GA-02592 1965-10-23 relevance C public
Telegram 1168 to Secretary of State, 23 Oktober 1965
Telegram 1168 to Secretary of State, 23 Oct 1965
US Embassy telegram 1168, 23 Oct 1965: anti-communist unions demand dissolution of the PKI and SOBSI from Labour Minister Sutomo, who hesitates; Army liaison approached. Labour-front context; no Gerwani content.
Telegram 1168 Kedubes AS, 23 Okt 1965: serikat buruh antikomunis menuntut pembubaran PKI dan SOBSI kepada Menteri Tenaga Kerja Sutomo yang ragu; perwira penghubung Angkatan Darat didekati. Konteks buruh; tanpa muatan Gerwani.
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- Date
- 1965-10-23
- Creator
- US Embassy Jakarta
- Document type
- government record (diplomatic telegram (outgoing, Confidential), labor attaché reporting)
- 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; file stamp POL 23-9), with an NSA cover sheet as the final PDF page. Downloaded to Nath's Gerwani folder; annotated from the PDF and its cloud OCR text, retrieval date 2026-10-13. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
- Citation (APA)
- U.S. Embassy Jakarta. (1965, October 23). [Telegram 1168 to Secretary of State, Washington, info Kuala Lumpur and Singapore: Anti-communist unions demand dissolution of PKI and SOBSI] [Telegram, Confidential]. Record Group 84, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State, National Archives and Records Administration (POL 23-9). 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 Embassy Jakarta (1965-10-23) - Telegram 1168 to Secretary of State [NSA EBB doc 06].pdf
- OCR / text
- Fair (0.839) · 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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