E2 UNCLASSIFIED ' PTQl143 RELEASED IN FULL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION SS-OO INFO JAKART PTQl143 00129 ' 091033Z LOG-OO OASY-OO ADS-OO OOOW ------------- - ----OD66F6 o 091030Z JAN 98 PM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9030 INFO DEPTTREAS WASHDC IMMEDIATE 091033Z 38 CON F IDE N T I A L JAKARTA 000129 DECAPTIONED EXDIS STATE FOR A S ROTH TREASURY FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY SUMMERS AND DAS ZELIKOW E O 12958 DECL ' 01 09 16 TAGS EFIN ID ' SUBJECT ' S OEHARTO-CLINTONPHONE CALL 1 U CLASSIFIED BY AMB J STAPLETON ROY REASON 1 5 D 2 C MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY AND TRADE TUNKY ARIWIBOWO TELEPHONED ME JANUARY 9 TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON PRESIDENT CLINTON'S TELEPHONE CALL TO PRESIDENT SOEHARTO THIS MORNING JAKARTA TIME TUNKY SAID SOEHARTO HAD CALLED HIM IN TO BRIEF HIM ON HIS LONG TALK WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON TUNKY FELT SOEHARTO HAD BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 DISCUSSION JAKART 00129 091033Z HE CALLED THE PHONE CALL VERY TIMELY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY CHARLES E LAHIGUERA DATE CASE ID 20 APR 2007 200502960 HE UNCLASSIFIED r 1 UNCLASSIFIED NOTED THAT IN CONVERSATION WITH ECONOMIC COLLEAGUES ON JANUARY 8 THEY HAD AGREED SUCH A CALL SHOULD TAKE PLACE BEFORE CAMDESSUS ARRIVED THIS HAD NOW HAPPENED SOEHARTO HAD NOW HEARD DIRECTLY FROM PRESIDENT CLINTON HOW THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET FELT ABOUT THE SITUATION HERE HIS IMPRESSION WAS THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON HAD PRESENTED THE CASE WELL THIS WOULD PAVE THE WAY FOR THE MESSAGE THAT CAMDESSUS WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY BRING 3 C TUNKY SAID HE WOULD BE MEETING SHORTLY WITH OTHER MINISTERS TO DISCUSS FOLLOW-UP TO THE SOEHARTOCLINTON PHONE CALL AND TO PREPARE FOR THE VISITS NEXT WEEK TUNKY NOTED THAT PRESIDENT SOEHARTO HAD ALSO TASKED HIM THIS MORNING TO COORDINATE IMP-RELATED ISSUES INCLUDING STRUCTURAL AND ECONOMIC REFORM THE PRESIDENT HAD SAID HE WOULD LOOK TO TUNKY FOR HOW TO IMPLEMENT SUCH MEASURES THIS WAS IN ADDITION TO HIS OTHER DUTIES 4 C TUNKY NOTED THAT JANUARY 8 HAD BEEN A BAD DAY WITH PANIC BUYING OF RICE AND OIL HE SAID THAT PRESIDENT SOEHARTO HAD SUMMONED HIM AND OTHER MINISTERS THIS MORNING JANUARY 9 TO DISCUSS THE MATTER FOLLOWING THIS THEY THE MINISTERS HAD HELD A TV AND PRESS INTERVIEW ON NATIONAL TELEVISION AIMED AT CALMING THE SITUATION THEY WOULD REPEAT THIS PERFORMANCE THIS EVENING ASSURING LISTENERS THAT FOOD STUFFS WERE IN PLENTIFUL SUPPLY NOTE IN FACT JJ KARTA WAS CALMER JANUARY 9 WITH -FEWER ALARMIST '- RUMORS BANK INTERVENTION ALSO KEPT THE RUPIAH FROM CONTINUING ITS DOWNWARD SLIDE AT LEAST TEMPORARILY ' ROY CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 JAKART 00129 091033Z UNCLASSIFIED J ' 1 ' ' 1_ ' ' ' _ _ ' - 'J' o c ' - ' 1 UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL - '' - - ' ' ' I ' - oo ' _ o - ' ' - ' -' - - 0 ' ' ' ' J' ' NNNN o ' _ UNCLASSIFIED ' oo ' 7o o ' This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu