THE INDONESIAN SITUATION (REPORT #46 - AS OF 4:00 P.M. EDT)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03022728
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2018
• Case Number: F-2017-01285
• Publication Date: October 30, 1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
30 October 1965
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
The Indonesian Situation
(Report #46 - As of 4:00 PM EDT)
1, President Sukarno met again last night with
the Supreme Operations Command (KOTI). Afterward,
Sukarno-oriented Information Minister Achmadi told
the press that Sukarno felt that security in Central
Java had returned to normal. Sukarno obviously wants
to avoid having to denounce or even mention the
rising armed PKI activity in both East and Central
Java.
2. The army announced today that 50 Communists
were killed in a "battle" with air force troops near
the central Javanese city of Jogjakarta. According
to unconfirmed press reports, 51 anti-Communists
Moslem youths were recently killed by Communist
terrorists in East Java. The army has previously
stated that Communists have killed over 200 persons
in East and Central Java since 30 September.
3, The Indonesian Minister of Interior has
announced the firing of the Communist mayor of Surabaya,
Indonesia's second largest city and capital of East
Java. The army in Surabaya has now begun a roundup
of key Communist leaders and cadres. According to
previous reports, the crackdown had been delayed
pending the arrival of troop reinforcements from other
areas.
4. The campaign against Foreign Minister Subandrio
appears to still be gathering steam. A Moslem newspaper
and a leading Moslem political organization yesterday
openly called for the expulsion of Subandrio from the
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cabinet. According to an unconfirmed press report,
Subandrio has now been replaced as head of the
Central Intelligence Bureau (BPI) by an army general.
5. In the most recent development in the current
Peking-Djakarta riff, Indonesia has sudpended its
exports to Communist China. No press announcement
to this effect has yet appeared, possibly because
Sukarno has not been consulted, or if consulted did
not agree.
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