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Telegram 212 (Joint Sitrep 22), US Consulate Surabaya, 27 Desember 1965

Telegram 212 (Joint Sitrep 22), US Consulate Surabaya, 27 Dec 1965

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US Consulate Surabaya Joint Sitrep 22, 27 December 1965: killings continue more discreetly, NU campaign to 'exterminate PKI' covers East Java, Madiun prisoners delivered to civilians. Regional context; no Gerwani content.

Joint Sitrep 22 Konsulat AS Surabaya, 27 Desember 1965: pembunuhan berlanjut lebih diam-diam, kampanye NU 'membasmi PKI' meliputi seluruh Jawa Timur, tahanan Madiun diserahkan kepada warga sipil. Konteks regional; tanpa muatan Gerwani.

People

Sumarsono

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaNahdlatul UlamaSarbumusiAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationIndonesian National PartyUS Consulate Surabaya

Places

SurabayaMadiunEast Java

Events

Mass killings of 1965–66

Topics

killings 1965–661965 coup and aftermathlabour and workersUSA and UK

Tags

diplomatic and intelligence report

Details

Date
1965-12-28
Creator
US Consulate Surabaya
Document type
government record (declassified diplomatic telegram (consular situation report), 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 27). Joint sitrep 22 (Telegram 212 to Embassy Djakarta, priority, info Department 55; confidential; signed Heymann) [Declassified telegram, Document 26]. 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 (1965-12-28) - Telegram 212, Joint Sitrep 22 [NSA EBB doc 26].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.904) · 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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