THE INDONESIAN SITUATION (REPORT # 31 -- AS OF 4:00 P.M. EDT)

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 2006
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: October 15, 1965
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State Dept. review completed
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
15 October.1965
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
The Indonesian Situation
(Repor -- s ,o M. EDT)
3. A background briefing given three Western press
correspondents by Second Deputy Foreign Minister Ganis
Harsono seemed to reflect considerable confidence in
his own position. Harsono in turn is dependent upon
Subandrio---Foreign Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister--
and upon Sukarno. Harsono gave the reporters a story,
which the.US Embassy says completely misrepresented the
facts, of a mass rally on 38 September at which both
Sukarno and Communist Party chairman Aidit spoke. The
story, which is now being widely circulated, seems to be
part of the continuing effort to portray Aidit as "anti-
Indonesian" and to make him a major scapegoat for the
30 September affair.
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4. The Minister of Information told newspaper
publishers on 15 October that "the present situation is
not yet suitable for the president to take decisive steps.
There is too much sentiment involved among the public."
5. General Nasution, Minister of Defense and Chief
of Staff of the Armed Forces gave his blessing to the
Anti-Foreign Military Bases Conference scheduled to open
in Djakarta on 16 October. In a written message to a
youth organization he said the campaign for the elimina-
tion of foreign military bases must be supported and
expanded. His statement, possibly written before 1
October, was broadcast over the Djakarta Radio on 15
October presumably with army approval.
6. Mob activity in Indonesia took a new twist on
14 October with the destruction of the Chinese-controlled
Res Public University in Djakarta. One Chinese student
is reported to have been killed and numbers injured.
Although the university was pro-Peking,'the activity
seems to have been as much or more anti-Chinese as anti-
Communist. Minor instances of harassment of Chinese have
been reported since 1 October but this is the first
major, instance of anti-Chinese activity.
7. Anti-Chinese sentiment is endemic in Indonesia,
and anti-Chinese activity often accompanies a general rise
in public excitement regardless of motivating circum-
stances. The Chinese Communist Embassy, rumored as a
target for. mob activity, is under a strong armored guard.
8. Probably in direct response to the destruction
of Res Public University, one of the best equipped
educational institutions in Indonesia, the Djakarta army
commander on 15 October ordered a prohibition of property
destruction. The army announcement stated that the people's
anger in connection with the 30 September was understand-
able but that property destruction could not be condoned.
9. The army continues its drive against 30 September
elements., It has ordered regional authorities to prohibit
the activities of political and mass organizations clearly
involved in the 30 September movement, Presumably these
include the Communist youth and women's front organizations
and possibly the peasant organization. Two other Communist-
dominated youth groups were "frozen" several days ago.
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