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Telegram 187 (Joint Sitrep 19), US Consulate Surabaya, 9 Desember 1965

Telegram 187 (Joint Sitrep 19), US Consulate Surabaya, 9 December 1965

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US Consulate Surabaya Joint Sitrep 19, 9 December 1965: Kediri PKI following 'decimated', military 'turning its back' on Muslim killings in Pasuruan, mass dismissal of officials. Regional context; no mention of Gerwani or women.

Joint Sitrep 19 Konsulat AS Surabaya, 9 Desember 1965: massa PKI di Kediri 'dihabisi', militer 'membiarkan' pembunuhan oleh Muslim di Pasuruan, pemecatan massal pejabat. Konteks regional; Gerwani dan perempuan tidak disebut.

People

A.H. Nasution

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaKOPASUS Consulate Surabaya

Places

SurabayaKediriPasuruanEast Java

Events

Mass killings of 1965–66

Topics

killings 1965–661965 coup and aftermathUSA and UK

Tags

screening and loyalty oaths

Details

Date
1965-12-10
Creator
US Consulate Surabaya
Document type
government record (declassified diplomatic telegram (consular situation report, incoming copy at Embassy Jakarta), confidential)
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', published 17 October 2017 alongside the declassification of some 30,000 pages of US Embassy Jakarta files (1964 to 1968) held at NARA (RG 59 / Embassy post files; the briefing book URL and EBB number should be re-checked before citation). Open access PDF scan, downloaded from nsarchive.gwu.edu; retrieved 2026-10-13. Each PDF ends with an NSA colophon page that is not part of the original document. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
U.S. Consulate Surabaya. (1965, December 9). Joint sitrep 19 (Telegram 197 to Embassy Djakarta, info Department 50; confidential; signed Heymann) [Declassified telegram, Document 21]. In National Security Archive, Indonesia mass murder 1965: U.S. Embassy files [Electronic Briefing Book; documents declassified by NARA]. National Security Archive, George Washington University. 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 (1965-12-10) - Telegram 187, Joint Sitrep 19 [NSA EBB doc 21].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.889) · 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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