WITHDRAW NOTICE RG 84 - Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State Box 00299 Withhold Box 0 Withhold Folder 0 Document 20 HMS REID Entry Series State Department Lot Files Total Pages 4 ACCESS RESTRICTED The item identified below has been withdrawn from this file Document Date 06-20-1967 Telegram Special Media File Number In the review of this file this item was removed because access to it is restricted This document is being withheld under Section 3 3b of EO 13526 and or NARA's discretionary withholdings outlined in 36 CFR 1256 -NND 37770 Withdrawn 01-07-2005 by RETRIEVAL 37770 00299 0 0 20 System Doch 24096636 1 meet g8 a tear it Aontl etrhi a OUTGOING AmEmb DJAKARTA -l ABDULGANDI Com CONFIDENTIAL POL 15_ Chm Ch 3 isniA gi Tgnza onro A File urge lass1 leatlon Amb Date JUNE 20 1967 Mn 1335 gin ACTION SecState WASHINGTON 2997 i STATE rm USIS INFO USUN 104' 1 Ct'ain Ciatm12953 2 Mi1m in SUBJECT Shadows Behind Appointment ofWR elanLZ d igani ca 1 7 Ref Djakarta's 6163 C a iv 5 23 02- 1 In our talks before he left for New York Nalik com- mented with some bitterness on Suharto's insistence in naming ex-Sukarno henchmen-propagandist Ruslan Abdulgani as Indonesia's permanent delegate to United Nations a decision Malik had repeatedly opposed and which is un- palatable to FonOff most of Generals and to intellectual community Nalik had tried to head this off by suggesting a military man General Simatupang but his preposal had been turned down by Suharto who maintained that having Ruslan I promised New this job last year he must follow 9 Ruslan through and that now supported the New Order Kalik commented to me that real reason for Suharto's decision was advice from his Dukun soothsayer who in AmbEGreenwr June 20 1967 Authority may an the Mt anal number and in amino lurid For Rah am UNLESS REPRODUCTION wal-FI ED Classification FROM THIS copy IS NOT aumomznn Imuu it Dem-u an be to pouch anmprilte to u- clusi calion a the message nithout ii 1 A11 Uzltreetl g3 a8 tear it t8 Aunt etrllia IN AmEmb DJAKARTA 1 CONFIDENTIAL 2 Charge Classification Control Date A turn was in pay of PNI in which party Ruslan is prominent This led to a discussion of Suharto's connections with PNI 2 According to halik Suharto sees the PNI as the only political party large enough to serve as a counterpoise to those Moslem groups which Suharto suspects of favoring the creation of an Islamic State Malik agreed with me that these fears of an Islamic State seem unfounded but he nevertheless insisted that they are a matter of preoccupation for Suharto This has caused his relations with Nasution to cool off not only because Suharto sees Nasution as the only military leader who could challenge his own position but also as the man who might become leader of Islamic state proponents Malik conceded that Suharto had other reasons as well for supporting the PNI PNI's strength is principally in Central Java which is Suharto's birth place desire to win over PNI as far as possible in support of New Order and not let PNI be driven into opposition etc CONFIDENTIAL UNLESS REPRODUCTION DEC IF Classi cation mom 'rms com no AUTHORIZED Authori a a bum win- cm term a men to the clusimum a the usage mum 1y rm nu-lass ah the anal number an and in envelope and For - - I i i 5 1 AI Authority__l Angletrhiza I AmEmb DJAKARTA CONFIDENTIAL 3 Charge Classification Control Date 3 Nalik was nevertheless much concerned that such identifi- cation of Suharto with PNI and this would be magnified further by appointment of Ruslan Abdulgani a former PNI luminary would antagonize many of those now supporting New Order such as Action Fronts and Moslem groups He finds it ironical that Suharto should beilgiving any support to the political party regarded as most pro-Sukarno and anti- NeW'Order 4 Ealik had these further remarks to make supplementing Djakarta 6058 about military officers on Suharto's personal staff Alamsjah the man whom no one trusts Sudjono HHmardani honest not too bright close to Suharto only in a mystic sense Slamet close to General Suwarto and our best hope amongst men on Suharto's staff Murtopo smart but corrupt he should stick to intelligence and stay out of political and economic affairs Suhardjono an inefficient bureaucrat Surjo utterly corrupt and un- trustworthy Sunarso influential only in foreign affairs field and helpful to FonOff CONFIDENTIAL 113' Iy hum my the auras the semi number M 0 emu UNLESS REPRODUCTION AOILetrhiZa I AmEmb DJAKARTA I CONFIDENTIAL 4 Charge Classification Control Date 5 Comments Despite his reservations about Suharto Nalik will continue to seek to work with him He feels as I do that Suharto's horizons and contacts must be broadened He also feels that Suharto must move soon to restructure the political party system in a way that will best ensure mass support for Indonesia's New Order Even though Malik does not anticipate elections before 1970 he believes this is no excuse forifurther delays in facing up to basic political issues 6 As reflected in his comments about Suharto's Dukun Nalik is not above taking special aim at this feature of Javanese traditionalism even though his subsequent comments indicate a far more realistic reason for Suharto's cosiness towards the PNI GP-3 GREEN CONFIDENTIAL - 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