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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 JAKARTA 001456 
 
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DEPT FOR D, P, EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP 
NSC FOR J.BADER 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/01/2019 
TAGS: PREL PGOV ECON ID
SUBJECT: DCM REVIEWS PARTNERSHIP, PLANNED PRESIDENTIAL 
VISIT IN MEETING WITH KEY GOI OFFICIAL 
 
REF: STATE 90774 AND PREVIOUS 
 
Classified By: DCM Ted Osius, reasons 1.4(b+d). 
 
¶1.  (C) SUMMARY:  The DCM met September 1 with Ambassador 
Retno Marsudi of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs 
(DEPLU).  Marsudi said her visit to Washington last week had 
gone well.  She then reviewed Indonesian perspectives on the 
Comprehensive Partnership and the GOI's desire for 
information on when an advance team would come to Indonesia 
to plan President Obama's proposed November visit.  The DCM 
said we did not yet have dates for the advance team's visit. 
The DCM then reviewed where Indonesia and the U.S. stood in 
terms of key elements of the Partnership.  END SUMMARY. 
 
MARSUDI ON COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP 
 
¶2.  (C) The DCM met with Indonesian Director General for 
American and European Affairs Ambassador Retno Marsudi on 
September 1.  Marsudi related that her meetings in Washington 
last week had gone well (see reftel).  She said she wanted to 
reiterate several points she had made in Washington.  The GOI 
placed a high priority on the development of the 
Comprehensive Partnership and wanted the Partnership to be 
acknowledged in a separate document during a possible visit 
by President Obama in November.  Such a document would only 
consist of a brief declaration announcing the Partnership; it 
did not have to be long.  Marsudi said that Department of 
State representatives had agreed that that made sense, but 
said they would have to review the matter on an inter-agency 
basis. 
 
¶3.  (C) Marsudi added that she had also reviewed the USG's 
draft "Plan of Action," which was based on an initial draft 
developed by the Indonesian side in April.  Based on her 
initial review, Marsudi said there were many positives but 
more emphasis should be placed on counter-terrorism 
cooperation and on peacekeeping, including Indonesia's plans 
to develop a peacekeeping training center with USG 
assistance.  The Indonesian side would be meeting this week 
to review the "Plan of Action" document more thoroughly and 
would provide comments later. 
 
PLANNED PRESIDENTIAL VISIT 
 
¶4.  (C) Regarding the President's possible visit in November, 
Marsudi said she had mentioned to USG principals the idea 
that Indonesia would give a posthumous award to the 
President's mother, Ann Dunham, for her seminal work in the 
area of micro-finance.  The GOI also was investigating 
whether to rename the school in central Jakarta that the 
President attended as a boy.  According to Marsudi, the USG 
side had indicated that this would be greeted warmly and 
mentioned that one idea was to name it in honor of the 
President's mother. 
 
¶5.  (C) In terms of planning for the presidential visit, the 
Indonesian side looked forward to the arrival of a U.S. 
advance team soon.  The DCM replied that we hoped to hear 
confirmation of that shortly, but no dates had been announced 
by Washington yet.  He added that there was discussion in 
Washington of A/S Campbell visiting in early October. 
Marsudi said that the GOI hoped that President Obama's 
possible visit could be extended at least two hours on 
November 13 so as to allow for a state dinner.  She added 
that she planned to speak to DEPLU's Chief of Protocol about 
the visit shortly. 
 
STATUS OF KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PARTNERSHIP 
 
¶6.  (C) The DCM remarked that the Ambassador planned to 
return to Washington in mid-September to discuss the proposed 
presidential visit and to review the Comprehensive 
Partnership.  At this point, the list of Partnership items 
was very substantive, though both sides had to make progress 
on some of them.  The DCM then reviewed where the following 
key items stood: 
 
People-to-People Ties: 
 
-- Return of the Peace Corps:   There were several small 
areas re the proposed MOU that needed to be agreed to by both 
sides.  A U.S. negotiator was now in Jakarta and we hoped to 
make progress on these items by the end of the week. 
 
-- American Place:   U.S. plans to open an innovative center 
for outreach at a Jakarta mall were moving forward.  We 
wanted to have a "soft" opening of this facility during the 
 
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planned presidential visit. 
 
-- Interfaith Dialogue:   The U.S. side was reviewing the 
Indonesian proposal for such an event.  Marsudi commented 
that this was a GOI priority and it wanted the dialogue to be 
bilateral at least in name.  That said, third-country 
representatives could also participate. 
 
-- Bali Democracy Forum (BDF):  The U.S. was reviewing 
concrete ways that it could assist the BDF and its mission of 
electoral assistance in the Asian region. 
 
-- Education:  The large delegation of American educators 
that had visited Indonesia recently had recommended the 
formation of a bilateral joint education commission.  The USG 
was reviewing this idea.  We were also looking into 
supporting university linkages and there was some funding for 
such efforts. 
 
Security: 
 
-- Peacekeeping:  The U.S. had several large-scale projects 
in place meant to assist Indonesia's peacekeeping efforts, 
including its plans for a peacekeeping center. 
 
-- Afghan Police Training:   Foreign Minister Wirajuda had 
expressed interest in this idea.  Under Secretary Burns had 
raised it with Marsudi on August 28.  The Ambassador would 
discuss it when he returned to Washington. 
 
Economic, Environment: 
 
-- Presidential Aircraft:  The U.S. was working on proposals 
that would help Indonesia purchase a presidential aircraft. 
The Export-Import Bank had concrete proposals re financing 
and these had been passed to the GOI. 
 
-- Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA):  The U.S. was 
looking into whether a TFCA could be developed for the Papuan 
region, in addition to that already in place for Sumatra. 
 
-- Health:  Minister of Health Supari was slated to meet 
Secretary Sebelius on September 16 in Washington.  The next 
meeting of the bilateral steering committee co-chaired by 
Minister Supari and Ambassador Hume was scheduled for 
September 4. 
 
-- Proposed Science and Technology Agreement:  A U.S. 
negotiating team was planning to visit in mid-September. 
 
-- Environmental Protection Agency:   An EPA team planned to 
visit next week and hoped to meet with Governor Bowo of 
Jakarta. 
 
-- Trade/Investment:   This continued to be a priority area. 
We had been in touch with KADIN (the Indonesian Chamber of 
Commerce) and it had said it would work to make clear that 
Indonesia was "open for business" before any presidential 
visit.  Marsudi commented that KADIN was helping set up a 
business event by President Yudhoyono that would take place 
in Boston on September 26. 
 
Strategic Discussions: 
 
-- Regional/International issues:   In addition to these key 
issues, the U.S. looked forward to close strategic 
consultations with Indonesia on regional and international 
issues, such as Burma, North Korea and Iran.  U/S Burns had 
offered to visit Indonesia after the planned presidential 
visit in order to kick off this pattern of high-level 
strategic dialogue. 
 
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