Permesta organization
also: Permess, Permesto, dissident elements, rebel colonels, rebel forces, rebel movement, rebels
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Claims (19)
Joint Chiefs of Staff supplied_arms_to
Permesta book_quoted
“The council ordered new planning, a process that led directly to Project HAIK, H-A-I-K, as the Indonesian operation would be called. The Joint Chiefs of Staff complained that the concept conceded Java, the most important part of the country…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 5:08
U.S. Navy supplied_arms_to
Permesta book_quoted
“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 …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 12:13
Kuomintang supplied_arms_to
Permesta book_quoted
“were veterans of the CIA airlift to Dinh Ben Phu in Vietnam. When they landed to refuel in Thailand, Thai soldiers boarded the planes and started pulling apart the containers, a breach of security contained only with difficulty. Meanwhile, …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 20:13
Sukarno ordered_assassination_of
Permesta book_quoted
“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 …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 26:46
Kuomintang member_of
Permesta host_asserted
“So these backwoods rebels overnight had air capability to attack their government. Of course, they were all civil air transports. There were also Chinese nationalists, Polish people, and at least one Hungarian who had worked directly for th…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 42:07
Sukarno overthrew
Permesta host_asserted
“At the Far East 5 Division, Heard Allen Dulles used the phrase, we must disengage as the director ordered a stand down. The CIA phase for Permesta revolt ended with the fall of Manitou to Sukarno's forces on June 26. The final result streng…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 53:29
Kuomintang supplied_arms_to
Permesta host_asserted
“Bono, the security breach of either of those had been captured would be enormous. For that very reason, they were never permitted to fly over land. Nationalist Chinese helped with air services, staying to work with Permesta even after the C…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 44:48
Sukarno overthrew
Permesta host_asserted
“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…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 35:40
Antonio Didal member_of
Permesta host_asserted
“Alan Pope and William Beale to fly the remaining B-26s. Filipino Antonio Didal and Rex Reyes flew P-51s. More than a dozen raids followed when the airmen seemed close to exhaustion. Richard Bissell actually reached down into his U-2 spy pla…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 44:19
Rex Reyes member_of
Permesta host_asserted
“Alan Pope and William Beale to fly the remaining B-26s. Filipino Antonio Didal and Rex Reyes flew P-51s. More than a dozen raids followed when the airmen seemed close to exhaustion. Richard Bissell actually reached down into his U-2 spy pla…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 44:19
Permesta targeted_for_regime_change
Sukarno host_asserted
“Alan Dulles, John Foster Dulles, remarked that the rebels might fight harder if they saw the prospects of actually being recognized. Should the CIA tell them the U.S. might accord recognition if they could beat Soccarno in an attack? You kn…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 34:10
CIA supplied_arms_to
Permesta book_quoted
“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…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 10:10
CIA supplied_arms_to
Permesta book_quoted
“The first airborne weapons delivery to Sumatra took place on February 23rd. Packed on Okinawa by CIA officer James McElroy and coordinated from Clark Air Base by John Mason's deputy Garfield Thorsrud and Roger McCarthy, the loads were put a…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 19:43
CIA trained
Permesta book_quoted
“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…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 29:45
CIA trained
Permesta host_asserted
“He had Marines and paratroopers and knew how to use them. The rebel colonels had nothing like that and weren't interested in being trained on how to do it, thanks to the CIA. The light weapons and ammunition the Americans delivered didn't m…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 40:01
CIA supplied_arms_to
Permesta host_asserted
“He had Marines and paratroopers and knew how to use them. The rebel colonels had nothing like that and weren't interested in being trained on how to do it, thanks to the CIA. The light weapons and ammunition the Americans delivered didn't m…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 40:01
CIA funded
Permesta host_asserted
“With the end on Sumatra, the rebel capital moved to Menando on another island. A most conspicuous facet remained the rebel air force, which is basically the CIA. Indonesian airmen generally stayed loyal to Sukarno, making it hard to explain…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 41:32
Abdul Haris Nasution removed_from_power
Permesta book_quoted
“from Madado to Salawasi. Although only about a dozen aircraft were involved, this represented the International Volunteer Air Group that had already been formed. The Indonesian government now began taking strong countermeasures. The chief o…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 26:16
Inter-Services Intelligence supplied_arms_to
Permesta book_quoted
“He hoped that the secretary will get the British with us in Indonesia. MI6 wants to move and cooperate with the CIA. But the SIS, some people were hesitant. The Americans won their point. A few months later, SIS officers were standing along…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 11:42
Mentions (26)
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And it's being instigated by the CIA, by the way. There was a state of emergency declared and there was a charter of common struggle that was set up. And let's see, they basically developed a rebel alliance. This would, Permesta is what it …
▶ 4:35
had written a paper on Indonesia, and became the lead item at the NSC on September 23rd. It recommended that the US continue the present pattern of formal relations, but to give greater emphasis to support the quote-unquote non-communist, w…
▶ 10:10
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…
▶ 11:42
He hoped that the secretary will get the British with us in Indonesia. MI6 wants to move and cooperate with the CIA. But the SIS, some people were hesitant. The Americans won their point. A few months later, SIS officers were standing along…
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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 …
▶ 13:44
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 felt that it obtained Western support. Intelligence declared that the group, in its present circumstances, believes it could be successful in any resistance of military actions by forces loyal to the central government. The CIA knew in …
▶ 16:40
Ahead in Indonesia, Sukarno left to travel overseas to Japan. The colonels came out into the open. They sent an emissary with an ultimatum to abandon the guided democracy and a list of acceptable cabinet members promising support if these p…
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Sala Wisset and Java, though the rebels had little strength on Java. Now the Secretary of State developed doubts about justification, as he told Allen in a dark moment on February 21st. The United States had no treaty or congressional autho…
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hemmed and hawed that Washington should just go ahead and recognize Permesta as the government and then sell it weapons in the open. The CIA Far East Division had expected the 541-2 group's approval to bring full cooperation, but the Navy c…
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were veterans of the CIA airlift to Dinh Ben Phu in Vietnam. When they landed to refuel in Thailand, Thai soldiers boarded the planes and started pulling apart the containers, a breach of security contained only with difficulty. Meanwhile, …
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Talk of it out of the cabinet room proved almost impossible. In at least one instance, the National Security Council meeting in February 27th, conversation skirted the thin line separating the overt and covert track of Archipelago. John Fos…
▶ 22:38
had yet to make an attack, the CIA speculated that he doubted his troops' loyalty. The rebels had not evaluated their own strength very well. Quote, the great problem confronting us is how far we go into this matter. If the rebels fell, unq…
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President Eisenhower responded that if the communist takeover really threatened, Washington would have to intervene. John Foster Dulles then interjected, the U.S. chances are far better since there existed an indigenous government on Sumatr…
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from Madado to Salawasi. Although only about a dozen aircraft were involved, this represented the International Volunteer Air Group that had already been formed. The Indonesian government now began taking strong countermeasures. The chief o…
▶ 26:46
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 …
▶ 28:47
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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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…
▶ 31:10
The incident with the plane forced to make an emergency landing in the Philippines created another problem. On March 8th, the Chicago Daily News published an article on American airdrops to the rebels, triggering more consternation in Washi…
▶ 32:12
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…
▶ 33:41
into an overt one. Meaning, hey, don't you have a false flag that you can throw around somewhere so we can get the U.S. military in there and kill a few of them? Alan Dulles went alone to the White House from the CIA. John Foster Dulles too…
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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…
▶ 38:24
Okay, reliance on a movement neither cohesive nor unified was to be the key error in Project Hake. The Permesta colonels opposed rule from Java, but their political program revealed their motivation as personal. That envisioned a loose fede…
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were to retain most of their income, giving only a small amount to the central government. That plan had served well in warlord China. The same separatism the CIA exploited to create Hague ensured that the rebel movement could not function …
▶ 41:32
With the end on Sumatra, the rebel capital moved to Menando on another island. A most conspicuous facet remained the rebel air force, which is basically the CIA. Indonesian airmen generally stayed loyal to Sukarno, making it hard to explain…
▶ 44:48
Bono, the security breach of either of those had been captured would be enormous. For that very reason, they were never permitted to fly over land. Nationalist Chinese helped with air services, staying to work with Permesta even after the C…