India, July 19 -- A provision states that Indonesia would authorize the United States to exercise criminal jurisdiction over U.S. personnel while they are in Indonesian territory.

The United States has proposed granting its military personnel broad legal privileges and operational protections in Indonesia under a draft Personnel Protection Agreement currently under negotiation between Washington and Jakarta, according to documents reviewed by this publication and independently authenticated by multiple sources familiar with the negotiations.

The draft agreement proposed in July last year and now under active consideration between the relevant offices of the two countries, would establish a legal framework governing U.S. military personn...