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Viewing cable 08JAKARTA736, INDONESIA TO ATTEND APEC TELECOM AND INFORMATION

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08JAKARTA736 2008-04-10 09:55 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Jakarta
VZCZCXRO8481
RR RUEHCHI RUEHFK RUEHHM RUEHKSO RUEHNAG RUEHPB
DE RUEHJA #0736 1010955
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 100955Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8670
RUEHZU/ASIAN PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION
INFO RHMFIUU/DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC
RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC
RUEAFCC/FCC WASHDC
UNCLAS JAKARTA 000736 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EEB/CIP/MA-JOHN RODGERS 
DEPT FOR EEB/CIP/BA-WHITNEY WITTEMAN 
DEPT FOR EAP/MTS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: APECO ECPS PINR ECON ID
SUBJECT: INDONESIA TO ATTEND APEC TELECOM AND INFORMATION 
MINISTERIAL 
 
REF: SECSTATE 20803 
 
1. The Government of Indonesia will send a delegation to attend the 
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) seventh ministerial meeting 
on Telecommunications and Information Policy (TELMIN 7) scheduled 
for April 3 to 25, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.  Minister of Communications and Information Mohammad Nuh will serve as the Head 
of Delegation.  We have conveyed Ambassador David Gross' request for 
a bilateral meting with Minister Nuh in parallel with APEC TELMN 
7.  Minister Nuh is willing to meet with Ambasador Gross on April 
24 or 25 at lunchtime.  For further information, contact Deputy 
Director Sofi Suryaatmadja, Directorate of International 
Cooperation.  Ms. Suryaatmadja can be reached at office: 62 21 
3835900, mobile: +62-813-1420-3049, email:sofi@postel.go.id. 
 
2. The Indonesian delegates include: 
 
-- Minister of Communications and Informtion Muhammad Nuh, Head of 
Delegation 
 
-- Depuy Director of International Cooperation Sofi Suryatmadja, 
Member of Delegation 
 
-- Staff of Diretorate of International Cooperation Diah 
Purbanigrum, Member of Delegation 
 
3. Biography of Minister Mohammad Nuh: 
 
Prof. Dr. Ir. Mohammad Nuh has served as Minister of Communications 
and Informaion since May 2007.  Prior to this, Minister Nuh ws 
active as a lecturer at the Surabaya Institute of Technology (ITS) 
sine 1984, before he served as ITS Rector from 2003 to  2007. 
Minister Nuh earned his Bachelor degree in Electronic Engineering 
from ITS in 1983 and obtained his Master and Doctoral degrees at the 
Univessite des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Monte llier, 
France in 1987 and 1990.  Minister Nuh's expertise is in digital 
control systems - biomedical systems engineering.  He was born on 
June 17, 1959 in Surabaya, Indonesia. 
 
4. Suggested talking points: 
 
-- Limiting foreign investment in the telecom and broadcasting 
sectors impedes innovation and hurts Indonesia's economic and 
technological competitiveness. (Currently foreign investment in 
fixed telecom is limited to 49%, cellular to 65% and media to 20% as 
per last year's negative list). 
 
-- Blocking access to internet websites sends the message that 
Indonesia does not want to be part of a global society that values 
freedom of information. 
 
-- We believe that consumers, not governments, should be the 
ultimate arbiter of what does (or does not) have artistic merit or 
entertainment value. 
 
-- We find that government censorship is often ineffective and 
ultimately counterproductive to our national interests. 
 
-- As President Bush has said, "With freedom comes responsibilities. 
 With freedom comes the responsibility to be thoughtful about 
others." 
 
 
HUME