Sumatra place
also: Sumatran, western and northern Sumatra, Central Sumatra
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And the Soccarno was president. And there was some issues that came up about the taxing that we talked about yesterday. Like the outer islands, which is what they were called, like Sumatra, was supplying 70% of the export revenue.…
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And only 30% was coming back from the main government in Jakarta. And so there was some hard feelings about that. And Hata, who happened to be from the resource-rich Sumatra, basically ends up resigning in a huff over differences of opinion…
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Stop it. So Sicarno's really walking a tightrope, which is what it boils down to. And the army issue becomes a big deal between Sicarno and Hatta before he resigned. You have a general by the name of Nasution, N-A-S-U-T-I-O-N, and a colonel…
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pro-communist, and that these breakaway islands like Sumatra were anti-communist and didn't want to be affiliated with a quote-unquote pro-communist central government. And this is from the ambassador that had just left from Sukarno, that k…
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There's actually a picture in here. He kind of looks like Che Cavera. And the author made note of that. He implicates two international players as accessories to the crime against humanity being committed in his country, Sumatra, in the nam…
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is seen as the leader of the farmers' rebellion in Sumatra, Jami province. For the sustainability rhetoric of a Francis Sullivan, he had only a disdainful shrug. Quote, the HSBC bank says it helps the farmers because it lends them money as …
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The only significant change in the role from 64 seems to have been the CIA director. In 64, McCone held $1 million worth of stock in Standard Oil of California, one of the two largest oil companies that was involved in Indonesia. Their subs…
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Indonesia's local commanders in western and northern Sumatra, frustrated by command changes in the army and other factors, declared themselves independent and not bound to any national military command. The Indonesian's colonels, who began …
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The chief of naval operations simply did not press the matter within his service. Both Alan Dulles and Harder raised this with him in February. At about this same time, aerial reconnaissance disclosed Indonesia's site preparation for a bomb…
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The group of colonels had listed an acceptable list of cabinet ministers that they wanted Sukarno to appoint. The Indonesian leader refused, and on February 15th, they proclaimed a rebel government composed of representatives of Sumatra, Ce…
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dismissed six of the rebel colonels, and more discharges were to follow. They declared a force that was necessary, and a week later, warships maneuvered off the coast to a stronghold of the Sumatran rebels. There were radio stations along t…
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was an internal matter and that the U.S. would not allow arms on either side while supplying arms to the rebel. Ten million dollars worth. The second week of March, government troops reinforced by drops from paratroopers made landings on th…
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his brother, he thought the defeat had surprised even the rebel leaders. When Foster brought up the possibility of recognizing the Sumatran state as a separatist state, you know, which they're famous for, like Katanga and Panama, Allen advi…
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fell on May 4th. With the end on Sumatra, the rebel capital was basically gone. The most conspicuous facet of the covert assistance to the rebels was the rebels' air force, because they had no way of getting one except for the CIA. The Indo…
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by the Indonesian government. The rebels' revolt was crushed, and by June 26, the government forces had won. The final result of the rebellion was to strengthen the hand of the central government on Java. In the words of historian Brian May…
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was created. His work as station chief in Greece, which they also overthrew, impressed Wisner. He had taken Ulmer to the headquarters in 1955. Ulmer depended on others to develop a plan. At just the right juncture, things started to blossom…
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were looked at, which is Sumatra is Indonesia's largest island. They were frustrated by changes and declared themselves independent and not bound by the national military command. The colonels who began the revolt in December of 1956 used t…
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strong opponents of Sukarno. They were the people that the CIA was basically trying to get elected to begin with. So they were just using them. These contacts were encouraged by Washington using military attaches. In addition, CIA officer J…
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already of Indonesian National Police, so they had ends and knew who to contact. A contact in April 1957 through a local channel from two of the more prominent colonels intrigued the CIA. Ahmad Hussein of Central Sumatra was one of them. Th…
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The agency had already begun preparing a weapons delivery to Permesta, which is the headquarters, that's what they call the headquarters of the rebels that they're arming, on Sumatra, which is the big island. This would be easiest if routed…
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What he would like to do is see things get to a point where we could plausibly withdraw our recognition of the Sukarno government and give it to the dissident elements on Sumatra and land forces to protect the life and property of Americans…
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Meanwhile, the Americans moved big time to set up the action through bases in the Philippines. The Philippines again. Eisenhower had mentioned having some amphibious equipment, as John Foster Dulles reminded a Pentagon official on December …
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that bazookas, which were supposed to be on the shipment, were left out. The CIA now inserted observers in Sumatra. Political specialist James Smith handled one of the colonels. Dean Almey, with cover as a U.S. consul in Medin, watched the …
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Now feared Sukarno might allow Russian bombers to use the facility. Again, there's no Russians. They're not coming. Navy's resistance melted. The Navy began aerial photo missions to support Project Hake. Naval flights created the possibilit…
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and more discharges followed. Nasusen declared that force would be used, and a week later, a warship maneuvered off the coast of Padang. Radio stations were bombed by government planes, as Soekarno's order. In another conversation on March …
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The CIA had good access since the officer Nasution had put in charge happened to be a close friend of the American attachés. A week later, Sukarno's troops landed at a Sumatran coast. On March 11th, within hours of a CIA arms delivery, gove…
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The Sukarno forces briefly held CIA officer Brown, who insisted he was just one of an American there working for an oil company. Yes, there was lots of oil in Sumatra, which is why they were there. One of the reasons, that and the gold. Dir…
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personally coordinated several columns converging on Padang. About two weeks later, a CIA seaplane reached Sumatra with the first actual troop training mission. Officers Anthony Pasiphi and James Haas, plus a radio man, joined Pat Landry, a…
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After describing the terrain, the CIA assessed rebel strength in Sumatra was much weaker than the government forces. The Navy sent urgent orders to do reconnaissance from the Pacific. And that day, three aircraft flew photo missions over In…
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You can hire all the mercenaries you want, even though civil air transport is a CIA proprietary. Secretary Dulles suggested stronger intervention might be necessary. Without overt support of the rebels, they could fail. But Foster undercut …
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The CIA came again with a green light to stage activities under the Soldier of Fortune rubric. Reporters at news conferences that day asked about diplomat recognition for the rebels. John Foster Dulles tried to be as obscure as he could. Th…
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A few days later, Foster speculated on recognizing the Sumatran state, but Allen Dulles advised waiting. Sure enough, on April 28th, word came from the east that the east is boiling. The last rebel capital of Sumatra fell on May 4th. There …
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They began focusing on maritime and focusing on terrorists, this threat that they kept creating of maritime shipping. On August 26, off the coast of Sumatra, 10 pirates in a speedboat stopped an Indonesian chemical tanker called the Dewey M…
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There was no ransom mentioned. And if they didn't steal anything, they still must be terrorists. But if so, what was their motive? Often the differences between pirates and terrorists are debated. So, again, if we call them pirates, if it's…