PKI PROPAGANDA PUBLICATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00418R001100010001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 6, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 24, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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PKI Propaganda Publications
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The attachments described below are propaganda publications circulated by
the Partai Komunis Indonesia.(PKI) in 1955 throughout Indonesia:
a. Attachment 1 - is an English translation of a PKI resolution on the world
peace movement, and was circulated in March 1955 by PKI committees in
Indonesia. In addition to the history of the international peace movement,
the role of the PKI in the peace movement is presented. PKI techniques to
encourage participation in the peace movement, and. an appraisal of the
Indonesian weaknesses are enumerated. The resolution concludes with an
8-point set of indtructions for the development of the Indonesian peace
moement.
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25X1A 1. Comment. The PKI has previously utilized articles trans-
lated into Bahasa Indonesia from the Qominforrd Journal for local
propaganda purposes; sue'article titled "Important Elements in
Organizational Work of Communist and Working Class Parties,1l'translated
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from the Cominform Journal was being circulated in pamphlet form by
the North Sumatra provincial committee of.the PKI in June 1955
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25X1A 2. I IComment. This would be a significant departure from the
usual emphasis that PKI is a national party only, if Raid did make
a point of the need of Soviet leadership for PKI. It is doubtful
that Raid intended to convey this impression.
Attachments 1 and 2 are available in the CIA Library.
Distribution of Attachments:
State: Loan
CIA Library: Retention
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