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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00JAKARTA4700 |
SECRETARY COHEN'S LUNCH WITH BAMBANG YUDHOYONO [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR GREG FERGIN FOR REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. IN A SEPTEMBER 18 LUNCH, INDONESIAN COORDINATING MINISTER FOR POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND SECURITY AFFAIRS BAMBANG YUDHOYONO TOLD SECRETARY COHEN THAT ON YUDHOYONO'S MISSION TO NEW YORK, HE WILL DESCRIBE [...] |
2000-09-29 09:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PREF UNHCR ID |
| 01HANOI1882 |
ASEAN 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 02:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ID ASEAN |
| 01JAKARTA4285 |
AMBASSADOR CALLS ON JUSUF KALLA [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL OFFICER ANDREW T. HINTZ FOR REASON 1.5 B, D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE AMBASSADOR TOLD PEOPLES' WELFARE COORDINATING MINISTER YUSUF KALLA ON NOVEMBER 30 THAT THE U.S. WANTS TO HELP INDONESIA SOLVE SEPARATIST AND OTHER CHALLENGES. KALLA SAID RECENTLY PASSED AUTONOMY LA [...] |
2001-12-05 08:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV ID |
| 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 12:03:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IS EG CH ID VT VTPREL |
| 02JAKARTA1853 |
RELIGOUS EXTREMISTS SEEKING "SHORTCUT TO [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLOFF I. REED, REASON 1. 5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: COORDINATING PEOPLE'S WELFARE MINISTER JUSUF KALLA TOLD VISITING EAP A/S JAMES KELLY MAY 18 THAT ECONOMIC MARGINALIZATION OF LOCALS WAS THE ROOT CAUSE OF INDONESIA'S COMMUNAL AND SEPARATIST CONFLICTS. HE DOWNPLAYED THE IMP [...] |
2002-05-22 05:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ID US |
| 02JAKARTA97 |
YUDHOYONO ASKS FOR U.S. HELP [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE STEPHEN D. MULL FOR REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. COORDINATING MINISTER FOR POLITICAL AND SECURITY AFFAIRS YUDHOYONO TOLD CHARGE JANUARY 9 THAT THE GOI NOW HAS POLITICAL SPACE TO ACT FIRMLY AGAINST RADICAL GROUPS. YUDHOYONO ASKED THAT THE U.S. HELP IMPROVE THE ANTI [...] |
2002-01-09 11:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MASS ID |
| 02STATE193342 |
SECRETARY'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 00:41:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ENRG EAID ID TT |
| 03JAKARTA13041 |
INDONESIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Indonesia significantly increased its support for the global coalition against terrorism during this period. The October 12, 2002 bombing in Bali that killed 202 - including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 28 Britons, and seven Americans galvanized the Indonesian Government into action, and t [...] |
2003-11-28 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL KJUS ID |
| 03JAKARTA3306 |
TFIZ01: TEXT OF MEGAWATI'S STATEMENT CRITICAL OF [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-20 12:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ ID |
| 03JAKARTA5111 |
ACEH: YUDHOYONO HOPES FOR "INVISIBLE HAND OF GOD" [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL OFFICER TED LYNG FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. MINISTER YUDHOYONO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR MAY 9 THAT HE HOPED FOR THE "INVISIBLE HAND OF GOD" TO SAVE THE ACEH PEACE PROCESS. YUDHOYONO SAID THE WINDOW IS STILL OPEN FOR DIALOGUE AND HE PRAYS FOR A BREAK [...] |
2003-05-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ID |
| 03RANGOON1159 |
GOB 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 09:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM ID |
| 03STATE217991 |
ASSISTANT 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 12:09:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI ID |
| 04BRUSSELS1081 |
US-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 08:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP CH ID BM KN ASEAN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04JAKARTA10111 |
A WIN FOR YUDHOYONO IN PARLIAMENT: ARMED FORCES [...] (C) The House of Representatives (DPR) on October 15 voted to slow-track President Megawati's appointment of Ryamizard Ryacudu as Armed Forces (TNI) Commander. This decision marks a victory for President-elect Yudhoyono, who recently told the Ambassador he did not appreciate Megawati's nominat [...] |
2004-10-18 09:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KDEM ID |
| 04JAKARTA10342 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO [...] (C) The Ambassador paid a farewell call on President Yudhoyono Oct. 21. Yudhoyono painted a broad picture of needing to convince the Indonesian people on the importance of international cooperation and friendship as well as showing foreign friends that Indonesia is on the right path. SBY sai [...] |
2004-10-21 11:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINS PTER ID |
| 04JAKARTA12319 |
INDONESIAN DEFMIN SUDARSONO ON EAST TIMOR [...] (C) Summary. In a December 13 introductory call by the Ambassador, Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said the GOI was working on a proposal to form a Commission for Humanitarian Reconciliation to address human rights violations perpetrated in East Timor in 1999. The commission wou [...] |
2004-12-14 11:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM TT ID |
| 04JAKARTA12662 |
KALLA WINS CHAIR OF GOLKAR, EMERGES AS POWERFUL [...] (C) Vice President Jusuf Kalla won the chairmanship of Golkar, Indonesia's largest political party, during a December 16-19 Party Congress, which we observed first-hand. Kalla's team paid enormous bribes to secure votes from party branches, but Golkar's draw toward executive branch power repre [...] |
2004-12-21 11:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 04JAKARTA3519 |
TIGHT RACE FOR GOLKAR'S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION AS [...] (C) Golkar party Chairman Akbar Tandjung and retired General Wiranto vie in a tight race for Golkar's presidential nomination. Although Akbar enjoys some institutional advantages, we cannot predict the outcome of the April 20 Golkar convention, as hundreds of party chapters will determine the [...] |
2004-04-16 10:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 04JAKARTA7036 |
YUDHOYONO AND MEGAWATI ENTER RUN-OFF; WIRANTO AND [...] (C) The Indonesian Electoral Commission (KPU) on July 26 certified final results from the first round Presidential election, placing Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and President Megawati Soekarnoputri into the September runoff election. An advisor to retired General Wiranto told us that Wiranto plan [...] |
2004-07-28 00:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KDEM ID |
| 04JAKARTA711 |
YUDHOYONO: A MAN FOR ALL PARTIES [...] (C) Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated openly his intention to run for the presidency in 2004. He has not yet declared allegiance to any particular political party, however, and, consequently, is both widely courted and criticized as i [...] |
2004-01-26 08:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV KDEM ID |
| 04JAKARTA8872 |
THE TASKS AHEAD FOR YUDHOYONO [...] (C) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's projected win in the September 20 presidential runoff marks a resounding victory for Indonesian democracy. The challenger defeated a President who had forged an alliance with Indonesia's oldest and largest political parties, while credible reports indicated the [...] |
2004-09-21 11:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KISL ID |
| 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 12:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV SOCI PREL KU ID RP |
| 04NEWDELHI8267 |
UPDATE: 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 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AEMR EAID MASS SOCI ID CE MV IN GOI |
| 04RANGOON438 |
BURMA: 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 06:21:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM ID |
| 04STATE265884 |
THE 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 23:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUST PHUM PREL USUN TT ID JA NZ PO |
| 04THEHAGUE2250 |
FM 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 10:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ID NL |
| 05BANGKOK1026 |
AMBASSADOR 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 05:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EINV ETRD ASCH ID TH |
| 05BANGKOK1507 |
UNESCAP: 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 10:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KUNR OVIP SENV SOCI TPHY ID IN IR FJ TH ESCAP |
| 05BRUSSELS2735 |
GAERC: 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 14:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SY LE IS IR IZ UZ ZI ID SU CH ZK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05CANBERRA436 |
AUSTRALIAN 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 07:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV KJUS KISL KPAO ASEC ID AS |
| 05CANBERRA879 |
AUSTRALIA: 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 23:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MARR AS CH TW ID TT ARF APEC NK SK |
| 05CANBERRA882 |
EAP 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 04:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PREL MNUC AS KN CH KS JA ID ARF |
| 05COLOMBO606 |
AMBASSADOR 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 11:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM MCAP EAID CE CU ID UNHRC LTTE |
| 05HELSINKI127 |
ACEH: 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 13:13:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS ASEC ID FI |
| 05HELSINKI160 |
AMBASSADOR'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 15:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF AF ID CH MARR CASC KIPR FI EUN |
| 05HELSINKI185 |
ACEH: 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 14:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS ID FI EAID |
| 05HELSINKI228 |
ACEH 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 09:04:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ASEC ID FI |
| 05HELSINKI242 |
ACEH 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 13:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ASEC ID FI |
| 05HELSINKI492 |
ACEH: 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 13:53:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ID FI |
| 05JAKARTA15147 |
FORMER PRESIDENT MEGAWATI CRITICIZES YUDHOYONO'S [...] (C) In a November 18 meeting with the Ambassador, former President Megawati Soekarnoputri played the part of opposition leader to the hilt, expressing dismay with the performance of the current administration and President Yudhoyono's reliance on Islamist political parties. Megawati downplaye [...] |
2005-11-22 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID |
| 05JAKARTA9989 |
ACEH: KALLA BRIEFS ENVOYS ON "HIS" PEACE DEAL [...] (C) The Ambassador and heads of mission from Australia, Finland, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden, and the UK (also representing the EU) called on Vice President Jusuf Kalla on July 22 to receive the GOI's brief on the draft Aceh peace accord. Kalla's presentation echoed that of lead negoti [...] |
2005-07-22 11:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ECON KJUS ID |
| 05MANILA1847 |
BUILDING 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 06:13:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MOPS PREL PINS ID RP |
| 05MANILA1960 |
PDR 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 09:39:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PINS MG ID AS RP |
| 05MANILA2277 |
THE 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 06:38:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR ECON OVIP RP CH BM IZ SU ID |
| 05MANILA2675 |
MILF 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 06:35:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PINS ASEC PREL ID MY RP |
| 05MANILA2888 |
PGMA 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 07:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINS ID RP |
| 05MANILA2889 |
MILF 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 07:46:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS PREL MOPS ID RP |
| 05MANILA3771 |
AFP 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 06:09:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MOPS MARR PREL PINS PINR ID RP |
| 05MANILA4631 |
PHILIPPINE 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 06:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MOPS PINS ID MY RP |
| 05MANILA4750 |
PHILIPPINES 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 08:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL MOPS PINS PGOV KISL ID RP |
| 05MUSCAT59 |
ADDITIONAL 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 08:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL AEMR CE ID MU |
| 05NEWDELHI103 |
INDIA 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 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV |
| 05NEWDELHI139 |
INDIA 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 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN |
| 05NEWDELHI353 |
INDIA 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 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN |
| 05NEWDELHI38 |
INDIA 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 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN |
| 05NEWDELHI3882 |
TERRORIST 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 12:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN IN ID UZ PK |
| 05NEWDELHI74 |
INDIA 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 13:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN |
| 05OTTAWA3649 |
CANADIAN 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 17:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KPAO CA ID |
| 05PARIS6534 |
UNESCO 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 15:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL CJAN ETRD UNESCO CA AF AS ID JA RS EG AG CV |
| 05RANGOON1198 |
ASEAN 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 09:29:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TH LA CB ECON EINV BM ID VN |
| 05SINGAPORE2023 |
AMBASSADOR 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 02:26:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINR TH ID BM SN |
| 05SINGAPORE3352 |
ADMIRAL 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 07:22:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PTER PGOV ID SN TH MY RP |
| 05SINGAPORE721 |
MARCH 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 09:54:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EWWT PTER SN CH JA MY ID |
| 05TAIPEI4205 |
TAIWAN 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 08:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PHUM SMIG TW VM ID TH PH ILO WCL |
| 05TAIPEI4206 |
Taiwan 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 08:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PHUM SMIG TW VM ID TH PH ILO WCL |
| 05VATICAN253 |
CATHOLIC AID ORGANIZATIONS: TSUMANI RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAID SENV SOCI CE ID IN ML MY TH VT |
| 05VATICAN557 |
EAST 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 12:09:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF PGOV PINR ID VT TT |
| 05VATICAN561 |
EAST 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 09:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF PGOV PINR ID VT TT |
| 05WELLINGTON833 |
BLUE 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 21:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC NZ ID US |
| 06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN497 |
HEART 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 08:21:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SENV ID MY BX |
| 06BEIJING10891 |
PRC RESPONDS TO INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-01 10:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV EAID CH ID |
| 06CAIRO2698 |
EGYPT TO ATTEND D-8 SUMMIT IN BALI; EGYPT TO ACT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-09 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER EG IZ IR IS ID |
| 06CANBERRA1229 |
PM 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 08:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM AS ID |
| 06CANBERRA810 |
INDONESIAN 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 10:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PGOV PREF PREL AS ID |
| 06DILI18 |
EX-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 15:18:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PHUM ASEC KAWC TT ID |
| 06DILI203 |
DAS 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 11:06:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT |
| 06DILI210 |
DAS 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 15:15:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT |
| 06DILI255 |
EMBASSY 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 15:36:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT ID TT |
| 06DILI261 |
EMBASSY 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 07:27:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT ID TT |
| 06DILI491 |
EAST 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 05:54:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ID TT |
| 06DILI70 |
UPDATE 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 05:37:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PHUM ASEC TT ID |
| 06DILI84 |
INDONESIAN 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 14:21:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL JKUS KCRM KAWC ID TT |
| 06EFTOPORTMORESBY350 |
NOTHING FISHY ON THE INDONESIAN BOARDER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-28 03:05:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PP ID |
| 06GENEVA2347 |
ILC - 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 11:44:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA UNSC ID CE XD XO |
| 06ISLAMABAD8327 |
D-8 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-09 05:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BG EG ID IR IS IZ MOPS MY NI PGOV PK PREL |
| 06JAKARTA10037 |
AGO THREATENS TO EXECUTE BALI BOMBERS IN AUGUST [...] (C) The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has announced August 22 as the date on which the three men sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali bombings - Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas - will be executed in Nusa Kembangan prison. However, the announcement seems intend [...] |
2006-08-09 09:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTE KISL KVPR PGOV ASEC AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10039 |
GOI ACTIVELY WORKING TO COUNTER JIHAD CALLS [...] (C) The Indonesian government, led by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), has responded to public clamoring for jihad on the part of militant groups by urging the Indonesian public to respond realistically and rationally to events in the Middle East. Following a cabinet discussion of ho [...] |
2006-08-09 10:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER PGOV PINR KDEM KISL ASEC ID IZ |
| 06JAKARTA10043 |
INDONESIA - HAZE SEASON UNDERWAY AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Fires burning in Sumatra and Kalimantan have sent haze once again throughout the region. Haze problems reached alarming levels in late July, with the Indonesian press reporting over 2,000 hot spots on Sumatra island and another 1,000 hot spots in Kalimantan during the week of [...] |
2006-08-09 23:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KTIA TPHY TBIO ECON ID |
| 06JAKARTA10047 |
INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - JULY 2006 [...] Summary: On July 17, Governor of DKI Jakarta Sutiyoso warned Jakarta residents to conserve water due to a severe groundwater shortage. The Alliance for Public Care (ALIP) publicly criticized a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) plan to relocate Javan rhinos to the Halimun Mountains in West Java. The R [...] |
2006-08-10 03:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO EINV ID |
| 06JAKARTA10053 |
INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS JUNE [...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on August 2 a slowing year-on-year (YoY) inflation in July 2006 of 15.15 percent. Bank Indonesia (BI) lowered interest rates on August 8 by 50 basis points (bps) to 11.75 percent. On July 26 Standard & Poor's Rating Services raised I [...] |
2006-08-10 06:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA10054 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] Summary: Indonesia Police Air Wing (Polisi Udara) verified on July 27 that it received one unit of Flir Systems model ULTRA 8500 thermal imaging system in late March 2006. It installed the equipment on its helicopter in April and the system works properly. End summary. 2. Embassy conta [...] |
2006-08-10 06:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ECON ID |
| 06JAKARTA10104 |
POSO 3 EXECUTIONS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 12 [...] (SBU) The executions of the so-called "Poso 3"-Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Martinus Riwu-in Central Sulawesi following their 2001 convictions for mass murder, torture and arson, have been scheduled to take place on August 12. The three were found guilty of a series of brutal murders [...] |
2006-08-10 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10133 |
INDONESIA ? AUGUST 4 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-11 09:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA10134 |
NEW, ENERGETIC LEADERS TAKE REINS OF MUHAMMADIYAH [...] (SBU) Summary. The youth wing of Indonesia's second largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, elected impressive new leaders eager to expand the group's social outreach efforts during a mid-July national congress. Muhammadiyah Youth (PM) Chairman Muhammad Izzul Muslimin and Secretary General [...] |
2006-08-11 09:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA10135 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN [...] (U) On August 1, we met with Ferry Adamhar, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs' Directorate for the Protection of Indonesian Citizens and Legal Entities, to deliver the demarche contained reftel. Mr. Adamhar welcomed our points and said he would coordinate the matter within the GOI [...] |
2006-08-11 10:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA10136 |
ILLICIT ARMS CACHE ACTIVATES INDONESIAN RUMOR MILL [...] (C) Summary: On August 9 the Indonesian Army,s National Military Police announced the results of its investigation into the 185 guns and other weaponry discovered by authorities in Brigadier General Koesmayadi,s homes and office following his June 25 death of natural causes. TNI Commander D [...] |
2006-08-11 13:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA10137 |
INDONESIA - AUGUST 4 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-14 00:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA10140 |
INDONESIA - AUGUST 11 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 9, Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie stated, according to the media, that Jakarta had yet to receive promised foreign aid to fight bird flu. Bakrie's statement was puzzling and frustrating to donors. The May 2006 Donor Coordination Meeting, h [...] |
2006-08-14 04:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA10189 |
BANK MANDIRI CLOSES DPRK ACCOUNTS [...] (S) Summary. After repeated interventions by the Embassy, Bank Mandiri and Central Bank officials confirmed August 9 and 11 that Bank Mandiri had shut down its relationship with two North Korean banks in July: Korea Daesong Bank and the Foreign Trade Bank of the DPRK. Bank Mandiri did not/not [...] |
2006-08-14 07:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KFTN PREL PTER PARM MNUC KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10200 |
Indonesia: IPR Update [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia National Police (INP) continue their impressive campaign of raids against pirate optical disk (OD) factories and vendors, including at Jakarta's most notorious malls. The Jakarta Police on July 20 held a public destruction ceremony of 4.7 million optical disks, att [...] |
2006-08-14 08:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD WTO ECON ID |
| 06JAKARTA10218 |
DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] Poloff called Indonesian MFA North America Affairs Director Harry Purwanto at 18:30 local time (07:30 Washington time) on August 12 to deliver reftel demarche. Delivery of the demarche was reported to the Ops Center the same day. A nonpaper with U.S. points, a copy of the resolution and the [...] |
2006-08-14 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UNSC NSC IS LE ID |
| 06JAKARTA10297 |
TIMIKA TRIAL SESSIONS PROCEED WITHOUT DEFENDANTS [...] (U) The trial of the seven men accused of killing two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002 crept along August 15 in spite of the defendants' continued refusal to take their assigned seats in the court and the absence of defense attorney Johnson Panjaitan. As the session opened, Judge Nurdin read f [...] |
2006-08-15 10:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10298 |
INDONESIA WANTS TO ELEVATE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/P Director of Policy Planning Dr. Stephen Krasner met on August 11 with Indonesian Foreign Ministry officials for a strategic dialogue on U.S.-Indonesian relations. Led by Secretary General Imron Cotan, the Indonesians stressed their desire to expand and deepen bilateral coope [...] |
2006-08-15 11:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PARM KDEM ID |
| 06JAKARTA10359 |
INDONESIA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICY PACKAGE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-16 08:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA10361 |
INDONESIA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICY PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia issued its Financial Sector Policy Package on July 5, tackling two important issues of non-performing loans at state-owned banks, and insolvent insurance firms. Success in these areas will represent one of the most significant changes in the financ [...] |
2006-08-16 09:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA10366 |
INDONESIAN PEACEKEEPING PREPARATIONS FOR LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia is preparing to send a 1000 troops to serve in UN-led peacekeeping operations in Lebanon. The composite force includes elements from a range of Indonesian military units, including mechanized and engineering elements. Indonesia lacks airlift capability for transportin [...] |
2006-08-16 11:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PFLP PREL ID LE |
| 06JAKARTA10395 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: REMOVAL OF NASIR ABAS FROM [...] (S) Embassy Jakarta wishes to reaffirm its ref a stance in support of the delisting of former JI-leader Nasir Abas from the USG Executive Order 13224 and UNSCR 1267 terrorist finance designation lists. This position reflects our consideration of recent additional intelligence reporting on Nas [...] |
2006-08-18 09:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID |
| 06JAKARTA10399 |
S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MEETINGS WITH INDONESIAN FM [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with S/P Director Stephen Krasner on August 11, Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda emphasized Indonesia's desire to expand and deepen bilateral cooperation with the United States on political, security, economic and other fronts. Wirajuda appealed for U.S. assista [...] |
2006-08-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ECON EAID CVIS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10400 |
TERRORISTS RECEIVE MANDATORY PRISON TERM [...] (C) As in previous years, the GOI granted sentence reductions of up to six months to tens of thousands of inmates on Indonesian Independence Day (August 17), including ten terrorists convicted in connection with the Bali bombings of October 2002 and several other high-profile convicts. One pr [...] |
2006-08-18 11:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA10444 |
INDONESIA IPR UPDATE -- AUGUST 22, 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesian Government (GOI) officials are gearing up for another meeting of the National IPR Task Force. The Ministry of Industry (MOI) sent a letter to optical disc factories warning them that unannounced inspections will soon begin. A new DOJ-ICITAP senior technical advisor [...] |
2006-08-22 09:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD WTO ECON ID |
| 06JAKARTA10488 |
TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: MANY CONVICTED BUT SENTENCES [...] (SBU) The trials of 15 terror suspects associated with Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist mastermind Noordin Top recently concluded in Jakarta, with all 15 being convicted on at least one count. Sentences were generally short, however, ranging from three to seven years only. The case of terrorist fi [...] |
2006-08-23 10:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KVPR KJUS KISL ASEC CASC AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10492 |
INDONESIA - NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES IN WEST GARUT [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian press has featured a series of alarming articles over the weekend of August 18-20 concerning up to ten possible human cases of avian influenza (AI) occurring in the Cikelet village of the Garut district of West Java. NAMRU-2 and the Ministry of Health (MOH) tested the [...] |
2006-08-23 10:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA10493 |
GOI SAYS ITS FORCES ARE READY TO DEPLOY TO LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Presidential adviser Dino Djalal told the Ambassador August 23 that Indonesian forces are "ready" to deploy to Lebanon at any time; there remains some confusion in the public arena about what exactly their role would be. Ambassador emphasized to Djalal the need for GOI statements [...] |
2006-08-23 11:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PFLP PREL ID LE |
| 06JAKARTA10535 |
S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN [...] (C) Summary: Moderate Islamic leaders told S/P director Stephen Krasner on August 11 that mainstream Muslim organizations in Indonesia were committed to the Indonesian constitution and Indonesia's new democratic order, but many false perceptions needed to be overcome in the public mind. Musli [...] |
2006-08-24 07:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID SCUL ID |
| 06JAKARTA10536 |
INDONESIA - AUGUST 24 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. At an August 18 meeting in Singapore, officials from Singapore, Indonesia, and the United States agreed to continue the proposed Avian Influenza Trilateral Project within the Tangerang municipality as originally planned (as opposed to expanding it to the much larger District of T [...] |
2006-08-24 08:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA10539 |
RICK NESS TESTIFIES IN NEWMONT CASE THIS WEEK [...] (C) Summary. Newmont mining executive and Amcit Richard Ness is scheduled to take the stand in his own defense this week on August 25 in a Manado, North Sulawesi courthouse. He faces fifteen years in prison if convicted on charges of polluting Buyat Bay, the site of the now-closed Newmont Min [...] |
2006-08-24 11:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET//NOFORN | EMIN CASC SENV EINV PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA10563 |
BA'ASYIR SPOUTS OFF ABOUT SHARIA`, JIHAD AND BALI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Abu Bakr Ba'asyir, the spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah and its political wing, the Majelis Mujahiddin Council (MMI), continues to speak publicly on a variety of topics following his release from prison on June 14, 2006. Most notably, Ba'asyir has pontificated about the need [...] |
2006-08-25 06:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KISL KJUS ASEC AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10570 |
TERRORIST FINANCE - INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF [...] (S) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs (Deplu) counter terrorism finance officer Aris Munundar told us on August 23 that the Indonesian Government (GOI) would no longer stand in the way of a U.S.-led UN 1267 designation of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) branch in Indo [...] |
2006-08-25 10:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PREL AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10576 |
ABB Shunned in West Sumatra [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast with the relative success Abu Bakar Ba'asyir received in Java, he got a very cool reception during his recent visit to staunchly Muslim West Sumatra, where local religious leaders blocked him from speaking at the largest and most influential mosques and school offici [...] |
2006-08-25 11:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KISL KJUS ASEC AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10704 |
WITNESS TESTIMONY IN TIMIKA TRIAL TO BEGIN NEXT [...] (U) Chief Judge Nurdin announced that witness testimony would begin next week in the trial of the seven men accused of killing two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002. Beginning on September 5, trial sessions will take place twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, in order to accommodate the number [...] |
2006-08-29 10:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10757 |
INVITATION EXTENDED TO USDOL APEC CONFERENCE [...] We have conveyed points in Reftel regarding the upcoming U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) hosted Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference, Strategies for Workforce Development: Keys to Success, to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 18-20, 2006 to the following officials and mem [...] |
2006-08-31 06:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB APECO ID |
| 06JAKARTA10758 |
RESPONSE RE PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT [...] Post sees no potential implications to U.S. foreign policy concerns with the proposed research project no. AI069907 involving a foreign institution. This NIH proposed award is for the research project entitled "The Asia-Pacific HIV Observational Database (APHOD)." Post understands research in [...] |
2006-08-31 06:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA ID |
| 06JAKARTA1078 |
INDONESIA REACTS TO RELEASE OF CAVR REPORT [...] (C) Summary. Senior GOI figures and Indonesian politicians have reacted defensively to the allegations of human rights abuses made in the report of East Timor's Committee of Reception, Truth and Verification (reftel). East Timor President Xanana Gusmao presented the report to UN Secretary Gen [...] |
2006-01-26 11:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS ID TT |
| 06JAKARTA10877 |
FM WIRAJUDA TO ATTEND MEETING OF THE 5 PLUS 5 GROUP [...] (U) Post conveyed reftel information and request to the Indonesian Foreign Ministry on August 31. They responded the same day saying that FM Hassan Wirajuda would be interested in participating in the proposed 5 plus 5 meeting and accepts the invitation. 2. (U) The Foreign Ministry is awa [...] |
2006-08-31 10:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KN KS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10880 |
ACEH'S SHARIA POLICE TARGETING AID WORKERS, WOMEN, [...] (SBU) Summary. After a year of peace in Aceh, negative fall-out from the imposition of Islamic law (sharia) under Aceh's special autonomy arrangement is apparent. While the Acehnese themselves have borne the brunt of the consequences, on August 17 sharia police raided the World Food Program' [...] |
2006-09-01 01:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC PREL KISL SA ID |
| 06JAKARTA10895 |
DUE DILIGENCE FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. We are not aware of any significant embarrassment likely to arise should Chevron Indonesia receive the 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence. Chevron has been an outstanding corporate citizen and contributed greatly to community development in Indonesia. The largest crude oil p [...] |
2006-09-01 06:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV ID |
| 06JAKARTA10923 |
INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 1 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) announced refocused priorities for controlling avian influenza (AI) at a successful international donor meeting on August 23-24. Donor representatives were pleased with the coordination of the meeting and refocused GOI priorities but concerned b [...] |
2006-09-01 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA10924 |
INDONESIA STEPS UP EFFORTS TO PASS TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's Parliament (DPR) has completed a new draft of its proposed anti-trafficking legislation. President Yudhoyono has designated the Ministry of Women's Empowerment (KNPP) and the Ministry of Law & Human Rights to prepare executive branch comments on the bill. The Gov [...] |
2006-09-01 10:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ELAB KJUS KCRM ID |
| 06JAKARTA10926 |
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE MARITIME BORDER NEEDS [...] (S) Summary: Post strongly supports S/CT's proposal for a border control technical needs assessment for the triborder area and will welcome the assessment team to Indonesia, with the below recommendations for S/CT and DS/ATA's further consideration. Post has received encouragement from various [...] |
2006-09-01 11:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID |
| 06JAKARTA10927 |
DEMARCHE ON U.S. VIEWS OF UNSCR 1695 ON NORTH [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Northeast Asian Affairs Tumpal M.H. Hutagalung on September 1. We stressed the importance of Indonesia's active participation in implementing the resolution to ensure effective controls on North Korea's nuclear program. We also left [...] |
2006-09-01 12:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD PTER KN KS ID |
| 06JAKARTA10998 |
TIMIKA TRIAL STOPPED FOR LACK OF INTERPRETER [...] (U) The trial of the seven men accused of killing two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002 took another turn on September 5 when Judge Nurdin ruled that the defendants were entitled to an interpreter. In a courtroom crowded with spectators and police, defense lawyers interrupted the testimony of t [...] |
2006-09-05 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA11042 |
INDONESIA SECURITY FORCE VETTING REQUEST, ECON [...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Indonesian security force members for Department clearance for participation in United State Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 2006 Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA), Enforcement of IPR Program to commence on September 25. Post did not find any c [...] |
2006-09-06 06:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR PREL KCRM MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA11110 |
East Java: Increasing Mudflow Threatens [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The flow of mud from the fractured well owned by PT. Lapindo Brantas (Lapindo), a Bakrie Group controlled entity, in Porong, East Java continues to increase, reaching volumes as high as 500,000 cubic meters per day in early August, and has flooded more than 450 acres, destroying [...] |
2006-09-07 08:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA11142 |
EVASIVE RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) We called on Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director for South and Central Asia Mohamad Asruchin and his assistant Winanto Adi on August 31 to deliver reftel information about the proposed dates of the first meeting of the planned Sri Lanka Contact Group. Asruchin responded that hi [...] |
2006-09-08 12:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE ID |
| 06JAKARTA11143 |
EVASIVE RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) We called on Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director for South and Central Asia Mohamad Asruchin and his assistant Winanto Adi on August 31 to deliver reftel information about the proposed dates of the first meeting of the planned Sri Lanka Contact Group. Asruchin responded that hi [...] |
2006-09-08 12:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE ID |
| 06JAKARTA11145 |
AMCITS TESTIFY AT TIMIKA TRIAL [...] (U) In an emotional session, Amcits Patsy Spier, Kenneth Balk and Steven Emma finally received the opportunity to describe in court what happened on August 31, 2002, when a group of gunmen ambushed the vehicles they were riding in Timika, Papua, killing Amcits Ricky Spier and Ed Burgon. Ms. S [...] |
2006-09-11 00:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA11149 |
RESPONSE TO US EFFORTS ON WATER AND SANITATION [...] (U) Response was prepared jointly with USAID Jakarta Mission Staff. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Post is actively engaged with Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials on water and sanitation issues under the auspices of a Strategic Objective Grant Agreement between the USG and the GOI to support higher [...] |
2006-09-11 03:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ID |
| 06JAKARTA11212 |
INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 11 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Singaporean Embassy in Jakarta has proposed to hold a joint planning meeting for the Tangerang trilateral project on September 13. The Government of Singapore (GOS) plans to station permanent technical staff to head up project. The Ministry of Health (MOH) is evaluating the [...] |
2006-09-11 09:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA11214 |
KEITH LUSE'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN MOD DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Senate SFRC Senior Professional Staff Member Keith Luse met with Indonesian Defense Ministry Director General for Defense Strategy Major General Dadi Susanto on August 28 in Jakarta. Susanto characterized U.S.-Indonesian relations and military cooperation as positive. Susanto w [...] |
2006-09-11 10:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PGOV PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA11215 |
INDONESIANS REQUEST CONSULAR ACCESS TO HAMBALI [...] (C) On September 8, PolCouns briefed Hasan Kleib, Department of Foreign Affairs Director (DEPLU) for International Security and Disarmament Affairs, on the transfer of Indonesian citizen prisoner Hambali from a se-cret location to the prison facility in Guantanamo Bay (refs a-c). Kleib reque [...] |
2006-09-11 10:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA11216 |
INDONESIA - HAZE PROBLEM CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary. After surging again at the end of August, the number of forest fires burning in Sumatra and Kalimantan declined in the first week of September. The drop seems to be due in large part to central government pressure on local authorities and plantations to curb burning in advanc [...] |
2006-09-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KTIA TPHY TBIO ID |
| 06JAKARTA11217 |
INDONESIANS REQUEST CONSULAR ACCESS TO HAMBALI [...] (C) On September 8, PolCouns briefed Hasan Kleib, Department of Foreign Affairs Director (DEPLU) for International Security and Disarmament Affairs, on the transfer of Indonesian citizen prisoner Hambali from a secret location to the prison facility in Guantanamo Bay (refs a-c). Kleib reques [...] |
2006-09-11 10:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA11242 |
INDONESIA HIV/AIDS PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. Indonesia's national HIV/AIDS program is in a critical situation; they are at risk of losing approximately $50 million of Global Fund monies due to poor program management and performance. On July 13, Indonesia's President issued a Presidential Regulation providing the National AI [...] |
2006-09-12 03:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID |
| 06JAKARTA11335 |
REQUEST FOR JIATF WEST FY07 COUNTERDRUG SUPPORT TO [...] This is a U.S. Embassy Jakarta, DEA, ICE, and ICITAP coordinated request for U.S. Defense Department operational support under Section 1004, National Defense Authorization Act of 1991 as amended, for JIATF West support to Indonesian law enforcement agencies. 2. The DEA, ICE and ICITAP have [...] |
2006-09-12 09:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC PREL EFIN KCRM KHLS ID |
| 06JAKARTA11342 |
DEFENDANTS WALK OUT AS FBI AGENTS TESTIFY AT [...] (U) The defendants and their attorneys walked out of the courtroom in protest as FBI Special Agents Ron Eowan and Paul Myers gave testimony at the September 12 session of the trial of seven men accused of killing two amcits in Timka, Papua in 2002. As Eowan was taking the witness stand, defen [...] |
2006-09-12 11:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA11344 |
MINISTRY OF HEALTH CHANGES AI SAMPLE SHARING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-13 02:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA11376 |
CRUCIAL 2007 JAKARTA GOVERNOR,S RACE TAKING SHAPE [...] (C) Approximately one year before Jakarta holds its first ever directly elected Governor's race, behind the scenes political maneuvering is already in full swing, reflecting the high stakes involved in what will be the most significant Indonesian election prior to the 2009 Legislative and Pres [...] |
2006-09-13 08:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA11377 |
U.S.-INDONESIA BILATERAL DEFENSE DIALOGUE AGREES [...] (U) Summary: The sixth annual meeting of the U.S.-Indonesia Dialogue (USIBDD) in Jakarta on August 29-31, 2006 the two sides agreed to 138 military-to-military events for 2007. USPACOM and the Indonesian military (TNI ) also signed a Terms of Reference (TOR) formalizing the annual meeting pr [...] |
2006-09-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA11379 |
INDONESIA - 2007 BUDGET RAISES SOCIAL SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) Rp 746.5 trillion (USD 82.1 billion) draft 2007 budget proposes double digit percentage increases in spending on health, education and social welfare programs, with the total amount of central government spending on these programs reaching Rp [...] |
2006-09-13 10:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID |
| 06JAKARTA1141 |
ACEH: ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUEST FOR GOI-GAM PEACE [...] (SBU) The Aceh peace process remains on track and now moves into a more difficult phase in which the parties begin to develop the parameters of political participation in a normalized Aceh to give voice to all of Acehenese society. Acehenese trust the USG as an honest broker because of our con [...] |
2006-01-27 11:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA1144 |
Bengkulu's Young Governor Tries To Reform Sumatra's [...] (SBU) Summary. Elected as a reformer in a poverty- stricken province more accustomed to corruption, political hacks and time-servers, new Governor Agusrin Najamudin represents a break with Bengkulu's past. Only devout Muslim PKS supported Najamudin's candidacy against candidates from larger an [...] |
2006-01-30 00:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL EAID ECON SOCI ID |
| 06JAKARTA11472 |
ASIA FOUNDATION ACCUSED OF SUPPORTING HERESY IN [...] (C) Summary. A hard-line Indonesian Islamist magazine, Hidayatullah, has published a screed accusing The Asia Foundation (TAF) of supporting organizations and individuals who defame Islam. It also asserts that Indonesia's two largest Muslim mass organizations, Nadhlatul Ulama (NU) and Muham [...] |
2006-09-15 10:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC CASC KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA11474 |
DRAFT MOU ON ILLEGAL LOGGING - EMBASSY JAKARTA [...] (SBU). Embassy Jakarta supports the conclusion of a properly-structured MOU on illegal logging between the U.S. and Indonesia. Reducing widespread illegal logging is one of Indonesia's top development challenges, and the issue touches on several core areas of our assistance program, including [...] |
2006-09-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ETRD PREL PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA11482 |
THE VISIT OF VP KALLA: ENGAGING ON THE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla,s September 23-28 visit to the U.S. offers an excellent opportunity to deliver a message on the need to accelerate economic reforms to one of Indonesia,s most influential officials. Although deeply involved in economic policy issues, Kalla is a relucta [...] |
2006-09-18 06:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA11522 |
DRAFT STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT WITH INDONESIA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-18 07:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ID MARR PREL |
| 06JAKARTA11582 |
INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 18 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Committee for Avian influenza and Pandemic Response (National AI Committee) brought together on September 15 key representatives from the government of Indonesia (GOI), donor agencies and international organizations to coordinate funding and implementation of inten [...] |
2006-09-19 10:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA11585 |
DEFENDANTS' HUNGER STRIKE DELAYS TIMIKA TRIAL [...] (U) On September 19, the Central Jakarta court was scheduled to hear testimony from Indonesian military personnel who arrived on the scene of the August 31, 2002 ambush near Timika, Papua in which two Amcits and one Indonesian citizen were killed. Since the last session, the prosecution decid [...] |
2006-09-19 10:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA11588 |
INDONESIA IPR - EMBASSY SPECIAL 301 OUT OF CYCLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Jakarta strongly urges that the Special 301 Committee upgrade Indonesia to Watch List status in its upcoming Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR). With a sound legal and regulatory structure in place, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) is demonstrating a growing commit [...] |
2006-09-19 11:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR ID |
| 06JAKARTA11660 |
INDONESIA HIV/AIDS PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. Indonesia's national HIV/AIDS program is in a critical situation; they are at risk of losing approximately $50 million of Global Fund monies due to poor program management and performance. On July 13, Indonesia's President issued a Presidential Regulation providing the National AI [...] |
2006-09-20 09:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID |
| 06JAKARTA11663 |
BALI II TRIALS CONCLUDE [...] Summary. The District Court in Denpasar, Bali on September 14 announced the final of four convictions of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) associates for their roles in the October 1, 2005 suicide terror attacks in Bali. The Bali Court used Indonesia's 2003 Counterterrorism Law and the Criminal Code to [...] |
2006-09-20 11:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA11767 |
INDONESIA'S ECONOMY - RIGHT DIRECTION, WRONG SPEED [...] Summary. Private sector and Government of Indonesia (GOI) interlocutors expressed optimism about the financial sector's growth and progress, but concern about the real sector, during the September 13-15 visit of Department of Treasury officials Andrew Baukol and Seth Searls. Most agreed Indo [...] |
2006-09-21 09:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV KCOR ID |
| 06JAKARTA11769 |
GOI TROUBLED BY EVENTS IN THAILAND [...] (C) On September 20, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono convened a meeting of top advisors to discuss the coup's implications for Indonesia. Several times during that day, one of the President's top foreign policy advisors pressed the Charge for information about the USG's understanding of th [...] |
2006-09-21 10:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA1179 |
YUDHOYONO CONVOKES AMBASSADOR ON IRAN; [...] (S) Summary: President Yudhoyono (SBY) convoked the Ambassador to an extraordinary meeting January 31, attended by four ministers, to convey Indonesia's intention to decide its position on Iran's nuclear program when the IAEA Board of Governors meet on March 6. He conveyed concerns with resp [...] |
2006-01-31 11:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL PGOV ID IR |
| 06JAKARTA11799 |
Central Sulawesi: "Poso 3" Executed - Violence [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Da Silva, and Marinus Riwu were executed September 22. Security situations in Palu, Poso and Tentena remained calm, inspired by a highly visible police and military presence patrolling the streets. Violence erupted in areas of West Timor, Nusa Tenggara [...] |
2006-09-22 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV PNAT KJUS CASC ID |
| 06JAKARTA11842 |
INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 25 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-25 08:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA11845 |
TIMIKA TRIAL: TNI PERSONNEL TESTIFY [...] (SBU) On September 19, the trial of suspects charged in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua, resumed. The defendants had ended their hunger strike (reftel) and were present except for Hardi Sugimol, who was recovering from an illness. Amcit victim witnesses [...] |
2006-09-25 10:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA1185 |
FREEPORT PURSUES "NO TALL TREES" STRATEGY IN ARMY [...] (C/NF) Summary. A senior executive from the U.S. mining giant Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold told us on January 25 that his company will avoid the media spotlight while cooperating fully with GOI inquiries regarding the legality of the mining giant's payments to Indonesian security forces in [...] |
2006-01-31 23:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN ENIV ID |
| 06JAKARTA11889 |
EIGHT TERRORISTS ON TRIAL IN CENTRAL JAVA [...] (C) Eight terrorist suspects with links to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and terrorist mastermind Noordin Top are currently standing trial in Semarang, Central Java. All eight are being charged under the Anti-Terrorism Law. The central figure of the group, Subur Sugiyarto, recruited and trained seve [...] |
2006-09-26 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KVPR KJUS KISL ASEC CASC AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA11892 |
TIMIKA TRIAL: WITNESS SNAFU CAUSES DELAY [...] (SBU) On September 26, the trial of suspects charged in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua, resumed. It emerged that there was either a misunderstanding or a disagreement between the prosecution and defense teams about the order of the day's testimony. The [...] |
2006-09-26 11:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA11921 |
AHMADIYAHS SAY THEIR SITUATION REMAINS PRECARIOUS [...] (C) Summary: In the face of intimidation by Islamic fundamentalists, Ahmadiyah leaders characterized their situation in Indonesia as precarious (Reftel). They noted that the Ahmadiyah community continues to experience sporadic acts of violence: in recent months a mob ransacked an Ahmadiyah mo [...] |
2006-09-27 08:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL KISL KIRF ID |
| 06JAKARTA11930 |
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION CONTINUES IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Although South Kalimantan's legal forest products industry has suffered a sharp decline, illegal mining and logging continue to degrade the province's environment. Overlapping and conflicting central and provincial government responsibilities and a lack of local resources comp [...] |
2006-09-28 05:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO EINV ID |
| 06JAKARTA12031 |
EAST KALIMANTAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS [...] Summary: Economic and political leaders in East Kalimantan praised the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) decentralization policy during a four-day embassy trip through the resource-rich province on the Indonesian part of Borneo. However, the same leaders criticized strongly the execution of tha [...] |
2006-09-29 06:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EINV SENV PREL TBIO ID |
| 06JAKARTA12098 |
INDONESIA - TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND [...] Embassy Jakarta's Economic Section coordinates monitoring of Indonesia trade agreement compliance and responding to foreign trade barrier complaints. International Trade Officer Tobias Glucksman (GlucksmanTH@state.gov) is the primary working level point of contact for these efforts. Embassy' [...] |
2006-10-02 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ID |
| 06JAKARTA12099 |
TIMIKA TRIAL: LAST DAY OF VICTIM, EXPERT TESTIMONY [...] (SBU) On September 29, Central Jakarta court heard testimony from two victim witnesses and two expert witnesses in the trial of suspects charged in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua. Amcit victim witness Patsy Spier attended, accompanied by an interpreter [...] |
2006-10-02 10:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12100 |
Eastern Indonesia: Violence Increases After [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The execution of the "Poso 3" on September 22 was immediately followed by an outbreak of violence in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) (Flores and West Timor) and later in Central Sulawesi, where the executions occurred. The reaction was not unexpected by local officials; police in NTT [...] |
2006-10-02 11:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12159 |
CT WORKSHOP REACHES AUDIENCE FROM EASTERN INDONESIA [...] (C) The latest in a series of USG-funded CT workshops aimed at improving the performance of Indonesian law enforcement officials in terrorism cases took place in Makassar, South Sulawesi on September 19-20. The event was organized by the CT Desk at the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Leg [...] |
2006-10-03 08:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC ID |
| 06JAKARTA12160 |
DISCOURAGING TNI FROM TAKING MANPADS TO UNIFIL [...] (S) Charge discussed the MANPADS issue with Indonesian Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Dino Patti Djalal on October 2. Charge emphasized that Indonesian deployment with MANPADS would cause big problems and urged GOI to reconsider. Djalal subsequently discussed the issue with the commander [...] |
2006-10-03 11:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL ID LE |
| 06JAKARTA12161 |
TIMIKA TRIAL: DEFENDANTS REFUSE TO TESTIFY [...] (SBU) The trial of the suspects in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua resumed on October 3. The opening of the session was delayed by an hour because the head judge in the Timika case also served in the morning session of a circus-like, high-profile corrupti [...] |
2006-10-03 11:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12162 |
NECESSARY ASSURANCES FOR TRANSFER OF C-130 SPARES [...] We delivered ref A text of proposed assurances to the North America desk of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on October 3. We asked for confirmation that the GOI in fact wanted the spare parts in question. We also advised that the GOI consider offering blanket assurances [...] |
2006-10-03 12:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA12253 |
AN ENHANCED U.S. ROLE IN COMBATING AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. After a slow start that led to the unchecked spread of AI across much of Indonesia, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) has developed a simplified AI strategy with re- aligned priorities under a functioning National Comm [...] |
2006-10-05 09:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA12254 |
INDONESIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS CONTINUE TO [...] (C) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,s (SBY) multi-faceted anti-corruption efforts continue to make progress in Indonesia. SBY has thrown his political support behind successful reformers and other anti-corruption "champions", has permitted prosecutions against senior Government o [...] |
2006-10-05 10:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV KCRM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12296 |
HIDAYATULLAH WILL RUN REJOINDER TO ATTACK ON THE [...] (C) Summary. In an October 2 meeting, a Muhammadiyah Youth official told Poloff that the hard-line Islamist group Hidayatullah will publish a Muhammadiyah response to Hidayatullah's written attack on The Asia Foundation (TAF). Hidayatullah's concession came after more than two weeks of inten [...] |
2006-10-06 07:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC CASC KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA12300 |
CONVICTION IN MUNIR MURDER OVERTURNED [...] (C) Summary. On October 4, the Indonesian Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction of Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, acquitting him in the September 2004 poisoning of prominent Indonesian human rights activist Munir Thalib. The case is widely considered a litmus test of the Indonesian [...] |
2006-10-06 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PGOV KCRM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12334 |
FROM ETHNIC CLEANSING TO JOB CREATION: WEST [...] (C) Nearly five years after the most recent escalation in hostilities between the Dayak and Madurese communities in West Kalimantan, the province's key political operators believe tensions have abated and that the situation has finally stabilized. While relations between the Dayaks and Madure [...] |
2006-10-10 06:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12379 |
AMBASSADOR REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR JUSTICE IN MUNIR [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador asked Suciwati, the widow of slain human rights activist Munir, to meet with on him on October 11 in order to reassure her of the USG's continuing support for justice in the wake of the October 4th Supreme Court acquittal of Pollycarpus Priyanto, who had been previo [...] |
2006-10-11 11:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA12492 |
TIME TO INITIATE MLAT TALKS WITH INDONESIA [...] (C) We believe it is in the U.S. interest to initiate Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) talks with Indonesia. These negotiations could then be announced in connection with the upcoming POTUS visit to Indonesia (para 10). Conclusion of an MLAT agreement would strengthen the growing ties be [...] |
2006-10-12 09:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PCRM KTIA KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA12494 |
MUHAMMADIYAH YOUTH CONCERNED ABOUT EXTREMISM AMONG [...] (C) Summary. On October 2 and 3, Poloff made courtesy calls on Muhammadiyah Youth Chairman Izzul Muslimin and Secretary General Gunawan Hidayat. As part of its six-month SIPDIS strategic plan, the Muhammadiyah Youth Central Board will carry out a "census" of local Muhammadiyah Youth leade [...] |
2006-10-13 01:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI KISL PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12541 |
INDONESIA SUPPORTS UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF [...] (C) Polcouns and counterparts from the Australian and New Zealand Embassies delivered reftel demarche to Jonny Sinaga, deputy director in the Department of Foreign Affairs' Directorate for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs. We presented the main points of the demarche, emphasizing the co [...] |
2006-10-13 08:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN ID |
| 06JAKARTA12542 |
FINAL PUSH BEFORE GUATEMALA-VENEZUELA VOTE [...] (C) Pursuant to reftel A, PolCouns called on the Directorate of International Security and International Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs and requested reconfirmation of Indonesia's support for Guatemala as expressed to the Secretary on September 26 (ref. B). PolCouns's request was [...] |
2006-10-13 09:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GT VE ID |
| 06JAKARTA12543 |
INDONESIA'S ECONOMY ONE YEAR AFTER THE FUEL PRICE [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia successfully restored macroeconomic stability in the first half of 2006 after the August 2005 rupiah "mini-crisis" and the fuel price hikes and interest rate increases that followed. After the Government of Indonesia (GOI) hiked fuel prices by an average of 126% in O [...] |
2006-10-13 10:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA12544 |
PROSECUTORS DELIVER SENTENCING REQUESTS IN TIMIKA [...] Prosecutors delivered their sentencing requests in court on October 13 for seven suspects accused of involvement in the murder of two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002. Prosecutors requested a sentence of 20 years for Antonius Wamang and 15 years for Agustinus Anggaibak and Yulianus Deikme on t [...] |
2006-10-13 10:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12545 |
INDONESIA - OCTOBER 12 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 6, Dr. Ir Anton Apryanto, Minister of Agriculture promised Manho So, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative more vigorous coordination and communication in controlling AI. Local press reported on October 10 that faculty from Udayana University detected [...] |
2006-10-13 10:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA12546 |
INDONESIA SEEKS GPOI FUNDING FOR PLANNED [...] (C) Summary: Officials at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs have confirmed Indonesia's interest in participating in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) and have asked whether GPOI funding could be used to support a national PKO center Indonesia is creating to train its mi [...] |
2006-10-13 10:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL MASS MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA12547 |
U.S.-INDONESIA SOFA TALKS LAY BASIS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. delegation's exploratory talks with the Indonesian government on October 5 in Jakarta made considerable headway in establishing a basis of understanding for possible formal negotiation of a bilateral Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Embassy shared a draft template text (r [...] |
2006-10-13 11:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA12555 |
US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL DELEGATION VISITS JAKARTA [...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) told a visiting U.S. ASEAN Business Council (USABC) delegation on October 12 that he remains optimistic about Indonesia's economic outlook and committed to economic reforms and the process of democratization. Vice President Jusuf Kalla [...] |
2006-10-16 05:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD EFIN PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA12607 |
REVISED DRAFT CRIMINAL CODE WORRIES ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: Legal analysts and NGOs told us that the latest draft of the revised Indonesian Criminal Code (KUHP) continues to include controversial provisions on the protection of government officials and state ideology from defamation, and the criminalization of pornography. They feared tha [...] |
2006-10-17 05:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12660 |
ACEHNESE VILLAGERS EXHUMING CONFLICT VICTIMS' [...] (C) Summary. Acehnese villagers are exhuming the graves of persons executed during the conflict between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the Indonesian government, Georges Paclisanu (strictly protect), Head of Delegation, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), told us recently. Ba [...] |
2006-10-18 04:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA12687 |
INDONESIA AND MCC COMPACT ELIGIBILITY [...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) administration has made important progress in the past year implementing a broad-based development strategy emphasizing poverty reduction, private sector growth, and good governance. SBY's bold anti-corruption efforts continue to dism [...] |
2006-10-18 10:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KMCA KCOR ID |
| 06JAKARTA12730 |
BREAKING THE GUATEMALA-VENEZUELA IMPASSE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-19 09:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GT VE ID |
| 06JAKARTA12732 |
EAP DAS ERIC JOHN'S MEETING WITH BG DADI SUSANTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Indonesian Director General for Defense Strategy Susanto on October 18, EAP DAS Eric John raised U.S. human rights concerns, the need for continued military vetting and accountability for past abuses, the importance of a SOFA in underpinning bilateral cooperatio [...] |
2006-10-19 10:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM MASS MOPS ID |
| 06JAKARTA12733 |
East Java Mudflow: Lapindo Financial Woes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PT. Lapindo Brantas (Lapindo) recently informed its relief well contractors that it no longer has funds to pay for relief well operations. Haliburton and other contractors, including local contractors, temporarily left the site, halting drilling operations, due to lack of paymen [...] |
2006-10-19 10:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA12773 |
INDONESIAN TERRORISTS:RECENT RELEASES AND UPCOMING [...] (C) Four years after the 2002 Bali bombing, several individuals convicted of terrorism for their involvement in that attack and the 2003 Marriot bombing are starting to complete their prison terms. According to information obtained from the Australian Embassy, nine convicted terrorists have b [...] |
2006-10-20 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID |
| 06JAKARTA12775 |
PARLIAMENT PASSES 2007 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament approved a Rp 763.6 trillion (USD 83.4 billion) FY 2007 budget on October 17. Spending for personnel, materials and social programs is slated to rise significantly in 2007 in line with President Yudhoyono's plans to reform the civil service and improve health and ed [...] |
2006-10-20 10:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID |
| 06JAKARTA12776 |
TNI ANNIVERSARY SPEECHES EMPHASIZE REFORM AND [...] Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudoyono and Commander-in-Chief (Panglima) Air First Marshal Djoko Suyanto urged the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) to continue along the path of reform as the TNI celebrated its 61st anniversary on October 5. The speeches exhorted the TNI to complete its tr [...] |
2006-10-20 10:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12778 |
EAST JAVA'S MUSLIM LEADERS, OBSERVERS COMMENT ON [...] (C) Summary. On October 10, we met with the East Java provincial leadership of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah to discuss their organizations' activities in East Java. We also called on political scientist Aribowo from Surabaya's Airlangga University, who shared his observations (based [...] |
2006-10-20 10:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA12779 |
ACEH PEACE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD, HEADING TOWARD [...] The Aceh peace process continues to move forward. Elections have been scheduled for December 11, and work has begun on implementing the Law on Governance of Aceh (LOGA). The Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) is winding down its work and expects to cease operation on December 15. Reintegration paym [...] |
2006-10-20 10:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12781 |
INDONESIA - OCTOBER 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) released 2007 budget information on October 19 but has not yet finalized its AI spending allocations in the Ministries of Health (MOH) and Agriculture (MOA). Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Aburizal Bakrie convened an interagency meet [...] |
2006-10-20 11:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA12782 |
THE TWO PAPUAS: A CONSUL GENERAL'S VIEW [...] (C) Summary. Papua New Guinea,s Consul General in Jayapura, Papua shared his views on the often prickly relations between Indonesia and his government in an October 12 meeting. He charged that the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) were involved in both illegal logging and drug smuggling in PNG. [...] |
2006-10-20 11:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM ID PP |
| 06JAKARTA12783 |
THE TWO PAPUAS: A CONSUL GENERAL'S VIEW [...] (C) Summary. Papua New Guinea,s Consul General in Jayapura, Papua shared his views on the often prickly relations between Indonesia and his government in an October 12 meeting. He charged that the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) were involved in both illegal logging and drug smuggling in PNG. [...] |
2006-10-20 12:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM ID PP |
| 06JAKARTA12787 |
NORTH SUMATRA POLICE: NEW SENSITIVITY TO HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Head of Police Intelligence for North Sumatra, Herman Effendi, described the Indonesian police as increasingly focused on human rights during an Oct.3 meeting in Medan. He attributed this positive development partly to widespread human rights training that has reached the low [...] |
2006-10-23 03:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS ID |
| 06JAKARTA12798 |
VP KALLA ON THE COURTS, MCC, PEACE CORPS AND MIDDLE [...] (SBU) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla told the Ambassador on October 20 that the Supreme Court is "not using logic" in its approach to the Munir case, and that people are rightly not happy with the Pollycarpus verdict. He said the Supreme Court would soon reconsider its decision taking int [...] |
2006-10-23 07:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV PREL KMCA PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12800 |
PAPUA: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DENOUNCE ABEPURA [...] (C) Summary. A church-affiliated task force has asked Indonesia's National Committee on Human Rights (KomnasHAM) to open an investigation into the conviction and sentencing of 23 men charged in connection with a March 16 riot in Abepura, Papua that led to the death of three unarmed policemen a [...] |
2006-10-23 08:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA12825 |
INDONESIA - CIVAIR UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian transportation officials are focusing on aviation and airport security as tens of millions of Indonesians travel to their home villages and back during the Idul Fitri holiday break. A record 1.5 million Indonesians will take to the skies during the week- long celebr [...] |
2006-10-27 07:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD ID |
| 06JAKARTA12828 |
INDONESIA - OCTOBER 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Aburizal Bakrie announced at an October 20 news conference a decrease in the number of AI-affected provinces over the past six months from 30 to 16. At the same news conference, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono announced governmen [...] |
2006-10-27 09:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA12873 |
INDONESIAN DELEGATES FOR THE SENIOR POLICY [...] The government of Indonesia has provided the following nine names to participate in the four-day Senior Policy Exchange in Washington,DC during the week of December 5-8, 2006. The participants are as follows: Name: Major General Suryadi Job Title: Director General for Defense Capability, D [...] |
2006-10-31 08:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KNNP ID |
| 06JAKARTA12874 |
TIMIKA DEFENDANTS REFUSE TO RESPOND TO SENTENCING [...] (SBU) In an October 31 session lasting less than an hour, the defendants charged in the 2002 murders of two Amcits near Timika, Papua refused to respond to the sentencing requests handed down by prosecutors on October 13 (reftel). Their attorney, Johnson Penjaitan, attended the trial as a sp [...] |
2006-10-31 09:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA12875 |
INDONESIA READY TO FINALIZE CUSTOMS MUTUAL [...] (U) This is an action request for U.S. Customs Border Protection and State EAP/MTS. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Indonesian Directorate General of Customs & Excise (DGCE) and U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection are close to finalizing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cus [...] |
2006-10-31 11:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ID |
| 06JAKARTA12939 |
INDONESIA SEEKS COMPACT ELIGIBILITY, APPRECIATES [...] H.E. President of the Republic of Indonesia 2. H.E. Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia 3. H.E. Ms. Condoleeza Rice, US Secretary of State (Chair, MCC) 4. Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs, the Republic of Indonesia 5. Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Republic of Indon [...] |
2006-11-01 10:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EINV ECON KMCA ID |
| 06JAKARTA12944 |
POST RECOMMENDATIONS ON GLOBAL FUND PHASE 2 [...] (SBU) Summary. Approve Phase 2 funding, at requested level of funding, $33,905,951, with conditions. End Summary Indonesia's Global Fund HIV/AIDS Program Summary --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) Indonesia received two Global Fund AIDS grants: Round 1 and Round 4, [...] |
2006-11-02 04:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID |
| 06JAKARTA12981 |
POST RECOMMENDATIONS ON GLOBAL FUND PHASE 2 [...] (SBU) Summary. Approve Phase 2 funding, at requested level of funding, $33,905,951, with conditions. End Summary Indonesia's Global Fund HIV/AIDS Program Summary --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) Indonesia received two Global Fund AIDS grants: Round 1 and Round 4, [...] |
2006-11-03 05:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID |
| 06JAKARTA13005 |
DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON ARF STATEMENT ON DPRK [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-03 09:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ASEAN KN ID |
| 06JAKARTA13006 |
DEMARCHES TO INDONESIA ON DPRK SHIPPING [...] (S/NF) We met November 3 with Fahmi Jamaludin, Desk Officer for Korea at Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs, to deliver demarches contained reftels on DPRK shipping issues. We stressed that the actions we were requesting were consistent not only with UNSC Resolution 1718, but also wit [...] |
2006-11-03 09:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC PARM KNNP EWWT KN XC ID |
| 06JAKARTA13007 |
INDONESIAN POLICE ASK FOR U.S. HELP IN MUNIR CASE [...] (C) On October 31, General Sutanto, Chief of the Indonesian National Police (INP), formally asked Thomas Fuentes, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Office of International Operations, and Embassy Legatt for the FBI's technical assistance in the ongoing investigation into the 2004 murder of Indonesi [...] |
2006-11-03 10:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS PINR KCRM ID |
| 06JAKARTA13014 |
INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 6 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 1, Bayu Krisnamurthi, Executive Secretary for the National AI Committee assured the press that SIPDIS Indonesian research shows no signs that the H5N1 virus is mutating to a more dangerous form in the country. Food and Agriculture Organization officials concur but [...] |
2006-11-06 23:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA13121 |
SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT WEATHERS VOUCHER SCANDAL [...] (C) Agung Laksono, Chairman of Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR), has apparently emerged relatively unscathed from a scandal surrounding his involvement in a school voucher distribution exercise. The controversy erupted following the revelation that he improperly handed out vouchers [...] |
2006-11-07 08:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13138 |
PRESIDENTIAL TRIP TO INDONESIA: OFFICIAL GIFT [...] Post communicated the points and questions provided in reftel to Ms. Lusi Surjanadari, the protocol point of contact for the POTUS visit. Ms. Surjanadari confirmed the gift presentations will be conducted protocol-to-protocol, as requested reftel. Post requested the exchange take place short [...] |
2006-11-07 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP BUSH GEORGE AMGT ID |
| 06JAKARTA13142 |
TIMIKA TRIAL: WAMANG SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON [...] (SBU) On November 7, Judge Adriani Nurdin sentenced Anthonious Wamang to life in prison for premeditated murder in connection with the August 31, 2002 murders of two Americans and one Indonesian in Timika, Papua. Although prosecutors had requested 20 years, Judge Nurdin cited several conside [...] |
2006-11-07 11:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
| 06JAKARTA13143 |
NAMRU-2 NEGOTIATIONS TO PROCEED NOVEMBER 9 [...] (C) Summary: We will be proceeding with an initial NAMRU-2 negotiation session on November 9. The Ambassador was told by Eddi Hariyadhi, Director General for American and European Affairs in the Department of Foreign Affairs Nov. 7 that he is confident that resolution of the issue would pro [...] |
2006-11-07 13:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TBIO AMED AMGT KFLU KTIA ID |
| 06JAKARTA13169 |
AMBASSADOR URGES VIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT OF UNSCR 1718 [...] (C) In a November 9 meeting with Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda, Ambassador stressed the importance of vigorous implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718, aimed at stopping DPRK trafficking in military materiel and certain luxury goods (reftels). Ambassador pointed out that beca [...] |
2006-11-09 10:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC PARM KNNP EWWT KN XC ID |
| 06JAKARTA13171 |
UNGA: DEMARCHES TO INDONESIA ON CUBA EMBARGO, [...] (SBU) After learning that the entire staff of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Affairs Directorate was either in New York or otherwise unavailable, we met November 9 with Harry Purwanto, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for North and Central America, to urge [...] |
2006-11-09 10:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL PHUM ETRD CU ID |
| 06JAKARTA13172 |
ADDITIONS TO INDONESIAN DELEGATION FOR SENIOR [...] The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has submitted the names of two additional delegates to participate in the four-day Senior Policy Exchange in Washington, DC scheduled for December 5-8, 2006. The additional participants are as follows: Name: Mr. Ramadansyah Hasan Job Title: Head o [...] |
2006-11-09 11:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KNNP ID |
| 06JAKARTA13173 |
SHOWDOWN BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND VP OVER REFORM UNIT [...] (C) President Yudhoyono and Vice President Kalla have skirmished publicly over SBY's decision to advance the President's reform agenda. Although referred to in general terms for months, the "Presidential Work Unit on Managing Policy and Reform Programs (UKP3KR)" was reportedly designed and un [...] |
2006-11-09 11:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID |
| 06JAKARTA13181 |
NEW ZEALAND DCM CALLS ON JI'S POLITICAL WING [...] (C) Summary. New Zealand's Deputy Head of Mission briefed us about his meeting with Irfan Awwas, the leader of Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI), Jemaah Islamiyah's political wing (his reporting cable has been sent by classified email to EAP/MTS and INR/EAP). Awwas spoke about MMI's goal of p [...] |
2006-11-13 07:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KISL SOCI ID |
| 06JAKARTA13193 |
YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA [...] (S) Summary: Mr. President: Your visit to Indonesia provides an excellent opportunity to consolidate recent gains in U.S.- Indonesian relations and showcase the success of our core political values ) freedom, democracy, and economic development ) in this, the world,s largest Muslim-majority [...] |
2006-11-13 10:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR ID |
| 06JAKARTA13194 |
INDONESIA - AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) AND THE PRESIDENT"S [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Government of Indonesia has not yet finalized its FY 2007 allocations for AI control programs, senior GOI officials including Coordinating Minister Bakrie and Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati have assured the Embassy that total AI spending will match or exc [...] |
2006-11-13 10:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU |
| 06JAKARTA13198 |
INDONESIAN MPS PRAISE INTL VISITOR PROGRAM, CITE [...] (SBU) Summary. Poloffs recently debriefed four members of the Indonesian House of Representatives who participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program, &The U.S. Political System,8 from August 7 ) 25, 2006. In their visits to cities and towns throughout the United States, the par [...] |
2006-11-14 02:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC SCUL KPAO KISL PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13201 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON 05- [...] (U) Summary. The Indonesian Air Force (IAF) verified on September 1, their order and receipt of component C-130 parts detailed in reftel. The order contained some defective parts, for which the IAF ordered replacements. Per request in reftel, we have inquired about both orders and the IAF [...] |
2006-11-14 05:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ECON ID SN |
| 06JAKARTA13216 |
FOREIGN MINISTRY READY TO OPEN MLAT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) The GOI is ready to move forward with negotiations on a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with the U.S. On November 15, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Directorate for Treaties on Political, Security, and Territorial Affairs Arif Havas Oegroseno told Poloff and [...] |
2006-11-15 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PGOV PREL PTER ID |
| 06JAKARTA13217 |
INDONESIA NON-COMMITTAL ON BELARUS, MATHESON [...] (SBU) On November 15 we met with Harry Purwanto, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for North and Central America, to present demarches on Belarus' anti-U.S. resolutions (ref A) and to solicit support for the candidacy of Michael Matheson to the International Law Commission (ref B). [...] |
2006-11-15 10:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA ILC BO ID |
| 06JAKARTA13218 |
INDONESIA BEGINS NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Formal discussions between the Indonesian and U.S. governments on the future status of the Naval Medical Research Unit 2 (NAMRU-2) in Jakarta began on November 9. The Indonesians, fresh from high-level interagency discussions, came in with a set of six concerns which were mostly [...] |
2006-11-15 10:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TBIO AMED AMGT KFLU KTIA ID |
| 06JAKARTA13222 |
OLD/NEW STATE ISLAMIC UNIV. RECTORS ON ISLAM AND [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-16 07:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL PREL KISL OIIP OEXP KPAO ID |
| 06JAKARTA13229 |
INTERFAITH YOUTH DELIVER POTUS LETTER TO AMBASSADOR [...] In advance of President Bush's upcoming visit to Indonesia, a group of Indonesian interfaith youth leaders met with the Ambassador to present a letter to the President (full text in para 6). The delegates represented all of Indonesia's major religions: Islam (the youth wings of mass-based [...] |
2006-11-17 06:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13233 |
BALL IN SBY'S COURT ON REFORM UNIT [...] (C) With Golkar's November 13-16 annual national leadership meeting as a backdrop, Vice President Jusuf Kalla publicly called for Golkar's continued support for the Yudhoyono administration and privately sought to mend fences with the President following last week's public feud over plans for [...] |
2006-11-17 10:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID |
| 06JAKARTA13236 |
INFRASTRUCTURE FORUM ATTRACTS INVESTORS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) renewed its appeal for private investment under it's five-year, USD 150 billion infrastructure development program at a November 1-3 Infrastructure Forum in Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) touted improvements in Indonesia's i [...] |
2006-11-19 23:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13237 |
INFRASTRUCTURE FORUM ATTRACTS INVESTORS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) renewed its appeal for private investment under it's five-year, USD 150 billion infrastructure development program at a November 1-3 Infrastructure Forum in Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) touted improvements in Indonesia's i [...] |
2006-11-19 23:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS ID |
| 06JAKARTA13244 |
INDONESIA AND US SIGN MULTI-HAZARD MOU [...] State Minister of Research and Technology Kusmayanto Kadiman and Ambassador B. Lynn Pascoe signed a Memorandum of Understanding on "General Cooperation in Science and Technology for Natural Hazard Assessment, Analysis, Warning, Preparedness and Mitigation" on November 20. We have scanned and [...] |
2006-11-20 08:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID TPSL AEMR TPHY ECON PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13255 |
OLD/NEW STATE ISLAMIC UNIV. RECTORS ON ISLAM AND [...] (C) Summary. On November 8, Komaruddin Hidayat, the new rector of the State Islamic University's (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah campus, and former rector Azyumardi Azra spoke to us about the university, Islam and society. They argued that Indonesia is becoming increasingly conservative religious [...] |
2006-11-22 00:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL PREL KISL OIIP OEXP KPAO ID |
| 06JAKARTA13277 |
DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON IRAN'S PROPOSED IAEA [...] (SBU) We conveyed talking points and non-paper in reftel paras 3 and 4 to Musurifun, Deputy Director for South and Central Asian Affairs in Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs. Musurifun was non-committal, but took our points on board and undertook to coordinate them with other relevant [...] |
2006-11-22 10:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PREL PGOV KNNP IR ID |
| 06JAKARTA13282 |
Aceh: Election Update [...] (U) Summary: Aceh will hold provincial elections on December 11, the province's first since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the government and pro-independence forces in Helsinki in 2005. According to the election rules, candidates must receive more than 25 percen [...] |
2006-11-24 03:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA13289 |
ACEH: MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN GAM REINTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: After refusing for more than a year, GAM finally provided a list of ex-combatants to the government, paving the way for some reintegration payments to be made before the end of the year. GAM's providing names breaks the impasse, but persisting differences on land compensation, [...] |
2006-11-24 04:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC ID |
| 06JAKARTA13293 |
Aceh to Increase Police Presence During Election [...] (U) At the Commission on Security Arrangements (CoSA) meeting on November 4, representatives of the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM), Free Aceh Movement (GAM), and the government agreed to temporarily increase the number of police officers in Aceh by 2,433 above levels permitted in the Helsinki M [...] |
2006-11-24 04:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA13294 |
TNI Commander Reaffirms Military's Commitment to [...] (SBU) Summary: In a speech in Aceh on November 6, TNI Commander Air Marshal Djoko Suyanto said TNI would continue to respect the Helsinki MOU after the departure of the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) next month. He also reminded his audience that TNI had withdrawn from politics, acted under th [...] |
2006-11-24 04:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AS ID |
| 06JAKARTA13303 |
Central and East Java: Increasing [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: Over the past several months, what began as a debate of the controversial draft pornography law has revealed deeper fissures with the leadership of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), showing a quiet shift to the right of NU clerics and the [...] |
2006-11-27 10:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13304 |
East Java: NU Political Clout Diminished As [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the final battle for control of the National Awakening Party (PKB), Nahdatul Ulama's (NU) political wing and Indonesia's 4th largest political party, the Indonesian Supreme Court ruled on October 12 against East Java PKB Chairman Choiral Anam's attempt to overthrow former Indo [...] |
2006-11-27 10:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13305 |
Aceh: Official Campaign Season Begins [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Official campaigning began in Aceh on November 24, although advertisements for some candidates have been up for weeks, giving a slight advantage to well- financed candidates. GAM "Prime Minister Malik Mahmud returned to Aceh to try to reunify the GAM movement and to voic [...] |
2006-11-27 10:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PINR PREL KDEM ASEC ID |
| 06JAKARTA13308 |
GPOI FUNDING: INDONESIAN PLANS FOR A TRAINING [...] (C) Poloff and ODC Chief met with Department of Foreign Affairs officer for International Security and Disarmament Yonatri Rilmania on November 14 to learn more about a planned Indonesian center for peacekeeping training and to explain U.S. funding possibilities for this and other potential ne [...] |
2006-11-27 10:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR MASS PREL ID |
| 06JAKARTA13315 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR RICHARD CROWDER, [...] Embassy Jakarta grants country clearance to Ambassador Richard Crowder, Chief Agricultural Negotiator USTR, Mr. Jason Hafemeister, Deputy Assistant USTR, Mr. Andrew Stephens, Director, USTR and Ms. Ellen Terpstra, Deputy Under Secretary, USDA to visit Jakarta from November 30 through December [...] |
2006-11-28 05:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | CH OTRA ETRD USTR JA KA ID |
| 06JAKARTA13316 |
USTR AND ASEAN SECRETARIAT DISCUSS TIFA AND ASEAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Southeast Asia and the Pacific Barbara Weisel and Director for Southeast Asia and Pacific Affairs David Katz met on November 6 with Anna Robeniol, head of the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) Section of the Bureau of Economic [...] |
2006-11-28 05:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ASEAN ID |
| 06JAKARTA13324 |
INDONESIA'S INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy Jakarta provides the following interim assessment of targeted actions by Indonesia on trafficking in persons (TIP) since the June release of the 2006 TIP report, as requested in ref A. Anti-Trafficking Legislation ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) A comprehensive anti-tra [...] |
2006-11-28 09:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM |