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Ichtisar Situasi Djawa Tengah, 29 Oktober 1965 (Intelijen AURI)

Situation Summary for Central Java, 29 October 1965 (AURI Intelligence)

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Secret Indonesian Air Force intelligence summary, 29 October 1965, on tension between nationalist/religious parties and the PKI in Central Java, with Solo security arrangements under Col. Sarwo Edhie and casualty figures. Early-aftermath regional context; no Gerwani content.

Ringkasan situasi rahasia Direktorat Intelijen AURI, 29 Oktober 1965, tentang ketegangan partai nasionalis/agama dan PKI di Jawa Tengah, dengan pengaturan keamanan Solo di bawah Kol. Sarwo Edhie dan angka korban. Konteks awal pasca-1965; tanpa muatan Gerwani.

People

Sarwo Edhie Wibowo

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian Air ForceArmy Para-Commando RegimentIndonesian Air Force Intelligence

Places

SurakartaCentral Java

Events

Mass killings of 1965–66

Topics

1965 coup and aftermathkillings 1965–66PKI

Tags

diplomatic and intelligence reportstatistics

Details

Date
1965-10-29
Creator
Indonesian Air Force Director of Intelligence
Document type
government record (Indonesian Air Force (AURI) intelligence situation report (Rahasia/Secret), held in US Embassy Jakarta files)
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian army/New Order voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1965–1966
Access
National Security Archive, George Washington University, electronic briefing book of 39 documents released 17 October 2017 (briefing book URL as cited in the APA reference; verify exact URL and EBB number before publication). Open access PDF reproductions of declassified records of the US Embassy Jakarta (Record Group 84, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State, NARA), with an NSA cover sheet as the final PDF page. Downloaded to Nath's Gerwani folder; annotated from the PDF page images (OCR poor) and the cloud OCR text, retrieval date 2026-10-13. [v2 re-check, Oct 2026: full transcription of every page against page images; see titles file v012__4.json.] Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Direktur Intelidjen, Departemen Angkatan Udara R.I. (1965, October 29). Ichtisar situasi Djawa Tengah [Summary of the situation in Central Java] (No. 051/ch/Pr/i/65) [Intelligence report, Rahasia/Secret]. Record Group 84, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State, National Archives and Records Administration. In National Security Archive (B. Simpson, Ed.), Indonesia mass murder 1965: U.S. Embassy files (Electronic Briefing Book). https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/indonesia/2017-10-17/indonesia-mass-murder-1965-us-embassy-files
File
01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/US Embassy Jakarta files (1965-1967) - Indonesia Mass Murder 1965, briefing book documents (National Security Archive EBB 2017)/Indonesian Air Force Director of Intelligence (1965-10-29) - Report on the Situation in East Java [NSA EBB doc 10].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.796) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › US Embassy Jakarta files (1965-1967) - Indonesia Mass Murder 1965, briefing book documents (National Security Archive EBB 2017)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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