ANTI- CHINESE CAMPAIGN IN INDONESIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00826A001300010022-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: October 5, 1966
• Content Type: MEMO

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e Per' sodiitie* a eowietions of local
army and civil authorities-_ In recent weeks, However,
t3w army, aware of the far--wing acme dial atio,
s Mild rsei It from extensive anti-Chinese action,
has ertak n increased effort to prevent haler
s =Chinese o a to OUM local official action.
1t: the s time. Chine ettisens are being onommaged
to leave tonesia.
ones is numbers
bnesia
8. The Cis are popularly regarded
ant, _ ve, and rich. They do,
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try s wholesale and t e--
ado. M- a r+ It , anti-Chinese s s to en-
in Indonesia, and anti-Chime a iv ty often ac-
CVw
des any general rise in p U excite t and par--
t l4xly any Increase in frustrations. In ss>
insfth"s during ~ VW-distinction has been
dram among the is of Chinese ; at other tires
a1li ivitty has been specifically directed against those
Who retain their Chinese citizenship. A re--registration
Of "aliens"--probably me*bi all Chinese--is under way
in several provinces, and probably is part of a national
recount.
i-Chinese Campaaig n
s- ha1 -?--three percent of the to-
ion. It is divided into thrv ? roa reoly-
s Chinese citizens, s tt Ss1r- pies, and
POPAUsr campaign,
ainat the Overseas
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ring the year, Chinese schools have been closed
by various authorities--.-axmy, civil government, sometimes
Indonesian student groups. Chinese business quarters in
many cities have been looted, some hundreds of people have
been killed, and more hundreds beaten and humiliated.
4. The peak of the campaign occurred last April when
demonstrations against both diplomatic and indigenous Cbi.-
noe caused Peking to close its four consulates, withdraw
its aid program, and reduce its presence in Djakarta. P---
kia has sent a total of 65 not" to Djakarta protesting
the treatment of both official Chinese representatives and
the Chinese communi ty .
5. The chief centers of current anti-Chinese activity
are the Sumatran provinces of At jah and Worth Sumatra (see
map), where the Chinese have largely retained their separate
cownnal character. Last July local civilian officials in
Atje ordered Chinese who were not Indonesian citizens to
leave the province by 17 August. The policy was strongly
backed by the district army commander, who apparently did
not clear it with national authorities or even with his
iatee superior in Sumatra.
6. Most of the Chinese who left At jeeh went to North
Sumatra, the province immediately south, and concentrated
in the provincial capital of Medan. The last few days
before the deadline, those alien Chinese who had not moved
were forcibly rounded up by Indonesian youth groups,
herded into trucks, and sent south. Refugees who had
financial means found places for themselves in the Medan
Chinese ecuounity or bought air tickets to Djakarta. The
others were cuarteered in former Chinese schools
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Chinese refugees from At jeh now sheltered
t between three and five thousand. some two
d more who require assistance are quartered else-
in the province. The army is supplying rice to the
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effort to halt the flow of refugees, the
S. As anti-Chinese pressures increased, senior
officers dame conrned. They were aware of the
exodus of the Chinese and realized also that
&bWWX against Chinese citizens could quickly turn into
P*rWWMtj,oft of aka of Chinese descent. In late Au-
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met, the tap--gvnatran commander, Ms. j. ten. o
major anti-Chinese incident has been
itra during the past saonthi on 76
d a parade a ad then destroy
shops in a a town south of Medan.
percent of the city's isabi
tad Chinese schools--about 4O----to 1easV
tion should di.pd
of a 1960 deer
see retailers in rural areas and small t
called for h itarianism and soc3.a1 Justine
including the refugees, and expressed his dis*
of amy action which wld cause greater suffer-
j.hn action and the arrival of Chinese
ne in Medan sparked an outcry for similar
eptesr. . Three youth organizations
: alsien_ of all Chinese citizens fro"
the severing of relations with Peking.
der banned movemnt of Chinese
undaries without special permission
l.a c e nt of Chinese from rural
or district tzs. Ts slow the flight
pital, he temporarily banned the sa.Ie or
ere is every likelihood that the army a(!--
a have the approval of Djakarta.
iol governor publicly de-
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10. Neanwh le the plight of the refugee Chinese
has involved government -to-govern et relations between
Djakarta and Peking. Peking, although actually unen_.
thusiastic about resettling Overseas Chinese, offered
months ago to repatriate Chinese who wished to leave
Indonesia. Indonesia replied that if Peking provided
the ships, the Chinese were free to go, On 21 Septa
bet, one Chinese ship, said to be capable of carrying
only 900 persons, arrived in Medan.
11. A problem iediately arose, as few of the ref-
have valid Chinese Cousaunist documentation, snd the
Consulate in Medan was closed. After some des
y, Indonesia permitted several Chinese officials to
go ashore and atsake arrangements for the repatriation.
The ship was finally permitted to dock on 2 October,
and approximately 400 persons have so far boarded. The
local Indonesian naval Winder has told the t$ consul
that the total number to be evacuated by this ship will
be BOO.
originally planned to send seven ships
arcuate the refugees. Indonesia reportedly hac rta
ejected this proposal and decided that, as a security
rase, only Indonesian ships are to be used to evacuate
the renaming Chinese refugees in Madan and the smaller
numbers elsewhere in Indonesia who have expressed a de--
size for repatriation. Arrangements are said to have
initiate to charter twat ships for this purpose,
which has an 000-passenger capacity and the other
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FROM: George Carroll
DDI -
September 28, 1966
Can you tell us any hard facts about the extent to which Gen-
eral Suharto's government has authorized, or is acting permissive
toward, the execution of Indonesia's Chinese minority?
Every now and then there appears in the press another news-
papcr report of planned or unplanned killings of the Chinese in Indo-
nesia. We wonder how hard this information is.
Will you please write a
reply for MZr. Smith's signature
attaching your most recent pub-
lication on this subject (it
could be pages from a Weekly) .
Add any more recent comments
you may have in the letter.
a
REPLACES FORM %-!
WHICH MAY BE USED,
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5 October 1966
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. George Carroll
Assistant to the Vice President
Room 119, East Building
SUBJECT : Anti-Chinese Campaign in Indonesia
In response to your query of 28 September,
I am attaching a memorandum which describes the
Status of the campaign against Overseas Chinese
in Indonesia. I am also including a map showing
the location of the main center of anti-Chinese
activity. You will note in reading the memorandum
that recent newspaper accounts of killings of
Chinese in Indonesia have been generally exag-
gerated.
A. J. SMITH
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Attachments (2)
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