250. Editorial Note
On April 28 at the 442d meeting of the National Security Council, Allen Dulles discussed developments in Indonesia during his intelligence briefing:
“Mr. Dulles reported that in Indonesia the Army, in Sukarno’s absence, was supporting an anti-Sukarno campaign. Mr. Dulles, however, [Page 485] doubted that Nasution would make any move toward taking over the government from Sukarno even though Nasution is undoubtedly quite disturbed at the situation in Indonesia. Mr. Dulles said that one of the salient features of the Indonesian situation was the fact that the economy was slowly deteriorating.” (Memorandum of discussion by Boggs, April 28; Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records)