An Incident in the PRRI/Permesta Rebellion of 1958

Bibliographic Data

ID7296517
AuthorsDaniel F Doeppers (Rockwell Automation (United States), corresponding author)
Year1972
Volume14
Pages182-182
Publication date1972-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndonesia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0019-7289 • E-ISSN: 2164-8654
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3350738
OpenAlexW2331677098
LanguageEN
Citations received4

In February 1958 certain elements of the Indonesian Army partici pated in a revolt against the government of President Sukarno.This action was centered in the outer islands of Sumatra and Sulawesi (Celebes), and although the major cities had fallen to the government by June 1958, the rebellion sputtered on until 1961.The revolt failed in the face of unexpectedly resolute action by the Indonesian government.At that time there were charges that the United States participated in this conflict in a limited and clandestine fashion-on the side of the rebels.1 Except for the occasional rebel use of British or American military airfields, Western intervention has been difficult to trace to official agencies.This article presents evi dence that a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane, flown by a regularly assigned active duty crew, was very nearly shot down during a clas sified mission in the Sulawesi area on March 27, 1958

Archaeology · Crew · Duty · Government (linguistics · Indonesian · Indonesian government · Navy · Political science · Shot (pellet · Asian Studies and History · History · Law

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