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(SUMMARY: AT THE5 MEETING, KOTI, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE FOLLOWING ACTICNS BE TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO TIGHTEN U? INTERNAL SECURITY: A. SEIZE ALL WESTERN BUSINESS INTERESTS, INCLUDING THE PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES, BRITAINNO BELGIUM, AND IN PARTICULAR THE STANVAC AND CALTEX OIL COMPANIES.
3. DECLARE PERSONA NON GRATA. OFFICIALS WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES.
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C. INVESTIGATE THE CLANDESTINE RADIOFROM :
THESE MEASURES WERE RECOMMENED BYOMMITTEE IN THE FACE OF CONTINUINGOVERNMENT ACTIVITY. THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CLANDESTINE RADIO BROADCASTS URGING THE FORMATIONEDERAL STATE IN INDONESIA, AND AGITATION BYOMMUNIST YOUTH IN THE COUNTRY. THESE ACTIVITIES ARE BEING LED BY LEADERS OF BANNED ORGANIZATIONS AND POLITICAL PARTIES, AND ARE SUPPORTED BY MALAYSIA AND THE UNITED STATES.) -
5 MEETING,ISCUSSION OF THE INTERNAL SECURITYINTERNAL SECURITY HAS BEEN TIGHTENED UP, THERESUBVERSIVE ELEMENTS IN POLITICAL AND ECONOMICIN THE ARMED FORCES. SOME OF THE SUBVERSIVEPOLITICAL PARTIES HAVE BEEN BANNED, BUT THE LEADERS OF
THESE ACTIVITIES HAVE NOT BEEN ARRESTED YET. THESE LEADERS CONTINUE TO UNDERTAKEOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES.
WAS URGED THAT THE SPECIAL COMMITTEEG-I TO GUARD NATIONAL SECURITY AND ROOT OUTUP ITS ACTIVITIES. IN PARTICULAR,ADE OF THE CLANDESTINE RADIO WHICH IS BROADCASTSULAWESI. THESE BROADCASTS CALLETURN TO A
FEDERAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT FOR INDONESIA, WHICH SEEMS TO BE
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THE MAIN THEME OF THESE SUBVERSIVE GROUPS.
k. LT. COL. RAGOWO EXPRESSED THE OPINION THAT THESE CLANDESTINE RADIO BROADCAST HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THE FIGHTS BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND COMMUNISTS IN EAST JAVA. HE ALSO NOTED THAT ISLAMIC YOUTH IN SUMATRA HAD RECENTLY CALLED FORTHE LAUNCHINGOLY WAR AGAINST THE INDONESIAN COMMUNIST PARTY (PKI) AND THE PKI'S PEASANT FRONT, THE BTI. RAGOWO SAIO IT IS CLEAR THAT THEREOVEMENT IN.THE COUNTRY TO UNITE ALL THEOMMUNIST YOUTH IN THE COUNTRY, AND THIS MOVEMENT WAS PROBABLY BEING DIRECTED BY KUALA LUMPUR.
5. MAJOR SUKARNMAN SAID THAT AT THE RECENT MEETING OF ALL THE SUMATRA ARMY REGIONAL COMMANDERS IN BANDA ATJEH, THE SUBJECT OF SUBVERSION HAD BEEN OlSCUSSED. IT WAS ESTABLISHED THAT THERE DEFINITELY IS AN ACTIVE UNDERGROUND IN SUMATRA WHICH IS AIMED ATEOERAL GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA, AND WHICH IS PRO-WEST ANDOMMUNIST.. THESE SUBVERSIVE ELEMENTS ARE PREPARED TO ASSIST FOREIGN TROOPS SHOULO THERE BE AN ENEMY INVASION.
s. SRIG.-GEN. SUGANOI SAID THAT THEREUMBER OF STEPS WHICH SHOULO BE IMMEDIATELY TAKENHE GOVERNMENT TO HALT INTERNAL SUBVERSION. IT IS CLEAR, HE SAID, THAT WESTERN CAPITAL AIMS AT SQUEEZING INDONESIA ECONOMICALLY, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SERVING TO CLOAK SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES.
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UNITED STATES IS THE MAJOR OFFENDER. HOWEVER, ALL WESTERN BUSINESS INTERESTS, RITISH ANO BELGIAN INTERESTS, SHOULD BE TAKEN OVER BY THE GOVERNMENT. . OIL INTERESTS, STANVAC AND CALTEX, SHOULD BE SEIZED. IN ADDITION, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD DECLARE. OFFICIALS KNOWN TO BE (INVOLVED IN SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES PERSONA NON GRATA.
7. IN CONCLUDING THE MEETING, BRIG. GEN. MAGENOA SAID THAT THE ABOVE PROPOSALS WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO HIGHER AUTHORITY, AND HE ANTICIPATED THAT THE SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT PROMPTLY. (FIELD COMMENT: IN THE NORMAL COURSE OFECOMMENDATIONS ARE SUBMITTED TO KOTI FOR APPROVAL).
IELO COMMENT: THE ABOVEUMMARY OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MINUTES OF THE5 MEETING, KOTI.)
FIELD DISSEM: STATE ARMY NAVY AIR CINCPAC ARPAC PACFLT PACAF (ALSO SENT KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE MELBOURNE AND LONDON.)
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