D/I USA CONTRIBUTION TO SE-51 'THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEW INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT'

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CIA-RDP79S01011A001100040002-2
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 9, 2016
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July 10, 2000
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2
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Publication Date: 
September 17, 1953
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SE
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Approved For Releas000/08/29 : CIA-RDP79S011110 *USAF Declass/Release Instructions On File* 25X1A9a qqu~aa D, I ILSAF CONTRIBUTION TO l7V .!~ ~lV La!V ~1 't r! aS~a ,M1S 7 G'N ~.FICANCU OF HE LYTIMONIE'SLL C.; What is the Political Cooosit:i.on and Strength of :2 1e New Government? What is the extent of the suDoort for the new cLet~rar an L- in the ' ~_.,-. :_.__. arrlecforces and oat: s Although the Indonesian Air Force has maintainic a ; g~ erally neutral position in national politic:y, it is .believed. that the Chief of Staff and some other seiior Air Force officars are favorably disposed toward the now leftist ;overnment and might have given at least tacit support to its formation, How- ever, the majority of the Air :Force personnel are subject to tic leadership of junior staff of f=8 cers who, strongly resisting? the laissez---faire policies of the A r Chief of Staff, oppose; Cormiunist and pro-~Comni nisi, in "i ti tion into t h Force end advocate its or g?.xnization and r; modernization. Thera is a possibility that these junior stir Force officers, together with the 1117 October" reformist group in the try end possibly some Navy elements., will succeed in or ;anizi_ag a military coup to take over the. goverrn- nsont before the present, leftist trand develops much further Howevar the necessary toe level leadersh-J.p for such a coup is not yet in evidence To what extent does th,: new government enhance +the ai ilit:y of th.e Communists to i_n1 ~ i ~ c c a so l i c y ' 7'. is the Carnnnrtini.st str?en bh or abili to influence 03l and action in the leadership of the armed forces gad Etc natio?y k)ld, ce; force? There are, and were ' zfo ?e the establishment of the new government, Cora