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Prospects for Indonesia (NIE 55-64)

US National Intelligence Estimate 55-64, 22 July 1964: Prospects for Indonesia

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US National Intelligence Estimate 55-64, 22 July 1964, on Indonesia's prospects: Sukarno dominant, PKI strengthened, Konfrontasi driving a left drift. Mentions Gerwani only among PKI fronts (p. 5); context for pre-1965 US views.

Perkiraan Intelijen Nasional AS 55-64, 22 Juli 1964, tentang prospek Indonesia: Sukarno dominan, PKI menguat, Konfrontasi mendorong pergeseran ke kiri. Gerwani hanya disebut di antara front PKI (hlm. 5); konteks pandangan AS sebelum 1965.

People

SukarnoA.H. NasutionAhmad Yani

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Central Intelligence Agency

Places

Indonesia

Events

Dwikora and Malaysia confrontation

Topics

PKIpeace and anti-imperialismUSA and UK

Tags

diplomatic and intelligence reportmalaysia confrontationanti-communist warning

Details

Date
1964
Creator
CIA
Document type
government record (National Intelligence Estimate)
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1960–1965
Access
Freely viewable at source but reuse terms apply or are unrecorded: link to the source; host the file only after checking rights.
Citation (APA)
Central Intelligence Agency. (1964). Prospects for Indonesia (National Intelligence Estimate No. 55-64). DOC_0000012246. (Approved for release under mandatory review, n.d.)
File
01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/CIA (1964) - Prospects for Indonesia (NIE 55-64).pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.899) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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