WEEKLY SUMMARY

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06571787
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: June 20, 2018
• Case Number: F-2016-01698
• Publication Date: January 13, 1967

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
WEEKLY SUMMARY
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13 January 1967
No. 0272/67
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SUKARNO STATEMENT FAILS TO SATISFY OPPONENTS
President Sukarno's evasive
10 January statement concerning
his role in the abortive Indo-
nesian coup attempt of October
1965 is likely to lead to an in-
tensification of demands for his
ouster.
Sukarno, in his brief state-
ment, refused to recognize the
pre-eminent constitutional au-
thority of the Provisional
People's Consultative Assembly
(MPRS)--Indonesia's policy-making
body--or to condemn the Communist
Party (PKI) as tie regime had
wanted him to do. He denied any
responsibility for the attempted
coup and the economic and moral
decline in Indonesia.
Sukarno said that his own
investigation of the 1 October
incident showed that it was
brought about by three factors--
Communist leadership, neocoloni-
alist and imperiaList subversion,
and the existence of "undesirable
elements" in Indonesia. He re-
iterated that the events of 1 Oc-
tober were a "complete surprise"
to him.
This unsatiE factory state-
ment will providE added ammuni-
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tion for those who want to mount
an accelerated campaign against
Sukarno. Even before it was
issued, ten "action fronts" had
demanded that the MPRS remove
him from office, and three popu-
lar newspapers had highlighted
some of his financial manipula-
tions.
Despite the prospects of in-
creased activist pressures, in-
dications are that General Su-
harto will continue to move with
deliberation and to rely on con-
stitutional methods. Parliament
will reassemble on 23 January
and may be asked to call a special
session of the MPRS, which could
then vote on some means to remove
Sukarno from office.
In the meantime Suharto may
proceed with his long-pending
plans to enlarge parliament by
appointing 110 new, members from
groups regarded as anti-Sukarno.
Since parliament is part of the
MPRS, this would also ensure a
more responsive congress.
Although the regime and its
supporters seem agreed on the
need to oust Sukarno, plans for
doing so appear flexibl.. and
open-ended.
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