THE INDONESIAN SITUATION (REPORT # 68 -- AS OF 4:00 P.M. EST)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00472A001500040067-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 26, 2006
• Sequence Number: 67
• Publication Date: November 21, 1965
• Content Type: IM

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
21 November 1965
The Indonesian Situation
(Report #68 - As of 4:00 PM EST)
1. The Bogor Palace conference of 20 November
wn 7101707-7 a continuation of the contest of maneuver
between President Sukarno and army leaders, with the
eventual outcome still very much in doubt.
4. Physical power still remains with the army,
which is forging ahead with its anti-PKI drive. How-
ever, Sukarno feels that his position vis-a-vis the
army is improving and his confidence is on the rise.
This has been made apparent by Sukarno's refusal to
ban the PKI and dismiss Foreign Minister Subandrio
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despite the demands of the army and army-influenced
political and religious organizations, by his persis-
tent efforts to reestablish his control over the
country's news media, and by his increased political
maneuvering of the past several days.
6. Meanwhile, the army still is being hard-pressed
to finance its anti-PKI operations and accommodate the
large number of political prisoners being taken into
custody. Arrests of PKI members in Sumatra and Java
alone reportedly total over 25,000 to date.
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