GA-02584 1965-11-26 relevance B public
Action Telegram 183 (Joint Sitrep 17), US Consulate Surabaya, 26 November 1965
US Consulate Surabaya Joint Sitrep 17, 24-26 November 1965: the PKI 'being slaughtered by Ansor' across East Java, bodies in rivers, Ludruk actors killed and a 'Holy War' coloration. Graphic contemporary evidence of the East Java killings.
Joint Sitrep 17 Konsulat AS Surabaya, 24-26 November 1965: PKI 'dibantai Ansor' di Jawa Timur, mayat di sungai, seniman Ludruk dibunuh dan nuansa 'Perang Suci'. Bukti sezaman yang gamblang tentang pembunuhan di Jawa Timur.
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- Date
- 1965-11-26
- Creator
- US Consulate Surabaya
- Document type
- government record (diplomatic telegram (incoming to embassy; consulate situation report, Joint Sitrep 17))
- Language
- English
- Perspective
- Intelligence/diplomatic record
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- USA
- Period
- 1965–1966
- Access
- National Security Archive (George Washington University), Electronic Briefing Book 'Indonesia Mass Murder 1965: U.S. Embassy Files', posted 17 October 2017 (EBB number and exact URL to verify; landing page at nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/indonesia/2017-10-17/...). Open access. The documents come from the roughly 30,000 pages of Jakarta embassy post files (1964 to 1968) declassified by NARA in 2017 under the Indonesia declassification project (NARA declassification authority NND 67299 stamped on the page). PDF downloaded into Nath's Gerwani folder; retrieved 2026-10-13. Cloud OCR text slice plus page images rendered at 80 to 110 dpi for checking. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
- Citation (APA)
- U.S. Consulate Surabaya. (1965, November 24). Joint sitrep 17 [Telegram 183 to Embassy Jakarta, info Department of State and CINCPAC; Confidential]. In National Security Archive, Indonesia mass murder 1965: Previously classified U.S. embassy files [Electronic Briefing Book]. The George Washington University. (Original in NARA, RG 84, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State, Jakarta post files).
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- 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 (1965-11-26) - Action Telegram 183 to Jakarta [NSA EBB doc 15].pdf
- OCR / text
- Good (0.906) · 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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