Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-423-002
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda regarding Indonesia’s economic instability and balance of payments, relations with the Netherlands, military and economic aid from the Soviet Union and the United States, a possible Peace Corps program, an attempted assassination of Indonesian President Ahmed Sukarno, and West Irian (also known as West Irian Jaya and West Papua). Also included in this folder are materials concerning a civic action program for the country and a military civic action program adopted by the Indonesian Army to prevent the spread of Communism in the country.