U.S. Act As Tension Rises In Indies (Geraldton Guardian, 12 Oktober 1965)

The Geraldton Guardian (1965-10-12) - U.S. Act As Tens Rises In Indies Source: Trove, National Library of Australia - https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article298273874 Date retrieved: 2026-10-17 OCR text (uncorrected) follows. 12 Oct 1965 - U.S. Act As Tens Rises In Indies Geraldton Guardian (WA: 1948 - 1966), Tuesday 12 October 1965, page 1 U.S. Act As Tens RisesIn IndiesDJAKARTA, October 12. America is evacuating the wives and children of its Embassy staff from Indonesia. U.S. Ambassador howard Green said this was @ precautionaryskep. Meanwhile Russia has warned President Sukarno gainst attacks on communists as the Indonesian Army steps up its purge of the country’s reds.Tension is rising in Ceatral Java, where thousands of communists are fleeing into the hills to escape an army dragnet. Sporadic fighting is flaring up as hundreds of communist party officials are rounded up. Every member of the party’s West Java committee is reported arrested in Jogjakarta. According to Radio Malaysia, Indonesian Army troops have been ordered into action against armed, bands: of communist rebels in. North Sumatra.: The broadcast, quoting. Radio Indonesia, said a crowd had burnt down the office of the Indonesian Communist Women’s. Organisation, Gerwani, at Atjeh in North Sumatra. Communists were massing groups in several areas of the isiand, it was reported. Curfew Eased In Djakarta, the army announced that the city’s allnight curfew would ‘be eased by two hours to a total of 10 hours. Meanwhile Russia’s leaders have warned President Sukarno that attempts to strike at the forces most actively fighting imperialism in Indonesia. were ‘‘a godsend to imperialism and reaction.’’ T’he message did not directly mention arrests of communists in Indonesia, which have been reported without comment in the Soviet press. However it said imperialists and their agents were constantly plotting against Indonesia and creating a threat to its integrity atd security. Gift “‘Any difficulties arising in Indonesia, any sally made by reactionary forces attempts to strike a blow at the forces most actively fighting imperialism, everything that can weaken Endonesia, is a gift for imperialism,’ the message said, according to the Soviet news agency Tass. It was signed by Soviet Communist Party ieader Leonid Brezhnev, the PrimeMinister Alexei Kosygin and President Anastas Mikoyan. There have been mounting demands in Indonesia that President Sukarno outlaw the Communist Party, which was accused by the army of inspiring the abortive coup attempt. Reliable military sources said President Sukarno hadbeen convinced he would have been killed if the attempted coup had succeeded.“ In Canberra, an External Affairs Department source said Australia did not propose to evacuate the famiIies of Australian diplomats from Indonesia. Australian Ambassador in Djakarta K. C. O. Shann had the authority to recommend withdrawal of families at any time, it was added.