US embassy cable - 01HANOI1882

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Identifier:	01HANOI1882
Wikileaks:	View 01HANOI1882 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Hanoi
Created:	2001-08-07 02:04:00
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Tags:	PREL ID ASEAN
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

C O N F I D E N T I A L HANOI 001882 
 
SIPDIS 
 
S/S FOR THE SECRETARIAT 
STATE FOR EAP/KELLY, BOYCE 
STATE ALSO FOR EAP/RSP, INR 
NSC FOR TORKEL PATTERSON 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 7/27/2011 
TAGS: PREL, ID, ASEAN 
SUBJECT: ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM: EAP A/S KELLY BILATERAL WITH INDONESIAN SPECIAL ENVOY 
 
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1. 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.  WIRAJUDA WAS FUNCTIONING 
AS THE HEAD OF THE INDONESIAN DELEGATION IN VIETNAM 
FOLLOWING THE DECISION BY THE INDONESIAN FOREIGN 
MINISTER NOT TO TRAVEL TO HANOI DUE TO THE SITUATION 
IN JAKARTA. 
 
4. WIRAJUDA BEGAN BY EXPRESSING HIS HOPE FOR A 
PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO THE CURRENT POLITICAL CRISIS IN 
JAKARTA, NOTING THAT INSTABILITY IN JAKARTA HAS THE 
POTENTIAL TO LEAD TO CLASHES IN THE ISLANDS.  HE SAID 
HE HOPED THAT THE NEW GOVERNMENT WOULD RESOLVE THE 
CRISIS PEACEFULLY.  WIRAJUDA ALSO INDICATED HIS 
INTENTION TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON DC IN THE NEAR 
FUTURE. 
 
5. KELLY BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF ACEH, DECLARING USG 
INTEREST IN A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION AND INQUIRING ABOUT 
JAKARTA'S PLANS FOR AUTONOMY FOR THE PROVINCE.  KELLY 
NOTED THAT, WHILE THE INSURGENCY MAY NECESSITATE SOME 
MILITARY RESPONSE, MAINTAINING INDONESIAN UNITY COULD 
BEST BE DONE BY CALMING DOWN THE SITUATION AND NOT 
"FEEDING REVOLUTIONARIES."  KELLY REMINDED WIRAJUDA 
THAT INDONESIA-U.S. RELATIONS COULD NOT STAND "ANOTHER 
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TIMOR," AND ASSERTED USG READINESS TO HELP. 
 
6. WIRAJUDA RESPONDED THAT HE MUST SEE HOW THE NEW 
GOVERNMENT MOVED FORWARD ON THIS ISSUE, BUT THAT THEN- 
VICE PRESIDENT MEGAWATI SUKARNOPUTRI HAD APPEARED 
"IMPATIENT" WITH THE SLOW PEACE PROCESS IN ACEH. 
WIRAJUDA SAID JAKARTA AGREED ON "SPECIAL AUTONOMY" FOR 
ACEH IN CONCEPT BUT THE IMPLEMENTATION HAD NOT YET 
BEEN RESOLVED.  BOTH SIDES HAD TAKEN A "WAIT AND SEE" 
STANCE FOLLOWING THEIR LAST MEETING, IN JULY, BUT 
WIRAJUDA ANTICIPATED FORWARD MOVEMENT IN THEIR NEXT 
MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. 
 
7. KELLY RESPONDED THAT AGREEMENT WOULD BE WONDERFUL 
NEWS, NOTING THE NEED FOR INDONESIA TO RETURN TO 
STRENGTH SO IT COULD RESUME PLAYING ITS LEADERSHIP 
ROLE IN ASEAN.  WIRAJUDA REMARKED THAT THE CURRENT 
POLITICAL CRISIS MEANT THAT INDONESIA COULD CONTRIBUTE 
LESS TO ASEAN THAN IN THE PAST.  KELLY COMMENTED ON 
THE ECONOMIC SIDE OF THE POLITICAL TURMOIL, NOTING 
THAT PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE DIFFICULTIES FACING 
JAKARTA WOULD HAVE AN IMPORTANT PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT 
ON U.S. BUSINESSES AND THUS ON THE OVERALL INDONESIAN 
ECONOMY. 
 
8. IN PARTING, A/S KELLY HANDED WIRAJUDA A NON-PAPER 
ON M. DEBORAH WYNES, THE USG CANDIDATE FOR THE UN'S 
JOINT INSPECTION UNIT. 
 
HARTER 
 
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