Telegram 1168 to Secretary of State, 23 Oktober 1965

=== [PDF page 1] === e Foreign Service of the TELEGRAM United States of America OUTGOING AMEMBASSY DJAKARTA 4 C Odds e Charge: lmbassy Classification Control: 10724 COMM; CHRON; Date: 10/23/65 AMB 1:45PM sili ACTION TO: SECSTATE WASHINGTON | 1168 POL INFO 2 AMEMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR” “203 POL; POL/LAB AMCONSUL SINGAPORE },,181 é ECON oe lL. "Thousands of progressive revolutionary 8 workers" October 21 called for dissolution of PKI Z and its labor arm SOBSI, according to newspaper O€ reports. Unions including SARBUMUSI, SOKSI, Kebu < Pantjasila, GASBIINDO, Buruh Pantjasila, Kespekri, GOBSIi, KBIM and KBKI visited GOI Labbept, delivered Gemands personally to LabMin Sutomo. When Min | Only to forward demands to President disturbance followed. Angry unionists vement which Sutomo had called in to keep order PPRC, Japan === [PDF page 2] === Foreign Service of the United States of America TELEGRAM: OUTGOING ; CONFIDENTIAL Charge: &mbass Classification Control: ain Date: 2. According usually reliable Gor LabDept source cemonstration highlights following problem Sutomo faces due collapse PKI-sponsored coup and Subsequent upsurge anti-communist sentiment among Indonesian people::: a. labor's pressure will continue. pemon= s = Strators warned Sutomo they would return in force wz after one week if demands not met. § = b. Despite GOI requirement to purge rebel ~& elements throughout government and probably specific , instructions to ban SOBSI, Sutomo reluctant to cdo so (i) his dept under control SOBSI union of | Officials; (ii) he holds cabinet post as # (iii) his loyalty is to Subandrio sed him to delay anti-sopsr UNCLASSIFIED” REPRODUCTION COPY IS NOT AUTHORIZED PPRC, Japan === [PDF page 3] === TELEGRAM Foreign Service of the United States of America OUTGOING AME) 1B2 \S SY DudZ KA LRTZ > CONFIDENTIAL Charge: pmbass y Classification Control: : Date: They told Basri of union's intention and addec their belief LabDept must meet demands but would be unable to do so unless outside pressure were applied to counteract SOBSI control of departmental Organization. Basxr ri replied they should tell him no more or if "conditions changed" he woulc nave to have them "picked up". Thoroughly chilled from this reception by Army officer whom they had felt Kquouny 94d loyal to Nasution and Army, source and companion w sought to protect themselves and expose Basri by He J re reporting incident to Brig. Gen. Sukendro (See Emb A-50) prominent anti-communist Army leader to whom not to they had access. Sukendro told them mage worry 4. While SOBSI labor federation not itself banned nationally, key communist industrial unions have been temporarily frozen in all but oil industry (where action believed impending). SOBSI unions in railroads, plantations, postal and telecommunications harbors, public works, public utilities and motor CONFIDENTIAL 3 ” UNLESS “UNCLASSIFIED” REPRODUCTION Classification FROM THIS COPY IS NOT AUTHORIZ “Single-address messages to the Department can be diverted to pouch (appropriate to the classification of ithout retyping. Type “By Pouch" after the address, omit the serial number, and pouch in aaah worted Fert ye PPRC, Japan === [PDF page 4] === Foreign Service of the TELEGIR ANE mallee States of America OUTGOING fe WwlBACSY DIARARTA COW ILENTIAL Charge: bibess Classification Control: = Date: transport Were ordered to cease all activitics for present. (Wot yet Known how wicely tnese cirections being enforced.) Se Inprobable Labbept officials participated in coup; but their sentiments clear both from Sutomo's ana basri's reactions. Sukarnotxj/now attempting restore pre-coup status quo wiich strongly favored SUBSI, anu in which anti-comanist unions were being suppressec. Army (while not basically pro-labor) now S. = [Unreadable] appears moving country in opposite direction. Non- we communist unions still too weak and fragmentea to be S indepencent political force, but SOBSI believed to have = power potential to make Army's job harder. MTherefoxe Lanbept celay in hobbling SOBSI could hamper Arwy efforts. However, Sutomo an opportunistic bureaucrat and can be expectec to fall in line with Army if pressure exerted witnin GOI ana if unions continue popular clamor. POL siuiasters 4 GREE “““4) Wrigdx.:efr CONFIDENTIAL UNLESS “UNCLASSIFIED” REPRODUCTION 0/23/05 10/23/00 Classification FROM THIS COPY IS NOT AUTHORIZED “Single address messages te the Department can be diverted te peuch (appropriate te the classification ef the —— retyping. Type "By Pouch" after the address, omA the serial number, and peach in envelope markad fer DeyT" eae FPRC, Japen === [PDF page 5] === NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE National Security Archive, Suite 701, Gelman Library, The George Washington University, 2130 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20037, Phone: 202/994-7000, Fax: 202/994-7005, nsarchiv@gwu.edu