http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_smith/19990914_xcsof_suhartos_h.shtml According to his official Clinton White House intelligence report, Indonesian President B.J. Habibie is "the type of official needed today in developing countries." The recently declassified documents show that in 1993 Habibie requested to see "Vice President Gore, Secretary of State Christopher, Secretary of Energy O'Leary, National Economic Council Chairman Rubin and the White House Director of Science Technology Policy Gibbons." The reports are part of a series of documents obtained from the U.S. Commerce Department using the Freedom of Information Act. The documents include allegations that Clinton officials knew of "corruption, collusion and nepotism" inside U.S. funded projects for Indonesia. The documents show that U.S. taxpayer dollars were used to bribe Suharto relatives and "crony" officials to obtain contracts. The newly declassified intelligence reports include full details on Habibie's life before he took over Indonesia as Suharto's hand picked successor. The documents were included in a 1993 briefing package given to Mission Energy Corp. Habibie's intelligence report reveals that he worked as an engineer in Germany for Messerschmitt, and as Indonesian Technology Minister, wanted to produce "7,000 megawatts of commercial nuclear power by the early 21st century." Furthermore, the intelligence report noted that "A brother, Jusuf Effendy (J.E.) Habibie, heads the Communications Ministry's directorate general for sea communications". Habibie's report is identical in format to the official Clinton White House reports on the entire communist Chinese leadership which were provided by an unspecified "intelligence agency". In order to obtain the intelligence reports, this reporter had to take the Commerce Dept. to Federal Court for illegally withholding the documents. The intelligence reports were given by the Clinton White House to corporate heads who accompanied Ron Brown on trade missions to the far east. The CEOs who received the intelligence reports included DNC donors such as Loral CEO Bernard Schwartz, Hughes CEO Michael Armstrong, investment banker Sanford Robertson and Mission Energy CEO John Bryson. According to the official U.S. intelligence report, Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie was picked by Suharto to be President and Director of the "Indonesian Aircraft Industry, a position he still holds." Habibie also headed Suharto's "Agency for Strategic Industries", placing him in charge "10 state-owned industrial firms", including state owned PT Telkon, Indonesia's satellite TV system. In 1994 the U.S. and France were competing to orbit the Indonesian Palapa C TV satellite. A previously released, November 1, 1994 Dept. of Commerce report accuses France of bribing the Suharto government in the fierce trade war between the U.S. and France over satellite launches for Indonesia. The Commerce document noted, "There are also allegations that the French have paid 'incentive money' to the Indonesians, but this cannot be confirmed." A newly released Commerce document states "General Dynamics is bidding to provide launch services for the new Palapa C satellite. The package to build and launch the third generation satellite is worth $300 million." "The French Government in an effort to break a 20 year American monopoly on Indonesian launches, has been quite open in the support for the Ariannespace launch program. Last month several high level French Government officials called on GOI officials to press their case." The document, a 1993 briefing memo for a Commerce Dept. meeting with Indonesian advisor William Hollinger, includes allegations the French were also attempting to bribe the Suharto regime. Suharto, however, had other ideas for the satellite. According to the Commerce document, "Hughes and General Electric both submitted bids... Hughes now appears to have the edge, but is dependent upon an earlier EXIM financing commitment, which was given while the satellite was solely owned by the GOI (Government of Indonesia). In the past month the project was spun off into a new public/private venture." The Palapa C deal concerned the Clinton administration since Michael Armstrong, Hughes CEO, was close to President Clinton and donated money to the DNC. "The General Dynamics Atlas launch vehicle appears to have the technical and cost edge over Ariane," states the memo. "But the Europeans hope to gain the advantage through political pressure, 'FREEBIES' and financing." The Clinton administration knew of the French "freebies" and "incentive money". Furthermore, they also knew about Suharto's real plan for the Palapa C satellite: "We may have trouble coming up with a better financing offer through EXIM since the State owned PT Telkon has just transferred the satellite business to a new public/private joint venture, PT Satelindo. The majority private interest in Satelindo is controlled by Bimantara, a 'FIRST FAMILY FIRM'." In 1993, Habibie transferred control from the Indonesian government to the new "private" venture. "Private", of course, meant privately owned by Suharto and his "first family". Thus, the Indonesian dictator stole the satellite. Yet, Clinton officials did not stand idlely by while Suharto raided the space-based assets of his impoverished nation. The Clinton/Gore administration acted quickly to the allegations that the French were bribing Suharto by upping the ante with U.S. taxpayer money and a letter backing the deal from Ron Brown. "Commerce strongly endorses the application," states the 1993 memo. "And at the request of the Indonesia desk, IEP and TD/Aerospace are drafting a Secretarial letter of support for General Dynamics. Underscore USG interest in General Dynamics winning the rights to build and launch Indonesia's Palapa C satellite." In the end, Clinton got the donations from Hughes CEO Armstrong, while the governments of Indonesia, France and the United States grew a little more corrupt and Suharto got his satellite, complete with CNN and pay-per-view TV. Of course, one would think the Clinton/Gore connection to Habibie and Suharto should make the news. However, you will not see this story on CNN nor read about it in Time magazine... And the reason for such poor news coverage may surprise you. According to a recently discovered letter from the personal files of Ron Brown, Time-Warner sought and obtained Secretary Brown's help in an exclusive "recording" deal with Indonesia. In 1995, Ron Brown wrote a letter to Hartarto Sastrosurarto, Indonesian Minister for Trade and Industry, "we would welcome the conclusion of the negotiations on phase II of the auxiliary dredging equipment project with Ellicott Machine Corporation and on Time Warner's investment in Indonesia's recording sector." Clearly, CNN reporting the truth might affect Ted Turner's bottom line more than his politics. It is no surprise that CNN has picked up the White House spin, portraying Habibie, a powerful Suharto "crony", as an innocent bystander in the East Timor genocide. Much has been said recently about "the truth" from Clinton officials. The truth is Suharto still rules Indonesia through his surrogate Habibie and the slaughter continues in East Timor. The truth is that Clinton quietly considers Habibie to be "the type of official needed today in developing countries." 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