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GA-01535 1965-10-12 The Scotsman rel C licensed

Communists 'taking to hills in Indonesia': Soviet warning to Sukarno (The Scotsman, 12 Oktober 1965)

Communists 'taking to hills in Indonesia': Soviet warning to Sukarno (The Scotsman, 12 October 1965)

The Scotsman, 12 Oct 1965 (Reuter and AP): travellers report thousands of Communists, some armed, taking to the hills of Central Java to escape an army dragnet, with party branch officials rounded up; the Soviet Union voices a warning to Sukarno, and the US ambassador Marshall Green comments on a general step. Short an

GA-02577 1965-10-23 rel C

Letter from CINCPAC to Marshall Green, 23 Oktober 1965

Letter from CINCPAC to Marshall Green, 23 October 1965

Secret letter, 23 October 1965, from CINCPAC political adviser Norman Hannah to Ambassador Marshall Green asking for contingency thinking on US covert or material help if the Army fought the PKI. Shows early US planning for support to the anti-PKI campaign.

GA-02598 1965-11-30 rel C

Telegram 1025A (1591) to Secretary of State, 30 November 1965

Telegram 1025A (1591) to Secretary of State, 30 Nov 1965

US Embassy telegram, 30 Nov 1965, recording a Polish diplomat's claim that a PKI Central Committee member was 'elated' on 1 October and that only an Aidit-led 'special group' knew of the plot. Secondhand diplomatic evidence on PKI involvement.