856D.501/8–751: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Indonesia
194. Eyes only Cochran. Embtel 201 Aug 7.1 Dept and CAS Hdqrs agree entirely ur approach Sukanto2 and plan follow ur recommendation that sixth grp be accommodated. You shld inform Sukanto that sched training difficult this time of year due vacations so there will be slightly longer delay than usual between sessions fifth and [Page 699] sixth grps. Latter shld plan leave Djakarta Oct 4 and name and biog data shld be in Wash no later than Sept 15.
Dept and CAS Hdqrs concur there shld be no discussion with nor commitment Sukanto re future program until memo presenting his proposal submitted for study Wash. In any event Craig, who has been informally invited on behalf Sukanto visit Indo, not available for visit and will so inform Indos. In all probability Sukanto’s ideas on specialization involve intell rather than police training. Dept and CAS Hdqrs may wish have this matter handled by ur CAS directly with his Hdqrs and Sukanto but will defer decision pending receipt latter’s memo.
- In telegram 201 from Djakarta, August 7, Ambassador Cochran reported that he and the police chief the previous day had discussed the police trainee program. Sukanto hoped that the program would be continued in 1952, but indicated that he hoped the emphasis would be on specialization rather than group courses. The Ambassador replied that the United States would not consider this unless a specific memorandum was submitted presenting this proposal. The Ambassador recommended that the impending group of policemen be sent to the United States for training, but that no commitment be made beyond that for the present. (856D.501/8–751)↩
- Sukanto Tjokrodiatmodjo, Chief of the Indonesian State Police.↩