756e.6111/8–1648: Airgram
The Consul General at Batavia (Livengood) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 31—11:09 a. m.]
A–186. Reference my A–140 June 91 and previous correspondence regarding Suripno and his negotiations with the Soviets. Suripno has finally arrived in Djocjakarta.
[Page 303]According to information emanating from the Republic, Suripno addressed a Youth Congress sponsored meeting on August 13 and told the group, inter alia, that the “blunders made in this revolution are due to the lack of a strong national unity as well as the one-sidedness and vacillatory attitude of the Republican foreign policy”. Suripno is said to have expressed the opinion that the exchange of consular missions with Russia will strengthen the position of the Republic and the latter can thus take advantage of the Russian-American conflict.
Suripno brought his secretary, Suparto, when he came to Indonesia, It now turns out that this person is Moeso, an old line nationalist who fled the country some 25 years ago. According to Djocja press reports, Moeso was received by and had a long conversation with Soekarno on August 13.
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