Cablegate: Indonesia and Us Sign Multi-Hazard Mou

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SUBJECT: INDONESIA AND US SIGN MULTI-HAZARD MOU

1. State Minister of Research and Technology Kusmayanto
Kadiman and Ambassador B. Lynn Pascoe signed a Memorandum of
Understanding on "General Cooperation in Science and
Technology for Natural Hazard Assessment, Analysis, Warning,
Preparedness and Mitigation" on November 20. We have
scanned and e-mailed the full text to OES, L and EAP/MTS,
and will pouch notarized copies to the Department on
November 21.

2. We appreciate very much the outstanding support for the
MOU negotiations, including through the November 18-19
weekend, by OES, L, EAP, and the National Oceanographic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

PASCOE

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