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FM JAKARTA 100530Z
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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 60 OF 10 FEBRUARY AND RFI PRIORITY TO HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND BCARFE).
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YOUR TELNO 29: AIR SERVICES
1. I HAD AN INFORMAL DRINK WITH RISAKOTTA ON 9 FEBRUARY AND
SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED.
2. RISAKOTTA SAID THIS WAS THE FIRST HE HAD HEARD OF SUCH AN OFFER BY WIWEKO, AND HE WONDERED WHETHER IT WAS GENUINE. I ASKED WHETHER, IF IT WAS, THE IDEA WOULD BE LIKELY TO FIND FAVOUR WITH THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT. RISAKOTTA REPLIED THAT THIS WOULD HAVE
TO BE DISCUSSED, BUT HE THOUGHT THAT THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT WOULD LOOK FOR SOMETHING IN RETURN, EG NEW RIGHTS HONG KONG/
TAIPEI. HE SUGGESTED THAT THE BEST WAY TO PUT MATTERS IN TRAIN
WOULD BE FOR US TO ASK FOR FORMAL NEGOTIATIONS. THIS WOULD EN ABLE
HIM TO ASK HIS MINISTER FOR INSTRUCTIONS, AND THE MINISTER WOULD THEN SMOKE OUT WIWEKO.
.3. 1 EXPLAINED THAT WE DID NOT WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN FORMAL
NEGOTIATIONS UNLESS WE HAD SOME INDICATION THAT WIWEKO'S IDEAS
WERE GENUINE AND LIKELY TO BE NEGOTIABLE. RISAKOTTA SAID HE
ACCEPTED THIS. HE THEREFORE SUGGESTED THAT I SHOULD WRITE HIM A LETTER SAYING THAT BCARFE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM IN JAKARTA FOR
AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION OF CPA'S RIGHTS. THIS WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR
HIM TO ASK HIS MINISTER FOR INSTRUCTIONS, WHICH WOULD INVOLVE A
CLARIFICATION OF WIWEKO'S POSITION.
4. RISAKOTTA HAS NOW LEFT JAKARTA FOR SOUTH ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND EUROPE (NOT BRITAIN). HE IS DUE BACK ABOUT 23 FEBRUARY. HE SAID THAT IF MY LETTER COULD BE WAITING FOR HIM ON HIS RETURN, IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR BCARFE TO COME HERE ABOUT THE FIRST WEEK
CF MARCH. HE SAW NO REASON WHY THESE DISCUSSIONS NEED AWAIT THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND MINISTERIAL RESHUFFLE AT THE END OF
MARCH.