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GA-02356 1962 rel A

The Communist Movement in Indonesia (memorandum CIA, 1962)

CIA memorandum, 15 August 1962: The communist movement in Indonesia

CIA memorandum, 15 August 1962, surveying organised communism in Indonesia; Gerwani has one entry (claimed 800,000 members, WIDF affiliate, valued as propaganda instrument). Gives US estimates of PKI front strength.

GA-02361 1968 rel A

Indonesia 1965: The Coup That Backfired (studi CIA, 1968)

CIA study, December 1968: Indonesia 1965 - the coup that backfired

CIA research study, December 1968 (released 2023), arguing the PKI planned the 30 September Movement in every detail, based largely on interrogations. Cold War security-apparatus counter-evidence relevant to how Gerwani was framed.