use 424 USC USC 3024 i HEADER 1314362 MAY 98 FM DIA WASHINGTON DC - INFO WASHINGTON DC USC 3024 i 1314st MAY 98 use 424 FMI 6 1310 use 424 TO WASHDC INFO HONOLULU HI 50 use 403-1 1 use 4034 1 I WASHDCI cmm @9424 USO 4034 1 mwxmo U ff 403-10 3_ 80403 STAFF ASHDCI 403-10 I @ xw g 424 ISCOTT AFB IL WASHDC USCEMU WASHDC W340 BT CONTROLS WSECTION 01 OF ozl SERIALI NLWWEL THIS IS A COMBINED MESSAGE BODY COUNTRY INDONESIA ID 50424 SUBJECT j ii f s 0F ENGAGEMENT U WARNING U THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE REPORT CLASSIFIED -- W- 424 Page 1 of 3 Sg qrjh Display DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOI U 930513t REQS U SOURCE A USC 424 USC 403-16 B SUMMARY ABRI RULES OF ENGAGEMENTHAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED BY THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP HOWEVER ON 980512 THERE WERE MULTIPLE BLATANT VIOLATIONS AT TRISAKTI UNIVERSITY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD ABOUT ONE HOUR IN SITUATIONS THAT WERE VERY BIG BREAKDOWN IN TEXT l U THIS REPORT RESPONDS IN PART TO b 3 210 USC 424 5 - - i 2 169 AT 1810 LOCAL TIME 11102 ON 980513 GOT A TELEPHONE CALL THROUGH TO SOURCE A AFTERKUNSUCCESSFULLY TRYING USC 424 MOST OF THE DAY--THEY WERE ALWAYS IN MEETINGS HE SAYS THAT THE SENIOR ABRI LEADERSHIP HAS NOT CHANGED THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT CONCERNING HOW TO DEAL WITH DEMONSTRATIONS--THERE HAS BEEN NO ORDER TO FIRE LIVE AMMUNITION OTHER THAN TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF SECURITY PERSONNEL NOT BEING IN AN OP ERATIONAL BILLET AT THIS TIME HE COULD NOT RECITE THE EXACT SEQUENCE OF CONDITIONS AND RESPONSES BUT THE RESPONSES ESCALATE ALONG THE LINES OF-- - A BATONS - B TEAR GAS - C WARNING SHOTS WITH BLANKS - D RUBBER BULLETS - E LI UNITION ONLY IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION 2 ONTINUED THAT THE POLICE COMMANDER HAD RUBBER BULLETS BUT THEN CONTRADICTED HIMSELF BY SAYING THAT NOT EVERYONE HAD LIVE AMMUNITI ON--ONLY PROBABLY PLATOON COMMANDERS THE OFFICIAL POLICY IS STILL TO KEEP THE STUDENTS ON CAMPUS UNLESS THEY WANT TO NEGOTIATE FOR SOMETHING ELSE E G A SHORT MARCH TO THE OFFICE HE ALSO SAID THAT THE POLICE WERE STILL THE FIRST LINE WITH ARMY KODAM AND KOSTRAD TROOPS TN SUPPORT THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO THAT NO TRAFFIC POLICE HAD BEEN OBSERVED THAT MORNING AND ASKING IF THE POLICE HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM THEIR NORMAL DUTIES HE HAD NOT HEARD ANY REPORTS OF SHOOTING TODAY BUT WOULD CHECK INTO IT COMMENT-BY THIS CREDIBLE REPORTS OF SHOOTING BUT WITHOUT CASUALTIES INDICATING THE USE OF BLANKS ONLY 3 YESTERDAY 980512 SAID THAT THE COMMANDER OF THE KODAM MILITARY POLICE POMDAM WAS INVESTIGATING 311 OTINMM Page 2 of 3 1 1 4 C I B I 424 Page 3 01 3 THE INCIDENT IN WHICH SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE SAID THE OFFICIAL NUMBER WAS 4 AND THAT 2 OR 3 OTHERS WERE IN CRITICAL CONDITION IN HOSPITAL COMMENT - - SHEARD ONFIRMED 1 14m REPO TO FIFTEEN HAVE DIED ROM SHOO 4 1-6 HEARBEROMAHIGHRANKING ABRI OFFICER THAT 1 4 THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE mmTROOPS-rmm m YESTERDAY 980512 THE TROOPS WERE INSPECTED PRIOR TO GOING OUT AND WERE ISSUED RUBBER BULLETS THE TROOPS WERE NOT ISSUED LIVE AMMUNITION BUT SOMEHOW BETWEEN LEAVING THE BARRACKS AND ARRIVING AT THE DEMONSTRATION SOME OF THEM OBVIOUSLY ACQUIRED SOME THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION IN PROGRESS TO DETERMINE WHERE THEY GOT THE LIVE AMMUNITION TODAY THE TROOPS ERE SENT OUT WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO PROTECT THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT AND TO AVOID - CONFRONTATION WITH THE STUDENTS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE use 424 COMMENTS PERFORMANCE BY ABRI SO FAR IN MEDAN THEY AT LEAST HAD THE EXCUSE THAT THEY WERE SPREAD WAY TOO THIN YESTERDAY THERE IS NO SATISFACTORY REASON WHY THE SHOOTING STARTED IN THE FIRST PLACE LET ALONE WHY IT WENT ON FOR ABOUT AN HOUR IT APPEARS THAT THERE WAS NO OVERALL COMMANDER ON SCENE AT TRISAKTI MAY HAVE BEEN ARRAYED IN A HODGEPODGE MANNER WITH VARIOUS COMMANDERS RESPONSIBLE FOR UNITS INTERSPERSED WITHIN ANOTHER 2 CONFIRM EACH OTHER BUT BOTH OF THEM ARE ASSIGNED WELL AWAY FROM THE FRONT LINES AND MAY NOT HAVE A GOOD PICTURE OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE TRENCHES BECAUSE THE SHOOTING WENT ON FOR SO LONG YESTERDAY AND HAS ERUPTED AGAIN TODAY ALTHOUGH NONLETHAL SO FAR IT IS POSSIBLE THAT TH ERE ARE FACTIONS WITHIN ABRI WHO ARE TRYING TO PROMOTE CHAOS POSSIBLE TO DISCREDIT THOSE CURRENTLY 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