GA-02593 1965-11-01 relevance C public
Telegram 1290 to Department of State, 1 November 1965
Telegram 1290 to Department of State, 1 Nov 1965
US Embassy telegram 1290, 1 Nov 1965: labour attache's Palembang visit finds 600 communists jailed, SOBSI officials at Shell, Stanvac and PUSRI arrested, and concern for American oil staff. Context on arrests in the oil sector.
Telegram 1290 Kedubes AS, 1 Nov 1965: kunjungan atase buruh ke Palembang menemukan 600 komunis dipenjara, pejabat SOBSI di Shell, Stanvac dan PUSRI ditangkap, serta kekhawatiran atas staf minyak Amerika. Konteks penangkapan di sektor minyak.
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- Date
- 1965-11-01
- Creator
- US Embassy Jakarta
- Document type
- government record (diplomatic telegram (outgoing, Confidential), labor attaché field report)
- 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. [v2 re-check, Oct 2026: full transcription of every page against page images; see titles file v012__3.json.] Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
- Citation (APA)
- U.S. Embassy Jakarta. (1965, November 1). [Telegram 1290 to Secretary of State, Washington, info Manila: Labor attaché's visit to Palembang, South Sumatra; arrests at Stanvac, Shell and PUSRI and contingency planning] [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 (1965-11-01) - Telegram 1290 to Department of State [NSA EBB doc 09].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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