GA-02609 1967-07-21 relevance C public
Airgram A-12: Basic Problems in Our Dealings with Indonesians, 21 Juli 1967
Airgram A-12: Basic Problems in Our Dealings with Indonesians, 21 Jul 1967
Secret airgram from Ambassador Green, 21 July 1967, a cultural-political guide for US officials dealing with Suharto's government; one line notes Indonesians seeking US 'post-payment' for destroying communism. No women or Gerwani content.
Airgram rahasia Dubes Green, 21 Juli 1967, panduan budaya-politik bagi pejabat AS yang berurusan dengan pemerintah Suharto; satu kalimat menyebut orang Indonesia mencari 'pembayaran' AS atas penghancuran komunisme. Tanpa muatan perempuan atau Gerwani.
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- Date
- 1967-07-21
- Creator
- US Embassy Jakarta
- Document type
- government record (diplomatic airgram (policy analysis, embassy to State Department), preceded by a NARA withdrawal notice)
- Language
- English
- Perspective
- Intelligence/diplomatic record
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- USA
- Period
- 1967–1979
- Access
- National Security Archive, Electronic Briefing Book No. 607 (published 17 October 2017), https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/indonesia/2017-10-17/indonesia-mass-murder-1965-us-embassy-files; open access; retrieved 2026-10-13. Original: NARA, RG 84, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State, Jakarta Embassy files (POL 1 Indon-US; XR POL 15 Indon); declassified under authority NND 37770 (Document 37). Exact box and folder for the released copy are not shown on the scan; the withdrawal notice refers to RG 84 Box 00298, Document 28. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
- Citation (APA)
- Green, M. (1967, July 21). Basic problems in our dealings with Indonesians [Airgram A-12 from American Embassy Djakarta to Department of State, info Bangkok, Canberra, Kuala Lumpur, London, Medan, Singapore, Surabaya, Tokyo, CINCPAC; Secret; drafted by P. F. Gardner] (RG 84, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State, Jakarta Embassy files, POL 1 Indon-US). National Archives and Records Administration. In B. Simpson (Ed.), U.S. Embassy tracked Indonesia mass murder 1965 (Electronic Briefing Book No. 607). National Security Archive. https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/indonesia/2017-10-17/indonesia-mass-murder-1965-us-embassy-files (Document 37).
- 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 (1967-07-21) - Airgram A-12, Basic Problems in our Dealings with Indonesia [NSA EBB doc 37].pdf
- OCR / text
- Good (0.942) · 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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