UNGA draft resolution on Oceans and the law of the sea. Koh stress [...]
2006-11-22 10:17:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALAS EWWT ID MY PBTS PHSA PREL SN UNGA MRSEC
06SINGAPORE818SINGAPORE HOSTS FIRST INDONESIAN AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (U) Representatives from the United States, Indonesia, and Singapore met jointly for the first time March 2 in Singapore to discuss preparations for the Indonesian Avian Influenza Trilateral Pilot Project. The World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO),World Organization for Animal Health ( [...]
2006-03-15 10:05:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AMED CASC EAGR AMGT SN ID
06STATE16185THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 24 MEETING WITH EAST
[...] (U) Classified by EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) January 24, 2006, 4:30-5:00 PM, Secretary's Outer Office. 3. (U) Participants: United States: -------------- The Secretary A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees III Executive Assist [...]
2006-01-31 23:08:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALASEAN PHUM PREL ID KEM KDEM UNSC KAWC PGOV
06STATE164524THE SECRETARY'S SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Classified by: EAP Acting A/S Kathleen Stephens, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) September 26, 2006; 1:45 p.m.; Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Lynn Pascoe, Embassy Jakarta EAP A/S Christopher Hill PA A/S Sean McCormack Steve Beecroft (S Staff [...]
2006-09-29 21:31:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS UN ID
06STATE93016(U) ISLAMIC FINANCE (C-TN6-00207)
[...] (C) AS POSTS ARE AWARE, POLICY MAKERS ARE INTERESTED IN THE GROWTH AND IMPLICATIONS OF ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, WHICH OFFER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DESIGNED TO COMPLY WITH ISLAMIC LAW, WHICH FORBIDS PAYING OR RECEIVING INTEREST, MANDATES THAT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS BE BASED ON REAL ECON [...]
2006-06-07 23:17:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPINR ECIN EFIN AL BA BK EG ID KU MU MY PK QA SA
06STATE99426TERRORISM FINANCE: INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs six and seven. 2. (S) During Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend, s June 20 visit to Saudi Arabia, Townsend will reinforce the need for SAG actions to properly oversee the activities of charitable and non-profit organizations b [...]
2006-06-16 22:25:00Secretary of StateSECRETEFIN ETTC ID KTFN PREL PTER RP SA
06TAIPEI4145COUNTER-TERRORISM IN TAIWAN: PROGRESS AND
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan authorities have made a concerted effort since 2005 to establish an island wide counter-terrorism network to reduce stove-piping and competing interests between relevant ministries and agencies that could hamper the government's response in the event of a terrorist attac [...]
2006-12-18 09:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PTER TW ID
06TOKYO1982EAP A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH ASIAN DG SASAE ON
[...] (C) Summary. In an April 11 tour d'horizon of issues affecting the Asian region, MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae told A/S Hill: -- Japan is emphasizing relations with Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam in its strategic thinking with ASEAN; -- Japan will not stand in the way of Russia becoming a [...]
2006-04-12 09:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ECON ETRD EAID ASEAN ID TW IN CH
06TOKYO2610S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WTIH DEPUTY
[...] (C) Summary. In a wide ranging discussion on May 11, MOFA Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs Yabunaka told visiting S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner: -- The main focus for Japan at the St. Petersburg G-8 summit is to be energy security, but he was skeptical that a useful outcome could be r [...]
2006-05-12 12:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD ENRG IR KS RS CH ID JA
06TOKYO2973THE DCM'S MAY 26 MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 26th luncheon, MOFA North America Bureau Director General Chikao Kawai told the DCM that the Japanese government would push DPRI implementation and urge Yokosuka's mayor to proceed with the plan for Kitty Hawk replacement. On beef, Kawai expected the risk communication [...]
2006-05-31 06:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SCUL EAGR UNSC AMGT AF ID IZ KN
06TOKYO6404U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN SECOND TRILATERAL
[...] (S/REL AUS) Summary: U.S., Australian, and Japanese Ambassadors for Counterterrorism and their interagency delegations held the second round of trilateral counterterrorism consultations in Tokyo on October 24. Participants offered general threat assessments for Indonesia, the Philippines, an [...]
2006-11-07 22:56:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPINR PREL PTER AS ID RP TH AF PK IZ JA KN
06USUNNEWYORK2053SINGAPORE PURPLE IN UN OVER INDONESIA
[...] (U) The perennial problem of South Asian haze fed by illegal timber clearing in Indonesia (reftel) spilled into normally docile UN Second Committee debates on October 25-26 during plenary discussions on sustainable development. Singapore devoted nearly the entirety of its October 25 statement [...]
2006-10-30 18:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TPHY TBIO KTIA ID SN UNGA
06VATICAN210INDONESIAN-VATICAN RELATIONS: A BUMP IN THE ROAD
[...] (C) Indonesian Ambassador Prayitno told Ambassador Rooney recently that he was optimistic about Indonesian - Holy See relations despite the recent papal flap and the execution of three Catholics there. He said that despite numerous entreaties by the Vatican, there was never any chance that [...]
2006-10-03 13:23:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PTER PHUM SOCI ID VT
06VATICAN88VATICAN: EAST TIMORESE ACTIVIST CALLS FOR ATTENTION
[...] (SBU) Fernanda Borges, the founder of East Timor's National Party, was in Rome recently pleading for greater international attention to the disorder and violence in her country. We met with Borges at the headquarters of the Community of Sant'Egidio, the Catholic lay group best known for conf [...]
2006-05-26 14:46:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM VT ID
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN191BRUNEI UNLIKELY TO JOIN VIETNAM PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAM
[...] DCM DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS ON JUNE 28 TO HAKASHAH SAMAD, SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICER, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE (MOFAT). SAMAD HAD PREVIOUSLY INDICATED TO US THAT BRUNEI WOULD LIKELY NOT BE ABLE TO SEND ANY PARTICIPANTS TO THIS PROGRAM. AS MOST KEY MOFAT TRADE OFFICIALS ARE IN CAIRNS F [...]
2007-07-06 09:00:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAGR PREL ASEAN BX CB ID LA MY RP SN TH
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN206HEART OF BORNEO: BRUNEI WILL OFFER TO HOST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Brunei (GOB) intends to push for a quick decision on establishment of a professional secretariat to help implement the Heart of Borneo (HOB) SIPDIS tropical forest conservation initiative when it meets with Malaysia and Indonesia at the forthcoming HOB trilat [...]
2007-07-17 09:05:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALEAID BX ID MY SENV
07BANGKOK4303STAFFDEL KOGER - THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Koger from 23-26 August. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road Tel: 66-2-251-6127 Fax: 66-2-254-5390 Room rate is USD 146 (taxes and American breakfast included) and is within p [...]
2007-08-08 09:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT AFIN CB ID HK JP TH SN ASEC
07BEIJING1448DAS JOHN DISCUSSES BURMA, SOUTHEAST ASIA WITH AFM
[...] (S) If the United States wants to make a difference on Burma, it should engage directly with General Than Shwe, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai told EAP DAS Eric John on March 5. In a separate meeting, MFA Director General for Asian Affairs Hu Zhengyue stressed that State Councilor Tang [...]
2007-03-05 12:08:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL UNSC CH XC BM ID TH RP TT
07BEIJING3601MAY 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL VISIT, SUDAN,
[...] Key points at the May 29 MFA Press Conference were: -- A/S Hill will visit Beijing on May 30 to exchange views on the Six-Party Talks and other international and bilateral issues. -- China seeks a comprehensive solution to the Darfur issue, Spokesperson Jiang replied when asked about EU pr [...]
2007-05-29 11:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD SU JA IN KS ID GE
07BEIJING4190JUNE 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL AND FM YANG'S
[...] Key points at the June 21 MFA Press Conference were: -- China hopes A/S Hill's visit to the DPRK will help to implement he Initial Actions Agreement and to improve Unied States-DPRK relations. -- FM Yang will visit the DPRK July 2-4. -- Population and developed nations' contributions to [...]
2007-06-21 09:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV KS KN IZ MG JA SU ID NL CH
07BEIJING5579UNSC RESOLUTION 1540: DEMARCHE ON NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (C) Pooff delivered reftel demarche to He Yi of the MA Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division on August 23, emphasizing the importance of transparency to the effectiveness of the UNSCR 1540 Committee's efforts. He Yi said he would pass the information to his supervisors and to the Chinese [...]
2007-08-23 08:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP CH SF ID
07BEIJING6004SEPTEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PM ABE'S
[...] Key points at the September 13 MFA Press Briefing were: -- Abe's resignation is an internal affair of Japan and China attaches great importance to the development of Sino-Japanese ties. -- The choice of a new Russian prime minister is an internal affair of that country. China and Russia h [...]
2007-09-13 09:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV JA CH RS ID IR
07BEIJING7036NOVEMBER 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, BIBLE BAN,
[...] Key points at the November 8 MFA Press Briefing: -- China requested that Iran "respond positively" and "attach importance to" the concern of the international community. (Note: some news organizations stated that China "demanded" Iran respond positively. The word in Chinese was "yaoqiu" whi [...]
2007-11-08 10:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS PK IR AF ID VE SN
07BUENOSAIRES1644NEW PROTECTIONIST NON-TARIFF BARRIERS TARGET
[...] (SBU) President Kirchner and Economy Minister Peirano announced an ill-defined package of non-tariff protectionist measures that targets imports of plastics, textiles, artificial leather, and tires. Growing Argentine imports from China (up 54% in the first half of 2007) were singled out as a [...]
2007-08-22 18:03:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV AR CH HK IN ID KN KS MY PK RP
07BUENOSAIRES1648ARGENTINA: NON-TARIFF TRADE BARRIERS NOT YET OFFICIAL, BUT
[...] (SBU) President Kirchner's announcement late last week of non-tariff measures aimed at curbing Asian imports is affecting U.S. companies. Argentine customs has held up many Asian import shipments, including those from U.S. high technology companies Dell and Honeywell, pending clarification of [...]
2007-08-23 09:48:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON AR CH HK IN ID KN KS MY PK RP SN
07BUENOSAIRES1708ARGENTINA: CHINESE REACTION TO NON-TARIFF BARRIERS
[...] (SBU) Ten days after President Kirchner announced the imposition of non-tariff barriers on burgeoning Asian imports, local media has reported that China struck back with retaliatory phytosanitary inspections of Argentine soy shipments, though two grain trading company reps say the inspections o [...]
2007-08-29 19:18:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV EAGR ECON AR CH HK IN ID KN KS MY PK
07CANBERRA1742AUSTRALIA'S PARTICIPATION IN DECEMBER 12
[...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told poloff December 11 Australia agreed with the U.S. judgment that Jakarta's December 12 seminar on "PSI in the Framework of Maritime Security" does not meet its requirements as a venue to adv [...]
2007-12-11 02:14:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL PHSA PBTS MNUC ETTC KNNP EWWT AS ID
07CANBERRA1745U/S BURNS' 12/5 MEETINGS WITH AUSTRALIAN DPM
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During wide-ranging conversations December 5 with newly appointed Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, and Agriculture Minister Tony Burke, Under Secretary Nicholas Burns emphasized the importance Washington placed on a continued cl [...]
2007-12-12 00:27:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAS CH ID IN IR IZ JA MNUC PREL PTER
07DARESSALAAM892TANZANIA: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 13:36:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETTZ AG AL CD CE CN DJ EG ER ET EZ HE ID
07DILI15PRELIMINARY HEARING OF F-FDTL SUSPECTS IN APRIL-MAY
[...] (U) Summary: On January 12, a preliminary hearing was held for 12 suspects in the April-May, 2006 violence, 11 of whom aQ members of the armed forces (F-FDTL). This marked the first judicial step that has been taken to date vis-`-vis any member of the F-FDTL. As a result of the hearing, three [...]
2007-01-16 11:26:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ID UN TT
07DILI234EAST TIMOR PRESIDENT RAMOS HORTA LOOKS AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary. In a June 20 meeting with Charge and Poloff, East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta expressed satisfaction with the ongoing parliamentary election campaign and confidence in connection with various post-election political scenarios. He confirmed that he had requested that the Inter [...]
2007-06-21 10:04:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AS PO ID TT
07DILI338COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HOLDS HEARINGS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 06:51:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID
07DILI8EAST TIMOR: OBSTACLES TO ACCOUNTABILITY
[...] (C) Summary. While there are indications that East Timor's Prosecutor-General genuinely desires to pursue justice for crimes related to the April-May 2006 events, he is said to be under strong pressure from the political elite not to do so, and to fear for his personal safety. He is therefore [...]
2007-01-12 12:12:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ID UN TT
07HANOI1261 NO SECURITY - NO BUSINESS: READOUT FROM JUNE 2007 APEC
[...] (U) Summary: On June 14-15 in Hanoi, Vietnam, the United States and the Government of Vietnam hosted the follow-on Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) bioterrorism workshop to protect the food supply from deliberate contamination, in support of the APEC Food Defense initiative "Mitigating [...]
2007-07-17 09:18:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PTER APECO EAGR ETRD CA JA RS AS TH VM ID MY
07HANOI687UPDATE ON OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IN VIETNAM AVIAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (GVN) has a comprehensive prevention and control approach for avian and pandemic influenza (AI) based on a national surveillance system in the developing world context. The approach integrates both animal and human health sectors. The GVN leader [...]
2007-04-12 00:36:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU KPAO SENV OCII AJ CB CA CH EG IN ID LA MX
07ISLAMABAD1583MUSHARRAF TELLS MCCAIN: DON’T PULL OUT OF IRAQ
[...] (U) On April 3, President Musharraf met with Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Representative Richard Renzi (R-AZ),Musharraf's third U.S. Congressional delegation of the day (reftel). The group,s discussion focused on Iraq, the broader Middle East, and the Pak-Afghan border region. ----------------- [...]
2007-04-10 12:27:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS PK AF IZ IR ID MY SA LE
07JAKARTA1005CT TRAINING PROGRAM PROMOTES COOPERATION IN
[...] (C) On April 2-4, Post co-sponsored the latest in a series of CT training workshops, this time at the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) in Semarang, Central Java. Other sponsors included the Embassies of Canada and New Zealand, with the French Embassy providing a French CT [...]
2007-04-10 06:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1008INDONESIA: AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR PAPUA SPACE LAUNCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials confirmed to us during a March 13 meeting that plans for a joint Indonesian-Russian satellite launch facility in Papua are well underway. The Governments of Indonesia and Russia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in December 2006, [...]
2007-04-10 07:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS PARM PREL EINV ID RS
07JAKARTA1009INDONESIA ENERGY AND MINING HIGHLIGHTS - March 2007
[...] Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) awarded 37 energy contracts worth at least a reported seven billion dollars in Subang, West Java on March 21. The contracts included exploration deals worth $4.1 billion, domestic gas supply agreements worth $1.61 billion and oil and gas contracts amo [...]
2007-04-10 08:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA1011GOVERNMENT CT EXPERT RECEIVES POSITIVE ATTENTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: National security hearings in late February and the ASEAN CT ministerial in early March temporarily renewed a public counterterrorism (CT) dialogue in Jakarta and reenergized the GOI's National CT Coordinator, (ret) Police Inspector General Ansya'ad Mbai. Mbai told us that his la [...]
2007-04-11 00:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC KVPR CVIS ID
07JAKARTA1024GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] (C) We followed up on ref c demarche (reported ref b) in a meeting with Carolina Tinangon in the Department of Foreign Affair's Directorate for International Security and Disarmament on April 11. Noting preparations were underway for a conference on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Ter [...]
2007-04-11 07:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER KNNP MCAP PARM PREL ID
07JAKARTA1037INDONESIA - 2007 IPR PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] Summary: Embassy Jakarta requests $640,000 in INL/EB funding to support the continued employment of our two DOJ-ICITAP Senior IPR Technical Advisors for a second and final year. The success of these advisors has been critical to Indonesia's recent improvements in IPR protection and enforceme [...]
2007-04-12 07:40:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1038EAST JAVA: Lapindo Mud Volcano Floods Roads and Rail While
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A March 30 dam wall collapse at the source of the PT. Lapindo Brantas (Lapindo) mud volcano flooded East Java's remaining north-south road and railways, causing major transportation disruptions. Local mudflow victims delayed damage control response by preventing heavy equipment [...]
2007-04-12 08:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA1050POSO CHRISTIANS CHARGED WITH TERRORISM
[...] (U) Trials opened in Jakarta the week of April 2 in the cases of 17 Christians from Poso, Central Sulawesi. The men are charged with terrorism and pre-meditated murder in the killings of two Muslims in September 2006. The killings were reportedly a reaction to the execution just days earlier [...]
2007-04-13 07:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1051CDA'S INTRODUCTORY CALLS ON WORLD'S LARGEST MUSLIM
[...] (SBU) As part of post's ongoing engagement with Indonesia's Muslim community, CDA made courtesy calls on the chairmen of the world's two largest mass Muslim organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)'s Hasyim Muzadi and Muhammadiyah's Din Syamsuddin. By way of introducing their organizations, the c [...]
2007-04-13 08:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KISL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1053INDONESIA - AVIAN INFLUENZA SAMPLE SHARING UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Health Minister Fadilah Supari's March 28 pledge to immediately begin sharing avian influenza (AI) samples, and similar pledges following World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan's April 4 Jakarta visit, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) has not yet [...]
2007-04-13 08:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1055INDONESIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS - MARCH 2007
[...] Summary: After lengthy negotiations, Parliament passed a new Investment Law on March 29 that is now awaiting presidential approval. The new law will require further implementing regulations to come into force. Members of the G-33 met in Jakarta from March 20 to 21, with the G-33 claiming it [...]
2007-04-13 09:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON KIPR ID
07JAKARTA1056REFORMER TAKES HELM OF MIGRANT WORKER PROTECTION
[...] Summary. (C) After just a month in office, the head of a newly-formed cabinet-level agency to protect migrant workers is beginning to win the confidence of migrant worker rights activists and to shake up a system notorious for exploiting workers. Jumhur Hidayat, Chairman of the National Agen [...]
2007-04-13 09:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1057SCENESETTER FOR MINDEF SUDARSONO'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesian Defense Minister Dr. Juwono Sudarsono's April 16-18 visit to Washington offers a timely opportunity to push him on military reform and accountability and explore Jakarta's thinking on Iraq. We expect the key policy issue on Sudarsono's agenda will be Indonesia's progr [...]
2007-04-13 09:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ID
07JAKARTA1059PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL UP AND RUNNING
[...] (C) On April 11 President Yudhoyono formally swore in the nine members of the new Presidential Advisory Council, created in accordance with last year's Presidential Advisory Council Bill (Ref A). The Council consists of luminaries from the legal, political, military, academic and educational [...]
2007-04-15 23:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID
07JAKARTA107INDONESIA - JANUARY 12 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission's Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-2) confirmed three new human AI cases, two of whom have died. These are the first new human AI cases in Indonesia since November 12 2006. USAID/Jakarta took delivery of 100,000 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) and 1000 [...]
2007-01-12 09:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1074ALWI SHIHAB DISCUSSES IRAQ, UNSC ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary. In an April 13 meeting with the Charge, Indonesian Special Envoy to the Mideast Alwi Shihab outlined the GOI's efforts to promote reconciliation among Iraqi Sunnis and Shia. Following the Bogor reconciliation conference earlier this month (reftel A),Shihab said that GOI figures [...]
2007-04-16 09:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC YI IZ IR ID
07JAKARTA1075INDONESIA'S SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES: HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Army Special Operations Forces (KOPASSUS) of Indonesia's Armed Forces (TNI) remains outside the ambit of U.S.-Indonesian military-to-military cooperation. This message reviews its progress on the critical issue of human rights and provides an update on current Mission Jakart [...]
2007-04-16 10:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PHUM MOPS ID
07JAKARTA1076UNSC/KOSOVO: GETTING INDONESIA TO YES
[...] (C) Summary. In response to Under Secretary Burns' request (ref A),I recommend that the Secretary, and even the President if necessary, contact their Indonesian counterparts to urge support for the Kosovo resolution. I have pressed the case with a former Foreign Minister, the Speaker of the [...]
2007-04-16 10:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK KFLU TBIO YI ID
07JAKARTA1077ANNOUNCEMENT OF FAA CATEGORY 2 DOWNGRADE OF
[...] (U) This is an action request for the Department of Transportation and/or Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); please see para 6. 2. (SBU) We delivered news of the FAA's decision to downgrade Indonesia to Category Two under the International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program to Mi [...]
2007-04-16 22:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR CASC ID
07JAKARTA108JAN 12 UPDATE RE ADAM AIR; PIECES OF WRECKAGE FOUND; SEARCH CONTINUES
[...] (U) Summary: Villagers and Government of Indonesia (GOI) search and rescue personnel found small pieces of wreckage from Adam Air flight KI-574 on various beaches in South Sulewesi on January 11th. Small wreckage debris continues to wash on shore. U.S. Military personnel continue to assist with [...]
2007-01-12 09:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAIR ID
07JAKARTA1087DECREE 37 AND COCOA ISSUE DISCUSSED, APHIS AI OFFICE
[...] Summary. In one whirlwind day on April 16, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Dr. Chuck Lambert SIPDIS discussed major issues facing U.S. agriculture in Indonesia and opened the APHIS Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Office. In meetings with Government of Ind [...]
2007-04-18 08:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR TBIO ID
07JAKARTA1098CHARGE URGES SUPPORT FOR AHTISAARI KOSOVO PLAN
[...] (C) Summary. On April 18, a key Department of Foreign Affairs interlocutor articulated a more nuanced position on Kosovo, which we interpret as an indication that Jakarta might be looking for a way to support a UNSC Resolution based on the Ahtisaari plan. While reiterating that Indonesia opp [...]
2007-04-19 07:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK IR YI ID
07JAKARTA11INDONESIA - JANUARY 2007 IPR UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Unannounced "training visits" by the Ministry of Industry's (MOI) Optical Disc Factory Monitoring Team (MT) in late November to 25 of 27 registered optical disc factories show that the enforcement of Indonesia's Optical Disc Regulations (ODR) is still in its infancy. Evidence t [...]
2007-01-03 08:31:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR ID
07JAKARTA1101VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM
[...] (SBU) On the margins of a dinner late April 18 in honor of the participants of the Indonesia/United States Strategic Dialogue, we received the following letter from Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda to the Secretary: Begin Text: Dear Secretary Rice, I join a shocked world in grieving ove [...]
2007-04-19 08:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL MARR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1102INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS MARCH 2007
[...] Summary. On April 2, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced that consumer price inflation rose a modest 0.24% in March on a month-on-month (MoM) basis as rice price increases moderated. Three days later, Bank Indonesia (BI) announced it would keep its benchmark 30-day Bank Indonesia [...]
2007-04-19 08:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1107INDONESIA-MIXED PICTURE ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia,s Financial Transactions Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) is receiving more suspicious transaction reports (STRs) than ever before, but the number of prosecutions remains low, at under 10% of cases referred to law enforcement. The Foreign Ministry (DEPLU) admitted [...]
2007-04-20 03:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1128BANK INDONESIA CONSIDERS SWITCH TO OVERNIGHT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bank Indonesia (BI) seems likely to move to targeting the overnight interest rate rather than its one-month Bank Indonesia Certificate (SBI) rate as its policy rate for targeting inflation. This duration shift will have the benefit of addressing anomalies (some self-induced) i [...]
2007-04-23 06:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1129 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP FY 2007 ESF
[...] U.S. Mission Jakarta submits to G/TIP the following five Indonesian Anti-Trafficking in Persons project proposals for consideration of funding from FY 2007 INCLE and ESF appropriation. Also listed are two regional proposals. These are listed in the rank order recommended by a Mission panel com [...]
2007-04-23 08:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1130PRESIDENT SIGNS ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW
[...] Summary. President Yudhoyono signed the comprehensive Anti-Trafficking Law on April 19. Passed by Parliament on March 20 (reftel),the law would have gone into effect automatically but the President's signature was a signal of his personal support of the law. NGOs which lobbied for over tw [...]
2007-04-24 00:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1144SAMOA: INDONESIAN POSITION
[...] We conveyed USG position reftel to Ms. Rosmalawati Chalid, Deputy Director of the Directorate for Economic and Environmental Development at the Department of Foreign Affairs on April 24. Chalid said as far as she was aware Indonesia had not yet taken a position on the question of Samoa, but s [...]
2007-04-24 07:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALAORC EAID ECON UNGA ID
07JAKARTA1148NEWMONT POLLUTION CASE: NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: American citizen Richard Ness and U.S. mining firm Newmont were declared not guilty on all counts of environmental pollution by a five judge panel in Manado, North Sulawesi on April 24. In dismissing all counts, the chief judge Ridwan Damanik said both Ness and Newmont had "th [...]
2007-04-24 08:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN CASC EINV PREL KPAO ID
07JAKARTA1150AHTISAARI MEETINGS IN INDONESIA ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Marti Ahtisaari told A/DCM April 24 that President Yudhoyono (SBY) said that Indonesia would try to decide on the future of Kosovo rationally. Citing domestic concerns and the need to consult the legislature, SBY did not state a position. The Indonesians seem [...]
2007-04-24 08:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK SR ZL ID
07JAKARTA1157PKS VERSUS THE WORLD IN JAKARTA GOVERNOR'S RACE
[...] (C) On August 8, Jakarta will host the first directly contested governor's election in the 500-year history of the city. The election represents arguably the most significant political event in the country between now and the 2009 Presidential elections, and the results will have implications [...]
2007-04-25 06:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
07JAKARTA1161INDONESIAN VIEWS ON NPT PREPCOM
[...] (C) We discussed reftel nonpaper with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for Disarmament in the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs, on April 25. Rachmianto said Indonesia would participate in the Prepcom with an open mind on substance and [...]
2007-04-25 09:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP ENRG NPT ID
07JAKARTA1168DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT
[...] (C) We conveyed reftel's specific request for Jakarta to Desra Percaya, Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs, on April 26. Percaya seemed unfamiliar with the issue but showed interest, and attached particular importance to the fact that the [...]
2007-04-26 06:36:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC SO ID
07JAKARTA1171INDONESIA - TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) continues to make progress on developing an Indonesia Tsunami Warning System (ITWS). The Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) test launched an early warning buoy (tsunameter) on April 10, and the Ministry of Research an [...]
2007-04-26 07:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTPSL AEMR TPHY KSCA ECON PREL ID
07JAKARTA1187UNSC: DISCUSSION WITH INDONESIA ON MINURSO, KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary. On April 27, an Indonesian Department Foreign Affairs official indicated that the GOI was undecided about whether to support the Friends of the Western Sahara draft resolution on the MINURSO mandate (reftel),but said that as a matter of principle it was unlikely to do so in the [...]
2007-04-27 09:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK RU YI MO WI ID
07JAKARTA1191INDONESIA- APRIL 27 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the week of April 24, a World Health Organization (WHO) team assessed qualifications of the National Institute for Health Research Development (NIHRD) and the Eijkman Institute as potential WHO collaborating centers. During the NIHRD assessment, Dr. Triono Soendoro, NIHRD [...]
2007-04-29 22:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA12MUTED INDONESIAN REACTION TO SADDAM'S EXECUTION
[...] Reaction to Saddam Hussein's execution has been muted in Indonesia, largely overshadowed by media coverage of domestic air and maritime transport tragedies that claimed the lives of more than 500 people this holiday weekend. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) released a short statement o [...]
2007-01-03 09:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KJUS IZ ID
07JAKARTA1211INDONESIA'S NEW INVESTMENT LAW -
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-30 09:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ETRD PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1212INDONESIA'S NEW INVESTMENT LAW - GOOD NEWS AND GREY AREAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. After a two year delay, Parliament passed a new Capital Investment Law on March 29 that provides a range of protections for investors including equal treatment for foreign and domestic investors, protection against nationalization, international arbitration for foreign investors [...]
2007-04-30 09:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ETRD PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA122NAMRU-2: PROGRESS TOWARD AN AGREED MOU TEXT
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Indonesian delegations held on January 9-10 a first round of technical negotiations toward a Memorandum of Understanding for the Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-2) in Jakarta. Following on the Ambassador's initial presentation of the U.S. position to a more senior gr [...]
2007-01-16 09:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL TBIO AMED AMGT KFLU KTIA ID
07JAKARTA1222 BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 - PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] Embassy contacted Indonesian Air Force (IAF) Aircraft Transportation Division Lieutenant, Colonel Amin Sulaksono on March 14 to verify reftel transaction. Sulaksono is not familiar with the foreign party, Singapore Precision Repair and Overhaul (S-PRO). Embassy also contacted First Air Marshal [...]
2007-05-01 06:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC ECON ID SN
07JAKARTA1223PROGRESS IN THE MUNIR CASE
[...] (C) Summary. The Indonesian police have intensified their investigation into the murder of Indonesian human rights leader Munir, making new arrests and reopening the case against the Garuda airlines pilot already acquitted. It is headed by the recently appointed chief of the Internal Invest [...]
2007-05-01 07:18:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA1226BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 - PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] Summary: The Indonesian firm PT Multijaya Sparindo (Sparindo) verified on April 3 its order of T-56 engine for C-130 aircrafts detailed in reftel. Sparindo supplies the Indonesian Air Force (IAF) with engines and aircraft spare parts. It also serves as a local representative for U.S. aircraft [...]
2007-05-01 08:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC ECON ID
07JAKARTA1227COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIEDNSHIP SESSION II
[...] (C) Summary: The last two days of Session II (March 26-30) of the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia-Timore Leste was a continued study in contrasts. Prominent Indonesian Generals, active and retired, postulated a description of events that at times almost seemed to mock the intent [...]
2007-05-01 09:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS KAWC TT ID
07JAKARTA1246EMBASSY POSTPONES JULY JCET WITH KOPASSUS
[...] (C) Embassy Country Team discussed possible responses to reports that Tommy Suharto was feted at the 55th anniversary celebration of the Indonesian Army Special Forces (KOPASSUS) on DATE. Unless otherwise directed, Embassy intends to postpone indefinitely the Joint Combined Exercise Training [...]
2007-05-02 08:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1252INDONESIA - COP 13 PLANNING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-03 04:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KTIA TPHY TBIO ID
07JAKARTA1266PAPUA GOVERNOR UPDATES CHARGE ON DEVELOPMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu told Charge on April 23 in Papua that he was making headway in his efforts to heal the rift between Papua and neighboring West Irian Jaya province and to implement his village-based development program. The two provinces' governors signed a miles [...]
2007-05-04 08:08:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAID ID
07JAKARTA1276INDONESIA HOSTS IPU ASSEMBLY AND PUTS THE
[...] (C) Summary. On April 29, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono convened the 116th International Parliamentary Union Assembly in Bali, Indonesia. Parliamentarians from 126 of the 140 IPU member countries dispatched representatives to the Assembly, which ended May 4. The opening rema [...]
2007-05-07 04:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA1279JAKARTA REQUESTS DOD REWARDS PROGRAM ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) Action Request: See paragraph 2. 2. (S) The Indonesian National Police (INP) has provided us with information on four Indonesian counterterrorism rewards candidates who helped INP CT units track down top Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) operatives Azahari, Jabir, and Abdul Hadi. Our rewards workin [...]
2007-05-07 06:04:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC MOPS PREL PINS ID
07JAKARTA1282YUDHOYONO'S RESHUFFLED CABINET STRONGER ON GOOD
[...] Summary. (U) On May 7, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made much-anticipated changes to his cabinet for the second time since assuming office in 2004. President Yudhoyono said the modifications would increase the cabinet's effectiveness and improve the ministers' ability to work cooperativ [...]
2007-05-07 08:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN ID
07JAKARTA1290INDONESIA - RESPONSE TO TSUNAMI, EARTHQUAKE WARNINGS
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Jakarta provides the following responses to listed questions. 2. Question: Does a duty officer of Mission Disaster Relief Officer (and alternate MDRO) receive tsunami and earthquake warnings on a 24-hour basis from the Ops Center or other service? --Response: Yes, th [...]
2007-05-08 03:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY AORC EAID AMGT CASC ID
07JAKARTA1293TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM MEETING, APRIL 27
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We hosted a trilateral counterterrorism (CT) meeting on April 27, with Australian and Japanese embassy counterparts. The three delegations agreed that Indonesian CT capacity had improved significantly, though the threat of terrorism would remain for the foreseeable future. Donor [...]
2007-05-08 06:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA1296DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON "ASIA DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU) We met with Ms. Trini Gunarti, Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs Office of North and Central American Affairs, to outline our ideas for creation of an Asia Democracy Partnership (reftel). We pointed out that Indonesia's experience in transitioning to democracy meant t [...]
2007-05-08 08:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM XB ID
07JAKARTA13East Java: Grim Mudflow Impact Forecast Prompts SBY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a special cabinet meeting held December 28, President Yudhoyono announced several decisions concerning the Lapindo mudflow including Lapindo will pay $422 million in damages, East Java gas supplies will be reallocated from electricity production to fertilizer production an [...]
2007-01-03 09:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1306THE GREENING OF SOCIETY: LOCAL SHARI'A LAWS SHOW
[...] (C) Summary. Recent growth in local bylaws based on Islamic law (perda syariah) has been exponential, totaling at least 46 by early 2007. While many refer directly to shari'a and Islamic praxis, most bylaws address issues of morality, allowing their proponents to argue )- however disingenuou [...]
2007-05-09 05:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL SOCI ID
07JAKARTA1319INDONESIA SENDS AI SAMPLES TO JAPAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 08:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALTBIO AMED PREL ID
07JAKARTA1326Indonesia - East Java/China Trade Growing, Investment
[...] SUMMARY: China's legal exports to East Java were close to $1 billion in 2006; illegal imports may have been double that amount. East Java shoe and garment industries have taken a beating from illegal imports, with over 500 small and medium sized firms closing in the past two years. So far, fou [...]
2007-05-11 05:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON KIPR KCOR ID CH
07JAKARTA1330DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON BELARUS CANDIDACY FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Indonesia and Belarus have agreed to vote for each other in the first round of the May 17 UN Human Rights Council elections, according to a well-placed Department of Foreign Affairs contact. The GOI has already instructed its Mission in New York accordingly, despite demarches fr [...]
2007-05-11 08:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC BO BK ID
07JAKARTA1332NEWMONT CASE: GOI TO APPEAL ACQUITTAL
[...] Summary: (C) The Government of Indonesia (GOI) filed a Motion of Appeal on May 7 seeking a reversal of the April 24 acquittal of American citizen Richard Ness and Newmont Mining Corp. subsidiary PT Newmont Minahasa Raya (PTNMR) on all criminal pollution and regulatory permit charges. The Mana [...]
2007-05-11 08:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEMIN CASC EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA1339WEST IRIAN JAYA PROVINCE RENAMED "WEST PAPUA"
[...] (U) The Indonesian Department of Home Affairs issued a directive on April 18 officially changing the name of West Irian Jaya province to West Papua ("Papua Barat" in Bahasa Indonesia). Post reporting will henceforth reflect the new usage. 2. (U) The Home Affairs directive provides a trans [...]
2007-05-14 03:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ID
07JAKARTA1349REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE AND RESTRAINT REGARDING
[...] (C) We discussed reftel concerns with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for WMD issues in the Office of International Security and Disarmament in the Department of Foreign Affairs on May 14. We emphasized that it was incumbent upon all countries to uphold the sanctions imposed through UNSCR 173 [...]
2007-05-14 08:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP IR ID
07JAKARTA1350DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROPOSED ARMS TRADE TREATY
[...] We conveyed U.S. position reftel on the ATT to Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for Conventional Weapons Issues in the Department of Foreign Affairs, on May 14. We underscored the pragmatic rationale for the U.S. position and the reality that enforcement of effective trade controls ultimately [...]
2007-05-14 09:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC UNDC PARM ID
07JAKARTA1382002 BALI BOMBER ATTORNEYS BOYCOTT COURT SESSION
[...] (U) The defense attorney for three men sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali bombings - Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas - walked out of the Denpasar court on January 11 without presenting any evidence during a hearing requested by the defense to overturn the conv [...]
2007-01-17 09:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1386DOD-STATE 1206 CONFERENCE SUMMARY
[...] Post has reviewed draft guidance and template and believes they provide a constructive framework for Defense-State coordination at post. 2. Our sole comment pertains to II.d. of the template. We were somewhat surprised by the reference to "the normal budget process" and presume this simply [...]
2007-05-16 07:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR ID
07JAKARTA1388USTR FINDS IPR PROGRESS, CHALLENGES IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Visiting USTR officials Barbara Weisel and David Katz reviewed efforts related to intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement in Indonesia during their May 3-4 visit to Jakarta. Members of the National IPR Task Force noted that difficult and ongoing challenges [...]
2007-05-16 08:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR EINV ECON EMIN KCOR ID
07JAKARTA14INDONESIA - ILLEGAL LOGGING MOU PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Jakarta's Illegal Logging Task Force recommends Washington agencies divide the $1 million in proposed State Department ESF funds under the U.S.-Indonesia illegal logging MOU between the following three activities: --$550,000 for the enhancement of an existing DOJ-ICITA [...]
2007-01-03 09:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON ETRD PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1405PARLIAMENT VOTES TO INTERPELLATE PRESIDENT OVER
[...] (U) Indonesia's controversial vote in favor of UNSCR 1747, which sanctioned Iran over its nuclear program, continues to dog President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, with the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) voting on May 14 to interpellate the president about Indonesia's position. Demonst [...]
2007-05-18 04:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC IR ID
07JAKARTA1415INDONESIA PARTICIPANT LIST - BULK CASH SMUGGLING AND CASH
[...] Below please find details of Embassy Jakarta's nominees for the South East Asia Regional Bulk Cash Smuggling and Cash Courier Training and Best Practices Workshop to be held in Manila from June 4-8, 2007. If you require additional information on the nominee's educational or work history, their [...]
2007-05-20 22:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ECON PREL EFIN ID
07JAKARTA1424Indonesia/East Java: PRC Consulate Offers
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The recently established PRC Consulate General in Surabaya (ConGen China) is actively promoting Chinese interest in infrastructure and natural resource investment projects in Eastern Indonesia. Chinese Consul General Fu Shuigen (CG Fu) has worked hard to connect Chinese investo [...]
2007-05-21 07:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PNAT PINR KISL EINV ID CH TW
07JAKARTA144TERRORIST FINANCE - VIEWS ON RIHS DESIGNATION, USG
[...] (S) Summary: Given our recent experience with the designation of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) Indonesia branch, and Indonesia's new status on the UNSC, it is difficult to predict how the GOI would react to a proposed Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) designat [...]
2007-01-18 03:14:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER EFIN ETTC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1452SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT A/S HILL
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Jakarta and ConGen Surabaya welcome your upcoming visit to Indonesia. Rumbles within the U.S. House of Representatives of possible legislation that would jeopardize normalized military-to-military relations with Indonesia would unravel our recent progress in this area an [...]
2007-05-23 07:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR SOCI ID
07JAKARTA1460MIGRANT WORKERS ASSOCIATION PROTEST CASE OF
[...] Summary. Migrant worker rights activists demonstrated in front of the U.S. Embassy May 23 protesting Indonesian and U.S. protection of migrant workers' rights in light of the case of two Indonesian domestic workers recently rescued from alleged enslavement from an affluent Long Island home. [...]
2007-05-23 11:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1475COMMISSION OF TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HEARINGS IN
[...] (C) Summary: The May 2-5 hearings of the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia-Timor Leste (CTF) primarily provided opportunities for a series of present and former Indonesian government officials to lay out their theses on the violence of the time. At no time did any official concede [...]
2007-05-24 11:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS TT ID
07JAKARTA1492INDONESIA-MAY 25 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Permanent and TDY staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) arrived the week of May 14 and met with numerous Ministry of Health officials. Indonesia media closely followed World Health Assembly (WHA) events and reported the outcomes as a resounding Indonesi [...]
2007-05-25 10:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA152Central Sulawesi: Police, Laskar Mujahiddin Clash After
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Sulawesi police and Detachment 88 raided two safe houses in Poso, Central Sulawesi on the morning of January 11, 2006 killing two and capturing 4 members of Laskar Mujahiddin (LM) on their "most wanted" list of 29 terrorists operating in the province. A Poso police offic [...]
2007-01-18 09:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PGOV PNAT PHUM KJUS KISL CACS ID
07JAKARTA154113 MARINES DETAINED AFTER EAST JAVA CLASH WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On June 1, 13 marines suspected of involvement in the May 30 killing of four civilians in East Java were taken into naval military police custody. Vice President Jusuf Kalla issued an apology on behalf of the Government of Indonesia (GOI) and said that "action must be taken ag [...]
2007-06-04 10:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1560TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ON THE INDONESIAN-MALAYSIAN
[...] (C) Summary: During a recent visit to the Indonesian town of Entikong on the border with Malaysia, we observed both diligent police interdiction against trafficking in persons as well as possible complicity in corruption by immigration officials. Interviews with Indonesian police and immigra [...]
2007-06-06 07:55:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1561USG SUPPORTED EMBEDDED PERSONNEL IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In keeping with Secretary RiceQs Transformational Diplomacy objectives, US Embassy Jakarta really took stock of our successes in placing USG personnel directly into Indonesian government offices. We are pleased to report that we currently have 27 positions embedded within key G [...]
2007-06-06 09:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER EAID PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR KIPR ID
07JAKARTA1563IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1540 IN SOUTHEAST
[...] (SBU) Summary. A two-day regional consultative workshop, held in Jakarta on May 28-29 for countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),considered ways in which regional and other states, as well as relevant international organizations, could cooperate in the implementation [...]
2007-06-06 10:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL UNSC KNNP OSCE KPAO AORC ID
07JAKARTA1566INDONESIA AND SINGAPORE SIGN BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
[...] (U) Summary: The bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and Extradition Treaty (ET) signed by Indonesia and Singapore on April 27 achieve long-sought objectives and potentially will sustain that cooperation over the next 25 years. Strategically paired from the beginning to balance res [...]
2007-06-06 10:55:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KJUS ID
07JAKARTA1576A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: EAP A/S Christopher Hill emphasized the need for continued attention to human rights and reform of Indonesia's military during his meeting with Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono in Jakarta on May 29. Sudarsono provided examples of officers who had been punished for hum [...]
2007-06-07 09:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1577FM WIRAJUDA STILL RELUCTANT ON KOSOVO FINAL STATUS
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with A/S Christopher Hill on May 29, FM Wirajuda expressed continued reluctance to move forward on a Kosovo final status resolution, suggesting instead that the issue be linked to a timetable for eventual Serbian accession to the EU. On Iran, Wirajuda welcomed the re [...]
2007-06-07 09:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UNSC LE IR KN ID
07JAKARTA1580A/S HILL DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA AND KOSOVO WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On May 29, A/S Hill and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Dino Djalal discussed North Korea, Kosovo, Lebanon, Iran, Thailand, the Indonesian mud flow problem, the Newmont case, military cooperation, the Yudhoyono administration, and economic growth. Djalal said if the U.S. is [...]
2007-06-07 10:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALBM ID KN LE PGOV PREL
07JAKARTA1583A/S HILL DISCUSSES ECONOMY, HUMAN RIGHTS, SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. A/S Hill met on May 29 with parliamentarian Theo L. Sambuaga, chair of the committee responsible for foreign affairs. A/S Hill urged continued progress in improving Indonesia's investment climate and increasing transparency, which he said is crucial to U.S.-Indonesian relations. [...]
2007-06-08 02:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UNSC LE BM IR KN ID
07JAKARTA1585CENTRAL SULAWESI ON THE ROAD TO NORMALCY
[...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. THIS CABLE IS A JOINT REPORT FROM EMBASSY JAKARTA AND CONSULATE GENERAL SURABAYA. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Central Sulawesi's former conflict areas, Mission officers clearly saw the beginning of a return to normalcy. [...]
2007-06-08 06:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER ECON PHUM PINR ID
07JAKARTA1593INDONESIA - JUNE 8 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari reportedly announced on June 6 that Indonesia and Australia plan to jointly develop an AI vaccine, but privately, the Australian Embassy and National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) both expressed surprise at th [...]
2007-06-08 10:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1618E.TIMOR'S PRESIDENT MAKES INDONESIA DESTINATION OF
[...] (C) Summary. President Jose Ramos-Horta's June 5 visit to Indonesia was "very, very positive," according to Timorese DCM Roberto Soares. He said that the two presidents discussed bilateral economic and political issues (including border demarcation),and agreed to extend the Commission on Tru [...]
2007-06-11 09:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS TT ID
07JAKARTA162East Java NU Leader Mulling Q08 Governor Run
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ali Maschan Moesa, Chairman of the East Java Chapter of Nadhlatul Ulama (NU),recently shared his future political and national NU leadership plans. Moesa expressed his concern over the increasing conservatism and scriptural literalism of East Java NU clerics and its possible im [...]
2007-01-19 07:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL ID
07JAKARTA1620INDONESIAN POLICE TAKE DOWN KEY JI OPERATORS
[...] (S) Summary. On-going Indonesian National Police (INP) counterterrorism operations in Central Java since Saturday, June 9, have netted the senior-most Indonesian terrorists arrested in the last several years. Among those arrested were Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Emir Ustad Syahroni (aka Mbah aka N [...]
2007-06-11 12:15:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC KVPR CVIS ID
07JAKARTA1621 BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (U) Summary: Chief of Equipment at the Special Force Command, the Indonesian Armed Force, Lieutenant Colonel Kuswara Harja confirmed on June 7 that he is familiar with the Singaporean firm, Golden Opportunity Trade Industry Pte. Ltd. (Golden Opportunity). He also confirmed that his office or [...]
2007-06-12 02:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC ECON ID SN
07JAKARTA1625A/S HILL MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT KALLA
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Hill focused on economic issues in his May meeting with Vice President Jusuf Kalla. Hill praised Indonesia for its new investment law, but urged Indonesia to do more to attract foreign investment, as Vietnam is doing. Hill also raised the Newmon [...]
2007-06-12 05:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KTFN PREL PTER EINV ID
07JAKARTA1629IRAN AND EAST JAVA MUDFLOW: DPR QUERIES YUDHOYONO)
[...] (C) Summary. On the heels of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's refusal to appear personally before the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) in a June 5 query over Indonesia's vote in favor of UNSCR 1747, sanctioning Iran over its nuclear program, the DPR is now threatening to "interp [...]
2007-06-12 08:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UNSC IR ID ENRG EINV KISL
07JAKARTA163NEW MUNIR CASE EVIDENCE GIVES WIDOW HOPE
[...] (S) Summary: Suciwati, widow of murdered human rights activist Munir, asked the Ambassador January 18 about press reports that the FBI was examining cell phones connected to the Munir case to extract information. Ambassador Pascoe confirmed the FBI had indeed extracted information from the [...]
2007-01-19 08:58:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA1640INDONESIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARING FOR THE
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Dicky Komar, Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs' (DEPLU) Human Rights Directorate, and his assistant, Dicky Yunus. Komar, who joined the Directorate two weeks ago following a tour as Indonesia's economic expert at the UN, said that he had j [...]
2007-06-13 06:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ID
07JAKARTA1646WAHID INSTITUTE, WIESENTHAL CENTER CO-HOST
[...] (U) On June 12, the Wahid Institute, an Indonesian non-governmental organization (NGO) founded by former president Abdurrahman Wahid (aka Gus Dur),co-sponsored a one-day conference in Bali on "Tolerance between Religions: A Blessing for All Creation" with the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum [...]
2007-06-13 10:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KISL ID
07JAKARTA1647(UN HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTIGATOR'S VISIT)
[...] (SBU) Summary. Hina Jilani, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Human Rights Defenders, was given open access to human rights activists from across the country during her June 5-12 stops in Jakarta, Papua and Aceh. Jilani noted at the end of her visit that while the situatio [...]
2007-06-13 12:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1652INT'L WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD RECIPIENT CALLS FOR
[...] (U) On June 6, CDA hosted a lunch for Dr. Siti Musdah Mulia, a recipient of the Secretary's 2007 International Women of Courage Award. Mulia appreciated receiving this award and found her visit to Washington very valuable, especially her meeting with Secretary Rice. 2. (U) During the lun [...]
2007-06-14 04:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO OEXC ID
07JAKARTA1655GOI AGREES WITH MAIN POINTS OF 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 12, we delivered the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report's narrative for Indonesia to Sumarni Dawam Raharjo, the specially appointed TIP law implementation task force leader from the Ministry of Women's Empowerment. We also relayed the talking points on Indonesia' [...]
2007-06-14 09:31:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO ID
07JAKARTA1656A/S MULL UPDATES BILATERAL POLITICAL-MILITARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In meetings with Indonesian foreign-affairs and defense counterparts in Jakarta on June 4-5, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Stephen Mull pressed for Indonesian accession to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),proposed a reciprocal Article 98 ag [...]
2007-06-14 10:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1657Bilateral Energy Dialogue Back On Track
[...] Summary. (SBU) A U.S. Department of Energy Delegation led by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) for Policy and International Affairs Katharine Fredriksen reached agreement with the Government of Indonesia (GOI) to resume the U.S.-Indonesia bilateral Energy Policy Dialogue (EPD),which [...]
2007-06-14 10:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA166INDONESIA - JANUARY 19 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Governor of Jakarta signed a regulation on January 17 prohibiting all backyard farming of poultry in residential areas in Jakarta by February 1. However, at a subsequent meeting organized by the National Committee on Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness (KOMNAS) [...]
2007-01-19 10:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1660ORANGUTAN CONSERVATION INDONESIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-15 01:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO TPHY ID
07JAKARTA167INDONESIAN NEXT STEPS TO GPOI MILITARY PEACEKEEPER
[...] (C) Poloff and Defense Cooperation Office (ODC) head met with Director General for Defense Strategy Dadi Susanto on December 20 to discuss Indonesia's progress toward a program for training military peacekeepers. Susanto said the Department of Defense (DEPHAN) had the lead within the GOI on p [...]
2007-01-19 10:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR MOPS ID
07JAKARTA1670U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UNSC ON UNSCR 1747 (IRAN
[...] We conveyed reftel discussion of the U.S. 60-day report in fulfilment of UNSCR 1747 to Ramadansyah Hasan in the International Security and Disarmament Directorate of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs on June 8. We provided a copy of the U.S. report and stressed the importance of su [...]
2007-06-15 10:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN UNSC ETRD TRGY IR ID
07JAKARTA1672WEST KALIMANTAN - DWINDLING FORESTS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: West Kalimantan's abundant forest and fresh water resources are under threat from logging and plantation companies, though the government has recently cracked down on some illegal loggers. The majority of tribal peoples in the province rely on forest resources for a livelihood [...]
2007-06-15 10:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON TBIO ENRG ID
07JAKARTA1673DEMARCHE FOLLOW-UP: INDONESIAN PURCHASES OF
[...] (U) We met once again with Ramadansyah Hasan of the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs on June 8 to underscore continued U.S. concerns raised in reftel C and to request an update on the Indonesian government's investigation of [...]
2007-06-18 07:45:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL PARM ETTC ID
07JAKARTA168VISIT OF INDONESIAN POLICE CHIEF SUTANTO TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian National Police Chief General Sutanto's January 22-25 visit to Washington provides an excellent opportunity to reiterate U.S. support for his efforts to develop a more professional, effective, and transparent police force and to express appreciation for his close coope [...]
2007-01-19 10:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS ID
07JAKARTA1690INDONESIA TRANSPORTATION MINISTER MEETING
[...] (U) Summary. Charge d'Affaires met with newly appointed Minister of Transportation, Jusman Syafi'i Djalil on June 15 to discuss a variety of transportation issues. The Minister welcomed the July 9 date for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) technical review and hopes it and the July 2 [...]
2007-06-19 06:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA1693INDONESIA - AUDIT FIRM ROTATION RULE HURTS BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia is one the few countries in the world requiring companies to appoint a new auditor every five years, a practice known as Audit Firm Rotation. The practice of rotating individuals, or Audit Partner Rotation, is widespread across the globe. Accounting firms and their c [...]
2007-06-19 10:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1697RECOMMENDATION TO RESCHEDULE JULY JCET WITH TNI'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission Country Team has determined there is insufficient time to complete human-rights vetting for the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) scheduled to begin July 23 with KOPASSUS, the Indonesian Special Forces. The Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) will provide the necessary b [...]
2007-06-19 11:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA1718TRIALS UPDATE: THREE CONVICTED OF TERRORISM IN
[...] (U) Summary. Three men were recently found guilty of violating the Anti-terrorism Law by courts in Semarang, Central Java. Beny Irawan and Agung Setyadi were sentenced to 5 years and 6 years respectively for their roles in providing a laptop computer to imprisoned Bali bomber Imam Samudra in [...]
2007-06-21 09:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1726NEW LAW MINISTER TO PUSH CRIMINAL CODE REFORM
[...] SUMMARY (C) In a June 20 meeting with the Charge, newly- appointed Minister of Law and Human Rights Andi Mattalatta expressed his commitment to revising Indonesia's Criminal Procedure Code prior to the 2009 elections, and gave his support to continued engagement with the USG on this and other [...]
2007-06-22 07:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1729INDONESIA - JUNE 22 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 09:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1733INDONESIAN OFFICIAL ON KOSOVO, IRAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: Charge on June 21 discussed Kosovo, Iran, and the Palestinians with Desra Percaya, a key Foreign Ministry official on UNSC and Middle East issues. Percaya welcomed recent changes in the draft Kosovo resolution and requested one additional change: that the reference to "sui gene [...]
2007-06-22 09:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC OSCE PARM ID
07JAKARTA1734SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION
[...] (C) Embassy Defense Cooperation and Political Officers met with Director General for Defense Strategy MG Dadi Susanto of the Indonesian Department of Defense (DEPHAN) and representatives of the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) on May 14 to discuss the Navy's request to delay the FY2007 project in orde [...]
2007-06-22 09:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL ID
07JAKARTA1735THE AWARD OF THE PRIME CONTRACT FOR THE USG
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-22 11:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1744INDONESIA - ENVIRONMENTAL MEETING WITH EMIL SALIM
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a candid meeting on June 21 with Charge, Dr. Emil Salim, environmental advisor to Indonesian President Yudhoyono, welcomed President Bush's attention to climate change, but criticized its "overemphasis on the clean energy sector and failure to provide incentives for safeg [...]
2007-06-25 09:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG ID
07JAKARTA1757PSI AND LAW OF THE SEA: DISCUSSION WITH HASYIM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19, Charge discussed the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) with Ambassador (ret.) Hasyim Djalal, Indonesia's foremost authority on maritime law. Djalal advises the GOI on martime matters and his views are widely acknowledged to be a major factor in the GOI's reluct [...]
2007-06-26 09:19:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS PREL BEXP UNO ID
07JAKARTA1768East Java: Lapindo Mudflow Devastation Continues
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Surabaya and Embassy Jakarta officers accompanied EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill to the Lapindo mudflow disaster (reftel A) and surrounding areas on May 28, the day before the one year mark of the disaster. The mudflow continues at approximately 150,000 cubic me [...]
2007-06-27 06:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA1770INDONESIA: CT REWARDS PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (S) On June 11, Post received the counterterrorism rewards payments requested in Ref A from the Department of Defense (DOD) rewards program at U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) for four Indonesian civilian rewards candidates. On June 20, senior Indonesian National Police (INP) CT investigators in [...]
2007-06-27 11:28:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC PGOV MOPS KCRM KPAO ID
07JAKARTA1771INDONESIA - REACTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel, Embassy hosted eleven Indonesian NGOs for a roundtable discussion of President Bush's new international framework initiative, and reaction was generally positive. The NGOs stressed that combating deforestation needs to be part of the initiative, along with increased [...]
2007-06-27 11:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG ID
07JAKARTA1772East Java: Mud Managers Informally Request USG Assistance
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on A/S Christopher Hill's recent inspection of the mudflow disaster, ConGen Surabaya met with Sidoarjo Mud Disaster Management Board (BPLS) leadership, who described their inability to formulate and implement a work [...]
2007-06-28 00:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA1785TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR DARFUR HYBRID OPERATION
[...] On June 28, we conveyed U.S. support for the proposed UN-AU hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur to Deputy Director for International Security Fikri Cassidy at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs and asked whether Indonesia planned to contribute to the mission. Cassidy, who has re [...]
2007-06-28 09:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU ID
07JAKARTA1793ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
[...] On June 25 we delivered reftel information to Andi Rachmianto, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs. Rachmianto asked how the Annex to UNSCR 1737 differed from E.O. 13382. We explained that E.O. was a unilateral U.S. action [...]
2007-06-29 09:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL INNP PARM IR ID
07JAKARTA1813PIRATED DISK FACTORIES RAIDED BY INDONESIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian authorities carried out the single largest and most successful operation to date against manufacturers of pirated optical disks on Sunday, July 1, 2007. Fifteen people were arrested and face charges under copyright and optical disk laws. Police also seized approxim [...]
2007-07-03 08:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKIPR ETRD KCOR ECON ID
07JAKARTA1816AMBASSADOR HUME'S COURTESY CALL ON FM WIRAJUDA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 3 courtesy call on Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda as part of the process of presenting ambassadorial credentials, Ambassador Hume highlighted common interests of the two countries, pledged to strengthen the bilateral relationship and commended Indonesia for its pr [...]
2007-07-03 10:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA182INDONESIA - JANUARY 19 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Governor of Jakarta signed a regulation on January 17 prohibiting all backyard farming of poultry in residential areas in Jakarta by February 1. However, at a subsequent meeting organized by the National Committee on Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness (KOMNAS) [...]
2007-01-23 01:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1832INDONESIA - FORESTRY MINISTER WELCOMES ORANGUTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Minister of Forestry, Mr. Kaban, stressed to DCM in a July 3 meeting that conservation of orangutans and their forest habitat remains an urgent need. The Minister welcomed the $8 million USAID Orangutan Conservation Services Program and emphasized the importance of communit [...]
2007-07-06 08:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON TBIO ID
07JAKARTA1835HAWAII GOVERNOR LINGLE VISITS INDONESIA: NATIONAL
[...] Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle (R) in Jakarta on June 10-12 explored potential partnerships related to disaster preparedness, investment and trade, women's leadership, health, education and regional development. Her interlocutors included Vice President Kalla, Defense Minister Sudarsono, Legisl [...]
2007-07-06 09:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PGOV EFIS ID
07JAKARTA1845CODEL PAYNE MEETS INDONESIAN PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO
[...] SUMMARY: In a cordial 45 minute meeting on July 5, Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ) and President Yudhoyono agreed on the need to build the capacity of the Indonesian Parliament. Congressmen Payne, David Dreier (R-CA) and James Moran (D-VA),who were in Jakarta for two days of meetings with [...]
2007-07-09 06:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KDEM ID
07JAKARTA1855Sumbawa Mine Showcases World Best Practices
[...] Summary: (SBU) The PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PTNNT) copper and gold open pit mine at Batu Hijau on the island of Sumbawa is a showcase for state of the art mining technology, environmental best practices, and responsible community development policies. During a June 22 to 24 site visit, the C [...]
2007-07-09 07:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN CASC EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA1859NEW HIGH SECURITY PRISON HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. A brand new "super-maximum security" prison on Nusa Kambangan Island in Central Java highlights the deficiencies of Indonesia's prison system. The new prison exhibits security and prisoner management systems that are sorely lacking in most Indonesian prisons where overcrowding [...]
2007-07-09 09:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1871GROWING IMPORTANCE OF REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesia's future increasingly depends on the provinces and regencies, whose recent constitutional changes are taking hold. Over the medium-to-long term, how will provincial and local governments handle their enhanced revenue flows? How much political power will direct electio [...]
2007-07-10 08:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN ID
07JAKARTA1874REP. FALEOMAVAEGA MEETS WITH PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO
[...] Summary. During a July 3-6 visit to Jakarta, Rep. Eni Faleomavaega met with the President, Vice President and the Foreign Minister, receiving promises from all three that he could go to Papua the next time he visits Indonesia, despite being refused permission on this trip. President Susilo [...]
2007-07-11 00:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ID PREL KDEM EAID
07JAKARTA1878INDONESIA - NEW PACKAGES ON INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) issued a new Presidential Instruction with four components: investment climate improvement; infrastructure development; empowerment of micro, small, and medium enterprises; and financial sector reform. These are updates to packages th [...]
2007-07-11 06:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EAIR EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1892CODEL PAYNE'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] SUMMARY: Meeting in Jakarta on July 6, Congressmen Donald Payne (D-NJ),David Dreier (R-CA) and James Moran (D-VA) complimented Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono for Indonesia's remarkable democratic progress. The Congressmen voiced concern about the slow pace of military reform, lack of ac [...]
2007-07-12 01:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA1909East Java - Joint Police Anti-Human Trafficking Operations
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Surabaya launched a joint operation with local police May 29 targeting East Java human trafficking (TIP) rings. The primary goal is rescuing some of the thousands of child prostitutes in Surabaya and arresting traffickers, pimps and child sex tourists. Operation XXX init [...]
2007-07-13 00:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1911CODEL PAYNE AND HDAC FIND RECEPTIVE AUDIENCE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-13 00:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KDEM ID
07JAKARTA1919SPEAKER CALLS OFF THE DOGS IN UNSCR IRAN VOTE
[...] (S) In a hopeful sign for President Yudhoyono in his three-month pitched battle with the House of Representatives (DPR) over Indonesia's support for UNSCR 1747, DPR Speaker Laksono has reportedly decided to let the interpellation matter drop. The Speaker's party, Golkar, which controls the la [...]
2007-07-13 07:37:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL PGOV UNSC IR ID
07JAKARTA1920PROSECUTORS FILE CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Indonesian Attorney General has reopened the legal battle to recover former Indonesian president Suharto's allegedly ill-gotten wealth with a civil lawsuit against the Suharto-linked Supersemar Foundation. The case, which seeks the recovery of $1.66 billion plus property, d [...]
2007-07-13 07:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1921REQUEST FOR BLANKET RETRANSFER END-USE SECURITY
[...] (SBU) We delivered Department's offer and rationale (ref a) to Harry Purwanto, Director for North and Central American Affairs at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Relations, on June 12. We noted we had encouraged the government of Indonesia to consider a blanket agreement when completing t [...]
2007-07-13 07:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1925REP. FALEOMAVAEGA BRINGS PAPUANS TOGETHER
[...] (C) Summary: Despite being denied access to Papua during his July 3-6 visit to Indonesia, Rep. Eni Faleomavaega nevertheless succeeded in bringing together senior Papuan officials and civil society leaders in Jakarta for a dialogue on finding common ground to address the region's long-term ne [...]
2007-07-13 09:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ID XB
07JAKARTA1926AMBASSADOR REVIEWS KEY HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN
[...] (U) Summary: On July 11, Ambassador Hume met with visiting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour. The meeting was wide-ranging and candid, focusing on key human rights issues facing Indonesia. Both the Ambassador and Arbour agreed that Indonesia generally has made strides in [...]
2007-07-13 09:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA1928Opening of GAM office Generates Controversy, Reveals Splits
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 7, a small group of GAM leaders led by Muzakkir Manaf provoked controversy by announcing their intention to use the free Aceh flag as the party symbol and "GAM" - the acronym for the Free Aceh Movement - as the party name. GAM's spokesman defended the move by appealing to [...]
2007-07-16 00:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KDEM ID
07JAKARTA1930CODEL PAYNE AND HDAC FIND RECEPTIVE AUDIENCE IN
[...] (U) On July 4-7, CODEL Payne visited Jakarta as part of the House Democracy Assistance Commission's (HDAC) ongoing legislative strengthening program in Indonesia. In a whirlwind three-day visit, CODEL Payne met with President Yudhoyono (Ref B),Defense Minister Juwono (Ref A) and top legislat [...]
2007-07-16 03:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KDEM ID
07JAKARTA1931ASEAN SECRETARY GENERAL MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR HUME
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. Ambassador Hume paid a courtesy call on ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong on July 12 to discuss cooperation between ASEAN and the United States. Both Ambassador Hume and Secretary General Ong expressed regret at the postponement of the ASEAN-US Summit, bu [...]
2007-07-16 04:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL ID
07JAKARTA1933SCENESETTER FOR EEB A/S SULLIVAN VISIT TO JAKARTA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. Yours will be the first high-level State Department economic visit here in several years. We encourage you to make a strong pitch for OPIC to facilitate U.S. investment, for exploratory discussion of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT [...]
2007-07-16 11:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1934POSSIBLE ARREST OF FOUR INDONESIANS ALLEGEDLY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-17 00:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KCRM KPAO KVPR CVIS ID
07JAKARTA1935POSSIBLE ARREST OF FOUR INDONESIANS ALLEGEDLY
[...] (C) Reports that the Indonesian National Police (INP) arrested four suspects over the weekend of July 14 ) 15 linked to the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network remain unconfirmed by INP Counter-Terrorist units (CT). RSO Kevin Whitson, Consulate General Surabaya, received information that the [...]
2007-07-17 00:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KCRM KPAO KVPR CVIS ID
07JAKARTA194CENTRAL SULAWESI: POLICE ATTACK LASKAR MUJAHIDDIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over 500 members Qthe Central Sulawesi police and Detachment 88 raided the Laskar Mujahiddin (LM) stronghold area of Gebang Rejo Subdistrict, Poso City, Central Sulawesi on the morning of January 22, 2007, resulting at the latest count in 16 dead, 18 injured and 24 captured LM mem [...]
2007-01-23 10:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC ID KISL KJUS KPAO PGOV PHUM PINS PNAT
07JAKARTA1948IOM: AMBASSADOR SWING DG CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-18 02:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SMIG PREF AORC ID
07JAKARTA1957GOI PROMISES SWIFT RESPONSE TO NIKE TRADE DISPUTE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 18, Ambassador Hume met with Muhammad Lufti, Chairman of the Government of Indonesia (GOI) Investment Coordinating Board (BMPK)at Lufti's request to discuss the escalating trade dispute between U.S.-based Nike Corporation and their local business partner, Central Cipta M [...]
2007-07-19 06:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC EINV ECON KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1962REHABBING THE RADICALS? GOI OFFICIALS DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary. During their June 27-29 visit to Jakarta, S/P Principal Deputy Director Matthew Waxman and S/P member James Green met with Government of Indonesia (GOI) counterterrorism officials to discuss their methods of combating radicalism, and notably Indonesia's deradicalization program. [...]
2007-07-19 08:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KISL ID
07JAKARTA1972ISLAMIC PARTY CANDIDATE MAKES STRIDES IN JAKARTA
[...] (C) In what is shaping up to be a closer race for Jakarta governor than initially anticipated, former Jakarta Deputy Police Chief and PKS (the fastest growing Islamist party in Indonesia) candidate Adang Daradjatun has reportedly narrowed the gap on Vice Governor Fauzi Bowo, the coalition party [...]
2007-07-20 08:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA1984 INVITATION TO TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON FROM INDONESIAN
[...] Embassy received the following letter from Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati, dated July 9, 2007. Related to the larger conference (United Nations Framework of Convention on Climate Change 13th Conference of Parties) December 3-14, Secretary Paulson is invited to attend an Event of Min [...]
2007-07-23 06:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ECON KGHG SENV ENRG ID
07JAKARTA1986NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR MEETS GOI ON ASIAN DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesian legislators and senior Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) officials commented favorably on the Asia Democracy Partnership (ADP) initiative during July 18 meetings with William Inboden, Senior Director for Strategic Planning, National Security Council (NSC). Legislat [...]
2007-07-24 00:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALID KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PREL
07JAKARTA1993:INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT SETS STAGE FOR NEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently arrested Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders Zarkasih and Abu Dujana are now in Jakarta after being transferred from Yogjakarta. Contacts report that they will be tried jointly, with the trial beginning possibly as early as August. Contacts report that the prosecution plans [...]
2007-07-24 10:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC ID PGOV PINR PTER
07JAKARTA1994PROPOSED ARF ISM ON NONPROLIFERATION: INDONESIAN
[...] (SBU) We discussed reftel concerns on July 24 with Mariyani (single name only) in the Directorate of Asia-Pacific Intra-Regional Cooperation in the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) and provided a copy of the revised draft proposal for an Intersessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproli [...]
2007-07-24 10:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ARF ID
07JAKARTA2004INDONESIAN ATTENDANCE AT 62ND UNGA
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel query concerning attendance of high-level officials at the 62nd session of the United Nationa General Assembly (UNGA) in New York in late September and early October, contacts at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) have told us there are tentative p [...]
2007-07-25 09:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA ID
07JAKARTA2005NOTICE OF FINAL DISPOSITION OF COMBATANT STATUS
[...] Post on July 25 informed Director for North American Affairs Harry Purwanto at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs of reftel decision and its context. Purwanto had no official comment. 2. Post has also informed the appropriate Indonesian security services of the determination. HU [...]
2007-07-25 09:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2007TIP REPORT'S POSITIVE IMPACT
[...] (U) Embassy Kuala Lumpur contributed to this message. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department's 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report has prompted a positive reaction in Indonesia. Local governments have expressed greater willingness to improve protections for migrant workers. The GOI is [...]
2007-07-25 10:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM ELAB KWMN PREL ID MY
07JAKARTA201SBY FIRES BACK AT HIS OPPONENTS
[...] (C) Summary. On January 15, Indonesian agitator par excellence Hariman Siregar organized a rally of approximately 1000 people to simultaneously protest the SBY administration and commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Malari incident (Note: The term refers to a historic student protest that [...]
2007-01-24 09:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC ID
07JAKARTA202INDONESIAN PARTICIPATION IN NPT PREPCOM
[...] (U) We discussed reftel issues o July 25 with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director frr WMD Issues in the Directorate for Internationa Security and disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs. Rachmianto stated that, barring any unforeseen developments, Desra Percaya, Director fo [...]
2007-07-26 10:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPAMQ KNNP MNUC ENRG PREL NPT ID
07JAKARTA2021IN MESSAGE TO SBY, TWO KEY PARTIES CONTINUE TO
[...] (C) On July 25, senior figures from Indonesia's two largest political parties, Golkar and PDI-P, held their second public meeting in little more than a month. The gatherings generated intense speculation about the possibility of a joint Golkar/PDI- ticket in the 2009 presidential election. W [...]
2007-07-26 09:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2025DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTION OF STANDING
[...] We discussed reftel candidacy of Steve Carr for the ICRC Standing Committee with Harry Purwanto, Director for North American Affairs at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs. We appealed for Indonesia's support of Carr's candidacy and provided a nonpaper with relevant information. Purw [...]
2007-07-26 10:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM ICRC ID
07JAKARTA2026PRESSING INDONESIA ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION
[...] (SBU) We discussed reftel issues on July 25 with Andy Rachmiato, Deputy Director for WMD Issues in the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs. Rachmianto thanked us for the report on the U.S. ratification process and noted the Uni [...]
2007-07-26 10:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL ID
07JAKARTA2033BILATERAL DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS PROGRESS; HR VETTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the seventh U.S.-Indonesia Bilateral Defense Discussions (USIBDD) in Honolulu July 18-20, USPACOM and the Indonesian military (TNI) approved 132 military-to-military activities for FY2008, agreed on provision of U.S. GPOI assistance for the TNI's planned Peacekeeping Training [...]
2007-07-27 08:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2034Eastern Indonesia - Optical Disk Factory Closures Reducing
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ConGen Surabaya informally surveyed pirated optical disk vendors in Bali and Surabaya to assess the impact on supplies after two Jakarta pirated disk factories were raided July 2 (Ref A). Initially we noticed minimal changes in Bali pirated disk supplies. However, a Balinese pi [...]
2007-07-27 08:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR EFIN EINV ECON KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2035INDONESIANS MAKE GAINS AGAINST COUNTERFEIT DRUGS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 20 Indonesian authorities carried out the largest and most successful operation to date against distributors of counterfeit pharmaceuticals. Jakarta Police raided a small retail pharmacy followed by an associated warehouse serving as a distribution center for imported c [...]
2007-07-27 08:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD KCOR ECON ID
07JAKARTA2039INDONESIA ICAO DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] Per reftel requests, Embassy Econoff delivered demarche points on aviation safety and security and environmental issues to Iing Iskandar, Director of Aviation Safety at the Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on June 28. We delivered the points verbally and in writing and have requested comm [...]
2007-07-27 09:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA2040TERRORIST FINANCE - DUJANA, PATEK DESIGNATIONS
[...] (S) Summary: National Police and Foreign Ministry officials told us they had no objections to a UN 1267 designation for Abu Dujana and Umar Patek. Foreign Ministry officials gave the familiar line that they would not support the designation, but would not stand in the way of the U.S. and did [...]
2007-07-27 10:02:00Embassy JakartaSECRETEFIN KTFN PREL PTER ID
07JAKARTA2051COURT FREES UP POLITICAL SPACE FOR INDEPENDENT
[...] (C) In a landmark ruling, the Constitutional Court decided July 23 to allow independent candidates to contest sub-national elections. The decision stemmed from a judicial review of the provision of the 2004 Regional Autonomy Law that stipulated that candidates must be endorsed by political pa [...]
2007-07-30 09:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2063D-FM WIRAJUDA BILAT IN MANILA
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Mission provides the following suggested background for inclusion in the briefing materials for Deputy Secretary Negroponte. They are for reference for his planned bilateral meeting with Indonesian Foreign [...]
2007-07-31 08:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV TBIO MARR ID XF IZ
07JAKARTA2064INDONESIA'S 2007 SUBMISSION FOR 527 REPORT ON INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Below please find Post's 2007 submission pursuant to the requirements of Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA). 2. (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of United States citizens against the Government of Indonesia (GOI). This c [...]
2007-07-31 08:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EINV KIDE ECON OPIC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2065PAPUAN CIVIL SOCIETY DISCUSSES SPECIAL AUTONOMY
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent USAID-supported study of Papuan civil society demonstrates that opinion remains divided on the Special Autonomy Law. Papuan interlocutors agree that the GOI has not done an effective job [...]
2007-07-31 10:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID ID
07JAKARTA2069NIKE COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLVED
[...] (C) Summary: Nike and Central Cipta Murdaya (CCM) reached an agreement on July 31 to phase-out their business relationship over the next 24 months. The agreement includes concessions by Nike to increase the phase-out time for one of CCM,s factories to 24 months from 9 months, as well as inc [...]
2007-08-01 08:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC EINV ECON KCOR KPAO PGOV ID CASC
07JAKARTA2072EMBITTERED EX-OFFICIAL ATTACKS--AND PRESIDENT
[...] (C) On July 31, Zaenal Ma'arif was formally relieved of his duties as a parliamentarian and Deputy Speaker, ending a seven-month saga that began when his Reform Star Party (PBR) recalled him from parliament in January (Ref A). President Yudhoyono had sealed Zaenal's fate when he signed a decl [...]
2007-08-01 10:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2085JAKARTA ELECTION LOOMS: DO VOTERS CARE?
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. Summary ======= 2. (SBU) Political flags and banners have covered Jakarta in recent days as the capital prepares for its August 8 gubernatorial election. The activities of the two candidates--Deputy Governor F [...]
2007-08-03 02:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2095Indonesia's Coal Output Increases In 2006
[...] Summary. During 2006 Indonesian coal production and exports increased 3.6% and 8.2%, respectively. According to unofficial statistics, Indonesia passed Australia in early 2007 to become the world's leading exporter of thermal coal, which is used mainly for power generation. Indonesian coal exp [...]
2007-08-03 06:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA2097LARGEST COUNTERFEIT DRUG SEIZURE EVER IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 23 Government of Indonesian (GOI) law enforcement authorities conducted the largest seizure ever of counterfeit pharmaceuticals. Jakarta police raided a warehouse seizing over 16 million finished tablets of counterfeit pharmaceuticals valued between $3 and $7 million. [...]
2007-08-03 06:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD KCOR ECON SNAR ID
07JAKARTA2101POSO CHRISTIANS CONVICTED IN 2006 KILLINGS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta court has found 17 men from Poso in Central Sulawesi guilty of terrorism in the killings of two Muslims in September 2006. The 17 are the first Christians to be convicted under the GOI's Anti-Terrorism Law. The convictions should help the GOI defend itself against all [...]
2007-08-03 08:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2121JI CO-FOUNDER SUES INDONESIA'S KEY ANTI-TERROR UNIT
[...] (C) Abu Bakar Ba,asyir, co-founder of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamyah, has filed a lawsuit against the Indonesian National Police (INP) anti-terrorist strike-force, Special Detachment 88 (SD-88). The suit demands the disbanding of SD-88 on the grounds that the unit is anti-Muslim. The [...]
2007-08-06 09:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC ID PGOV PHUM PTER
07JAKARTA2122MUNIR CASE: ATTORNEY GENERAL FILES APPEAL BASED ON
[...] (S) Summary. The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has requested a case review of the December 2006 acquittal of Pollycarpus in the September 2004 murder of human rights leader Munir. While this appeal is unusual, the appeal cites case precedent as well as "the principal of justice," accordin [...]
2007-08-06 11:31:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2139VISIT OF OES A/S MCMURRAY TO INDONESIA, CLIMATE CHANGE AND
[...] (U) Summary. In a visit to Indonesia July 26-29, OES A/S McMurray and several Indonesian officials discussed climate change policy and the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 13th Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP-13) meeting in Bali December 3-14. Dr. Emil Salim, P [...]
2007-08-07 23:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON TBIO ENRG ID
07JAKARTA2140FORESTRY ISSUES DOMINATE VISIT OF OES A/S MCMURRAY TO
[...] (U) Summary. In a visit to Indonesia July 26-29, OES A/S McMurray discussed deforestation and climate change with senior Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials from the Ministries of Forestry and Environment, non-governmental organizations, and a policy advisor to President Yudhoyono. The GO [...]
2007-08-08 00:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON TBIO ENRG ID
07JAKARTA2149 BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE
[...] (U) Summary: PT. Duta Bangun Persada (Bangun) confirmed on July 23 that the company is a registered supplier of the Indonesian Air Force (IAF) and received orders from IAF to procure components detailed in reftel. The company completed its shipment and sent the ordered goods listed in licens [...]
2007-08-08 08:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC ECON ID
07JAKARTA2156IN QUICK COUNT, ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE BEATS
[...] (U) According to a survey of 8000 voters by the well regarded Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI),Vice-Governor Fauzi Bowo defeated former deputy police chief Adang Daradjatun, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) candidate, 56 percent to 44 percent in Jakarta's August 8 gubernatorial race. LSI [...]
2007-08-08 10:44:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2161PSI: FOLLOW-UP WITH INDONESIA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Mission is in the process of following up with relevant Indonesian officials to discuss the points provided ref a on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Pol/C plans to meet with Director for International Security and Disar [...]
2007-08-09 04:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PHSA KTFN ETRD ID
07JAKARTA2166ISLAMIC PARTY CANDIDATE LOSES, BUT HIS PARTY
[...] (C) As reported, Vice Governor Fauzi Bowo defeated Islamic party candidate Adang Daradjatun on August 8 in Jakarta's first directly contested Governor's election. Despite the loss, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) seized on Adang's strong showing as evidence of the party's ascendance. Even [...]
2007-08-09 08:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2167CENTRAL JAVA: CONTACTS FLAG TRAFFICKING, RELIGIOUS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff and Pol FSN recently traveled to Semarang, Central Java. Key contacts raised concerns about human trafficking, but also described positive inter-faith relations in the Semarang area. Po [...]
2007-08-09 08:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2168AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HEALTH AND RESEARCH ISSUES WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Health Dr. Siti Fadilah Supari told the Ambassador on August 9 that the Ministry of Health (MOH) is committed to cooperation with USG. Describing Indonesia's pressing health concerns including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and avian influenza (AI),she said the Gov [...]
2007-08-09 09:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR CASC KHIV PGOV KFLU ID
07JAKARTA218SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION
[...] (U) Embassy continues to support the funding proposals for Indonesia that are identified in reftel and urges that these proposals be notified to Congress. Although we did not receive funding for all of our 1206 proposals for 2007, those that were funded represent a coherent and effective progr [...]
2007-01-25 09:40:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDID MASS PARM PREL
07JAKARTA2182INDONESIA - AUGUST 10 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. An Avian Influenza Action Group (AIAG) funded Avian Influenza (AI) documentary aired on Indonesian television on July 14. The CDC acquired draft quarterly reports from NIHRD covering the past three fiscal quarters. A new CDC senior medical epidemiologist arrived at post on Augus [...]
2007-08-10 09:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2185THE PEACE CORPS IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Dear Director Tschetter, I want to thank you personally for sending the superb Peace Corps Assessment Team here to Indonesia last February. The Team was able to travel through six provinces over two weeks and meet a wide variety of local leaders, international volunteers, and government [...]
2007-08-10 09:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ID
07JAKARTA2187EXTREMIST GROUP PLANS HUGE RALLY IN JAKARTA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizbut Tahrir, an extremist group, is planning a huge rally in Jakarta on August 12. Many Islamic leaders have been invited to speak as have two GOI ministers. The police have reportedly told Abu Bakar Bashir, the JI co-founder, that he cannot speak at the event. Mission has [...]
2007-08-10 09:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR KCSY PTER ID
07JAKARTA2188AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TRADE MINISTER PANGESTU
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Hume paid a courtesy call to Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu on August 10. The Ambassador congratulated Pangestu on the success of recent Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) enforcement efforts and observed that improvements to Indonesia's [...]
2007-08-10 09:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBEXP ECIN EIND ETRD KIPR EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2189ENVIRONMENT MINISTER WITOELAR WELCOMES U.S. ENGAGEMENT ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Health Rachmat Witoelar told the Ambassador on August 9 that he welcomed President Bush's climate change initiative and the upcoming conference on climate change in Washington, DC. He welcomed opportunities for dialogue, such as the upcoming visit of White House Cou [...]
2007-08-10 10:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON ENRG PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2191VIETNAMESE PM'S TRIP FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's August 8 visit to Indonesia generated positive rhetoric about Indonesia-Vietnam relations. The visit also produced a number of economic cooperation agreements. Some Indonesians look to Vietnam as a potential strategic partner, especia [...]
2007-08-10 10:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ID VN CN
07JAKARTA2194SCENESETTER FOR CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. You are coming to Indonesia at a time when the country is under increasing criticism for its rapid rates of deforestation, something to which the Government of Indonesia (GOI) is increasingly sensitive with the approach of the 13th Uni [...]
2007-08-11 12:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2199INDONESIAN RESPONSE: SELECTING REPRESENTATIVES TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 08:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB OTRA ID
07JAKARTA2201MUNIR CASE: SENATE STAFFER GETS UPBEAT APPRAISAL
[...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Indonesian police expressed optimism that new evidence they have submitted to the Attorney General's Office (AGO) in the case of murdered human rights leader Munir will lead to successful prose [...]
2007-08-13 09:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2202EXTREMIST RALLY DRAWS HUGE CROWD, BUT MANY BIG
[...] (C) A rally sponsored by the extremist Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) party on August 12 drew a huge crowd to a Jakarta stadium. Many of the promised big name speakers failed to turn up, however. POL/C expressed concern to officials of Muhammadiyah (one of the largest Islamic organizations i [...]
2007-08-13 10:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KPAO PTER ID
07JAKARTA2211UN ENVOY GAMBARI DISCUSSES BURMA WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSYG) Ibrahim Gambari visited Indonesia SIPDIS August 10 on a round of regional consultations re the UN SYG's good offices' mandate on Burma. He assured Ambassador Hume that Chinese and Russian officials would push the Burmese [...]
2007-08-14 07:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ID BM
07JAKARTA2217INDONESIA SEESS ASSISTANCE WITH FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Finane (MOF) Sri Mulyani Indrawati and other MOF offiiials greatly appreciate current technical assistn*ce from the U.S. and welcomed more during a visitbby Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Robert Dohner. Mulyani expressed concern about rei(onal financia [...]
2007-08-14 09:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN IQNV ECON APEC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2218REVIEW OF PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE POINTS
[...] (C) Summary: Pol/C reviewed latest points concerning the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) with key GOI maritime expert Ambassador Hasyim Djalal. Djalal underscored that further review by the GOI was necessary, elaborating that the Yudhoyono administration was concerned that an outright [...]
2007-08-14 10:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA KTFN PARM ID
07JAKARTA2228MUSLIM ORGANIZATION OFFERS ASSISTANCE ON KOREAN
[...] (SBU) Pol/C met August 15 with Rozy Munir, Indonesia's Ambassador-designate to Qatar. Munir is currently a senior Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) official and chairman of its international relations committee. NU, a mainstream group, is Indonesia's largest mass-Muslim organization with an estimated 35 [...]
2007-08-15 09:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PTER ID AF PK KS QA
07JAKARTA2229NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKING THE RIGHT MOVES ON
[...] (C) Summary: Since his appointment in May 2007, Attorney General Hendarman Supandji has made prosecuting anti- corruption cases his top priority. A career prosecutor with a well-deserved reputation for integrity and effectiveness, Supandji has added top-level staff to the Special Crimes Divi [...]
2007-08-15 09:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN KJUS PINR KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2230AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SAMPLE SHARING AND VACCINE WITH BAXTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. The President of Baxter Bioscience's Vaccine Business, Kim Bush, told the Ambassador on August 14 that he believes the Indonesians would welcome a solution to the AI virus sample sharing impasse. Negotiations among a smaller group of key stakeholders could best resolve the issue [...]
2007-08-15 09:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR CASC KHIV PGOV KFLU ID
07JAKARTA2234CAPITAL FLOW VOLATILITY EXPECTED TO INCREASE, FEW PREDICT
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a two-day seminar in Singapore sponsored by Standard and Poor's and the Malaysian Rating Agency, regional financial analysts and economists predicted that capital flows in to the region would continue to be large, but may become more volatile as investors' risk appetites shift [...]
2007-08-16 06:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID SN
07JAKARTA2241FACING ISLAMIST PROTESTERS, MISS UNIVERSE AND
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) The reigning Miss Universe, Japanese national Riyo Mori, recently visited Indonesia on a promotional tour. After visiting Jakarta and making several planned stops at venues in Bandung, West Java, she and her [...]
2007-08-16 08:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KISL ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2248PRESIDENT,S NATIONAL DAY SPEECH UPBEAT, BUT NO
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Yudhoyono's annual National Day speech offered a generally upbeat assessment mixed with a sober recognition of the challenges facing the country. The speech covered democracy, terrori [...]
2007-08-16 10:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PTER ID IR
07JAKARTA2263GOI ANNOUCES REMISSIONS FOR PRISONERS, INCLUDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As in previous years, the GOI granted sentence reductions of up to six months to tens of thousands of inmates on Indonesian Independence Day, August 17. As many as six convicted terrorists (none of them major figures) may be released in coming days as a result. For the second s [...]
2007-08-20 10:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2264INDONESIA AGREES TO ASSIST THAILAND REGARDING
[...] (C) Summary: Contacts have confirmed that the Thai government has sought GOI assistance regarding the conflict in southern Thailand. Thai military chief Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin raised the matter during his August 8 visit to Jakarta. Leveraging its experience in ending ethnic conflict, gai [...]
2007-08-20 10:14:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ID TH
07JAKARTA2276INDONESIAN MIDDLE EAST ENVOY PLANS ANOTHER IRAN
[...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request; Please see Para 4. 2. (C) On August 20, the Deputy Chief of Mission met with Alwi Shihab, who served as Indonesia's foreign minister from 1999-2001 and is currently President Yudhoyono's Special Envoy to the Middle East. Special Envoy Shihab, who [...]
2007-08-21 07:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALETTC ID IR PARM PREL
07JAKARTA228DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR INDONESIA TO
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel invitation to Indonesia National Police (INP) Headquarters Director for Personnel Development BG Hendy and his Chief for International Cooperation, Bekti Suhartono, on January 25. Hendy is the INP's designated point of contact for international training assistance. [...]
2007-01-26 07:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PREL ID
07JAKARTA2295PDAS MCNERNEY RAISES PSI WITH INDONESIA
[...] (C) Visiting ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney passed reftel nonpaper on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to Desra Percaya, Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on August 14. Percaya remarked that DEPLU's thinking on PSI [...]
2007-08-22 08:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA KTFN PARM ID
07JAKARTA2296PDAS MCNERNEY'S IRAN CONSULTATIONS IN INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney visited Indonesia on August 14 for productive consultations regarding Iran's nuclear program. Senior diplomat and Middle East expert Alwi Shihab reiterated Indonesia's commitment to a peaceful settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue and said Indonesia w [...]
2007-08-22 08:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UNSC MNUC ID IR
07JAKARTA2297APEC ASEAN-7 LUNCHEON INVITATION PASSED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-22 09:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL APEC ID
07JAKARTA2298TORQUING UP PRESSURE ON GOI, LEGISLATURE EMBRACES
[...] (C) Summary: The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has created an oversight body to monitor the reconstruction and rehabilitation of affected areas, as well as the disbursement of compensation to victims of the East Java mudflow. A move by the DPR to query formally the President ove [...]
2007-08-22 10:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM KISL EAID ID
07JAKARTA2299PAPUANS PROTEST AUTONOMY FAILURES
[...] (C) Summary: Papuan students have taken to the streets in peaceful protests, charging that the implementation of the province's Special Autonomy arrangement has failed. Student leaders have called for a referendum on Special Autonomy, a demand that is steadily gathering Papuan support, but wh [...]
2007-08-22 10:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL HUM ID
07JAKARTA2301Indonesian National Police IPR Raids Create Stir
[...] (SBU) Summary: The impact from the largest recorded counterfeit pharmaceutical raid in the world that took place in Jakarta on July 23 is still reverberating within the Government of Indonesia (GOI). The pharmaceutical industry is reacting positively and proactively with pledged assistance, a [...]
2007-08-22 11:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON SNAR KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2310COURT REJECTS LAWSUIT AGAINST KEY GOI ANTI-TERROR
[...] (C) Summary: A Jakarta Court dismissed on August 21 Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) co-founder Abu Bakar Ba'asyir's lawsuit seeking to disband the Indonesian National Police anti-terrorist strike-force, Special Detachment 88. Ba'asyir had claimed the unit acted in an anti-Muslim way and used torture. [...]
2007-08-23 08:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2311MUNIR CASE: STUNNING REVELATIONS AT HEARING
[...] (C) Summary: Witnesses and documentation presented in court August 22 implicated the Indonesian Intelligence Agency (BIN) in a conspiracy to murder human rights activist Munir. Prosecutors still face an uphill battle in proving their case in the face of witnesses recanting previous statements [...]
2007-08-23 09:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2317INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: MAY - JULY 2007
[...] Summary: The Ministry of Forestry (MOF) signed a letter of intent with the Zoological Parks Authority of the Government of Western Australia on May 21 to cooperate on wildlife conservation. On May 21-24, Indonesia hosted the second meeting of the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (WEN) program [...]
2007-08-24 05:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
07JAKARTA2321PM ABE VISIT AMPLIFIES POSITIVE TONE OF
[...] (C) Summary: PM Shinzo Abe and President Yudhoyono signed an Economic Partnership Agreement and issued a Joint Statement on Climate Change during Abe's recent visit. Abe appealed unsuccessfully for Yudhoyono's open support of Japan's campaign for a permanent seat on the UNSC and its bid to s [...]
2007-08-24 07:12:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON UNSC ETRD ID JA
07JAKARTA2322PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO ON INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE,
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On August 24, Ambassador Hume spoke with President Yudhoyono after SBY's address commemorating 50 years of American Field Service (AFS) activity in Indonesia. Yudhoyono stressed the need for cultu [...]
2007-08-24 07:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SENV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2329YOGYAKARTA IN A POST-SULTAN POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The Sultan recently announced that he would resign as Yogyakarta's governor in 2008. The decision has triggered a scramble to determine his successor, a process complicated by a law that recognizes the area's special status and the Sultan's preeminent role. Prospective laws on [...]
2007-08-24 09:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM SOCI ID
07JAKARTA2330THE PEACE CORPS IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Dear Director Tschetter, I would like to thank you for your swift and positive response regarding a Peace Corps program in Indonesia. Indonesia's burgeoning democracy, majority-Muslim demographics, and genuine developmental need are indeed worth a second look. 2. (SBU) We would be delig [...]
2007-08-24 09:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ID
07JAKARTA2333AVIAN INFLUENZA - BALI OUTBREAKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The confirmation of two human AI infections and a group of suspected cases have drawn international attention to Bali. The Indonesian National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) determined H5N1 in two women from Bali and agreed to send the samples to the World [...]
2007-08-24 10:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2334INDONESIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR CORAL TRIANGLE INITIATIVE
[...] (U) Summary. Indonesia seeks U.S. support for its proposed Coral Triangle Initiative, a new multilateral partnership that Indonesia will raise at the upcoming APEC summit in Sydney. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's adviser Dino Djalal last week presented visiting Chairman of the Council of [...]
2007-08-24 10:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID KGHG ECON PREL ID
07JAKARTA2335SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S SEPTEMBER 9-12 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. Yours will be the first high-level State Department economic visit here in several years. We have structured your visit to highlight the important themes of investment climate reform, anti-corruption efforts, energy security and climate change, [...]
2007-08-24 10:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2336INDONESIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR CORAL TRIANGLE INITIATIVE
[...] (U) Summary. Indonesia seeks U.S. support for its proposed Coral Triangle Initiative, a new multilateral partnership that Indonesia will raise at the upcoming APEC summit in Sydney. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's adviser Dino Djalal last week presented visiting Chairman of the Council of [...]
2007-08-24 10:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID KGHG ECON PREL ID
07JAKARTA2339FIGHTING CORRUPTION USING PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU) Mission has established an interagency working group to identify major Indonesian corruptors for possible treatment under Presidential Proclamation 7750 (PP7750). PP7750 allows the USG to revoke the U.S. visas of highly corrupt public officials, their private sector enablers, and their [...]
2007-08-27 04:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL CVIS PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2346TRIALS KICK OFF FOR JI-LINKED MILITANTS FROM POSO
[...] (C) Summary: Trials of nine alleged JI-linked terrorists from Poso, Central Sulawesi, have begun. The accused have been indicted for several Poso-area attacks, including: the bombing of a market; the beheading of three schoolgirls; and the assassination of two pastors. All nine suspects face [...]
2007-08-27 09:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2348ISLAMIC LEADER DESIRES CLOSE TIES WITH U.S.;
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Hume on August 24 paid a courtesy call on Din Syamsuddin, chairman of Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's second-largest mass-Muslim organization. Syamsuddin emphasized his desire for continued dialogue with the USG and outlined his preferred "inclusive8 approach for dealing wi [...]
2007-08-27 09:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL ID TH RP
07JAKARTA2349POLICE CLASH WITH DEMONSTRATORS IN EASTERN
[...] (U) This is a joint Surabaya - Jakarta message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Police in North Maluku August 21-22 clashed with thousands of protesters angered that a local hereditary ruler was excluded as a candidate in upcoming gubernatorial elections. Nine protesters were injured by rubber bullets in [...]
2007-08-27 09:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2350ASEAN MEETINGS HIGHLIGHT CHALLENGES OF INTEGRATION
[...] (U) Summary. During a series of recent meetings and events at the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN officials expressed cautious optimism about economic integration and the draft ASEAN Charter despite continued challenges. Senior Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials and business leaders called for fa [...]
2007-08-27 10:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV SENV KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2351AMBASSADOR HALIDA DISCUSSES BILATERAL TRADE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy met with Government of Indonesia (GOI) Special Assistant to the Minister of Trade Ambassador Halida Miljani on August 24th to discuss bilateral trade issues, including commencement of an exploratory dialogue on a U.S.-Indonesian Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). Ambass [...]
2007-08-27 10:36:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD EINV ECON BEXP ID
07JAKARTA2354PAPUA: NO CORROBORATION OF PURPORTED SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An Australian newspaper has reported the murder of two Papuans in central Papua, purportedly by Indonesian security forces. Our contacts have so far failed to provide any credible evidence of police or military involvement in the slayings. END SUMMARY 2. (SBU) The Sunday Age [...]
2007-08-28 06:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ID
07JAKARTA2363ISPS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) We formally demarched on August 24, Director General of Sea Transportation, H. Harijogi, Secretary Ajiph Anwar, and Director of Sea Transport Djony Algemar that the U.S. has determined Indonesia is not significantly implementing the International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) code. Failur [...]
2007-08-28 08:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER EWWT KHLS ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA2365ACEH GOVERNOR'S U.S. VISIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC
[...] (U) This is a joint Medan-Jakarta message. 2. (U) Summary: Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf will visit the United States September 9-26. The visit includes stops in multiple cities and meetings with a range of companies and government officials. In Washington, he will also meet with the World [...]
2007-08-28 09:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV EAID PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2374KEY GROUP OF MUSLIM CLERICS TRENDS CONSERVATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesia's Islamic Clerics' Council (MUI) continues to make highly-publicized and intolerant edicts about "moral" issues, including a recent announcement by a regional council condemning a popular form of traditional music. While rejecting violence, MUI nonetheless categoricall [...]
2007-08-29 08:12:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM PINR ID
07JAKARTA2375EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FULL ECONOMIC IMPACT
[...] (SBU) Summary: During EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel's visit to the Sidoarjo muflow site, the site manager expressed confidence that current efforts were mitigating the risk to surrounding areas, but warned about possible seismic activity. Local economic experts were univerisally [...]
2007-08-29 08:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2376BALI BOMBER DEATH SENTENCES REPORTEDLY UPHELD
[...] (C) A reliable source at the Supreme Court has told us that the Court has denied the Judicial Review request submitted by Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas. The three men were sentenced to death in 2003 for their roles in the 2002 Bali bombings. The Court has dec [...]
2007-08-29 08:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2377SBY REPLACES AILING HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER
[...] (C) On August 28, President Yudhoyono appointed Central Java Governor Mardiyanto to replace Mohamad Ma'ruf as the Minister for Home Affairs. Mardiyanto was sworn in on August 29. Outgoing Minister Ma'ruf suffered a debilitating heart attack in late March, and SBY surprised many observers by [...]
2007-08-29 08:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2380TRANSPORTATION MINISTER DISCUSSES ISPS ANDADAM AIR
[...] (U) Summary. On August 27, Ambassador Cameron Hume called on Jusman Syafi'i Djalil, Minister of Transportation. The Minister commented on the recently delivered International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code demarche, the need for foreign investors in rail and port infrastructure, the progr [...]
2007-08-29 09:31:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA2382TRANSPORTATION MINISTER DISCUSSES ISPS, ADAM AIR
[...] (U) Summary. On August 27, Ambassador Cameron Hume called on Jusman Syafi'i Djalil, Minister of Transportation. The Minister commented on the recently delivered International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code demarche, the need for foreign investors in rail and port infrastructure, the progre [...]
2007-08-29 09:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA2383TRANSPORTATION MINISTER DISCUSSES ISPS ANDADAM AIR
[...] (U) Summary. On August 27, Ambassador Cameron Hume called on Jusman Syafi'i Djalil, Minister of Transportation. The Minister commented on the recently delivered International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code demarche, the need for foreign investors in rail and port infrastructure, the progr [...]
2007-08-29 09:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA2392INDONESIA: DISCUSSIONS ON THE COMPLIMENTARY
[...] (C) In response to Reftel A, Mission offers the following list of current and former senior GOI officials who have spoken publicly in support of democracy and the complementary nature of Islam and democracy. (Note: Nearly all prominent Indonesian officials, including President Yudhoyono, fit t [...]
2007-08-30 10:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2393YOGYAKARTA EVENT HIGHLIGHTS U.S.-ASEAN TIES
[...] (U) Summary: The GOI's Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) and Gadjah Mada University hosted an August 29 seminar in Yogyakarta celebrating 30 years of U.S.-ASEAN ties. Pol/C and Econ/C outlined strong U.S. support for the continued development of close political and economic ties between A [...]
2007-08-30 10:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PGOV KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2394INDONESIA-MALAYSIA TIES GET THROWN IN KARATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The alleged beating of an Indonesian karate referee by Malaysian police has stoked demonstrations in Indonesia. The GOI has formally complained about the matter and Indonesian parliamentarians have lashed out at Malaysia. Coming on top of recent cases of alleged abuse of domesti [...]
2007-08-30 10:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID MY
07JAKARTA2396AVIAN INFLUENZA - DAS MARCIEL MEETS WITH KOMNAS SECRETARY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 02:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2397BEP-US MOU NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 21, Desra Percaya, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director for International Security and Disarmament told us that Indonesia is ready to conclude a bilateral Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Percaya provided us with written c [...]
2007-08-31 02:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY KNNP ENRG KTIA ID
07JAKARTA24INDONESIA - KOREAN INVESTMENT DISPUTE HIGHLIGHTS LABOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: An early October decision by apparel and shoe retailer Adidas to terminate supply contracts with three local shoe manufacturers has led to the layoff of 17,000 workers and sparked labor demonstrations. The three firms owe a combined $140 million to Indonesian banks, but have not [...]
2007-01-04 23:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ELAB EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2405NATIONALIST PDI-P PARTY TRIES TO STRENGTHEN ITS
[...] (C) The Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P) party's nascent Islamic wing, Baitul (House) Muslimin (HM),is just getting off the ground. PDI-P, led by former president Megawati Soekarnoputri, is putting a lot of effort into building up the group. The grouping, which is closely linked [...]
2007-08-31 06:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2407US-INDONESIA ENERGY SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Summary. White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman James Connaughton and U.S. Senior Climate Negotiator Harlan Watson discussed energy security and climate change strategy with senior Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials, NGOs and donors during a series of meetings on [...]
2007-08-31 07:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ECON TBIO ENRG ID
07JAKARTA2408MUNIR: PROSECUTORS CONTINUE TO PRESSS HARD
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 29 hearing, prosecutors in the case of murdered human rights activist Munir presented testimony to refute a key witness who had recanted his statement to police. A forensic expert also confirmed the time that police say the alleged murderer, Pollycarpus, poisoned M [...]
2007-08-31 07:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2409GOI OBJECTS TO U.S. TOBACCO LEGISLATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 31, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu addressed to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Susan C. Schwab. The letter details GOI objections to draft tobacco control legislation under conside [...]
2007-08-31 09:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2411CORRUPTION ERADICATION COMMISSION SELECTING NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Selection Committee is evaluating new commissioners for a four-year term beginning late December 2007. The new commissioners will lead the KPK at a critical time, determining the future direction of the KPK and the larger anti-corrup [...]
2007-08-31 09:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2417CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS TELL DAS MARCIEL DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 28 discussion with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel, civil society leaders portrayed Indonesia as a strong democracy where NGOs have a vibrant voice. Noting the lack of accountability for past human rights abuses, they pointed to the investigation [...]
2007-09-04 03:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC LE IR ID
07JAKARTA2421DAS MARCIEL'S MEETINGS WITH DEPLU DG HADI AND SBY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate August 28 meetings, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel discussed a range of bilateral issues with Andri Hadi, Director General for Information and Public Diplomacy at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),and with Dino Djalal, advisor to President Yudhoyo [...]
2007-09-04 09:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM CACS ID
07JAKARTA2422DAS MARCIEL'S MEETING WITH MINDEF ADVISOR ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Scot Marciel's meeting with MG Djoko Sutrisno at the Department of Defense highlighted progress in the bilateral defense relationship, challenges of managing it and means of moving it forward. Discussion touched on assistance, exchanges and training, human rights account [...]
2007-09-04 09:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2423 Disputed election sparks violence in Aceh
[...] (U) This is a joint Medan - Jakarta message. 2. (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 3. (SBU) Summary: Clashes broke out at the inauguration of the new regent for Southeast Aceh District on September 1. A dozen demonstrators were arrested, 16 peo [...]
2007-09-04 09:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PINR KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2431PAPUA: REPORTED INTIMIDATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in the Papuan human rights community report increasing threats and surveillance. While the threats are usually anonymous, Papuan activists believe they come from the Indonesian security services. Mission has no specific evidence that any individuals are in immediate da [...]
2007-09-04 10:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2432AI - PRESS CONFERENCE DISPUTING HUMAN-TO-HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-04 10:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2433AMBASSADOR AND TRADE MINISTER SPEAK ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume and Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu made public remarks on U.S.-Indonesian relations before an audience of Indonesian business leaders on August 30th. Ambassador Hume described a strategy for understanding the broader U.S.-Indonesian relationship in the context o [...]
2007-09-04 10:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON BEXP ID
07JAKARTA2436ASEAN CHARTER ON TRACK, INCREASED DIALOGUE WITH U.S. URGED
[...] (SBU) Summary. DAS Marciel emphasized U.S. interest in engaging ASEAN during meetings August 27-28 with ASEAN Deputy Secretary General Nicholas Dammen and Indonesian Foreign Ministry Director General for ASEAN Mr. Dian Triansyah Djani. The officials underscored that ASEAN is entering a qualit [...]
2007-09-05 01:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2438INDONESIA - CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENT
[...] (U) Summary. The new limited liability company law has created great confusion in the business community by mandating that "natural resources" companies engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. The law is very vague and domestic business leaders have already raised objectio [...]
2007-09-05 02:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2442HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REVAMPS, AIMS FOR A FRESH
[...] (C) Human rights activists say they are hopeful that the new members and new chair of Indonesia's National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will pave the way for a more pro-active body. We understand that the new team will lobby for amendments to several of Indonesia's core human righ [...]
2007-09-05 06:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2446SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON STATE SECRETARY:
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 7. 2. (C) Summary: On September 4, Ambassador Hume paid a courtesy call on Minister of the State Secretary Hatta Rajasa, who serves as the gatekeeper for nearly every issue that goes before President Yudhoyono. The Minister emphasized his de [...]
2007-09-05 10:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV ENRG PINR ID
07JAKARTA2449GOI INVITES U.S. TO PRE-COP 13 MINISTERIAL, 24-25 OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) On September 5, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Environment Rachmat Witoelar addressed to Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky. The letter invites U/S Dobriansky to informal ministerial consulta [...]
2007-09-06 00:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EAID ECON ENRG PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2457 SULAWESI SEA MARITIME SURVEILLANCE AND MORE: INDONESIA
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission submits for Department's review a package of $41.5 in military assistance to Indonesia for FY2008 under Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to conduct counterte [...]
2007-09-06 05:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR ID
07JAKARTA2459DONOR ROUNDABLE MEETING ON CLMATE CHANGE
[...] (U) Summary. During a September 5 Donor Roundtable Meeting on Climate Change, Agus Purnomo, Executive Director, National Steering Committee for the Conference of Parties 13 (COP 13) updated donor partners and embassy officials on COP 13 preparations. Joe Leitmann, Environment Coordinator, Worl [...]
2007-09-06 08:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ECON TBIO ENRG ID
07JAKARTA2463TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE PRE-NOTIFICATIONS
[...] (S) In response to demarche delivered on September 6, 2007, Aris Munandar, Deputy Director for Terrorism at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He said that Indonesia would probably not place a hold on the designations of five Saudi individuals named in reftel. But he said the final decision wo [...]
2007-09-06 09:39:00Embassy JakartaSECRETKTFN PTER PGOV EFIN UNSC ID
07JAKARTA2464MEASURED PROGRESS IN EFFORT TO REJUVENATE
[...] (C) Responding to a Constitutional Court ruling, a Ministry of Law drafting team has endorsed a proposal which would preserve key elements of the Anti-Corruption Court. The new draft competes with an earlier proposal which would basically pull down the pillars, eliminating aspects of the court [...]
2007-09-06 09:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA EAID ID
07JAKARTA2468AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON CHAIRMAN OF INDONESIA'S
[...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Hume's September 5 courtesy call on Hasyim Muzadi, Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia's largest mass-Muslim organization, Muzadi spoke candidly about his concern over U.S. foreign policy. He also emphasized NU's efforts to promote mainstream Islam. The Amb [...]
2007-09-06 10:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA247RECREATING THE CALIPHATE: HIZBUT TAHRIR INDONESIA
[...] (C) Summary. Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) spokesman Ismail Yusanto told us about his organization's ideology, structure and goals, most notably the re-establishment of an Islamic caliphate and imposition of Islamic law. HTI is a hard-line Islamist movement that, while ostensibly non-violen [...]
2007-01-30 07:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL PREL SOCI ID
07JAKARTA2470DAS MARCIEL MEETINGS ON INDONESIA'S ECONOMY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, during his August 27-28 visit to Jakarta, heard complaints that Indonesia is not attracting as much investment as neighbor Vietnam. Reasons include the Indonesian government and Parliament's ambivalence towards foreign companies and [...]
2007-09-06 11:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ENRG PGOV KGHG ID
07JAKARTA2473REQUEST FOR DOD REWARDS PROGRAM ASSISTANCE FOR
[...] (U) This is an Action Request: Please see para 2. 2. (S) Action Request: In June 2007, the Indonesian National Police (INP) captured two top Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) operatives, Abu Dujana and Zarkasih (information on both is contained in para 5). Mission's rewards working group has review [...]
2007-09-07 07:45:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC PREL PINS ID
07JAKARTA2474EYES ON THE PRIZE? THE SULTAN AND HIS POLITICAL
[...] (C) When Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X announced earlier this year that he would resign as Yogyakarta's governor in 2008, he triggered a flurry of speculation about his political plans. Many observers interpreted the Sultan's announcement as a signal that he intended to pursue either the presi [...]
2007-09-07 08:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2475PUTIN VISIT -- ARMS, ENERGY AND MINING DEALS
[...] (C) Summary: Russian President Putin visited Jakarta September 6. Russia and the GOI signed several bilateral agreements, including an arms deal worth $1 billion, investment projects in mining and energy worth $4 billion, and an MOU on fighting terrorism. Defense Minister Sudarsono comment [...]
2007-09-07 09:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL EINV MASS PTER ID
07JAKARTA2476POLICE SHOW RESTRAINT IN HANDLING CASCADE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian police have repeatedly shown restraint in dealing with large and sometimes volatile crowds in recent months. This trend suggests that the police--including the Mobile Brigade--are developing a level of professionalism that is increasingly in line with internationa [...]
2007-09-07 10:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC PINS ID
07JAKARTA2479INDONESIAN MEDIA REACTION TO ISPS DEMARCHE
[...] (U) The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) initial effort to explain the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) code and a possible Port Security Advisory (PSA) (ref A) met with negative response from the media and Parliament. Director General of Sea Transportation (DG) H. Harijogi, met with [...]
2007-09-10 00:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA248GOI GAINING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR POSO ACTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Over the past several days the GOI has done better in publicly justifying its January 22 actions against armed militants in Poso and in gaining the support of some national Muslim leaders in bringing calm to the situation. In particular, Vice President Jusuf Kalla met with Musl [...]
2007-01-30 09:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PGOV PNAT PHUM KJUS KISL ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2497REJECTING APPEAL, SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court publicly confirmed September 7 that it has upheld the conviction and death sentence imposed on Amrozi bin Nurhasyim for his role in the terrorist attack in Bali in October 2002. His lawyers say they will appeal the decision despite the fact that all legal remed [...]
2007-09-10 08:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA24991540: COMPROMISE PROPOSAL ON POSTING MATRICIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-10 10:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC KNNP ID
07JAKARTA250INDONESIA SEEKING HIGHER PROFILE IN MIDDLE EAST?
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-31 00:06:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL PTER ID
07JAKARTA2500PRESSING FOR INDONESIAN SUPPORT ON BURMA IN UNSC
[...] (C) Summary: DCM emphasized reftel points on Burma with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Secretary General, September 7. Pol/C also underlined points at DEPLU office director level. GOI is committed not to praise in any way the regime's so-called "National Convention," but did not [...]
2007-09-10 10:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC ID BM
07JAKARTA2501BILATERAL MEEIING REQUEST ON NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-10 10:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP PREL ID
07JAKARTA2503 AMBASSADOR VISITS KEY PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE AND
[...] Summary: On August 28-29, Ambassador Hume visited Yogyakarta, touring schools and meeting local leaders. The Ambassador visited public and private schools that receive USAID assistance under President BushQs $157 million Education Initiative for Indonesia. The Ambassador met with Sri Sultan [...]
2007-09-10 10:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2504STATUS OF INDONESIAN WORKERS REPORTEDLY IN IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. Laboff met with the Department of Foreign Affairs' Director of Overseas Indonesian Workers Protection September 7, who gave us the names of 72 Indonesians reportedly working in Iraq, asking for consular access and t [...]
2007-09-10 10:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ID IZ
07JAKARTA2509ABU BAKAR BA'ASYIR FOR PRESIDENT? JI CO-FOUNDER
[...] (C) Summary: Radical Muslim cleric and convicted terrorist conspirator Abu Bakar Ba'asyir reportedly plans to run for president in 2009. Rumors about a possible Ba'syir candidacy have circulated periodically since he was first released from prison in June 2006. Regardless of the veracity o [...]
2007-09-11 03:13:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA251GOI PRIORITIZES RECOVERY OF ADAM AIR BLACK BOXES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Transportation Hatta Rajasa thanked the Ambassador and members of the USS Mary Sears search team for U.S. assistance in locating the wreckage of Adam Air Flight KI-574 on the floor of the Suluwesi Straits. Hatta said that the GOI's priority in terms of next steps is [...]
2007-01-31 04:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2518 USG-supported Counter-Narcotics Center gains official GOI
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has signed legislation officially recognizing the Joint Interagency Counter Drug Operations Center as part of the Indonesian National Narcotics Board. While USG assistance he [...]
2007-09-11 08:40:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR PREL KCRM ID
07JAKARTA2528MILITARY PROMOTIONS HOLD MIXED IMPLICATIONS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia recently publicized its military promotion list for 2007. As in past years, the promotions and reassignments represent a cross-section of the Indonesian military, and are a reflection primarily of seniority. Six key appointments have mixed implications for U.S. policy: [...]
2007-09-12 03:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA253INDONESIA SEEKING HIGHER PROFILE IN MIDDLE EAST?
[...] (S) Summary. The Foreign Ministry has announced that Hassan Wirajuda plans to meet with exiled Hamas leader Khalid Mish'al in Damascus in February, during his visit to Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. Wirajuda and President Yudhoyono (SBY) previously received Hamas Foreign Minister Mahmud Al-Zahar [...]
2007-01-31 07:15:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL PTER ID
07JAKARTA2539IRAQI OFFICIAL GETS CORDIAL WELCOME, BUT NO SOLID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a just concluded visit to Jakarta, Iraqi DFM Labeed Abbawi made the rounds of high-level GOI officials as he sought Indonesian assistance in law enforcement and counter-terrorism. Abbawi also urged that Indonesia reopen its Embassy in Baghdad. The GOI gave Abbawi a cordial w [...]
2007-09-12 08:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ID IZ
07JAKARTA2540"I AM READY" -- MEGAWATI SAYS SHE IS RUNNING FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On September 10, former president Megawati announced her intent to run for the office again in 2009. Though the fundamental dynamics that fueled her resounding defeat in 2004 remain unchanged, Mission contacts believe the current dearth of attractive presidential candidates makes [...]
2007-09-12 08:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2545 AMBASSADOR VISITS KEY PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE AND MEETS
[...] Summary: On August 28-29, Ambassador Hume visited Yogyakarta, touring schools and meeting local leaders. The Ambassador visited public and private schools that receive USAID assistance under President Bush's $157 million Education Initiative for Indonesia. The Ambassador met with Sri Sultan Ha [...]
2007-09-13 02:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2549INDONESIAN/IRANIAN RELATIONS: MARGINAL SUBSTANCE,
[...] (C) Summary: Many elements of a strong bilateral relationship remain underdeveloped between Indonesia and Iran. The two countries maintain marginal trade and investment links. Defense and security cooperation is virtually nonexistent. Despite this, much of the public and Indonesian legislat [...]
2007-09-13 06:31:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL MNUC PARM ETRD UNSC ID IR
07JAKARTA255YUDHOYONO CANS THE CGI
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a surprise announcement, President Yudhoyono told the media on January 24 that Indonesia would end the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) donor forum. While many observers believed the CGI format had outlived its usefulness, the timing and abruptness of the announcement - [...]
2007-01-31 09:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EAID EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2550PROPOSED REGIONAL DIALOGUE ON ILLEGAL LOGGING WELCOME
[...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) Mark Linscott held a series of meetings on September 6 and 7 related to illegal logging. Officials at the ASEAN Secretariat welcomed the proposal of an informal regional dialogue on illegal logging. Government of Indonesia (GOI) offic [...]
2007-09-13 06:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2556INDONESIA'S SHIAS: A SMALL COMMUNITY UNDER SOME
[...] (C) Summary: Indonesia's low-profile Shia community is believed to be growing, but it is a very small minority in this Sunni-dominated country. Leaders of the only national Shia organization say many Shias hide their faith to avoid discrimination. Violence targeting Shias is rare, but there [...]
2007-09-13 07:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PINS PINR PHUM ID IR
07JAKARTA2560INDONESIA - KEY DONORS MEETING ON AI CONTROL
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a key donors meeting in Bali on September 11-12, Chief Executive of the Indonesian National Committee for Avian Influenza and Pandemic Preparedness (KOMNAS) Bayu Krisnamurthi stated that Indonesia needs around $300 million per year to fight avian influenza (AI). Donors pl [...]
2007-09-13 10:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2562MISSION HOSTS TRILATERAL COUNTER-TERRORISM MEETING
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission hosted a trilateral counter-terrorism (CT) meeting September 13 with Australian and Japanese counterparts. Discussion focused mainly on current and future CT initiatives with the Indonesian government. [...]
2007-09-13 10:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS ASEC PTER PGOV ID AS JA
07JAKARTA2564Request for DOD Counter-Drug Support
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. 2. (U) THIS IS A REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 DOD COUNTER-DRUG SUPPORT IN INDONESIA, TO BE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 1004 OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1991 (AS AMENDED). 3. (SBU) INDONESIA IS VULNERAB [...]
2007-09-14 01:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR PREL KCRM ID
07JAKARTA2580BUSINESSMEN TRAVELING WITH ACEH GOVERNOR ARRESTED
[...] (C) Summary. The deal was too good to be true. Two businessmen traveling with Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf's delegation to the U.S. were arrested September 11 in New York City after printing a $32 million check from a scam internet site and trying to cash it at Citibank in Manhattan. The two [...]
2007-09-14 08:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV EAID PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2584FACILITATING TRI-BORDER MARITIME SECURITY
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Delegations from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines and observers from Brunei, Australia and the United States participated in a multilateral maritime security conference August 27-29 in Ceb [...]
2007-09-14 09:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PREL PTER ID RP MY
07JAKARTA2585PAPUAN TRIBE DEMANDS "COMPENSATION" FROM FREEPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Papuan tribal activists recently demonstrated in support of their claim to land constituting part of Freeport's Grasberg mine. While the group is unlikely to secure a payoff from Freeport or disrupt the company's operations, the incident demonstrates the problems of poverty and u [...]
2007-09-14 09:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EMIN ID
07JAKARTA2596INDONESIA ICAO COUNCIL PART III CANDIDACY
[...] (U) Post transmits the official correspondence from the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs regarding its request for support for its candidacy on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Part III for the 2007-2010 time period. Please see the unofficial translat [...]
2007-09-17 06:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA2597CENTRAL SULAWESI - POSO: "BACK TO NORMAL"
[...] (U) This is a joint Surabaya - Jakarta message. 2. (C) Summary: During Surabaya Principal Officer's recent trip to Central Sulawesi, interlocutors uniformly described the situation in Poso as "good" and "back to normal." Despite continuing concerns that hardliners from outside Poso could [...]
2007-09-17 07:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2598CENTRAL SULAWESI - POSO: ECONOMIC RECOVERY KEY TO
[...] (U) This is a joint Surabaya - Jakarta message. 2. (C) Summary: While interlocutors describe the current security situation in Poso, Central Sulawesi, as "good," all agree that economic development is critical to Poso's stability. Extremists continue to eye Central Sulawesi's young and po [...]
2007-09-17 07:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAID ID
07JAKARTA2600TRADE MINISTER EMPHASIZES REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT OVER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu outlined the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) "multi-track" approach to trade policy emphasizing multi-lateral and regional engagement over bilateral agreements in public remarks delivered on September 12th. Pangestu also stressed the inclusion of [...]
2007-09-17 08:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON BEXP ID
07JAKARTA2604SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON: INDONESIA TO
[...] (C) Pol/C met with Hari Purwanto, Director of the North American Office at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on September 17 to encourage an Indonesian contribution to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (reftel). Pol/C noted that the United Nations had established a budget for the Spec [...]
2007-09-17 09:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC ID LE
07JAKARTA2605IAEA: IRAN FOLLOW-UP WITH INDONESIA
[...] (C) Pol/C met September 17 with Hari Purwanto, Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),to review reftel points. Pol/C emphasized the importance of a united front re Iran in order to halt its pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability. To achieve that go [...]
2007-09-17 09:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA MNUC KNNP ID IR
07JAKARTA2606COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: INDONESIAN RESPONSE
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 17, Pol/C met with Hari Purwanto, Director of the North American Office at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),to convey U.S. priorities regarding the Community of Democracies (CD). Po [...]
2007-09-17 09:49:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNGA KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2607GPOI CLEARINGHOUSE: INVITATION DELIVERED TO GOI
[...] (U) Pol/C met September 17 with Hari Purwanto, Director of the North American Office at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),to extend an invitation to Indonesia to send two participants to the U.S.-hosted Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) G8 Global Clearinghouse Conference Octobe [...]
2007-09-17 09:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2609BANK INDONESIA BRIEFS UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY ON ECONOMY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two Bank Indonesia (BI) Deputy Governors briefed visiting Under Secretary Jeffery on Indonesia's macroeconomic success in recent years; BI's effort to improve the formal arrangement for managing economic and financial crises; and the central bank's work to prevent large-scale c [...]
2007-09-18 00:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2610U/S JEFFERY BRIEFED ON ANTI-CORRUPTION REFORM SUCCESSES,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders told visiting Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III September 10 that they have "caught some big fish" (e.g. former governors),but anti-corruption reform will take decades. [...]
2007-09-18 00:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2611U/S DISCUSSES INDONESIA'S ROLE IN COP 13, CLEAN ENERGY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. During his visit to Indonesia September 10-12, U/S Jeffery held a roundtable lunch on September 10 with GOI officials, donor representatives ad private sector representatives. The head of Indonesia's COP 13 steering committee said that the GOI would await the outcomes of the U.N [...]
2007-09-18 01:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EAID ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2616U/S Jeffery Meeting with Vice President Kalla
[...] (SBU) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery discussed U.S.-Indonesia cooperation in anti-corruption, energy security, and climate change during a forty-minute meeting on September 11. Kalla returned to his customary theme of the importance of stability and econ [...]
2007-09-18 06:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV SENV ID
07JAKARTA2617U/S Jeffery - Corporate Social Responsibility Discussions
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two prominent U.S.-headquartered companies briefed Under Secretary Jeffery on their integration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) into their overall business plans for Indonesia. GE and Citi both said CSR activities in Indonesia are tightly integrated with their corporate [...]
2007-09-18 06:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2623ACEH TRANSITION ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 17, the Ambassador and Chiefs of other donor missions assessed Aceh's transition from the reconstruction period to economic growth. The mandate of the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR) expires in April 2009. Donors work closely with [...]
2007-09-18 09:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EINV PGOV PREL ID
07JAKARTA2625RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER WELCOMES
[...] (SBU) Minister of Research and Technology Kadiman told the Ambassador during a September 17 courtesy call that he welcomed continued U.S. involvement on Indonesia's efforts to build a national tsunami warning system. He expressed particular appreciation for Embassy efforts towards developing [...]
2007-09-18 09:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTPHY EAID KSCA PINR PREL ID
07JAKARTA2626PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: TO CONTINUE
[...] (U) Please see Action Request in Para 3. 2. (C) According to our Australian PSI contact, the Indonesian government plans to propose a one-day seminar to discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and other non-proliferation matters. The seminar, which the GOI would host, would be [...]
2007-09-18 10:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PTER ID
07JAKARTA2627INDONESIANS DEMAND ACTION ON MIGRANT WORKER ABUSE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur. 2. (C) Summary: Indonesian activists and officials have reacted furiously to a cascade of apparent cases of abuse of Indonesian migrant workers. They are frustrated over seemingly interminable Malaysian court proceedings against [...]
2007-09-18 10:13:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA2629GOI DENIES SBY HAS REFUSED PRESIDENT'S TEXAS
[...] (C) The GOI disputes a local news report that Indonesian President Yudhoyono has declined President Bush's invitation for ASEAN leaders to visit Texas to commemorate 30 years of U.S.-ASEAN relations. At issue is an article in the September 11 edition of the English-language "Jakarta Post" to [...]
2007-09-18 10:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN ID
07JAKARTA264INDONESIA - JANUARY 30 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission is working to reverse a January 11 directive from the National Institute of Health and Research Development (NIHRD) instructing NAMRU-2 to no longer ship AI specimens to CDC until NAMRU-2 signs a Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA). At a January 26 ceremony, the Amba [...]
2007-02-01 01:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2641INDONESIA RAMPS UP EFFORT TO PROTECT MIGRANT
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur. Summary =-=-=-= 2. (C) Heightened concern over the trafficking of Indonesian workers abroad has sparked the GOI to play a newly aggressive role in the protection of victims. The media has spotlighted numerous cases of abuse of [...]
2007-09-19 08:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB KWMN PHUM ID MY
07JAKARTA2642SECOND DEMARCHE REQUEST -- UN COMMITTEE AGAINST
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 17, poloff met with Hari Purwanto, Director of the North American Office at the Department of Foreign Affairs, to request GOI support for U.S. candidate Felice Gaer's reelection to the UN C [...]
2007-09-19 08:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC ID
07JAKARTA2643ASEAN FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE INCREASING
[...] (SBU) ASEAN activity and programs on environmental issues, including climate change and illegal logging, is on the rise. ASEAN is focusing more on the environment during its 40-year anniversary and in the run-up to the 13th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 13) in Bali this December [...]
2007-09-19 09:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2644TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY IN INDONESIA
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Indonesia, the fourth most populous nation, is a crucial test for transformational diplomacy. Just ten years ago it was an authoritarian, military dominated state weakening under the pressures of [...]
2007-09-19 10:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON SOCI TBIO ID
07JAKARTA2648CONVICTED ON CORRUPTION COUNTS, LEGISLATOR--WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After his conviction on corruption charges, Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) member Nurdin Halid was jailed in Jakarta, September 18. He is slated to serve a two-year jail term. Halid--who has resigned from the DPR--maintained close links with Vice President Kalla. Hi [...]
2007-09-19 10:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2649U/S JEFFERY MEETS WITH ECONOMISTS AND BUSINESS LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. U/S Jeffery discussed Indonesia's economy and investment climate with economists and business leaders September 10-11 in Jakarta. Outlying regions such as Aceh and Papua face infrastructure and development challenges. Large established western companies with good local partners [...]
2007-09-20 00:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV EINV ID
07JAKARTA265INDONESIA - JANUARY 30 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission is working to reverse a January 11 directive from the National Institute of Health and Research Development (NIHRD) instructing NAMRU-2 to no longer ship AI specimens to CDC until NAMRU-2 signs a Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA). At a January 26 ceremony, the Ambas [...]
2007-02-01 01:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2658AFTER LOSING FINAL APPEAL, ANOTHER BALI BOMBER
[...] (C) SUMMARY -- A source has confirmed to Poloff that the Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and death sentence of Imam Samudra, a co-conspirator in the October 2002 Bali bombings. Samudra joins Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, another Bali bomber, on death row. One other bomber's case is still und [...]
2007-09-20 06:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC PINS ID
07JAKARTA2660HOPES DIM FOR RATIFICATION OF INDONESIA-SINGAPORE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Singapore. 2. (C) Summary: Indonesian officials see chances for ratification of the Indonesia-Singapore Defense Agreement as dimming, five months after its signature. Leading the charge, a key Indonesian legislator has urged the GOI to cancel [...]
2007-09-20 09:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV ID SN
07JAKARTA2674IMPLICATED IN CORRUPTION CASE, PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A special unit within the Attorney General's office has reportedly implicated T.B. Silalahi--an influential adviser to President Yudhoyono--in an ongoing corruption investigation. According to media reports, Silalahi allegedly received a house from a contact. Silalahi has heat [...]
2007-09-21 06:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2679INTEREST IN ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission recently briefed the GOI and a key figure in the Indonesian national legislature re the latest on the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative. Interlocutors expressed great interest in the proposal, but were otherwise non-committal. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU [...]
2007-09-21 07:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA KDEM ID
07JAKARTA268HINDUS LAMENT "ISLAMIZATION" OF INDONESIA
[...] (C) Summary: Several prominent Hindu leaders of the Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia (PHDI) told us the Hindu community faced increasing discrimination at the hands of a rapidly Islamizing Indonesian Muslim community and government. In a January 24 discussion, they claimed that the "Islamizati [...]
2007-02-01 02:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF ID
07JAKARTA2680AMBASSADOR REASSURES MUNIR'S WIDOW SUCIWATI OF USG
[...] (C) Summary: Suciwati, wife of murdered human rights activist Munir, called on the Ambassador September 20, expressing appreciation for U.S. support. The Ambassador emphasized to Suciwati how solving this case is of paramount importance to the USG and how we have expressed these views to th [...]
2007-09-21 08:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2681PRESSING PARLIAMENT TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE
[...] (C) Summary: Pol/C met September 21 with a key parliamentarian and briefed him on the situation in Burma. Pol/C urged that the national legislature take a stand against the Burmese regime, pressing the GOI to be more pro-active. Poloff then spoke with another parliamentarian--the head of th [...]
2007-09-21 08:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2682Bilateral Energy Dialogue Date and Venue Change
[...] (SBU) Director General of Oil and Gas Luluk Sumiarso told us on September 20 that he liked the USG proposed agenda for the bilateral Energy Policy Dialogue (EPD). He expressed particular appreciation for the mix of Government-to-Government and Government-to-Business modules. Luluk stressed th [...]
2007-09-21 09:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA2683INDONESIA AT THE MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Indonesia wants the Major Economies Meeting to increase prospects for the success of the 13th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP 13) in Bali in December. The GOI will be sensitive to any negative portrayal of Indonesia, whether as a destroyer of forests or as [...]
2007-09-21 09:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID
07JAKARTA2688"SLIPPERY SLOPE" FOR PRESS FREEDOM? -- COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Supreme Court decision awarding former president Suharto USD 106 million in damages from Time Asia has drawn intense criticism. Critics have attacked the legal basis of the decision and warned of its potential impact on press freedom in Indonesia -- one M.P. told Pol/C t [...]
2007-09-24 04:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KPAO PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2690EXPERTS APPLAUD BANKING REFORMS BUT WARN OF LONGER TERM
[...] Summary. Financial sector experts working in Asia gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on September 6-7 to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing Asian banks over the next decade. They lauded Asian policymakers for largely correcting the excesses that led to the 1997 [...]
2007-09-24 06:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2693LEGISLATORS PRESS GOI FOR ACTION ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: Responding to Mission outreach, key legislators have urged the Indonesian government to adopt a leadership role regarding the situation in Burma. Theo Sambuaga--Chair of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the DPR (national legislature)--issued a public statement in which he call [...]
2007-09-24 08:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC ID BM
07JAKARTA2694FINANCE MINISTER MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Finance (MOF) Sri Mulyani Indrawati told the Ambassador on September 24 that Indonesia's growth is strong but more infrastructure development is needed. Indonesia needs to do more to get its good news story out, as the media paints a very negative picture. The count [...]
2007-09-24 08:44:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ABLD EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2695Invitation to COP-13 Trade Ministerial
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 24, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu addressed to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Susan C. Schwab. The letter is an invitation to attend a trade ministerial on the margins of the C [...]
2007-09-24 08:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2697INDONESIA SUPPORTS USG CANDIDATE FOR UN COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-24 09:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC ID
07JAKARTA2698LABOR ACTIVIST CLAIMS POLICE PRESSURE
[...] (C) Summary: An Indonesian labor leader--who was jailed, beaten and allegedly coerced into signing a criminal confession for leading a peaceful May 1 labor rally--told Labatt that he is now being threatened by a prosecutor with additional jail time if he pursues an appeal. This case illustr [...]
2007-09-24 10:12:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ELAB ID
07JAKARTA27DEMARCHE DELIVERED - TIP: UAE/UN-HOSTED CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-05 05:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KWMN SMIG XX KCRM PHUM ID
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