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Sukarno and the Communists (laporan khusus CIA, 1964)

CIA special report, 23 October 1964: Sukarno and the Communists

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CIA Special Report, 23 October 1964, on the Sukarno-PKI relationship; lists Gerwani among PKI fronts with almost two million claimed members. Pre-coup US context.

Laporan Khusus CIA, 23 Oktober 1964, tentang hubungan Sukarno-PKI; mencantumkan Gerwani di antara front PKI dengan hampir dua juta anggota yang diklaim. Konteks AS sebelum kudeta.

People

SukarnoD.N. AiditNjotoAstrawinata

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Indonesian Peasants' FrontCentral Intelligence Agency

Places

Indonesia

Events

Dwikora and Malaysia confrontation

Topics

PKIGerwani organisationUSA and UKpeace and anti-imperialism

Tags

anti-communist warningmembership figuresdiplomatic and intelligence report

Details

Date
1964
Creator
CIA
Document type
government record (CIA Office of Current Intelligence special report)
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, Office of Current Intelligence. (1964). Sukarno and the Communists (Special Report, OCI No. 0354/64). CIA-RDP79-00927A004600100002-1. (Approved for release 2006)
File
01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/CIA (1964) - Sukarno and the Communists (Special Report).pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.936) · 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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