CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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16 August 1955
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CONTENTS
I. INDONESIAN PRESIDENT REPORTEDLY MAY
SUGGEST OWN RESIGNATION ON 17 AUGUST (page 3).
3. COMMENT ON ARGENTINE REPORT OF PLOT
AGAINST PERON (page 5).
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1. INDONESIAN PRESIDENT REPORTEDLY MAY
SUGGEST OWN RESIGNATION ON 17 AUGUST
President Sukarno's speech on
7 August- -Indonesian independ-
nce day--"may be in the nature
f an abdication speech," accord-
ing to information passed to the American ambassador
in Djakarta by the British embassy.
Comment
Any offer to "abdicate" would
probably be a gesture rather than
evidence of bona fide intention to re-
sign.
Sukarno offered in a speech on
24 June to "leave the palace for the sake of national
unity." On his return from Mecca on 5 August, he
waived his authority as chief of state for ten days.
Since the installation of a Masjumi-led cabinet, which
assumed office on 12 August, is to some extent a re-
pudiation of Sukarno, he may repeat his offer to resign
or may suggest an indefinite suspension of his presi-
dential responsibilities. Either action would serve his
purposes by crystallizing opposition to the cabinet.
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3. COMMENT ON ARGENTINE REPORT OF PLOT
AGAINST PERON
The Argentine government's an-
nouncement on 15 August of a plot
to assassinate President Peron,
Army. Minister Lucero and other top
officials suggests that it either feared an attack on high
officials was imminent or felt compelled to set the stage
for stronger measures to quell continuing agitation and
resistance by the opposition to its proposals for "pacifi-
cation" of the country. Earlier in the day Catholic sym-
pathizers had clashed with police, and more demonstra-
tions followed the announcement.
the government was worried about such
attacks, which allegedly were to be preceded by sabotage
of public utilities and action against the police. The oppo-
sition was also reported to be organizing armed groups,
including retired military and naval men. In the govern-
ment communique announcing the plot, the latter were
implicated along with "Catholic clergy members of the
Democratic Party, nationalists, and even Communists,"
Alleged leaders are Mario Amadeo, a Catholic lawyer
who was also reported involved in the 16 June revolt, and
Michael Torino, a Radical leader who was imprisoned
after the government closed his newspaper in 1950.
The government announcement could
provoke further disturbances. Organized labor has said
that it would call a nation-wide strike if another attempt
against Peron were made. At the same time opposition
groups, including dissident military elements, may view
this as the beginning of new severe controls and attempt
further resistance.
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