Business in the Fast Lane
Vice President Jusuf Kalla is entangled in a dilemma over the import of 12 used helicopters. Customs is threatening to confiscate the German-made choppers if their tariff duties are not paid in full. Why did President Yudhoyono issue a secret memo about this?
Tempo
March 27, 2007

LETTERS bearing the presidential letterhead reached Finance Minister Sri Mulyani and Transportation Minister Hatta Rajasa on December 7, 2006. At the bottom was a note saying that a carbon copy was being sent to Vice President Jusuf Kalla. With the word “memorandum” written at the top, numbered R-001, it was confidential in nature. It was sent by the Republic’s top official: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
The memo to the two minister
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