Cable, US Embassy Jakarta to State Department, 19 January 1978: P.E.N. 'Freedom to Write' list of Indonesian writers

Title: US State Dept (1978) - Cable 1978-14087, prisoner list incl. Mrs. Sugiarti Siswadi Source: Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/StateDeptcable1978-14087 Date retrieved: 2026-10-19 OCR text (_djvu.txt) Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 Message Text LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 01 lAKART 00836 190727Z ACTION HA-05 053204 192220Z/63 R 190621ZIAN 78 FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6264 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE JAKARTA 0836 TAGS: SHUM, ID SUBJECT: P.E.N. "FREEDOM TO WRITE GLOBAL REPORT" REP: (A) 77 STATE 269078, (B) 77 STATE A-4710 1. OF THE 40 NAMES OF IMPRISONED WRITERS LISTED FOR INDO- NESIA IN P.E.N.’S "FREEDOM TO WRITE GLOBAL REPORT," EMBASSY HAS RECORDS OF ONLY NINE OF THEM. AS LISTED IN REF B, THEY ARE: 3. ALWI - RELEASED FROM DETENTION 12/20/77. 4. TOM ANWAR - RELEASED FROM DETENTION 12/20/77. 9. BUSONO WIWOHO SUMARTITO - REPORTEDLY VERY PROCOMMUNIST, NO RECORD SINCE 1964. 19. A. KARIM, D.P. - REPORTEDLY STILL HELD IN SALEMBA PRISON. 25. PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TUR - STILL HELD ON BURU ISLAND, TALKED WITH FOREIGN REPORTERS THERE 12/20/77. 26. HASJIM RACHMAN - STILL HELD ON BURU ISLAND, TALKED WITH FOREIGN REPORTERS THERE 12/20/77. 29. BAKRI SIREGAR - REPORTEDLY ARRESTED IN 1967. 30. MRS. SUGIARTI SISWADI - REPORTEDLY ARRESTED IN 1966. 36. SUPRIJO - AN INDIVIDUAL BY THAT NAME WAS REPORTEDLY LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 JAKART 00836 190727Z RELEASED PROM BURU ISLAND 12/20/77. 2. INDONESIA CURRENTLY ENJOYS ONE OP THE FREEST PRESSES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND WRITERS MAY FREELY CRITICIZE THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS POLICIES AS LONG AS THEY DO NOT ENGAGE IN PERSONAL ATTACKS ON INDIVIDUALS. FROM THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE P.E.N. REPORT, THOSE LISTED APPEAR TO HAVE Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 BEEN ARRESTED EOR SUSPECTED INVOLVEMENT WITH THE 1965 COUP ATTEMPT. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ARRESTS OE PROMINENT WRITERS IN RECENT YEARS. MASTERS LIMITED OEEICIAL USE NNN Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 Message Attributes Automatic Decaptioning: X Capture Date: 01 jan 1994 Channei indicators: n/a Current Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Concepts: POLITICAL REPRESSION, WRITERS Control Number: n/a Copy: SINGLE Draft Date: 19 jan 1978 Decaption Date: 01 jan 1960 Decaption Note: Disposition Action: RELEASED Disposition Approved on Date: Disposition Case Number: n/a Disposition Comment: 25 YEAR REVIEW Disposition Date: 20 Mar 2014 Disposition Event: Disposition History: n/a Disposition Reason: Disposition Remarks: Document Number: 1978JAKART00836 Document Source: CORE Document Unique ID: 00 Drafter: n/a Enclosure: n/a Executive Order: N/A Errors: N/A Expiration: Film Number: D780029-0577 Format: TEL From: JAKARTA Handling Restrictions: n/a Image Path: ISecure: 1 Legacy Key: Iink1978/newtext/t1 97801 46/aaaabmnl.tel Line Count: 66 Litigation Code IDs: Litigation Codes: Litigation History: Locator: TEXT ON-LINE, ON MICROFILM Office: ACTION HA Original Classification: LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Original Handling Restrictions: n/a Original Previous Classification: n/a Original Previous Handling Restrictions: n/a Page Count: 2 Previous Channel Indicators: n/a Previous Classification: LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Previous Handling Restrictions: n/a Reference: 77 STATE 269078, 77 STATE A-4710 Retention: 0 Review Action: RELEASED, APPROVED Review Content Flags: Review Date: 29 apr 2005 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: 3749154 Secure: OPEN Status: NATIVE Subject: P.E.N. V'FREEDOM TO WRITE GLOBAL REPORTA" TAGS: SHUM, ID To: STATE Type: TE vdkvgwkey: odbc://SAS/SAS.dbo.SAS_Docs/a7eb3be2-c288-dd1 1 -92da-001 cc4696bcc Review Markings: Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 Markings: Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 Sheryl P. Walter Declassifled/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014