Sukarno will explain his actions (Canberra Times, 6 Januari 1967)

The Canberra Times (1967-01-06) - Sukarno will explain his actions Source: Trove, National Library of Australia - https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106955686 Date retrieved: 2026-10-17 OCR text (uncorrected) follows. 06 Jan 1967 - Sukarno will explain his actions Canberra Times (ACT: 1926 - 1995), Friday 6 January 1967, page 1 Sukarno willexplain hisactionsDJAKARTA, Thursday (AAP). — President Sukarno said today he would present a full account of his past policies including his activities during the 1965 attempted Communist coup, probably within a week.After meeting for two hours with the Indonesian Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Cabinet Presidium headed by the Army leader, General Suharto. President Sukarno told reporters he would make a statement soon.The President has been under increasing pressure from the Indonesian Congress and militant anti-Communist university students to present a full account of his activities and explain what role, if any. lie played in the Communist coup attempt.After the meeting at Djakarta's. Freedom Palace,President Sukarno said:"I will complete my address before Congress (made last July) with a written statement. I will give it to the Press for publication and ask the Press to publish the full text without omitting a single word".President Sukarno said he hoped to present the statement, which will not "exceed the length of one newspaper page", to Congress and news media before the end of the current Moslem fast period on January12.There was no mention of the calling of a special Congress to hear President Sukarno's report.General Suharto, who emerged smiling from his meeting with President Sukarno, confirmed that the Indonesian President had "decided to complete his address before Congress".He said the Presidential report would be published "within the shortest possible time".President Sukarno chatted briefly with newsmen and handed out American-made neckties bearing his signature.' President SukarnoGeneral SuhartoPress reports, meanwhile, say Mrs Tanti Aidit, wife of the now dead chairman of the banned Indonesian Communist Party, is to facetrial soon.Mrs Aidit. a doctor who graduated in Moscow, was captured by troops last month.Earlier today President Sukarno heard reports from Ruslan Abdulgani. chairman of the Indonesian delegation to the United Nations.Mr Abdulgani said he told the UN Secretary-General. U Thant, that Indonesia would uphold any international agreements on West Irian, which borders Australian administrated Papua-New Guinea.Indonesia has agreed to hold a plebiscitethere in 1969.If the United Nations thought next year's Indonesian elections were held democratically, there would be no need to hold the plebiscite, Mr Abdulgani added..TEAMS STUDYCREDITIndonesia plans to form three technical teams to discuss its credit problems with other nations and private bodies.The announcement was made following a Cabinet Presidium meeting.The Presidium secretary, Brigadier General Sudarmono, said the meeting heard reports from the Indonesia's UN delegation and representatives who attended the recent Paris and Moscow talks to discuss the rearranging of payment of the country's debts.The three planned teams are part of the national economic rehabilitation programme taken by the Government of General Suharto.Rich in natural resources, Indonesia has been brought to its knees by severe economic mis-management during the past eight years.The first team would be formed to prepare bilateral trade and finance agreements with creditor nations.General Sudarmono said.The second team would seek agreements with private organisations.These agreements would be made without government guarantees.The third team is being organised to arrange a meeting between Indonesia andjWestcrn nations at TheHague, Holland, later this year to discuss new credit.General Sudt rmono also said more talks would be needed between '""donesia and the Communist bloc to discuss rescheduling of Indonesia's debts.He added that the Soviet Union and Indonesia had reached an agreement on debts owed to Russia, he did not elaborate.The Soviet Union is the largest creditor of Indonesia with SI,250 million, most of which was used to buyarms.Indonesia's creditors had agreed in Paris that it should start repaying its massive debts from 1971. —Indonesia's ccononiy—Page 5