Foreign Relations of the United States 1964-68, Volume XXVII, Indonesia...
Date: 1995 - 2005
Region: North America
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Textbook
Artist: State Department, and Government Printing Office of the United States
Confronting Bodies: State Department and the GPO.
Dates of Action: 2001
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description of Artwork: The Government Printing Office released a State Department cable in it's National Security Archive, "Foreign Relations of the United States 1964-68, Volume XXVII, Indonesia, Malaysia-Singapore, Philippines." The quotation in question refers to the State Department's knowledge and support of destroying the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).
The Incident: The GPO announced that it would consider repealling the transmission and attempt to recall the books from library shelves
Results of Incident: The State Department asked the GPO not to sell any more copies of the book containing the letter in question.
Source: The New York Times