ECONOMIC ROLE OF RICE FACTORIES IN WEST JAVA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006800650006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Content Type: REPORT

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lo Rice factories are an important element of the economic activity around T'- awang
end in the Suk abuni-T jiand jur area. Nearly all of them are Chinese--owned. In.
marketing their product, the Chinese work closely with relatives and other
merchants in Djakarta Downtown. Thus, they control the price of rice on the
25X1 C open market, thereby exercising considerable influence on the economic life
of Indonesia.
with elements of the Tentara Islam Indonesia (TII)o These bands supposedly
receive rice and other supplies from the Chinese., most of whom support
1 &O Tse-tung. They hope to keep the rice-growing areas in chaos in order to
increase the price of rice and provide a more fertile field for the growth of
Communism?
the Chinese rice mill owners
allegedly have been in contact with T jet je Subrata ' s Tjitarum Brigade and
3.. The Chinese mill owners are particularly arrogant tovaard Indonesian Governer-,t
officials in the Yxawang district,, They refuse to obey government orders
a gainst hoarding, subversive activity., and black-market transactions:,
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL In accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
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