Enclosure 1 to A-666: The History of the Gestapu Abortive Coup, Engineered in Peking (telegram Hong Kong, 1966)
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DIDATE: April 27, 1966
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FM AMCONGEN HONGKONG
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SUBJ: REPORT ON MAO INVOLVEMENT IN INDONESIA COUP IS HOAX PFG
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ANGKATAN BERSENDJATA ARTIQ.E APRIL 25 LINKING SEPTEMBER RL~
COUP WITH MAO IS ALMOST wmo FOR VtfiD REPRODUCTION OF ARTI- -OJE-
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CLE APPEARIOO HONGKONG CHINESE-LANGUflGE F~TNIGHTLY LOOK, Taken
OF DECEMBER 16, 1965. THIS IS PA~T OF FICTICIOUS SERIES
EXPRESSLY WRITTEN TO RIDICULE PEKING REGIME. INSTALLMENT
IN QUESTION TELLS OF AIDIT•s EIGHT-DAY STAY IN PEKING, HIS
THREE INTERVIEWS WITH MAO, AND THEIR PLANS FOR COUP TO RE·
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PLACE SUKARNO. MAO URGED AIDIT BE RESOLUTE I ~ RE ~OVI N~ THE
REACTIONARY GENERALS, ADDING THAT HE HAD KILLED M O~E THAN
20,000 CADRES AND SOLDIERS WHO WERE IDEOLOGICALLY SHA'<Y AFTER
REACHim NORTH SHENSI. AIDIT WAS ALSO PROMISED!'! ILITARY EQUIPMENT FOR 30,000 MEN BY LO J UI-CHING. AFTEq AIDIT RE-
TURNED HOME, ANTU~ HAD SUGGESTED POSTPO~ I~ COUP UNTIL
OCTOBER 5, BUT PEKING INSISTED ON SEPTE M BE~ 30 t'ATE AS
ORIGINALLY AGREED. ALL OF FOREGOING IS THE PROOUCT OF AUT"{OR 'S
IMAGINATION.
ARMSTROm
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