FLEXIBILITY IS THE WORD IN JAKARTA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-01208R000100080018-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: January 11, 1966
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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JAN 11 1966
Flexib' 't
is the Word
in Jakarta
n ones ia as now ex . J ex en s,
enemies and exploiting internal differ- eans the ' Chinese Into genre
if an hen moi? ? to its relations with
turn,' and' Indonesian-teen alters agai;t tart' with cs even though miu- libraries in Indonesia The books were
dream happily of such names as' John Lary leaders accuse e China of indirectly
supporting the coup. already, in the' hands of Indonesian
Wayne and Kim Novak and Doris Day. The signs of change, however, are "olice, who had confiscated them for,
On a higher level, military officers ,"safe , keeping" from Communist'
actually seek out. members of, the West- unmistakable. Sourcgs at the Indo-
y nesian embassy in Tokyo have said that rioters.
ern press corps at news conferences Indonesia is considering replacing its Only ton months ajo Dr. lubsndrie
and elsewhere to publicize their cam- charge d'affaires in London with an .had charged the books were ;'poisoning
paign against the Communists, whom ambassador. Dr. Subandrio,' the archi- the minds" of Indonesian students.
of Now they will be even more accessible
they accuse with increasing frequency feet of the Peking-Jakarta axis, saw
"not only mbut 'spon- to Indonesians. The Education minis-
sorin the October 1 masterminding nd d'et Iili- first the American and then the Soviet
g" coup ambassador in his office two weeks ter has promised' to distribute them
tary censors; however, still scratch among university libraries throughout
out references in correspondents' copy ago. 'the country.
After conferring with United States
to disagreements with President Su- ; It, will be a long time before In Marshall Green, Suban-
karno and the foreign ministry. donesia actually admits that it would
Observers conclude that the leaders drio said they discussed "general prob- like to adopt a position' of genuine
of armed forces want to win the s lems." Since Subandrio has spoken
ym? lately of Indonesia': "new flexibility" uon-alignment vie-a-vie the United
pathy of the anti-Communist West, par- in foreign policy, it seems certain that States and formally break the Jakarta
ticularly the United States. Atthe same they talked about the possibilities of ! Peking 'aar_xhe_ meJuWnhajhe
time, they do not wish to open, them- Indonesia n American rapproche- (-donesian mLo
nge f, cers joke' t selves to the damning charge of col- t CIA no-longer stands for the ..Central
laborating with Indonesia's imperialist ment. Intelligence Age ? ' w ?we say it
ties with China, the 'Soviet Union
slowed down its aid program 'and
ceased work nearly a year ago on &.,
new steel mill 70 miles, west of,
Jakarta. - -
Subandrio has said that Indonesia-
no . w is free to develop its relations'
with Communist nations without hav-
j ing to consider ideological differences.
among them. He blamed Communist'
China's influence over Indonesia's.
Communist Party for his country's af-
fair with China before the coup.
In perhaps the most publicized ex*
gotten for the moment their campaign cent utterances, one would not think - ample of the prevailing tone, of In-
against neo-colonial and imperialist donesia-American. relations, Ambas-
that Indonesia's attitudes had changed
culture. There de even reports that an i sador Green recently resented the
i at all Rmpa.P(nv thn nresideht has p
Western diplomats-and particularly
the Americans-are reluctant to talk
III optimistically, , even "off the record"
and "for background only," about the
possible long-range implications of the
gradual shift in Indonesian attitudes
toward China, the United States and
other major powers.
So inured are they l o the official-
ONALD KIRK-,~..I and continuing-campaign to "crush
Jakarta neo-colonialism,' colonialism and im-
atever else the effects of the abor- , perialism" that they find it hard to be-
lieve Indonesia might actually adopt a
tive coup ipay have been, the In-
donesian authorities clearly have for- position or de facto non alignment.
Indeed from reading Sukarno's re-
ences. the Soviet Uni,in than the United `Mr a7C C0 - ~:-?
No one realizes the delicacy of the States. As a result of Indonesia's close ~mg3'lran>