THE SITUATION IN INDONESIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00826A000400010052-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2004
• Sequence Number: 52
• Publication Date: March 12, 1966
• Content Type: IM

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OCI No. 1114/66
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
12 March 1966
The Situation in Indonesia
(In orma ion as o ,Mv EST)
1. Crowds assembled for the army's '.'victory"
parade have naw dispersed and Djakarta is reported
quiet
2. President Sukarno, described as "visibly
shaken" addressed a meeting of Indonesia's regional
military commanders in Djakarta today. After
speaking for an hour on the "role of man in revolu-
tion" he read his order delegating authority to
Suharto and urged the public to give Suharto its
support.
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3. In a statement over Radio Djakarta, General
Suharto has pledged that the armed forces will not
deviate the Indonesian revolution to the right or
"extreme left." He also stated that any "person,
party or organization" in opposition to his policies
would be "crushed by the armed forces."
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
12 March 1966
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
The Situation in Indonesia
(As of 12:00 Midnight EST)
1. In the early hours of Saturday morning, Radio
Djakarta announced that President Sukarno has instructed
General Suharto to take all measures to preserve security
and order and to "safeguard the personal safety, prestige,
and leadership of the President-Supreme Commander-Great
Leader of the'~,evolution,.," The announcement, signed
by Suharto in behalf of Sukarno, concluded with the hype
that the people's demands, which had been "heard and
noticed by the President," would be fulfilled.
2, Some sources suggest that this order, in
effect, transfers governmental authority to the army.
The full import of this announcement, however, is not
yet clear. On the face of it, it would appear to give
the army considerable leeway to carry out its intended
purge of leftist elements in the government, thus quiet-
ing the strident demands of the students who have been
demonstrating over the past two weeks. If some such
power has in fact been given to the army, it seems prob-
able that Sukarno has done so with certain conditions
that would limit the army's power and actions,
3. Shortly after this announcement, the army
stated that several military units, believed to be loyal
to army leaders Suharto and NasutiQn, would make a "show
of force" to "demonstrate the compactness of the tri-
umvirate of Sukarno, the armed forces, and people." The
parade is scheduled to circulate through the main streets
of Djakarta.
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