January—May 1958: U.S. Concern Over the Political Orientation of Indonesia and the Regional Rebellions in Sumatra and Sulawesi


91. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–1258. Top Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution.


92. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Indonesia

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–1258. Top Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Mein, cleared with Parsons and Robertson, and approved by Dulles. Repeated to CINCPAC.


93. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Indonesia

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–1358. Top Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Mein and Dulles, initialed for Robertson by Parsons, and approved by Dulles. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.


94. Memorandum From the Chief of Naval Operations (Burke) to Secretary of State Dulles

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D13/5–1358. Top Secret.


95. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656C.56D/5–1358. Confidential. Drafted by Cameron.


96. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–1558. Top Secret. Drafted by Mein.


97. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–1558. Top Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution.


98. Telegram From the Army Attaché in Indonesia (Cole) to the Department of the Army

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–1558. Secret; Niact. Sent to the Department of the Army for the Army Chief of Staff for Intelligence and the Air Force Chief for Intelligence and repeated to the Department of State, which is the source text.


99. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–1558. Secret; Niact. Transmitted in two sections.


100. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–1658. Top Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution.


101. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–1758. Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Transmitted in two sections and also sent to CINCPAC.


102. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Indonesia

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–1858. Top Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Mein, cleared in draft with Herter, and approved by Robertson.


103. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. This meeting took place at Secretary Dulles’ residence.


104. Memorandum From the Chief of Naval Operations (Burke) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Robertson)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 798.00/5–2058. Secret.


105. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–2058. Top Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution.


107. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–2258. Top Secret; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Mein.


108. Telegram From the Embassy in the Republic of China to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 793.00/5–2258. Top Secret; Niact.


109. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–2358. Confidential. Drafted by Mein.


110. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–2358. Top Secret; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Mein.


111. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Indonesia

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–2358. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Mein and approved by Parsons. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.


112. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Indonesia

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–2658. Top Secret. Drafted by Mein and approved by Robertson. Jones refers to this telegram and quotes from it in Indonesia: The Possible Dream, p. 139. The telegram was based on a May 23 memorandum with a virtually identical text from Dulles to Robertson. A copy of that memorandum is in the Eisenhower Library, Herter Papers, Chronological File.


113. Telegram From the Embassy in the Republic of China to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 793.00/5–2558. Top Secret; Niact.


114. Telegram From the Commander in Chief, Pacific (Stump) to the Chief of Naval Operations (Burke)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–2758. Top Secret; Priority. Also sent to the Department of State, which is the source text, and repeated to Djakarta, CINCPAC ADMIN, and CINCPACREPHIL.


115. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.56/5–2758. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Cameron on May 28.


116. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/5–2758. Top Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Cameron.