Foreign Service of th United States of America OUTGOING FILE Charge I Classificafio fl 9 Embassy Thfs dccum nt consfsts of AMB Copy -l-of opies 4 o u J I ' - ' ' ---- SECRET ' COi-14'1 CHRON AMEMBl' SSY DJAI ARTA o Control pag s 540A Date Oct 12 1965 Serie --- 7 PM PRIORITY MIN ACTION TO oo INFO SECSTATE WASHINGTON PRIORITY CINCPAC 971 UNN CINCPAC FOR POLAD L I M D I S o r - - - it 1 o 1 - J I r L - - - According German Embassy officer Ina o Army is now considering possibility of overthrowing Sukarno himself and is approaching several Western Embassies to let them know that such a move is possible 2 Germany Embassy was informed on Oct 11 by reliable German businessman that he had been asked by Indo Army staff o ff icer to act as intermediary to Indo German Embassy source said Sukarno received Army leaders on Oct 10 and latter presented him with she a f of papers demonstrating PKI complicity in Sept 30 Movement Sukarno refused to read these papers and for harassing PKI u braided Anny Army generals then left with sense of deep frustration SECRET Classification UNLESS UNCLASSIFIED REPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS NOT AUTHOaru n 'l6lllc _ _lllft It CM '9 lilUdt Caw 1111 du1itut1o II tM aH' ' wou-t Tne Ir Pwdl lfbr tllt -'t o111 - ' - _ In Fw DC T Foreign Service of the United States of America Charge OUTGOING AMEMBASSY DJAKARTA Embassy SECRET Classification Control Date -2- 3 Australian Embassy has separate report that sheaf of papers presented to Sukarno by Army and that Sukarno refused to read it but Australian report indicates approach was made by Nasution alone sukarnoon Oct 11 Press confirms that asution meeting did occur on Oct 11 Since initial contact of German businessman intermediary was made on morning of Oct 11 we believe that Nasution visit was follow-up and that two reports cover two different reportedly occasions on which Sukarnof tefused to read Army evidence 4 Indo Army representative who contacted Germans said he was making a proach under orders and was told to say that Indo Army was considering a quick move to depose Sukarno He emphasized that they were only considering it and had not come to a decision If it was done it would be through a sudden move without warning and Sukarno would then be replaced by a combined civilian-military junta SECRET Classification UNLESS UNCLASSIFIED REPRODUCTION FBO M THIS COPY IS NOT AUTHOatU D Foreign Service of the United States of America OUTGOING SECRET Charge Classification Control Date -3- S The Indo Army representative said several Western Embassies would be approached but not Japanese since Japanese Ambassador regarded by Army as possibly being too close to Sukarno Japanese Emhoff has informed us independently today however that Japanese have received similar low-level approaches in name of Nasution and they understood that Indo Army was approaching several Western Embassies along same lines We know of no other approaches at this times except for related comnents to us reported Embtel 950 6 Indo Army representative Xl x 1 E 11 8 also to Germans indicated that Indo Army hoped for Western sympathy and economic help if Army does decide to depose Sukarno Implication was that needed aid would be in form of food and possibly other supplies rather than financial help 7 COMMENT DefAtt was informed by Army contact on Oct 12 that Nasution and Saleh saw Sukarno separately and alone on Oct 10 to present evidence of PKI complicity o POaM ft 411 This source said Sukarno did listen to SECRET Classification UNLESS ' UNCLASSlnED llEPllODUCTION FJION THIS COPY IS NOT AUTHO l Ul _ y uen te _ - Ill _ o _ ti 1111 da11tut1M fll 1111 en l ootMlll If _ lfW tlll _ oll oIll -Mt o _ fer DC T 1111 1- 11u Foreign Service of the United States of America OUTGOING SECRET Classification Charge Control Date -4- evidence and acknowledged that PKI involvement in Sept 30 Movement was indicated Whether Sukarno actually read documents remains questionable It is certain that some Army leaders are dissatisfied with Sukarno's actions since Sept 30 but it not yet established that they are considering ousting him GP-3 GREEN _POL EEMasters- PO rte r ac 10 12 65 SEC BET Classification UNLESS UNCLASSIFIED 11 EPRODUCTlON FROM THIS COPY lS NOT AUTHO IZED                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu