US State Department cable 1977SINGAP04396: Dr. Sutanti Aidit

Title: US State Dept (1977) - Cable 1977-232197, Dr. Sutanti Aidit Source: Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/State-Dept-cable-1977-232197 Date retrieved: 2026-10-19 OCR text (_djvu.txt) Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 Message Text CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 SINGAP 04396 0612 16Z ACTION EA- 12 INFO OCT-01 ISO-OO /013 W 086702 061225Z/42 R 061045Z OCT 77 FM AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE TO SECSTATE WASHDC 8734 CONFIDENTIAL SINGAPORE 4396 FOR EA/TIMBS E.O. 11652: GDS TAGS: PINS, SHUM, ID SUBJ: DR. SUTANTI AIDIT REF: SINGAPORE 3809 1. HAVE JUST RECEIVED SEPTEMBER 19 OFFICIAL-INFORMAL LETTER FROM SULLIVAN REGARDING MY REFTEL RESPONSE TO QUESTION OF WHETHER SUTANTI AIDIT WAS MEMBER OF INDONESIAN PKI CENTRAL COMMITTEE. IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT MY MEMORY PLAYED A TRICK ON ME WHEN I DRAFTED INITIAL LANGUAGE RESPONDING TO CONGRESSIONAL QUERIES ON SUTANTI AIDIT IN (I BELIEVE) EARLY 1975, AND THAT I ERRONEOUSLY THOUGHT I REMEMBERED PASSAGE IN 1974 OR EARLY 1975 JAKARTA MESSAGE CONFIRMING MY EARLIER RE- COLLECTIONS FROM 1959-64 PERIOD. 2. MY MEMORY DOES NOT USUALLY SERVE ME THAT BADLY. HOWEVER, AND MY RECOLLECTION OF SEEING SOME SORT OF MESSAGE FROM JAKARTA IN 1974-75 PERIOD IDENTIFYING SUTANTI AIDIT AS PKI CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER IS A STRONG ONE (I CAN EVEN ENVISAGE WHERE THIS PASSAGE APPEARED - MIDWAY IN SECOND PAGE OF TWO-PAGE MESSAGE). COULD IT HAVE BEEN OFFICIAL-INFORMAL LETTER OR OTHER AGENCY MESSAGE? IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT CABLE CITED BY SULLIVAN CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 SINGAP 04396 0612 16Z (JAKARTA'S 10067 OF AUGUST 15. 1974) BECAUSE THAT MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED ON EXACT DATE I BEGAN WORK AS EA/IMS COUNTRY DIRECTOR, AND MESSAGE I REMEMBER CAME A GOOD DEAL LATER. TO BEST OF MY RECOLLECTION, IT REPORTED THAT JAKARTA EMBOFF HAD INQUIRED INFORMALLY OF GOI AS TO SUTANTI AIDIT’S STATUS AND HAD BEEN TOLD SHE WAS CLASS A PRISONER WHOM GOI CLAIMED WAS MEMBER PKI CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 3. HATE TO KEEP FLOGGING WHAT MAY WELL BE DEAD HORSE, BUT IT MIGHT BE GOOD IDEA BEFORE REPLYING TO CONGRESSMAN KOCH TO INQUIRE OF EMBASSY JAKARTA (OR PERHAPS OF FORMER JAKARTA POL COUNSELOR JOHN MONJO IF HE IS AVAILABLE) WHETHER IT CAN IDENTIFY ANY SUCH MESSAGE. EMBASSY JAKARTA MIGHT EVEN INFORMALLY POSE QUESTION OF SUTANTI AIDIT'S AFFILIATION TO GOI ITSELF. IN ANY EVENT, MY EQUINE FLOGGING WILL CEASE WITH THIS MESSAGE. INGRAHAM CONFIDENTIAL NNN Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 Message Attributes Automatic Decaptioning: Z Capture Date: 01 -Jan-1 994 12:00:00 am Channel Indicators: n/a Current Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Concepts: POLITICAL PRISONERS, COMMUNISTS Control Number: n/a Copy: SINGLE Sent Date: 06-Oct-1977 12:00:00 am Decaption Date: 22 May 2009 Decaption Note: 25 YEAR REVIEW Disposition Action: RELEASED Disposition Approved on Date: Disposition Case Number: n/a Disposition Comment: 25 YEAR REVIEW Disposition Date: 22 May 2009 Disposition Event: Disposition History: n/a Disposition Reason: Disposition Remarks: Document Number: 1977SINGAP04396 Document Source: CORE Document Unique ID: 00 Drafter: n/a Enclosure: n/a Executive Order: GS Errors: N/A Expiration: Film Number: D770364-1083 Format: TEL From: SINGAPORE Handling Restrictions: Image Path: ISecure: 1 Legacy Key: Iink1977/newtext/t1 9771 087/aaaacvtb. tel Line Count: 71 Litigation Code IDs: Litigation Codes: Litigation History: Locator: TEXT ON-LINE, ON MICROFILM Office: ACTION EA Original Classification: CONFIDENTIAL Original Handling Restrictions: STADIS Original Previous Classification: n/a Original Previous Handling Restrictions: n/a Page Count: 2 Previous Channel Indicators: n/a Previous Classification: CONFIDENTIAL Previous Handling Restrictions: STADIS Reference: 77 SINGAPORE 3809 Retention: 0 Review Action: RELEASED, APPROVED Review Content Flags: Review Date: 24-Feb-2005 12:00:00 am Review Event: Review Exemptions: n/a Review Media Identifier: Review Release Date: n/a Review Release Event: n/a Review Transfer Date: Review Withdrawn Fields: n/a SAS ID: 1009337 Secure: OPEN Status: NATIVE Subject: DR. SUTANTI AIDIT TAGS: PINS, SHUM, ID, (AIDIT, SUTANTI) To: STATE Type: TE vdkvgwkey: odbc://SAS/SAS.dbo.SAS_Docs/257fe634-c288-dd1 1 -92da-001 cc4696bcc Review Markings: Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 Markings: Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009 Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009