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GA-02591 1965-10-23 rel C

Airgram A-298: The Situation in Indonesia after the Coup Attempt, 23 Oktober 1965

Airgram A-298: The Situation in Indonesia after the Coup Attempt, 23 Oct 1965

US Embassy airgram A-298, 23 Oct 1965, on 'political moderates' helping the Army destroy the PKI, based on talks with a civilian columnist urging organisations to cleanse themselves of 30 September supporters. Shows civilian momentum for the purge.

GA-02603 1966-03-04 rel C

Airgram A-673: Example of Anti-Chinese Propaganda (Angkatan Bersendjata, 1966)

US Embassy English text of an Angkatan Bersendjata article (April 1966) presenting the 30 September Movement as a coup 'engineered in Peking', with invented meetings between Aidit and Mao. Example of Army anti-China propaganda (later shown to derive from a Hong Kong satire).

GA-02579 1966-04-27 rel C

Airgram A-673 / Telegram 222: Angkatan Bersendjata on China and the September 30 Movement (1966)

Airgram A-673: Angkatan Bersendjata on China and the September 30 Movement (1966)

US Embassy airgram A-673, 4 May 1966, transmitting an Angkatan Bersendjata article tying China to the 30 September Movement and analysing Army propaganda since October 1965 (shielding Sukarno, blaming PKI and China). Embassy view of the propaganda environment.