TELEGRAM l Charge Embassy Obi-1 IN AI EMBASSY LOd dxf B Classi cation Control 10 721 canon Date 10 23 65 43133 'ilN ACTION TO WASHINGTON 1168 RF POI INFO PMEMBASSY KUALA 203 POLL AMCONSUL SINGAPORE 181 Econ Q 1 Thousands of progreSSive revolutionary a - i workers October 21 called for dissolution of a A and its labor arm SOBSI according to newspaper a a -5 reports Unions including SARBUMUSI SOKSI Kebu 2 Pantjasila GASBIINDO Buruh Pantjasila Kespekri GOBSII KBIM and KBKI vi'siteo GOI Labbept oelivereo demands personally to LabMin Sutomo When Min only to forward demands to President 'd hurbance followed Angry unionists OI I lo mnorgun cgn mk- Foreign Service of the United States of America TELEGBAM com Charge Lmbas Classification Control -2- knez 2 Accoruing usually reliable GUI LaoDept source uemonstration highlight follow1ng proulem Sutomo faces collapse PKI-sponsoreu coup and subsequent upsurge anti-communist sentiment among Indonesian people c a Labor's pressure will continue Lemon- 3 I strators warneu Sutomo they woulu return in force 2 05 after one week if demands not met 2 5 b Despite GOI requirement to purge rebel 28 elements throughout government and probably specific 3 to ban SOBSI Sutomo reluctant to do so 1 his dept under control SOBSI union of lkrt tb n1f1 Dtgtainlo ii he holds cabinet pout as 111 his loyalty in to Subandrio TELEGBAM OUTGOING obnl Illili'l li 14 Charge r u 1 Classification Control Date -4- Inc tolc Barri or union' intention ant atrca their pelicr must penan L30 tr uit be unablc to to so unless outside ttre applitt to counteract tubal control or organisation Basri they SALOLILL Lift no more or cont itions changed in voulc nave to have them picncc up Tnorougnly Cniilcc iron this reception by rmy o iiccr nuom tag iclt loyal to Nasution ano Army source ant companion sought to protect thens-lvos ant expose Basri by reporting incident to Brig Gen Sukenuro See A-SO prominent anti-communist Army lcaocr to whom not to they had access Sukenuro told grain worry 4 While SOBSI labor feoeration not itsel banned nationally key communist industrial unions have been temporarily frozen in all but oil inuuctry where action believed impending unions in railroads plantations postal ano telecommunications harbors public works public utilities ano Motor CONFIDENTIAL UNLESS REPRODUCTION Classi cation mom This copy 15 nor AUTHO slum-m no Ill an it aim to min the alt lut' 'thout m Tu an in Ms ah the will mun in engine rm Japan Foreign Service of the United States at America bra ro SEN 00 F0 ll ll Jtreet g8 z tear it fe Ann etrhi a 0 I Jam-Lamar DJmcurna Charge be 5 Classification Control -4- Date ununun out transport were ordered to cease all activities for present Not yet known how wicely tnese cirections being enforced S Improbable LabDept officials participated in coup but their sentiments clear both from butomo's is ano Basri s reactions Sukarnoinyhow attempting restore pre-coup status quo which strongly favored SUBSI ano in which anti-communist unions were being i E- U- suppresseo Army while not basically pro-laborappears movrng country in opposite oirection Non communist unions still too weak and fragmented to be bl independent political force but SOBSI believed to have 0 power potential to make Army's job harder Therefore Labbept delay in hobbling SOBSI could hamper Army efforts However Sutomo an opportunistic bureaucrat and can be expected to fall in line with Army if pressure exerted within GUI and if unions continue popular clamor 0 4 GREEN POL E asters Pm uus 1 ing efr 10 23 ob mass moussman nanonu ION FROM THIS COPY IS NOT to mi min- an an on Jun mun-n                     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