THE COMMUNIST THREAT IN INDONESIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006000040009-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 2005
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 23, 1948
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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T1~ E C_ OMV-1171+/1ST THREAT IN INDONE8YA
The strategic 1r terests of the United Stsnte nre per=
,sly jeopardized as the result of the emergence in lndonr-xsixo
of a militant Comrw iat mn ement, the aimowwecc inten in
of which is the o erthraw of the present Republican Govern-
rent. The imnas a in the United Nations Good Offices C .m-
mittee (UNGOC) negotiations, resulting from the tnabilitp', and
unwillingness of the Dutch and Republican governments to
come to terms, has hail the effect of strengthening the r- f..
mu mist movement The Dutch Government, which- ernphaEt.zes
the Communist threat as proof that the Republic is unable to
cope with its internal difficulties, now appears prepared )
undertake a settlement by military action directed against
both the Republic and its Cnmxmunfsat opposition.
The TJ Deie ation of the Good Offices Committee l as
the Dutch. This draft agreement represents an attempt M
recognize the minimum requirements of the Republic , whe-yb
are shaped by its strong national _ aspirations, and to proto t
Dutch interests in the area to as great a degree as is feast Wile.
If IJNGOC falls to obtain Dutch acceptance to the U;
compromise nropoual, or if the Dutch take advantage of tht
situation within the Republic and resume police action, the
present moderate Republican Government will not be able o
stay in power and the Indonesian nationalist movement will
be vulnerable to seizure by the Communist extremist-q. R -
cause the Cornrnunists have taken the initiative and preclp4 ate4
this crisis, a majority of the Republic's armed forces and w
population are backing the Government. The Com .untst threat however, has serious notentialiiioss, the Republic has already
lost control of two seaports and an oil refinery which supply
the Republican capital- The gravest threat to the Republic it
this time would develop from the movement of Dutch xnfll?a .
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