THE INDONESIAN SITUATION (REPORT #19 - A S OF 6:00 AM EDT)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00472A001500040019-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 2006
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: October 7, 1965
• Content Type: IM

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OCI No. 2759/65
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
7 October 1965
The Indonesian Situation
(Report #19 - As of 6:00 AM EDT)
1. The apparent stalemate between Sukarno and the
army leadership continues. Djakarta itself is peaceful
with General Suharto's forces in,icomblete control, and
almost all of Indonesia remains outwardly calm. Some
limited dissidence continues in Central Java, but army
leaders in Djakarta apparently do not consider it a
threat to their control.
2. No significant trends were indicated at the
cabinet meeting which Sukarno held on 6 October -the US
Embassy in Djakarta had earlier suggested that the meeting
would be the key turning point indicating the extent to
WhiQh Sukarno will be able to resume control. M. H.
Lukman and Nojoto, who rank second and third in the PKI,
reportedly attended the meeting but PKI Chairman Aidit
has still not been heard from.
3. Earlier reports that Air Marshal Dani had been'
placed under "protective custody" by the army were appar-
ently dispelled by his presence at the cabinet session.
Since announcing the arrest of several Halim Air Force
base personnel suspected of being involved in the "30 Sep-
tember Movement," Dani has issued an ultimatum giving
air force rebels 72 hours to surrender or be "hunted
down and severely dealt with." This action is almost
certainly a further attempt by Dani to disassociate the
air force command from its initial involvement in the
coup.
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4. A public statement from the PKI Central
Committee (dated 5 October) is apparently being sup
pressed by the army. The statement is the first offi-
cial PKI comment on the "30 September Movement" since
Suharto took control. It sortsstheamessage ofrPresident
study the CC-PKI fully supp
Sukarno and believes that the "30th September Movement
was an internal army matter and the CC-PKI diddnnot
ot have
participate in it." Events of the past
put the PKI and pro-Communist elements on the defensive
and there is almost a complete communications breakdown
within the party.
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