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Indonesian Communism: From Failure to Success

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2009

Martin Ebon
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On october 6, 1960, President Soekarno of Indonesia introduced members of his group of officials and leaders to President Eisenhower in Washington. Among them was Dipa N. Aidit, since 1954 Secretary General of the Communist Party of Indonesia (Partai Kommunis Indonesia; PKI). The confrontation was unique, ironic, and symbolic. It illustrated United States' efforts to accept Indonesia on its own terms of neutralism; it was an instance of Soekarno's ebullient self-assertion; it marked a milestone on the Indonesian Communist movement's road from a low point of failure in 1948 to its present successful role of a party with 2 million card-carrying members that can claim control over some 8 million individuals in various labor, students, women and other “front” organizations.

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Research Article
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The Review of Politics , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 1963 , pp. 91 - 109
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Copyright © University of Notre Dame 1963

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