UPDATING OF INDONESIAN CHRONOLOGY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00826A000500010070-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2005
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: April 12, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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12 April 1966
3 March--In the face of continuing student dem-
onstrations in the capital, Sukarno ordered the
closing of the University of Indonesia in Djakarta.
8 March--Indonesian students, intensifying
their antigovernment demonstrations, occupied
and ransacked the Indonesian Foreign Ministry.
8 March--Leftist youths made a small but vio-
lent attack on the US Embassy.
10 March--Following a meeting with Sukarno,
political party leaders issued a statement support-
ing the president and condemning antigovernment
agitation.
11 March--In the midst of a meeting with his
new cabinet, Sukarno, along with Foreign Minister
Subandrio, abruptly left for the presidential palace
at Bogor.
12 March--Faced with an army ultimatum, Sukarno
signed over de facto executive authority to General
Suharto. Suharto immediately issued an order "on
behalf" of Sukarno officially banning the Communist
Party.
16 March--In a presidential announcement, Su-
karno, attempting to retrieve the authority he dele-
gated to Suharto, asserted that his order to Suharto
had been misunderstood and that he alone would deter-
mine the composition of the Indonesian cabinet. In
a separate statement, General Suharto agreed that
the President's authority had not decreased.
18 March--Moving to complete its assumption of
power, the army arrested 15 leftist cabinet minis-
ters, including their principal target Foreign Minis-
ter Subandrio, and replaced them with moderates.
Army leaders and their civilian allies began discus-
sions on the formation of a new cabinet.
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12 April 1966
23 March--Sukarno made a surprise appearance
at a diplomatic reception in an apparent attempt to
repair his badly damaged image.
27 March--A new moderate cabinet was announced,
dominated by General Suharto; the Sultan of Jogja-
karta, in charge of economic affairs; and the new
foreign minister Adam Malik. General Nasution re-
turned to the government with ministerial rank as
deputy supreme commander of KOGAM, the "crush Ma-
laysia" command. Sukarno retained his posts as pres-
ident and prime minister.
4 April--Foreign Minister Malik and the Sultan
of Jogjakarta. issued public statements laying the
basis for a moderate course in foreign and economic
policy. Malik stated an intention to resume Indo-
nesian membership in the UN and welcomed efforts to
end the three-year confrontation against Malaysia.
The Sultan welcomed foreign aid from all sources and
outlined a stabilization program for Indonesia's
chaotic economy.
10 April--The new government announced its in-
tention to extend recognition to Singapore but re-
affirmed Indonesia's hostility to Malaysia.
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