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Enclosure 1 to A-666: The History of the Gestapu Abortive Coup, Engineered in Peking (telegram Hong Kong, 1966)

Enclosure to A-666: The History of the Gestapu Abortive Coup, Engineered in Peking (Hong Kong, 1966)

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US Consulate General Hong Kong telegram, 26 April 1966: the Angkatan Bersendjata article linking Mao to the 30 September coup reproduces almost word for word a fictitious satire from the Hong Kong fortnightly Look (16 Dec 1965). Documents fabricated Army propaganda.

Telegram Konjen AS Hong Kong, 26 April 1966: artikel Angkatan Bersendjata yang mengaitkan Mao dengan kudeta 30 September hampir persis menyalin satire fiktif dari majalah dua mingguan Hong Kong Look (16 Des 1965). Mendokumentasikan propaganda Angkatan Darat yang direka.

People

D.N. AiditMao ZedongLuo Ruiqing

Organisations

Angkatan Bersendjata (newspaper)Look (Hong Kong)US Consulate General in Hong Kong

Places

Hong KongBeijingJakarta

Topics

propaganda and mediaChina1965 coup and aftermathUSA and UK

Tags

propaganda pamphletcartoon

Details

Date
1966-04-27
Creator
US Embassy Jakarta
Document type
government record (declassified diplomatic telegram (consulate to embassy, info Department of State), limited official use)
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 (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. The PDF ends with an NSA colophon page that is not part of the original document. NSA labels this item 'Document 29' although the file prefix in Nath's folder is 28. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
American Consulate General Hong Kong. (1966, April 26). Report on Mao involvement in Indonesia coup is hoax (Telegram 222 to Amembassy Djakarta, info Secstate 1940; limited official use; signed Armstrong) [Declassified telegram, Document 29]. 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 Embassy Jakarta (1966-04-27) - Enclosure 1 to A-666, The History of the Gestapu Abortive Coup, Engineered in Peking [NSA EBB doc 29].pdf
OCR / text
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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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