ESTIMATE OF COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN NORTH SUMATRA

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006200410012-9
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• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 4, 2001
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: November 9, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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-SUBJECT Estimate of Communist 1 nf7.uen~~e ix
North Sumatra
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
, the Chinese in the
regarding the extent of 0 iuna.st. influence a nong
principal towrss ta4 c`dorth Simaat.raa,
Followir-39 1.5 the ewtima .e
Percent C o Our, . at
Kota Ra?d ja (At eh) 50
Tand jur.g Pura (45 krtis o northwe. 9; of Medan) 20
eStabat (30 kms. northwest of Medan) 30
Bind jai. (20 kccs. west of Medan) 80
Rantauparapat (65 2ns0 sou.thwosl; raj.' L.,abuanbilik) 20
Tandjung Baiai.
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Tand juug r'forawa (1II. km;. southeL t of Medan) 90
Perbaungan/Simpangtiga (30 jag, ea,,-,t of Medan) 8' to. 90
f pah (19 Ms, north of Teh ngtingg:i_) 10 to 15
Bedag~a:i. (17 ktrsa north of Teb_ingtinggi) 80
Bamban (13 kms4 north of Tebingtin# gi) 100
Tehingtinggi. 1.0
Kisaran (22 kn so wort of Tandjung Baiai) 50
Kotapinang (68 kmsr, south of '[abuanhi].ik)
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This document is hereby regraded to
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Director of Central Ina';:gcnca t.
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
8agan;siapiapi
Siantar
Brastagi
Coast)
15 to 20
80
50
40
The :figure given for Medan is believed to be an
underestimate because other Cc unists livo i .e-=
diately outside the city,
~. The Kuomintang is very strong in Tandjun BaIai., The
Communists are also afraid of the 11ed.ana(distri.c:-
head),
ya,r. The Kuomintang is very strong, in Bagansiapiap1" but its
inf uenc:e is counterbalanced by the infiltration of
Communist guerrillas fron Malaya..
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