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Telegram 194 (Joint Sitrep 11), US Consulate Surabaya, 4 November 1965

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US Consulate Surabaya 'Joint Sitrep 11', 4 November 1965: clean-up raids continue, Blitar a main concern, and Basuki Rachmat's East Java tour sealing off PKI areas. Regional military context of the repression; Gerwani not specifically named.

'Joint Sitrep 11' Konsulat AS Surabaya, 4 November 1965: razia pembersihan berlanjut, Blitar jadi perhatian utama, dan kunjungan Basuki Rachmat di Jawa Timur menutup wilayah PKI. Konteks militer regional represi; Gerwani tidak disebut khusus.

People

Basuki RachmatWalkin

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian Peasants' FrontUS Consulate Surabaya

Places

SurabayaBlitarMadiunPacitanPonorogoEast Java

Events

Mass killings of 1965–66

Topics

killings 1965–661965 coup and aftermatharrests and detentionUSA and UK

Tags

diplomatic and intelligence report

Details

Date
1965-11-04
Creator
US Consulate Surabaya
Document type
government record (incoming telegram (Limited Official Use) from the US Consulate in Surabaya to the Embassy in Djakarta (joint situation report))
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
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__5.json.] Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
American Consulate Surabaya. (1965, November 4). [Joint sitrep 11: East Java situation] (Telegram 164 to Djakarta, info Department 28, CINCPAC) [Telegram, Limited Official Use]. 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)/US Consulate Surabaya (1965-11-04) - Telegram 194 to Jakarta [NSA EBB doc 11].pdf
OCR / text
Poor (0.632) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · 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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