GA-02606 1966-08-03 relevance C public
Airgram A-65: Conditions and Attitudes in East Nusatenggara, 3 Agustus 1966
Airgram A-65: Conditions and Attitudes in East Nusatenggara, 3 Aug 1966
US Embassy airgram A-65, 3 Aug 1966, recording anthropologist James Fox's account of Army executions of communists on Roti, Sawu and Timor and his estimate of 800-1,000 killed in the region. Eastern Indonesia context; Gerwani not discussed in the excerpt.
Airgram A-65 Kedubes AS, 3 Agu 1966, mencatat keterangan antropolog James Fox tentang eksekusi komunis oleh Angkatan Darat di Roti, Sawu dan Timor serta perkiraannya 800-1.000 korban di kawasan itu. Konteks Indonesia timur; Gerwani tak dibahas dalam kutipan.
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- Date
- 1966-08-03
- Creator
- US Embassy Jakarta
- Document type
- government record (declassified diplomatic airgram (political section) based on an informant's account, confidential)
- 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 33'; the NSA file name calls it 'telegram 65', although it is Airgram A-65. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
- Citation (APA)
- U.S. Embassy Jakarta. (1966, August 3). Conditions and attitudes in East Nusatenggara (Airgram A-65, confidential; drafted by R. J. Martens; signed Green) [Declassified airgram, Document 33]. 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
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- 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 (1966-08-03) - Airgram A-65, Conditions and Attitudes in East Nusatenggara [NSA EBB doc 33].pdf
- OCR / text
- Poor (0.436) · 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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