LOCAL ATTITUDES TOWARD MAO TSE-TUNG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002600170008-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 24, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 31, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 1999/09/09 CIA-RDP82-00457R002600170008-1
CLASS! FICAf1ON ti . 25X1A2g
COUNTRY Indonesia/Chime:
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY' 1
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SUBJECT Local Attitudes toward MAO Tse-tung
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1~ At the beginning of this year the directors of the Sin Po and the I~eax; c
felt that :".O3 Tse-tung wary not a ORussla P Co iunist ', but ? 'Chinese&
Communist and that he would put the interests of China above those of
Russia,
2 , This feeling has charged gradually and the majority of the editors and directors
of newspapers now feel that MAO is directly controlled by the Kremlin.
The main reason for this shift in opinion is the recent broadc sts*from
Conmunist China over a powerful transmitter beamed to Indonesia and South-
eact Asia. Some of the broadcasts have attacked Sg karno, Hatta and Sjahrir
as American puppets and have praised Tan MMalakaa. These broadcasts are
easily heard in Indonesia.
Source believes that these broadcasts have forced Republicans, such as S jaahrir,
who want to remain neutral in the Russian-American conflict, to see the pre-
cariousness of :heir position and to recognize Tan Maalaia as their -greatest
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in the light of his knorledge of recent activities ice d area, source is of the
opinion that the Kremlin, in order to keep ?MAO T'se-lung firmly under Russian
control, has offered to sa spl.i.t the world' with him, giving MAC a free hand
in the Far East, Southeast- Asia and possibly in India.
MAO Tse-tung and Tan Maalakk are personal friends.
Comment. A broadcast from forth Shensi. on 21 March warned
Indonesian Rapublcans that their efforts to obtain liberation were doomed
as long as they were led by by the feeble-minded bourgeoisie and urged them
'jao create a proletarian-led revolutionary army, to start with guerrilla
warfare, build up the Communist party and prepare to capture big cities later.
"Tht broadcast concluded by boasting of Chinese Communist succosses and
said the Indonesians could do likewise if they would follow the Chinese
Communist pattern. This broadcast was heard in San Francisco,
Phis document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
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