THE INDONESIAN SITUATION (REPORT #33 -- AS OF 4:00 P.M. EDT )

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00472A001500040033-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2006
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: October 17, 1965
• Content Type: IM

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
17 October 1965
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
The Indonesian Situation
(Report -- As of 4:00 P.M. EDT)
1. The army's demand for a purge of air force
members involved in the coup attempt has been partially
met with yesterday's announcement that leftist air
force commander Marshal Dani would "temporarily" give
up his duties and depart on an overseas mission. The
US Embassy in Djakarta believes Dani is being sent
to Communist China,, The officer named as acting air
force commander, however, is reportedly unacceptable
to the army leadership as a permanent replacement
for Dani.
2, President Sukarno today addressed the Anti-
Foreign Bases Conference now being held in Djakarta.
Despite speculation that he would make a major state-
ment on the internal situation, Sukarno limited him-
self to standard attacks on the Imperialistic "Old
Established Forces." In an apparent attempt to
dramatize the conference, Radio Djakarta announced
yesterday that the Indonesian air force has been
flying- reconnaissance missions over "enemy territory"
in order "to observe imperialist activities and the
possibility of an attack against Indonesia."
3. According to Djakarta press reports yesterday,
the army has obtained Sukarno''s agreement to continue
a "state of war" in the Djakarta area. The army will
undoubtedly use Sukarno's acquiescence in this matter
to make further sweeps against the Communists.
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4. On 15 October, 26 journalists and officials
of Antara, the'left-leaning Indonesian national news
agency, were arrested on suspicion of involvement
in the 30 September coup attempt. Antara's operation
was initially suspended. following the coup attempt
but resumed under army supervision,
5. The US Consulates in Surabaya and Medan
have reported rising anti-PKI activity in those two
cities. Yesterday Moslem mobs in Surabaya roamed
the city tearing down PKI signs and attacking PKI
members. casualties
were heavy. In Medan, Moslem and other anti-Communist
groups burned the north Sumatra PKI headquarters on
15 October. An attempt by PKI members to defend the
building reportedly resulted in heavy casualties"
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