ACTIVITIES OF K. WERDOJO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007400200011-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 1999
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: April 30, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT cn5 'A
SUBJECT Activities of 'F. Werdojo
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K ?,Werriojo, C'na:lrman of 1, e Labor faction in Parl4anent reentirg the
ventral Orgar_i.sasi.e R-?ruh 5e1"rul-- Indonesia (SOBSI), stays at the Hotel
Centr'aal, Djalan Segara l when in Djakarta. He also has offibes at SOBSI
headgrlart.ers, Geng Tengrth 29.
2. I/erdo o ryrterd;i +-, visit as r'arly places as possible in In onBais,,' eontacti.ng
s, rodent, youth, aan'3 labor orfra-iizations for the *atrrpoee of Co'~muviat agitation.
TIP recently ,:ie a trio to f?a+1i to rgitate among tt.e left-wiz*, Balinese youth
grongps. Werdojo fe-Is the trip was successful, and has inti toted that
M-Mg agitation ini.tin.+e-l the present, disorder on 8'l1.. Terrorist youth gangs,
oneratinp under the gt,-z.se of nbol.ishing fellriclism and puniglring- ztch col-..
1^borators, actiTaa1ly e.y"e +rtvi',o bre& dot-in law anc4 order on &li,.
3. Accordi_n ; to Werdo.io, t?-e Chinesc4 Comunist (bvernrent maint_zins fx rcnecial
nrora,ptnda denai?tMent, for Trdo?,ns r it Peining. This office receives soTao
sur lies fro" ' nr'cov. [looks and other rropaganda material are sent
so the ,:hinese E +bms:ay 3n D--aksrtm by the Indonesian propag^nde section in
P'oiT)Ing. The I .rta.i Komunis Indonesia (PKI) in turn receives. sot a Of ' his
msmateri.al frcwt the Chinese ;1"bossy. So far, such r ssistance has been confined
to t',esp Cormsunis t prof e.rranrr b' kt and namphi eta and to advice given the
'KI tv tl-e 11mbassgr on the handling of PKI propaganda work.,
4. ?=lerdo o is anaciolis In enlist finerc-ta1 cupn rt? for the reconstruction of the
wr"r-ed school at Sawah Baaar fat, Geng Pondok Rotan, Djakarta. He wan's to
+,-rn this building into r. o unist rZopapanda center, partioldarly since 95
xercent of the neighborhood's inhabitants are laborers.
5. Werdo.1o thinks the 3OB1I In Semera.ng has muccesr fully carried out Its strikes
that city and is now rd&+f Mnl.tely in control of the labor movement in the area.
6. The Cor"unis2 s are not too strong in South Sumatra, alt'-lough they have showed
sortie strength among 1abor organizations in Tahat, Pembang, and Telok Dot-ang.
Werdojo thinks they are tryirp to gain groater 'ntluence in the unions repre...
stinting the vi+.a? industries in Indonesia. In South Sumatra, the Comr1unists
are particularly interested in co-trolling +he coal miners' unions,
7. A:timi.n is rerlsir_inp hel-Ind the scenes in PKI activity; however, he ,still
co")trois !KI nolic3es. He will annear as Ierdder of the PKI only when necen;,ary?
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