GA-02598 1965-11-30 relevance C public

Telegram 1025A (1591) to Secretary of State, 30 November 1965

Telegram 1025A (1591) to Secretary of State, 30 Nov 1965

US Embassy telegram, 30 Nov 1965, recording a Polish diplomat's claim that a PKI Central Committee member was 'elated' on 1 October and that only an Aidit-led 'special group' knew of the plot. Secondhand diplomatic evidence on PKI involvement.

Telegram Kedubes AS, 30 Nov 1965, mencatat klaim diplomat Polandia bahwa anggota CC PKI 'gembira' pada 1 Oktober dan hanya 'kelompok khusus' pimpinan Aidit yang tahu rencana. Bukti diplomatik tangan kedua tentang keterlibatan PKI.

Details

Date: 1965-11-30
Creator: US Embassy Jakarta
Document type: government record (diplomatic telegram (outgoing; report of conversations with socialist bloc diplomats))
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', posted 17 October 2017 (EBB number and exact URL to verify; landing page at nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/indonesia/2017-10-17/...). Open access. The documents come from the roughly 30,000 pages of Jakarta embassy post files (1964 to 1968) declassified by NARA in 2017 under the Indonesia declassification project (NARA declassification authority NND 67299 stamped on the page). PDF downloaded into Nath's Gerwani folder; retrieved 2026-10-13. Cloud OCR text slice plus page images rendered at 80 to 110 dpi for checking. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA): U.S. Embassy Jakarta. (1965, November 30). [Polish and Soviet diplomats on PKI role in 30 September Movement] [Telegram 1591 to Secretary of State, info Hong Kong, Moscow, Warsaw; Confidential; control 1025A]. In National Security Archive, Indonesia mass murder 1965: Previously classified U.S. embassy files [Electronic Briefing Book]. The George Washington University. (Original in NARA, RG 84, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State, Jakarta post 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 (1965-11-30) - Telegram 1025A to Secretary of State [NSA EBB doc 17].pdf
OCR / text: Fair (0.875) · 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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