August 1959–August 1960: President Sukarno’s Invitation to President Eisenhower To Visit Indonesia; Khrushchev’s Visit to Indonesia; and Heightened Indonesian-Netherlands Tension Over the West Irian-West New Guinea Dispute Occasioned by the Cruise of the Karel Doorman
247. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5856/4–1460. Secret; Priority. Transmitted in two sections. Also sent to CINCPAC and repeated to The Hague, Canberra, Paris, and London.
248. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Parsons) to the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Kohler)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5856/4–1560. Secret. Drafted by Wenzel and cleared with Mein and Steeves. Copies of this memorandum were sent to Dillon and Merchant.
251. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656C.98/5–360. Secret. Approved by S on May 16. Secretary of State Herter and Foreign Minister Luns were in Istanbul for the NATO Council meeting May 1–4.
252. Special National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. According to a note on the cover sheet, this SNIE was prepared by the CIA and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Joint Staff. All members of the IAC concurred with the estimate on May 3, except representatives of the AEC and the FBI, who abstained on the grounds that the subject was outside their jurisdiction.
Parsons recommended in an April 21 memorandum to Cumming that a Special National Intelligence Estimate on Indonesia be prepared in “view of the current political tension in Indonesia and the seeming possibility that a move to depose the present government might occur.” Parsons believed that the estimate should be prepared within a week “to be of maximum usefulness.” (Ibid., SPA Files: Lot 64 D 469, Memoranda, Jan/June 1960)
253. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.9813/5–960. Confidential. Also sent to CINCPAC and repeated to The Hague, London, and Paris.
254. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Indonesia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5856/5–1460. Secret; Niact. Drafted by Moore and approved by Steeves. Repeated to The Hague, Canberra, CINCPAC for POLAD, London, and Paris for Herter. Secretary of State Herter was in Paris for the Heads of Government and Chiefs of State meeting May 15–19.
255. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Netherlands
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5856/5–1460. Secret; Niact. Drafted by Robert M. Beaudry of WE, cleared with ISA and U/MSC, and approved by Ivan White. Also sent to Djakarta, CINCPAC, London, Paris for the Secretary, and Canberra.
256. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5856/5–1860. Confidential; Niact. Repeated to The Hague, London, Canberra, Paris, and CINCPAC.
257. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Indonesia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 798.11/5–1460. Confidential. Drafted and approved by Parsons. Repeated to The Hague.
258. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.9811/5–1960. Secret. Drafted by Mein on May 24. Approved in U on June 6. Dillon was briefed for this meeting with Subandio in a memorandum from Parsons dated May 18. (Ibid., SPA Files: Lot 63 D 436, Briefing File) For memoranda of conversation between Subandrio and Dillon, Parsons, and Mein, and between Sukarno and Governor Brown of California and Jones, see the Supplement.
259. Special National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. The CIA and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Joint Staff participated in the preparation of this estimate. All members of the USIB concurred with the estimate on May 24, except representatives of the AEC and the FBI, who abstained on the grounds that the subject was outside their jurisdiction.
260. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5856/5–2560. Top Secret; Niact. Repeated to The Hague and CINCPAC.
261. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 601.5698/5–2660. Secret. Drafted by Chadbourn.
262. Telegram From the Embassy in the Netherlands to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.9813/5–2760. Secret; Niact. Transmitted in two sections and repeated to Djakarta, Paris, Canberra, London, Kuala Lumpur, New Delhi, and CINCPAC for POLAD.
263. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Herter and President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Herter Papers, Telephone Conversations. No classification marking.
264. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Netherlands
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.9813/5–2760. Top Secret; Niact. Drafted by Moore and Cameron and approved by White; Also sent to Djakarta and repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.
265. Telegram From the Embassy in the Netherlands to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.9813/5–3160. Top Secret; Niact. Transmitted in two sections.
266. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.11–EI/6–260. Secret. Drafted by Chadbourn. Approved in M on June 9.
267. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Wilcox) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Merchant)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320/6–2960. Confidential. Drafted by William B. Buffum and Stephen E. Palmer, Jr. of UNP and cleared by EUR, NEA, and AF.
268. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.9813/7–560. Secret. Drafted by Bell on July 8.
269. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 798.5622/7–660. Secret. Transmitted in two sections. Also sent to CINCPAC.
270. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 798.00/8–160. Confidential. Also sent to CINCPAC.
271. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 898.2553/8–160. Confidential. Repeated to The Hague and London.
272. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 601. 9811/8–2460. Confidential. Approved by the White House on August 26. Herter briefed Eisenhower for this meeting in a memorandum dated August 12. (Ibid., 601.9811/8–1260) See Supplement. Moekarto’s farewell call on Secretary Herter on August 10 was summarized in telegram 225 to Djakarta, August 10. (Department of State, Central Files, 601.9811/8–1060) See Supplement.
273. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Japan
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5856/8–2560. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Robert L. Sneider of NA and Wenzel of SPA, cleared with WE and SPA, and approved by Parsons. Repeated to Djakarta, The Hague, and CINCPAC.
274. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 798.00/8–3160. Secret; Priority. Transmitted in two sections. Also sent to CINCPAC and repeated to Manila, The Hague, London, Tokyo, Canberra, Hong Kong, and Singapore.