US/Ambassador/Indonesia
 US/Ambassador/Indonesia  (Ambassador to Indonesia) | |
|---|---|
 Ambassador Marshall Green, known as "the coupmaster", was a "sinister figure in the US State Department who worked in the shadows of the US deep state". | |
| Start | December 27, 1949 |
| Website | http://jakarta.usembassy.gov/ |
The US Ambassador to Indonesia is the United States' highest diplomatic representative to Indonesia.
Strategic control plan
In 1960, a few years before the 1965 coup and following massacres, a National Security Council report laid out that "The size and importance of Indonesia, together with its strategic position in relation to Australia and Free Asia, and the serious consequences of its loss to Communist control, dictate a vigorous U.S. effort to prevent these contingencies, in order to achieve "the denial of its human and natural resources and strategic positions to the Sino-Soviet Bloc."[1]
In order to achieve this, it was suggested to: "Maintain and strengthen existing U.S. ties with the Indonesian police and military establishment; and increase their capability to maintain internal security..by providing appropriate arms, equipment, and training, on a limited but continuing basis. To the maximum extent practicable, U.S. training of personnel of the Indonesian armed forces should be expanded... Encourage the development of non-and anti-Communist labor, peasant, business and similar organizations....Employ all feasible means, including...the use of U.S. armed force if necessary and appropriate to prevent Indonesia or vital parts thereof from falling under Communist control".[1]
"Give priority treatment to requests for assistance in programs and projects which offer opportunities to isolate the PKI, drive it into positions to open opposition to the Indonesian Government, thereby creating grounds for repressive measures politically justifiable in terms of Indonesian national self-interest."[1]
Office Holders on Wikispooks
| Name | From | To | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Wolfowitz | 11 April 1986 | 12 May 1989 | |
| David Newsom | 19 December 1973 | 6 October 1977 | Gave General Suharto the go-ahead for the invasion of East Timor |
| Marshall Green | 4 June 1965 | 26 March 1969 | Coupmaster who played a central role in the 1965 Indonesia coup |
| Howard Jones | 1958 | 1965 |
