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Communist Developments in Indonesia

CIA information report, 14 April 1950: Communist developments in Indonesia

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CIA information report, 14 April 1950: 'Communist Developments in Indonesia', on the PKI, FDR and Partai Murba after the 1948 Madiun revolt, their alliance, infiltration of labour and army, and factions. Tan Ling Djie, Abdul Madjid, Sakirman and Wikana are named; Umi Sardjono appears only as head of one Partai Buruh Indonesia faction (the other under Prof. Abidin). No Gerwani mention.

Laporan informasi CIA, 14 April 1950: 'Communist Developments in Indonesia', tentang PKI, FDR dan Partai Murba setelah pemberontakan Madiun 1948, aliansi mereka, infiltrasi buruh dan tentara, serta faksi. Disebut Tan Ling Djie, Abdul Madjid, Sakirman dan Wikana; Umi Sardjono hanya muncul sebagai pimpinan satu faksi Partai Buruh Indonesia (yang lain di bawah Prof. Abidin). Tidak menyebut Gerwani.

“Communist-influenced labor movement has two factions: Partai Buruh Indonesia under Umi Sardjono and another under Professor Abidin (p.2).”

People

Umi SardjonoTan Ling DjieAbdul MadjidSakirmanWikanaChaerul Saleh

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaPeople's Democratic FrontMurba PartyLabour Party of IndonesiaCentral Intelligence Agency

Places

IndonesiaYogyakartaSurakartaJakarta

Topics

PKIlabour and workersUSA and UK

Tags

madiun affair

Details

Date
1950-04-14
Creator
CIA
Document type
government record (government / intelligence / diplomatic record)
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
CIA Reading Room (CREST) · source link
Access
open access (CIA) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/CIA, FRUS, JPRS and US reports (1949-1978) - items on Gerwani and members (CIA CREST, HathiTrust, Gale, DTIC)/CIA (1950-04-14) - Communist Development in Indonesia (Umi Sardjono) [CIA-RDP82-00457R004600660003-0].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.83) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › CIA, FRUS, JPRS and US reports (1949-1978) - items on Gerwani and members (CIA CREST, HathiTrust, Gale, DTIC)
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