EXCELLENT FBID COVERAGE OF INDONESIAN DEVELOPMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00586R000300150019-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 26, 2013
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: May 9, 1957
• Content Type: MEMO

Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/08/26 : CIA-RDP83-00584R000300150019-5
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CONFIDENTIAL
COPY
9 May 1957
? MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Director, Operations
ION : Chief, Foreign Broadcast Information
Division
SUBJECT : Excellent FBID Coverage of Indoneeian
DevelopmeLits
1. This office has been impreseed during recent
months by FBID's generally excellent coverage of events
in Indonesia, particularly in the "outer islands."
Each day's coverage almost invariably includes informa-
tion not available from other sources.
2. A case in point is the book of 25 April 1957,
pages MMM-3 to 7, which carried a Padang broadcast cf
a complete address by Lt. Col. Hu2r.ein setting forth
conditions for the settlement of differences between
the central government and the province of Central Su-
matra. This information, an exclusive FBID "scoop",
provided the basis for accurate prediction of later
developments. The speech is regarded as something of
a milestone in current Indonesian developments, and we
have repeatedly referred to it in OCI ptblications;
HUNTINGTON D. SHELDON
Assistant Director,
Current Intelligence
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Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/08/26 : CIA-RDP83-00586R000300150019-5