WEEKLY REPORT PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE SENIOR INTERDEPARTMENTAL GROUP (SUPPLEMENT)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: May 1, 1967
• Content Type: IR

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence Report
Weekly Report
Prepared Exclusively for the
Senior Interdepartmental Group
Supplement
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INDONESIA - COMMUNIST CHINA
Sino-Indonesian tensions have increased sharply
but neither government appears inclined to push mat-
ters to a complete diplomatic break at this point.
The latest round of incidents and recriminations
began with the death of a pro-Peking Overseas Chinese
leader who was being interrogated by the Djakarta
police. This was followed by a massive campaign in
Peking denouncing the Djakarta government and the
mutual expulsion of the ranking diplomats in the
Indonesian and Chinese embassies on 24 April.
The violence of the demonstrations last week
in front of the Indonesian Embassy in Peking sug-
gests that the Chinese Communists have written off
the possibility of any improvement in relations with
the Suharto government and are now apparently willing
to risk provoking a diplomatic break. Peking is prob-
ably reluctant to give the appearance of abandoning
the Overseas Chinese to their fate, however, and it
seems likely that the Chinese will seek to avoid the
onus of initiating a break.
To some extent the virulence and bravado of the
current Chinese outcry are a reflection of Peking's
inability to influence events in Indonesia. It thus
feels compelled to make al dramatic public gesture of
support for the Overseas Chinese. Peking's leaders
may also hope to capitalLLze on the current situation
to whip up nationalistic fervor within China.
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