SUKARNO'S ACTION AND PLANS TO BALANCE THE POWER OF FORCES IN INDONESIA

Created: 5/14/1965

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

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SUKARNO'S ACTIONS AND PLANS TO BALANCE THE POWER OF FORCES IN INDONESIA

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PARTLY BASED ON ARMY INFLUENCE AND ON WHAT APPEARS TO BE SOME FORM OF SOVIET PRESSURE, PRESIDENT SUKARNO HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE INSALANCE OF POWER THAT HAS DEVELOPED IN INDONESIA OURING THE PAST NINE MONTHS. THIS INSALANCE OF" POWER, HIGHLY FAVORING THE PKI, HAS CLOSELY IDENTIFIED INDONESIA WITH COMMUNIST CHINA AND HAS SERIOUSLY ALIENATED THE SOVIET UNION. IN ORDER TO BALANCE MORE EVENLY

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power of forces in Indonesia and to pacify the soviet

UNION, PRESIDENT SUKARNO HAS TAKEN THE FOLLOWING STEPS AND

HAS INDICATEO THAT THERE ARE MORE TO FOLLOW."

THE FIRST WEEK OFRESIDENT ECREE REINSTATING MURBA ASAND SANTIONED POLITICAL PARTY.

(SOURCE COMMENT: THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE REINSTATEMENT WILL BE MADE ON OR ABOUT Ih MAY).

UKARNO SENT GENERAL NASUTI ONTO DELIVER AN INVITATION FOR SOVIETTO VISIT INDONESIA. NASUTION WASADDITIONAL MISSION OF PACIFYING THE RUSSIANSTHEM THAT SUKARNO INTENDS TO TAKEWHICH WOULO ALTER THE CURRENTS ITUATCOMMENT: NASUTION WAS SPECIFICALLY SELECTEDFOR THIS MISSION SINCE IT IS GENERALLYTHE GOVERNMENT THAT HEHE ONLYOFFICIAL WHOM THE SOVIETS RESPECT

C- THE THIRD STEP WHICH SUKARNO HASCALLSAJOR CABINET RESHUFFLE. RESHUFFLE, WHICH COULD OCCUR BEFORECONFERENCE, OR AT THE LATEST BEFOREAUGUST INDEPENDENCE DAYILL BE Mfl.ioo Movr Tnc tmf rporrs

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OF POWER. (FIELD COMMENT: SOURCE DID NOT KNOW WHAT FORM THE CABINET RESHUFFLE WOULD TAKE).

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INDEPENDENT SOURCE STATED NASUTION WOULD BE CARRYING WITH

ON HIS TRIP TOERSONAL LETTER FROM SUKARNO INVITING KOSYGINTATE VISIT.

3- FIELD OISSEM: STATE ARMY NAVY AIR CINCPAC ARPAC PACFLT. (ALSO SENT KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, MANILA, MELBOURNE.)

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