E18 UNCLASSIFIED PTQ3637 RELEASED IN PART Bl 1 4 B 1 4 D CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 JAKART 02579 01 OF 02 PTQ3637 070636Z ACDA-08 ACDE-OO AID-OO AMAD-01 ACQ-01 DODE-OO DOEE-OO SRPP-OO DS-OO EB-OO H-01 TEDE-OO INR-OO IO-OO L-01 OMS-01 OPIC-01 NSAE-OO NSCE-OO OIC-02 PRS-OO P-OO CIO-OO SP-OO STR-OO DSCC-OO PRM-01 DRL-04 USIE-OO PMB-OO SAS-OO 024W ------------------3B1EC9 070636Z 38 P 070636Z MAY 98 FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1417 INFO USMISSION GENEVA ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI AMEMBASSY CANBERRA AMEMBASSY BONN AMCONSUL SURABAYA INFO LOG-OO SMEC-OO FBIE-OO DCP-01 PM-OO T-OO NFAT-OO CON F IDE N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 JAKARTA 002579 USCINCPAC FOR FPA AMB TEARE E O 12958 DECL 04 30 02 TAGS PHUM PREL MOPS PGOV ID SUBJECT WHO IS BEHIND RECENT DISAPPEARANCES REF A JAKARTA 2406 B JAKARTA 2473 C JAKARTA 1881 CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 JAKART 02579 01 OF 02 070636Z UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE CLASSIFIED BY DEPT OF STATE L R LOHMAN DAS AlRPS REVIEW AUTHORITY DONALD A JOHNSTON CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL REASON 1 4 D DECLASSIFY AFTER 7 MAY 2018 DATE CASE ID 13 JUN 2006 200502501 UNCLASSIFIED CIAE-OO EUR-01 ADS-OO PA-OO TRSE-OO G-OO ------------------------ UNCLASSIFIED 1 U CLASSIFIED BY POL COUNSELOR ED MCWILLIAMS REASOI' 1 5 D 2 Bl ec SUMMARY ITHAT THE FACILITY USED TO DETAIN DISAPPEARED ACTIVISTS COULD BE A SPECIAL FORCES KOPASSUS FACILITY SOUTH OF JAKARTA A STUDENT SOURCE HAS SAID THAT A KOPASSUS UNIT AND ITS FORMER COMMANDER LT GEN PRABOWO ARE INVOLVED I I NOTED THAT THE BODY IS '-P-RE-SS-I-N--IG FOR A MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATION OF THE DISAPPEARANCES AND NOT ONE RUN BY THE MILITARY AS THAT WOULD LACK CREDIBILITY HE ALSO ARGUED THAT GENERAL WlRANTO COULD BE DAMAGED POLITICALLY IF HE WERE TO LEAD SUCH AN INVESTIGATION END SUMMARY I Bl WHERE WERE ACTIVISTS DISAPPEARED TO -----------------------------------Bl 'BELIEVES THE FACILITY DESCRIBED BY RECENT ICTIMS AS THE LOCATION WHERE THEY WERE DETAINED REFTELS IS A MILITARY FACILITY LOCATED BETWEEN JAKARTA AND BOGOR uJ 1l I i 4 cj SPECIFICALLY BEL lEW S THE FACI LI TY '- IS -- T 'H E -- O 'L - D -- ' - 'K O P 'A - S - S U S T E AM - - - 8 - 1r-- AN T I --- TERRORIST UNIT FACILITY LOCATED OFF THE OLD ROAD TO BOGOR I ISAID THAT BOTH PIUS LUSTRILANANG'S CONFIDENTIAL Bl Bl CONFIDENTIAL JAKART 02579 01 OF 02 070636Z PAGE 03 PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND TESTIMONY GIVEN CONFIDENTIALLY TO THE COMMISSION BY DISAPPEARANCE VICTIMS POINTED STRONGLY TO THE TEAM 81 FACILITY AS THE LOCATION OF THE DETENTIONS AND TORTURE IN PASSING MENTIONED THAT VICTIMS REPORTED HAVING HEARD MILITARY BUGLE CALLS AND THAT GEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS LED THE COMMISSION TO SUSPECT THE TEAM 81 SITE I I WHO IS BEHIND THE DISAPPEARANCES UNCLASSIFIED Bl UNCLASSIFIED 5 C SEPARATELY A LEADER OF A MASS STUDENT ORGANIZATION TOLD POLOFF THAT HE WAS INFORMED BY A KOPASSUS SOURCE THAT THE DISAPPEARANCES WERE CARRIED OUT BY GROUP FOUR OF KOPASSUS UNDER THE COMMAND OF II CHAlRAWAN II HE AID THAT HIS SOURCE NOT PART OF GROUP FOUR SAID THERE ARE CONFLICTS AMONG KOPASSUS DIVISIONS AND THAT GROUP 4 IS STILL UNDER THE EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF PRABOWO DISAPPEARANCES WERE ORDERED BY PRABOWO WHO WAS FOLLOWING AN ORDER FROM PRESIDENT SOEHARTO Bl HOW TO INVESTIGATE THE DISAPPEARANCES CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 JAKART 02579 01 OF 02 070636Z Bl IHAD URGED L T H E -- G - O VE RN ME N T -- T - O S - E - T -- U P -- A--- - II- D- I - S - AP- P E - ARAN C E--- INVEST I GAT I ON COMMISSION ALONG THE LINES OF THE COMMISSION SET UP TO INVESTIGATE THE DILl MASSACRE IN 1991 ACCORDING TO AN EXCLUSIVELY ABRI COMMISSION WOULD HAVE NO I I UNCLASSIFIED Bl I meT IA SSTF1ED CREDIBILITY THE COMMISSION ENVISAGEDI WOULD INVOLVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MINISTRIES OF JUSTICE HOME AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS THE SUPREME COURT THE DPR AND THE MILITARY I ISAID THAT FORCES WITHIN ABRI OPPOSED TO WIRANTO HE NAMED LIEUTENANT GENERAL PRABOWO WOULD USE THE INVESTIGATION Bl Bl CONFIDENTIAL NNNNPTQ3638 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 JAKART 02579 02 OF 02 PTQ3638 070636Z ACDA-08 ACDE-OO AID-OO AMAD-01 ACQ-01 DODE-OO DOEE-OO SRPP-OO DS-OO EB-OO H-Ol TEDE-OO INR-OO 10-00 L-Ol NSCE-OO OIC-02 OMB-01 OPIC-Ol PA-OO P-OO CIO-OO SP-OO STR-OO TRSE-OO PMB-OO DSCC-OO PRM-01 DRL-04 G-OO 023W ------------------3B1ECB 070636Z 38 P 070636Z MAY 98 FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1418 INFO USMISSION GENEVA ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI AMEMBASSY CANBERRA AMEMBASSY BONN ruMCONSUL SURABAYA INFO LOG-OO SMEC-OO FBIE-OO NSAE-OO PRS-OO USIE-OO SAS-OO UNCLASSIFIED CIAE-OO EUR-01 ADS-OO PM-OO T-OO NFAT-OO UNCLASSIFIED C 0 N F IDE N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 02 JAKARTA 002579 USCINCPAC FOR FPA AMB TEARE E O 12958 DECL 04 30 02 TAGS PHOM PREt MOPS PGOV ID SUBJECT WHO IS' BEHIND RECENT DISAPPEARANCES REF A JAKARTA 2406 B JAKARTA 2473 C JAKARTA 1881 CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 JAKART 02579 02 OF 02 070636Z AGAINST WIRANTO IF IT PRODUCED A LESS THAN CREDIBLE SOLUTION WIRANTO WOULD LOSE FACE IF HE PROBED TOO DEEPLY HE MIGHT ANGER THE PRESIDENT OUR SOLUTION IS BEST FOR HIM AND FOR THE COUNTRY CONCLUDED I ARMED FORCES COMMANDER IN CHIEF WIRANTO HASSMl-rA 1-1E D ---- PUBLICLY HIS INTENT TO ORM AN ALL MILITARY INVESTIGATIVE COMMISSION k 9 C COMMENT IOBSERVATION IS ALREADY CIRCULATING IN TH l u MJ S1111c AND FOREIGN MEDIA COMMUNITY THOUGH IT HAS NOT BEEN PRINTED IN ANY MEDIA THAT WE HAVE SEEN PUBLIC SPECULATION ABOUT THE IDENTITY OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE WILL PUT ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON THE GOVERNMENT TO GET ON WITH ITS PROMISED INVESTIGATION SUCH PUBLIC SPECULATION AND A SERIOUS INVESTIGATION SHOULD ONE BE LAUNCHED WILL HAVE UNPREDICTABLE CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE STILL DETAINED Bl Bl Bl UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED ROY CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 JAKART 02579 02 OF 02 070636Z CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED 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