Strategic Implication of a Communist Take Over in Indonesia

Book Id: WPLBN0000143144
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Reproduction Date: 2008

Title:	Strategic Implication of a Communist Take Over in Indonesia
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Excerpt: Discussion: // Prospects for a Communist Takeover // Sukamo is the unchallenged leader of Indonesia and will almost certainly remain so until death or infirmity removes him from the scene. He is developing in Indonesia an authoritarian government of the uational-front type on which the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) exerts the strongest influence, though under his own continued domination. The past year or two have been characterized by rapid progress toward this objective. The PKI now claims 3,000,000 members and is by far the best organized and most dynamic political entity in Indonesia. With Sukamo's support, the Communists and their sympathizers have come to occupy a major position in the central government and in numerous provincial and local administrations. Whatever its present influence on Sukarno, it is clear that the PKI finds Sukarno's policies, both domestic and foreign, compatible with its own interests. It does not create these policies, but provides specific suggestions on method and timing which Sukarno finds acceptable.

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