US Military and Indonesia relationship
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WikiLeaks Document Relea se http://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS-98-677 February 2, 2009 Congressional Research Service Report 98-677 INDONESIA: U.S. RELA TIONS WITH THE INDONESI AN MILITAR Y Larry A. Niksch, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Updated August 10, 1998 Abstract. This report describes the history and the issues involved in the longstanding differences between Congre ss and the exe cut ive bra nch over U.S. policy toward the Indonesia n military (ABRI). It des cribes two pas t epis odes when the se differences broke out: the peri od of Ind one sia n radical ism und er President Sukarno in the early 1960s and the initial years of the Indonesian military occupation of East Timor in the late 1970s. It out lines the differ ent vie ws of the Indonesian militar y bet wee n its congr ess ional critics and the execut ive bra nc h offici als who ha ve promot ed close U.S. relati ons with it. The issue s bet wee n Congre ss and the Bus h and Clin ton Administrat ion in the 199 0s are dis cus sed within thi s fra mework, culminating in Amer ica n policy to ward the ABRI in 1998 as Indonesia’s economic-polit ical crisi s led to the downf all of President Suharto. Specific issues of the 1990s discussed in the report, includin g U.S. training of Indon esian military personnel and U.S. arms sales to Indonesia, likely will come to new legislative attention in the near future.
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