PKI ELECTION EFFORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002100450001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
CONFIDENTIAL/CONTROL - U.
SECURITY INFORMATION
Indonesia
PKI Election Effort
25X1A
S. OFFICIALS ONLY
REPORT NO.
DATE DISTR.
25X1A
17 August 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1:
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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SOURCE:
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1. Wira'.atmadja and Mahdjuddin have been instructed by Husny,l Secretary-
General of the Tanahabang Sub-Sectional Committee of the Partai Komunis
Indonesia (PKI), to organize votes for the PKI in the coming election.
2. They have organized the Barisan Sakit Hati (BSH)2 in Karet-Sawah$
Pundok-Bandung, and Kampung Karet-Sawah, Djakarta.
25X1A Comments
1. Husny w tR nrmprl y a lieutenant in the Tentera Nasional Indonesia
25X1 A (TNI). reported that a People's 'Unification Unit (Usaha
Persatuan Penduduk UPP) had been set up by the Tanahabang Sub-
Sectional Committee with an office at the home of Husny, Kebon Sajury
Tanahabang.
2. The BSR.has operated as a dissident group since late 1951 in
25X1 A West Java. In August 1952 reported it had come under 25X1 A
the influence of WU Tien Wang. According to l in January
1953 it had become less active and was influenced by the Angkatan
Communist Muda (ACOMA).
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