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US State Department Cable 1974-170348 (Jakarta 10067): Congressional inquiries on Dr Sutanti Aidit and Yusuf Roni

US Embassy Jakarta cable, 15 Aug 1974: congressional inquiries on Dr Sutanti Aidit and Yusuf Roni

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Declassified US Embassy Jakarta cable (15 Aug 1974) answering congressional inquiries. It states that Sutanti Aidit is the wife of D.N. Aidit, that her fate is unknown, that she was born 1 Nov 1923 in Sungai Liat, Bangka, was a PKI member and radiobiology consultant at the National Atomic Energy Agency, and was dismissed dishonourably. Gerwani is not mentioned.

Kabel Kedubes AS Jakarta yang telah dideklasifikasi (15 Agustus 1974) sebagai jawaban atas pertanyaan Kongres. Menyatakan bahwa Sutanti Aidit adalah istri D.N. Aidit, nasibnya tidak diketahui, lahir 1 November 1923 di Sungai Liat, Bangka, anggota PKI dan konsultan radiobiologi di Badan Tenaga Atom Nasional, dan diberhentikan dengan tidak hormat. Gerwani tidak disebut.

“SUTANTI AIDIT IS THE WIFE OF D.N. AIDIT, FORMERLY CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDONESIA (PKI). (p. 1)”

People

Soetanti AiditD.N. AiditYusuf Roni

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaNational Atomic Energy AgencyUS Embassy in JakartaUnited States Congress

Places

JakartaSungai LiatBangkaMalang

Topics

arrests and detentionNew OrderbiographyUSA and UK

Details

Date
1974-08-15
Creator
US Embassy Jakarta (Newsom)
Publication
US Department of State cable, Document 1974JAKART10067
Document type
government record (text companion of US State Department (1974) - Cable 1974-170348, Congressional inquiries on Dr. Sutanti Aidit.pdf)
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1967–1979
Source archive
Internet Archive (US State Department cable) · source link
Access
open access (Internet Archive; declassified US Department of State cable) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/CIA, FRUS, JPRS and US reports (1949-1978) - items on Gerwani and members (CIA CREST, HathiTrust, Gale, DTIC)/US State Department (1974) - Cable 1974-170348, Congressional inquiries on Dr. Sutanti Aidit.txt
OCR / text
Good · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › CIA, FRUS, JPRS and US reports (1949-1978) - items on Gerwani and members (CIA CREST, HathiTrust, Gale, DTIC)
Summary basis
full text read

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