The outcome of the investigation could determine whether Washington proceeds with plans to offer training to Indonesian military officers in the United States.

In 1992, Congress banned Indonesian military officers from receiving training.

An Indonesian officer arrived in the go-down.

Indonesian officers would be appointed as liaison officers on each foreign military aircraft and ship, he said.

During the cold war, Indonesian officers trained in the United States.

But that is precisely the type of training most Indonesian military officers want.

On the other hand, he said, Indonesian officers do not want to go to the United States for courses in human rights and the rules of war.

Ask any Indonesian officer, 'Do you need that kind of training?'

But officials said they had asked Congress to consider some flexibility so that junior Indonesian officers could be trained in operations like peacekeeping and disaster relief.

The war continues in no small part because Indonesian military officers are unwilling to give up a lucrative source of corrupt plunder.