INDONESIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01443R000100350001-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 24, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 24, 1953
• Content Type: BRIEF

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NSC BRIEFING 24 September 1953
I. Atjeh revolt in north Sumatra highlights
deterioration in Indonesia
A. Government increasingly amenable to
Communist influence.
II. Government claims rebellion ended
A. But other sources say Atjehnese now
control all north Sumatra.
B. Defense minister admits there are
10,000 rebels.
C. Before revolt there were 2,500 In-
donesia.n.troops in Atjeh.
B- cent a probably present
cret onf' aYr'"eh :skate .
E. But guerrilla warfare is in prospect
for an indefinite period.
III. Atjehnese are Moslems and reports say they
are getting aid from the Moslem,: insurgents
in Java, The Darul Islam.
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A. Darul Islam recently stepped up its
activity.
B. Believed Darul Islam has linked with
rebels in Borneo and the Celebes.
C. One report says the government fears
Darul Islam will try to seize
Djakarta.
D. Djakarta garrison has been weakened
by dispatch of several companies to
Atjeh.
IV. These developments in part result from the
government's recent policies
A. It has vowed to destroy Darul Islam.
B. It has tried to arm pro-Communists
to fight Darul Islam.
C. Anti-Communists in the various min-
istries are being replaced by leftists.,
D. Anti-government press and radio mater-
ial being restricted or banned.
E. The chairman of the chief opposition
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party, the Masjumi has been intimi-
dated for an anti-Communist speech.
E. To discredit the Masjumi it has been
indirectly accused of supporting the
Atjehnese.
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A. They feel their only choice is
violence or gradual loss onfluence.
B. Full-scale civil war likely at this
C. But its pros ct will increase as
Masjumi ees itself more and more
weakened by government's policies.
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