LAKSAMANA.Net, December 6, 2003 12:48 AM
US Warns of Possible Terror Attacks
Laksamana.Net - The US Embassy has issued a press release warning of a
"particularly high" risk of terror attacks in Indonesia over the Christmas and New Year
period.
In less frightening news, the embassy has also announced the US Agriculture
Department is offering credit guarantees of $200 million for export sales to Indonesia.
Both releases are printed below. Note that in the second release, the term GSM is
not a reference to genetically modified organisms. It stands for General Sales
Manager of the Foreign Agricultural Service, which administers export credit
guarantee programs known as GSM-102 and GSM-103.
US EMBASSY JAKARTA
WARDEN ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. Embassy
Jakarta, Indonesia
Warden Message
December 5, 2003
The Embassy reminds all Americans in Indonesia of the increased volatility of the
security environment during the holiday season. On Christmas Eve 2000 there were a
series of bombings and attempted bombings at churches throughout Indonesia. The
potential for additional bombings of places where Americans and Westerners are
known to live, congregate, shop, or visit, especially hotels, clubs, restaurants,
shopping centers, housing compounds, transportation systems, places of worship,
schools, or outdoor recreation events is particularly high during the weeks around
Christmas through the New Year. Americans are encouraged to read the Department
of State's latest Worldwide Caution Public Announcement at
http://travel.state.gov/wwc1.html.
Please also note that the Embassy will be closed in observance of the holidays on
December 25 and January 1. American citizens needing emergency assistance can
be connected to the duty officer by calling the Embassy at 021-3435-9000.
US EMBASSY PRESS RELEASE
Public Affairs Section
December 5, 2003
US Department of Agriculture Offers in GSM-102 Credit Guarantees of $200 Million for
Export Sales to Indonesia in Fiscal Year 2004
The Embassy of the United States is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department
of Agriculture has authorized $200 million in credit guarantees for sales of U.S.
agricultural commodities to Indonesia under the Commodity Credit Corporation’s
Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) for fiscal year 2004. The GSM program
will enable Indonesian agricultural importers and U.S. exporters to maintain and
further develop our already strong agricultural trading relationship.
Exporters may apply for credit guarantees on a first-come, first-served basis to cover
sales of any of the commodities, excluding soybeans, specified in the GSM list of
commodities published in Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) program announcement
PR0346-02 issued Sept. 24, 2002, or as superseded. The latest commodity list can
be obtained by accessing the FAS homepage as specified below. Eligibility for this
program will close on September 30, 2004.
The allocation does not assign dollar amounts to any of the commodities specified in
the GSM list of commodities, providing buyers and sellers maximum flexibility in
arranging the size of their transactions within the scope of the overall allocation.
ELIGIBLE BANKS
Any bank approved by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) for Indonesia is
eligible. For a complete list of eligible banks, refer to the CCC “GSM Program
Foreign Bank Obligors” Web page located at
http://www.fs.usda.gov/dam/fmd/banks/banks.htm.
For further information, please contact the Agricultural Affairs Office at the U.S.
Embassy in Jakarta at Tel# 3435-9161/64 or by email at agjakarta@usda.gov.
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