GA-03645 1978-08-02 relevance B public
US State Department cable 1978JAKART10473: 1965 coup plotter sentenced (Mrs Sutanti Aidit to be tried next)
US Embassy Jakarta cable, 2 Aug 1978: coup plotter Latief sentenced; Mrs Sutanti Aidit to be tried next
US Embassy Jakarta cable to State (2 August 1978) on the life sentence given to ex-colonel Abdul Latief for the 1965 coup attempt. Paragraph 3 says trials of other Category A detainees continue and that the next major figure to be tried is reported to be Mrs Sutanti Aidit, widow of the former PKI chief.
Kawat Kedubes AS Jakarta kepada Deplu AS (2 Agustus 1978) tentang vonis penjara seumur hidup bagi eks-kolonel Abdul Latief dalam percobaan kudeta 1965. Paragraf 3 menyebut sidang tahanan Golongan A lain berlanjut dan tokoh besar berikutnya yang akan diadili dilaporkan adalah Nyonya Sutanti Aidit, janda mantan ketua PKI.
“THE NEXT MAJOR FIGURE TO BE TRIED IS REPORTED TO BE MRS. SUTANTI AIDIT, WIDOW OF THE FORMER PKI CHIEF. (para. 3)”
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- 1978-08-02
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- US Embassy Jakarta (Gardner)
- Publication
- US Department of State cable 1978JAKART10473
- Document type
- government record
- Language
- English
- Perspective
- Intelligence/diplomatic record
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- primary
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- USA
- Period
- 1967–1979
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- open access (US declassified; Internet Archive) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
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- 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 (1978) - Cable 1978-215607, trials incl. Mrs. Sutanti Aidit.pdf
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- 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)
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- GA-03646 US State Department (1978) - Cable 1978-215607, trials incl. Mrs. Sutanti Aidit.txt
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