THE INDONESIAN SITUATION (REPORT #40 -- AS OF 4:00 P.M. EDT)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00472A001500040040-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 26, 2006
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: October 24, 1965
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
24 October 1965
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
The Indonesian Situation
(Report #40 -- As of 4:00 PM EDT)
1. First Deputy Prime Minister Subandric, who
is also Foreign Minister, made his first major political
statement at the 23 October meeting of regional officials
in Djakarta. His speech, like Pres ident Sukarno's, was
clearly directed at undercutting the army's political
assertiveness and its anti-Communist campaign.
2. He alluded to accusations that he himself was
involved in the 30 September plot, but pointed out
that he had been in North Sumatra in the company of'a
high ranking army officer when he heard news of the
coup. He asserted that he could "never become an
opportunist" and had so pledged to President Sukarno.
Subandrio noted that elements of the armed forces as
well as of the Communist Party were involved in the
coup. He said that there are indications that several
newspapers now being published are financed by CIA.
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6. Possibly an indication of the drift of power
in Sukarno's favor is the statement of the information
Minister on 23 October that the press situation is
"not yet satisfactory." He called on journalists
throughout Indonesia to conduct a joint "introspection
and correction." He said that in the near future he
would review the existing press and take measures for
the purpose of "screening and bringing order." Control
of information media was returned last week from the
army to the Ministry of Information. Under army
management the press had developed a marked anti-Com-
munist posture.
7. Two more army regional commands have banned the
activities of the Communist Party (PKI) and its affiliates.
Nine of the 17 commands have now taken this action. In
several areas, the ban is accompanied by an order that
leaders of the party and its front organizations register
with the police.
8. Sukarno will
leave shortly tor Algiers and later will go to Vienna
presumably for medical treatment. Subandrio's departure
early in the week, apparently for Algiers, seems to be firm.
9. If Sukarno should leave Indonesia also,, this
would seem to indicate that he feels considerable confi-
dence in his own position. In the past, he has frequently
left the country after a crisis apparently in order to let
the dust settle and to evaluate from a distance how to
.proceed.