WEEKLY SUMMARY

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06571778
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: June 20, 2018
• Case Number: F-2016-01698
• Publication Date: March 3, 1967

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WEEKLY SUMMARY
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3 March 1967
No. 0279/67
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FAR EAST
The retreat from the more radical aims and
measures of the Cultural Revolution in China
has gathered speed. The most influential force
in the current drive to restore order and dis-
cipline appears to be Chou En-lai and leading
members of the government bureaucracy, working
in conjunction with the armed forces. The au-
thoritative Red Flag has joined the chorus at-
tacking ultraTifEisTs and in a recent article
identified "anarchism" as the chief current
danger. Chou is apparently working to restore
the authority of party cadres and organizations
and troops have been used in some places to
disband pro-Mao .revolutionary groups and to
arrest some of the leaders. There are signs of
grave concern in Peking concerning the disloca-
tions in the economy caused by the political
chaos of the past months-:. Agriculture is high
on the list of tasks to be tackled and the army
has been ordered to help the peasants with
spring planting.
Saigon's Constituent Assembly has completed
its work on some of the most controversial parts
of South Vietnam's new constitution dealing with
legislative and executive powers. Neither Premier
Ky nor Chief of State Thiel) has yet emerged as a
clear front-runner as the military leaders' candi-
date for the presidency, however.
With Indonesia's Congress scheduled to convene
in special session on 7 March, it is unclear just
how far the country's ruLers intend to carry the
destruction of President Sukarno's position. Gen-
eral Suharto may approve stripping him of his
title, but evidently does not want him brought to
trial for involvement in the abortive 1965 coup
attempt lest the unity of the armed forces be dis-
rupted.
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INDONESIAN CONGRESS PREPARES TO ACT ON SUKARNO
As the Indonesian Congress
prepares to convene in special
session on 7 March, Indonesian
leaders are still at odds over
how much, if any, further action
should be taken against President
Sukarno.
Pressures to bring Sukarno
to trial may increase now that
the trial of Brig. Gen. Supardjo,
the highest ranking officer in-
volved in the coup attemEt.has
revealed that Sukarno tried to
protect him after the coup failed.
Hard liners may use this to build
up an anti-Sukarno atmosphere on
the eve of the Congress seGsion.
The uncertainty abouL Su-
karno's fate now centers pn
whether the Congress will deny
him even the titular presidency,
as formally requested last month
by the Parliament which cmsti-
tutes almost half of the member-
ship of the Congress. A 3tate-
ment issued by congressiolal lead-
ers on 24 February implied that
no further action was necessary.
It noted that Congress had pre-
viously decreed that Suha-to
should take over as acting presi-
dent if Sukarno were unab_e to
fulfill his duties, and aserted
that Sukarno's transfer cy. au-
thority last week was simply a
"clearing action" in acrn1.(4 wifh
that decree.
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