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SIGNIFICANT WORLD DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTING U. S. SECURITY
(WIE 11-4-57)
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Rational Security Council the conclusions reached in the latest
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Thereefter, Mr. Allen Dulles described the development of
the Indonesian campaign against the Dutch on the island of Java. He
predicted that a break in diplomatic relations between the Netherlands
and Indonesia was more than a possibility. The Communists had been
very quick to exploit the tension, and had been taking over large
Dutch enterprises without authority from the government. It was by
no means certain that the government could hold the Communists in
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The President inquired whether this violent anti-Dutch campaign was being carried out only by the government at Dijakarta, or
whether the dissidents in the outer islands were also joining in the
campaign. Mr. Dulles replied that the answer was not clear, but that
in any event manifestations against the Dutch in the outer islands
were not likely to be so violent as in Java, because the Communists
were fewer in number on the outer islands.
Mr. Dulles went on to state that the situation had been
made mich worse by the recent attempt to assassinate President Sukarno.
We still do not know who was back of the assassination attempt. It
could have been engineered either by the Communists or by fanatic
Moslem extremists.
Secretary Dulles stated that he had been told
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