U.S.denies Indonesian rejection of support [View All]

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Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kala said Jan. 12 that he hopes foreign troops will be out of Indonesia within three months. A senior defense policy official traveling with Wolfowitz said the comments stem from the Indonesians' belief that they will be able to handle the situation themselves within that timeframe, not from a desire to see all American troops out.

Wolfowitz supported that belief. 'It's our expectation, our hope that we wouldn't be needed militarily past that point,' he said.


On Jan. 12, a senior U.S. defense official who is an expert on Asia-Pacific affairs disputed press reports that Indonesia was requiring U.S. Marines to go ashore without their weapons.

The official said Marines working ashore are carrying weapons. 'The Indonesians have not precluded our carrying weapons,' he said at the Pentagon. 'That's a bad report.'




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Seems alot of tension going on with US troops armed going on Indonesia soil!!!