THE INDONESIAN SITUATION (REPORT #26 - A S OF 4:00 PM EDT)
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October 10, 1965
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OCI No, 2765/65
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
10 October 1965
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
The Indonesian Situation
(Report #26 - As of 4:00 PM EDT)
1. The Indonesian Army appears to be broadening
its investigative operations. These are directly
aimed at finding persons involved in the 30 September
movement and indirectly at ferreting out Communists
who have infiltrated military and civilian government
organizations.
3. Army information announced on 9 October that
during the first week of army sweeps in the Djakarta
area, 252 firearms had been discovered. Of these 150
were of Chinese manufacture.
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4. The army issued two bulletins on 9 October
aimed at clarifying its top command structure. One
of them is a reminder that Maj. Gen. Pranoto is not
the acting commander of the army; his correct title
is "Officer in Charge of Day-to-Day Administration
of the Army." The other notes that Maj. Gen, Suharto
is responsible for "military/technical affairs or
for the restoration of security." Suharto assumed
the position of acting army commander on 1 October
when it became known that Commander General Yani
had disappeared and was probably dead. Suharto
relinquished this title at Sukarno's order. The post
of army commander is currently vacant.
5. The second bulletin in effect also spelled
out the army's understanding of its present relation-
ship with Sukarno. It stated that the present situa-
tion has two basic aspects--political and military--
and that these must be solved soon. The policy as
laid down by Sukarno is correct: he will settle the
political aspect but has entrusted everything related
to the "military/technical and administrative aspect"
to Generals Pranoto and Suharto.
6. General Suharto on 9 October broadcast an
announcement giving assurances on the food supply
situation and admonishing food producers and traders
not to exploit the current situation. The US Embassy
has reported that the past week of crisis has had
little effect on the economic life of the capital.,
There were few signs of panic buying.
7. A police inspector has been added to the list
of those murdered on 1 October. He is reported to have
died of wounds incurred in saving the life of Second
Deputy Prime Minister Leimena.
8, Reports that Sukarno returned to Djakarta by
helicopter on 9 October remain unconfirmed. The army
contacts of several_press correspondents have indicated
to them that the president is still at Bogor.
9. A Djakarta newspaper has published the story
that a group of Communist leaders who have long dis-
agreed with the policy of party chairman Aidit plans
to form a new Communist party, The proposed party
will absorb Communists who "wish to dedicate their
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lives to the interest of their country--not like Aidit
and his associates who served foreign interests."
The group will soon ask President Sukarno's blessing
for the new party. According to the news story, the
new organization will be announced after Sukarno has
banned Aidit's party.
10. The editor of the paper which ran the story
is a minister attached to the cabinet presidium and
secretary general of the large orthodox party Nahdatul
Ulama (NU), As the past week has progressed the NU
has moved from a firm anti-Communist position to one
completely supporting Sukarno.
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