Padang place
also: Bangdang
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Because, of course, they didn't. They were paid not to. Still casting about for some means of strengthening the rebels, the Americans considered recognition of the rebels. Foster Dulles seemed to have favored this course, which was mentione…
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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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Plus, his radio man made up a team with the rebels in Padang. Brown's report became Dulles' basis for a last-minute appraisal on January 31st. That mostly echoed the optimistic view. A 14-page paper argued that the Padang group seemed assur…
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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 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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to investigate. Meanwhile, the Soccarno forces made steady progress. On April 14th, Allen Dulles told the NSC he expected an amphibious assault in Padang any day. Eisenhower said that the rebels really needed a submarine or two to fight the…
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John Foster on April 17th to report the invasion underway. Among the rebels, some units changed sides, left their rebels, joined the government. Often troops simply ran away. A real battle for Padang, which fell after three days, sealed the…
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recognizing the rebels as the actual government or a government. Then came the Battle of Padang and rebel defeat. Alan Dulles gave Foster details in a lunchtime call. Foster remarked that Sukarno's invasion had happened with far greater eff…
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There's lots and lots of excess aircraft afterwards that the CIA gets their hands on. The U.S. Air Force refurbished the planes, adding heavy caliber machine guns to them. Agency officer Cecil Cartwright supervised the air operations. Rebel…