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GA-02571 1965 rel B licensed

Indonesia, Bilateral relations: China (FO 371/180333, 1965)

FO 371/180333: Bilateral Relations with China (1965)

UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180333 (Jan-Dec 1965): Peking, Djakarta and Hanoi telegrams on Sino-Indonesian relations: Subandrio's visit, delegations, PKI-China links, then the post-coup anti-Chinese wave, attacks on Chinese premises and Medan riots. Only Gerwani mention: Angkatan Bersendjata (29 Oct, p. 82) says the

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-02604 1966-04-27 rel C

Enclosure 1 to A-666: The History of the Gestapu Abortive Coup, Engineered in Peking (telegram Hong Kong, 1966)

Enclosure to A-666: The History of the Gestapu Abortive Coup, Engineered in Peking (Hong Kong, 1966)

US Consulate General Hong Kong telegram, 26 April 1966: the Angkatan Bersendjata article linking Mao to the 30 September coup reproduces almost word for word a fictitious satire from the Hong Kong fortnightly Look (16 Dec 1965). Documents fabricated Army propaganda.